would be able to caucus their
votes on the subject. For the
next fifteen minutes visitors
imagined that they were thrown
into a room with a bunch of
monkeys and Kilkenny cats
and that there was a real free
for-all. After the recess, rollcall
vote was taken with the result
that the young Democrats were
defeated 45 to 54—Juneau tak
ing the long end of the count.
In reality, this was said to be
not only a fight to work for
abolishment of the primary law
but was an effort to gag the
delegates at the next conven
tion by forcing endorsement of
Senator Dimond for Senator. A.
H. Ziegler declared that he was
going to file for nomination for
delegate to congress in spite of
the party endorsement of Di
mond, who was being supported
by the Empire crowd; and it was
further stated that George
Grigsby would possibly file for
the same office. This fight will
be continued at the next con
vention. The convention here
finally adopted a resolution in
structing the delegates to “use
their influence against the Fair
banks convention nominating
and endorsing any candidates.”
As the matter now stands, the
Democrats are aiviaea on me
question and the effort to secure
harmony, was lost and an
armed truce stands with the
young democrats determined to
continue their right to protect
the primary law at the next
convention.
On the halibut situation,
plank touched upon in the plat
form, the convention went on
record as favoring the conten
tions of the Seattle Halibut
Vessel Owners’ Association as
against the local fleet. It is
thought that the territorial
convention would reverse the
ruling and work for the benefit
of the local fleet—but that re
mains to be seen.—The Alaskan.
Delegates Named
Demo Convention
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Delegates who are to represent
the First division at the Demo -
cratic territorial convention to
be held at Fairbanks January 22,
were named by the democratic
divisional committee, at the con
vention held here recently. The
following are the delegates:
John W. Troy, W. D. Kirk, S
Hellenthal, Allen Shattuck, T. B.
Judson, James McGlosky aria
Claude Helgesen, all of Juneau:
Charles Wort man of Sitka; N. E.
Walker, W. T. Mahoney, George
B. Grigsby, Anthony J. Karnes,
Mrs. William Holzheimer, all of
Ketchikan; James Brennan of
Petersburg and Roy Gault of
Skagway.
The Divisional committee is
made up of the following:
S. Hellenthal and James Me
Closkey of Juneau; James Bren
nan of Petersburg; W. R. Han
lon of Sitka; James Nolan of
Wrangell; William Holzheimer
and William T. Mahoney of
Ketchikan.
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Urge Hiring Local
Labor By Gamers
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In an effort to secure employ
ment for local labor, the Alaska
Chamber of Commerce, compil
ing dates as to number of work
ers required and the labor mar
ket which can be relied upon to
stay employed. In this the All
Alaska Chamber is following the
plea of the Alaskan and Alaska
Fisherman which has urged for
the past several years that the
cannors employ all the available
local help instead of importing
cheap contract labor which is
paid off in the states.
The All Alaska Chamber will
take this matter up with the sev
eral Chambers in Alaska for
their individual action and with
the request that they make a
survey in the respective com
munities and report to the pa
rent corporation the available
workers. This information will be
sent to the canners for the co
operation.
Once again is the policy of the
Brotherhood publications—The
Alaskan and Alaska Fisherman
\ indicated. Regardless of wheth
er the publications are popular
with resident business in Alaska,
the stand of these papers has
been conistently fcr the benefit
of local business as against the
outside corporations which alone
benefited from the unfair prac
tice of hiring non-resident labor
to the exclusion of available lo
cal labor. This same Chamber of
Commerce which now is working
along the lines advocated by
this publication, in the past
worked in opposition to every
proposed plan of the publication.
Their reversal on the question is
an out and out vindication of
the A. N. B. Publishing Company
—an admission that we were
always right in the matter.
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Open Commercial
Fishing Sought
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Riverside' Commercial Club,
Everett, has begun a drive for an
open season on commercial river
fishing during January and Feb
ruary. The club also hopes to
form an association of 3500 river
fishermen from the Canadian
border to the Columbia river
vest of the Cascades. Petitions
are being circulated for pre
sentation to Charles R. May
bury, state supervisor of fish
eries.
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A wish never yet hooked a fish.