Primary Election Day
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Primary election day is April
2'ith, this year—on a Tuesday,
‘i he purpose of which is the
selection of a candidate which
is sometimes more important
than the election. You can and
should help to SELECT.
Registration is not required—
that is done when you pick up
your pen to cast your ballot.
You must be a citizen of the
United States, a resident of the
territory for one year and have
lived thirty days in the precinct.
No one connected with this
publication has had anything to
do with the selection of any
candidate whose name is entered
on the lists. It has not picked
out nor is it in any way respon
sible for the candidates who
have filed. Each person filed on
his own responsibility. We have
made inquires and as a result we
beUeve that the interests of
Alaska will be served best by
\oting for the following persons:
For Delegate to Congress:
James Wickersham.
For Auditor:
Cash Cole.
For National Committeeman:
E. A. Rasmusson.
For Delegates to Republican
Convention:
W. H. Chase - E. S. Hungerford
On the Democratic ticket: A
H. Ziegler, candidate for dele
gate to Congress is a liberal
democrat and should receive the
support of liberal citizens as a
gainst the Dimond candidacy
which shows a record of effort
for the continuance of the fed
eral machine. Ziegler opposed
repeal of the primary law—
Dimond favors its repeal and
the return to the convention
system.
R. E. Hardcastle for Democrat
ic National Committeeman is
opposed by the Juneau Demo
crats He is opposed to the mis
rule of O’Malley in the fisheries
and has the nerve of his convic
tions and has personally pointed
out to O’Malley the injustices of
his administration. Any citizen
who places his obligations to the
citizenry of Alaska above the de
mands of corporate interests,
above the federal political ma
chine in the territory is worthy
cf the support of liberal voters.
Of the legislative ticket: J. E
Johnson, for Senator, H. R. Han
son, R. N. Scruby and L. H. Kub
ley on the Republican ticket
have subscribed to principles for
v.hich they will work. Grover C.
Winn, for the past two legisla
tures a member of the House,
had not indicated his platform
nor subscribed to the principles
published in this issue as he was
in Seattle.
N. R. Walker has pointed to a
record of aggressive liberalism
in his home town. He is sup
porting the candidacy of A. H.
Ziegler and R. E. Hardcastle. He
stood up in the Democratic Di -
visional Convention and fought
the old dominant Juneau politi
cal rackeeters and refused to
cssist in incorporating the
plank to repeal the primary law
and he fought to incorporate
the women’s community proper
ty law as a matter of simple
justice The Connors-Pegues
Troy faction incorporated the
Community Law finally as a
matter of political expediency.
At this writing, other candi
dates had not replied to request
for statement of their political
principles nor pointed to their
past record. We are unable to
point to anything whereby they
might be commended or con
demned.- However, as the Ju
neau crowd is in the racket, they
will no doubt give much publi
city to their qualifications—or
lack of them.
Convention
Delegates
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Ketchikan politicians of the
Democratic party are staging a
hght for Alaska’s delegation to
the national convention to bo
held in Chicago next June. Tiro
delegates nominated by the Ter
litorial convention at Fairbanks
last January were instructed to
work for the nomination of Gocr.
Franklin D. Roosevelt for Presi
dent of the United States. One
Ketchikan delegation is work
ing for the nomination of Gov.
‘ Alfalfa” Bill Murray. Publicity
is given the scrap from Okla
homa, where the news originat
ed according to press dispatches.
The old guard Democrats in
structed the delegates to work
lor Roosevelt. It is pointed out
by the Ketchikanites that the
Ketchikan voting districts turn
ed in a greater Democratic poll
than any other district in the
territory—more than 100 more
than the Juneau district, yet
Ketchikan was not given any re
cognition when the delegates
were being picked while Juneau
received the lion’s share.
It is pointed out that there
were 2,636 democratic votes cast
in the First Division; that Ket
chikan furnished 756 votes or
better than one-third while Ju
neau delivered some 600 votes.
The boss-ridden convention at
Fairbanks is pointed out as a
“horrible example” of manipula
tion and misrepresentation and
evidence pointing to the further
scheme to defeat the primary
law to eliminate any chance of
the public having any say as to
choice of candidates—leaving
only the hand-picked, boss-rid
den candidates in the field.
The reported split at the Divi
sional Convention held in Pe
tersburg last fall is widening in
to an unhealable breach. The