With the Fish Trust
Peter McCormack of Wran
gell introdu ed a bi’l (No. 89)
to tax fish traps according to
the catch an 1 used $3 as the bas
ic rate per t. iousand for the tax
as this was irtually the amount
trapowners are paying today.
Mr. McCormack believed that
the traps that catch a large
amount of fish should pay more
than the traps that catch only
a few whereas today the tax is
virtually the same, but the fol
lowing men in committee re
commended that the “bill do not
pass,” Frank H. Foster, Alfred
J. Lomen, E R. Tarwater, A. H.
Ziegler, Walter Fisher.
Spot Mr. Adolph H. Zeigler, of
Ketchikan.
wnen the bill came up for
final passage, McCormack. Ny
len, McDonald, Winn, Woofter,
and Mr. Ziegler voted for the
bill. Mr. Ziegler did all he could
to KILL the bill by his work in
committee, reported that the
‘bill do not pass” then got cold
feet on the final vote.
Messrs. Burgh, Donnelley, Fish
er, Foster, Lomen, McCain Mur
ray, Shattuck, Tarwater and
Rothenburg, however, stuck to
rheir guns and killed the bill.
On the bill to create a mail or
Lead tax out of which io pay for
rhe pioneers’ pensions, Burgh,
Donnelley, Fisher Foster, Lo
men, Murray, and others ' oted
“Yes.”
On Mr. Ziegler’s bi i i o create
an orphanage, Burgh. Donnelley,
Fisher, Foster, Lomen, McCor
mack McDonald, Allen Shattuck
and Tarwater voted “No.” Each
session an effort Vs made to care
for our orphans in our own in
stitutions instead of farming
them out in British Columbia,
Washington, and other places.
In 1927, such a bill was intro
duced by William L. Paul and
got 8 favorable votes.
Senator Steel sought to re
quire by law that canneries and
■ OTHER establishments should
handle their products to insure
clean'incss and purity, but Al
lied Lomen signed a report
(page 4f3 H J.) recommending
that “the bill serves no useful
1 impose and should not pass.”
This is a very queer position for
a man to take whose business is
clearly within the terms of the
bill. On the final vote Burgh,
Eislier, Foster. Lomen, Muurav,
Sliattuck and Ziegler voted
against the bill to guarantee
c.elanliness and one v/hich was
generally supported by the larg
er packing plants
Charles Benjamin realized
that small towns need help in
establishing libraries and so in
troduced his bill No. 68 for that
purpose, but Alfred Lomen and
Burgh both voted “No.”
The Record
From an intimate and person
al acquaintance with 1 lie record
of the Lomens of Nome, and
their followers such as Gaffney,
“Slim” Rydeen, Burgh, and the
like, we can say that they have
been uniformly and persistently
against labor. We understand
that the contrary information
is given the Second Division
voters; that Tom Gaffney per
sistently writes how he support
ed this labor measure or that
one, when the contrary is true.
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He, with Ralph Lomen, fought
all labor measures such as the
Workmen’s Compensation act,
approved by the American Fed
era uxOn of Labor, the monthly
payroll, bill the standard her
ding barrel, the prospector’s aid
till, the bill to extend the time
1 r filing labor liens all amend
ments to improve the present
rotten compensation act for in
jure 5 workmen while “Dick”
cundquist, Andy Nylen and Jas.
TI. Anderson supported the cause
of labor.
We recently talked with a
strong Lomen supporter and had
to slu w him the record before
he would believe. Nobody can
argue against the record.
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PRIMARY
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W A Hesse has been issued a
certificate of nomination for the
office of Highway Engineer in
t he Democratic Primary of last
April. Mr. Hesse, who is a long
time resident of the Interior, is
now a resident of Ketchikan. R.
J Sommers, present incumbent,
was the only other candidate on
1r° Democratic ticket for this
of ice, and the job of Highway
Engineer was the only contested
iob on the entire Democratic
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