TOM MMUPM FOR
DELEGATE
On account of the “great pres
sure” which has been brought to
bear on Tom Marquam to “sacrifice
himself on the altar of public ser
vice,” he now “yields to the re
quest to run for Delegate to Con
gress” and has so notified the
“Juneau Marquam for Delegate
Independent Citizens Club.”
“My hat is in the ring” declared
Tom.
Yes, Tom, but wasn’t it in the
ring when Charlie Wilcox democrat
of Valdez introduced his bill to
repeal our primary laws? We were
not quite so innocent as not to
know the real purpose of Char
lie’s. Your nomination has been
the sole object of John W. Troy,
Tom Donohoe, Charlie Wilcox and
such Democrats, as well as R. E.
Robertson^ H. L. Faulkner and
many others, who being ashamed
to call themselves Democrats, claim
to be Republicans.
How was this “request” engin
eered?
On February 19th last, the bi
partisans of Juneau held a secret
meeting in the city hall of Juneau,
for the mother of the proposed
child was now heavy having carried
the political baby for nigh unto
a year. R. E Robertson was the
attending physician. “Stroller”
White acted as grandma. H. L
Faulkner held the bedpan as
usual, while Mayor J. J. Conners
acted as nurse, and there was then
horned unto them this “Marquam
for-Delegate” child without a
father. At least no one yet has
come forward to claim its patern
ity.
They then prepared a long wind
ed christening statement, setting
forth the many virtues of the brat,
demanded in the name of public
virtue that the recent attacks upon
our commonwealth BY suppressed
grand jury reports and the Wash
ington Medthodist preacher be de
nounced in fitting billingsgate, and
that the virtuous Tom be “called”
to carry the banner of civic virtue,
good government and law enforce
ment to Congress. The Canners
are to be permitted (or have they
offered) to pay the acucocheurs
and accouchee kid’6 expenses in
the campaign, for which they will
have the services of the bound
boy until he comes of age—which
will be very soon after he quits
nursing.
Up around Fairbanks, the brat
has been very busy generating
“spontaneous” calls and demands
that he answer “the call of duty”.
Joe Ulmer, a candidate for the
Legislature on the Republican
Ticket, is one of the most active
in getting this Independent Candid
ate to run against any regular
Republican that might run. Joe
to the cannery baby, for Joe
has promised to “deliver” all the
votes in the Ketchikan district
one time lived around Ketchikan.
Such a baby, born in the woods
as it were, of course is the kind
that appeals to John W. Troy
who now declares (why should
any Democrat worry so) that “His
candidacy is certain to appeal
to conservatives of all political
beliefs. He is a regular Republi
can in everything that the term
implies. His candidacy as an inde
pendent marks the initial step
of his party to free itself from
the domination of the Sutherland
Paul alliance which has delivered
it to the radicals for the past
four years. As such it will be
widely supported throughout the
Territory, for until it is free from
that domination tbe party is Re
publican in name only.”
Boyle To Quit
The entire plan of the “Juneau
Citizens Club” is that Frank Boyle
shall defeat Adams of Nome fol
the nomination on the Democratil
ticket, and then withdraw in favol
of Tom ’Marquam. They ,thinl
then that all the Democrats an^
many Republicans will vote foj
Tom, who is such a regulaj
republican that he dare not ente]
the party primaries, but will rui
as an Independent to beat whol
ever represents the Republican
ticket.
loms reply indicates that h<
has reformed and reads; “I woul(
indeed ungrateful if I did no)
express my appreciation of th<
compliment implied by the actioi
of the Independent Citizens oJ
Juneau in extending me an invit-|
ation to become their candidate
for Delegate to Congress, pledging
their support. Your wire, togethei
with many other communications]
of like import from other parts
of the Territory, has induced mel
to put aside my natural (hear!!
hear!) disinclination to become
an office seeker and to comply!
with your request. My hat is in|
the ring and it is there to stay.
Should victory perch upon ourl
banner, I can assure you and the
members of your club that thel
people of Alaska will never have
the occasion through any act of
mine to bombard Washington with
telegrams in order to uphold the
fair name and good reputation]
of our Territory.”
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