Seward; E. L. Harwood, of Cordova,
(withdrawn).
For Representatives — William
Phinn, Jos. H. Murray, Frank H.
Foster, all of Cordova; L. D. Roach
James N. McCain, E. R. Tarwater,
Henry Sellers, W. B. Dean, all of
Anchorage.
The Progressive:-? have a choice
for Senator between Mr. Goodall
and Mr. Borgen, both acceptable,
but have decided on Mr. Goodall,
who was the first to announce him
self. For Representatives they are
supporting Messrs. Phinn, McCain,
Roach and Tarwater.
DEMOCRATS—THIRD DIVISION
For Senator—A. J. Dimond, of
Valdez.
For Representatives—H. H. Mc
Cutcheon, of Anchorage; H. P. Mc
Mullen, of Seward; Fames Custick,
of La touche; C. P. Michaelson, of
Cordova.
REPUBLICANS—FOURTH
For Senator—Guy B. Erwin, of
Fairbanks.
For Representatives—H. H. Ross,
F. B. Johnson, R. C. Rothenburg,
all of Fairbanks; Harry Donnelly,
of Flat; Bart C. Buckley, of Little
Squaw.
All these candidates are accept
able to the Progressives, with Mr.
Erwin for Senator and the first
four for Representatives.
DEMOCRATS—FOURTH DIVISION
For Senator—Luther C. Hess, of
Fairbanks
For Representatives — Alton G
Nordale, Thomas B. Wright, Charles
R. Peterson, all of Fairbanks; J>*c
McDonald, of Ester City.
In the four divisions the Repub
licans will have spirited contesta
for the various offices but the Dem
ocrats will have no contests, as but
one man has filed for each office.
In the First division Jame3 C. Vir
din, of Ketchikan, filed for Demo
cratic National Committeeman, but
he was induced to withdraw his
name and to leave the field open
Cor James J. Connors, who aspire3
to be the new political boss in
Juneau.
A Body Blow To The
Federal Brigade
Delegate to Congress Dan Suther
land won a big victory over Govern
or George A. Parks and Charles F.
Curry, Chairman of the House Com
mittee on Territories, on March the
6th. It was on that date that the
House, by the almost unprecedented
vote of but 12 in its favor, defeated
the measure sponsored by Governor
Parks, that would further permit
Federal officers to encroach upon
the administrative powers of a Ter
ritorial people.
Since the Federal court of the
First judicial division of Alaska de
cided that Secretary of the Terri
tory Karl Thiele could not legally
hold a Federal and Territorial of
fice, and receive compensation there
for, did the Federal Brigade grace
fully accept the dictum of the law?
Oh, no. They went to Congress and
asked to have the law changed.
As Delegate Sutherland says, “This
action only serves to illustrate the
growing arrogance of -our Bureau
system. They have now reached a
stage in Alaska where they have
the temerity to call upon Congress
for a repeal of any law3 that serve
to hamper their encroachment on
the autonomous rights of the local
people.
And do we hear any scathing de
nunciation upon the part of the
local Democratic press, the Juneau
Empire or the Ketchikan Chronicle,
for the unwarranted assumption up
on the part of the Federal Brigade
to further fasten their tentacles
upon the people of the Territory.
Oh, no. They just form part of the
Democratic party that contents it
self with passing resolutions declar
ing for a greater degree of home
rule for Alaska, but at the same
lime remains silent as the night on
the virtue of the Controller Bill, as
the one means of relief for the Ter
ritory of those home-rule powers
that the Legislature has so gen
erously conferred on Federal of
ficials, under the lash of the Gub
ernatorial whip.
The Governor, the Secretary, and
the other Federal Claquers, easily
forgot about the clerical hire and
the extra compensation for presid
ing officers of the Legislature. They
were going to take care of them
all. But when they came to have
their bill introduced into the House
it only provided for the Federal
Brigade holding “executive offices ’
of the Territory. And it further
sought to make legal the past il
legal acts of the Legislature. The
bill was very short but pertinent,
as follows:
“That neither section 1855 of the
Revised Statutes, nor any other act
of Congress, shall be construed to
prevent payments for clerk hire, of
fice rent and other expenses of ex
ecutive offices of the Territory of
Alaska, including additional com
pensation, not to exceed $2,000 per
annum, to the Secretary of the Ter
ritory, under appropriations here
tofore or hereafter made by the
Legislature of Alaska for said pur
poses.
Delegate Sutherland very ably
pointed out that the passage of this
bill, gotten up by the Federal Bri
gade and introduced with the pres
tige of the powerful chairman of the
House Territories Committee, would
be to modify and repeal certain
statutes for the Territory of Al
aska which were enacted by Con
gress during a period of over ninetj
years. When he made this point
clear the members of Congress, both
Republicans and Democrats, almost
unanimously declared that the bill
should not pass.
As the Federal Secretary of the
Territory cannot longer legally per