been reactionaries. These men al
ways oppose the people having the
opportunity of writing and express
ing their will in effective legislation.
In Alaska these reactionaries have
fought them openly and secretly
and effectively.
But the hour has come when
these reactionaries must be fought
openly, and possibly bitterly, to at
tain the right for the people that
Congress has granted them. The
battle is on at the primaries and
will be continued thru the Novem
ber election and during the ninth
Legislative session. The enemy must
be properly and severely skotch
ed. No longer can they be allowed
to dominate in Territorial affairs.
Too long have they held sway, in
the words of Scott:
‘The good old rule
Sufficeth them—the simple plan
That they should take who have
the power,
And they should keep who can.
TOO TRUE.
‘‘Thing’s political here are in good
shape except that we are in a ter
rible mess over city affairs. Too
many of our “good” citizens are S'
—good that they will not soil their
hands with politics; or else are so
cowardly that they will not make
a fight lest they get beaten—or
perhaps lose a nickel’s worth of
trade.
“Considering how very few men
will refuse to go to war, it is one
of the anomolies of life that so many
will refuse to take part in trying to
secure good government, and thus
prevent wars—but so it is.”
The above is taken from a letter
just received.
Advertise in the FISHERMAN.
Sheldon Jackson
School
SITKA, ALASKA
High School
and
Industrial Training
Writ* for Information
AN OPEN LETTER.
William L. Paul versus John W. Frame
Why I Broke with John Frame
In the campaign of 1924, I sup
ported John W. Frame then a candi
date for Republican National Com
mitteeman, and thru my support
Frame was elected to that position.
Why did I support him then and
fight him now?
He came to me in 1924 because
he thought I would oppose him
because he was supporting Valen
tine for governor. (By the way
Frame was well paid by Valentine. >
I asked him “What is your plat
form? What do you intend to do
if you are elected?”
FRAME’S ANSWER
Frame answered “If I am elect
ed, I intend to fade out of the
picture and allow Dan Sutherland
to be the whole thing.”
I then said; “You could not suit
me better. On that condition I will
urge your election.”
THE 1024 “SLATE”
The ALASKA FISHERMAN then
put. John W. Frame on the so-called
“Paul ticket ” Frame now call3
the FISHERMAN slate a “musolinic
ticket” and an “O’Malley edict.”
THE RESULT
The result was that Frame got
the Indian vote (about 800) and
was elected by a bare 250 votes
over Arthur Frame.
THE BETRAYAL
All of the Sutherland supporters
(inis included Frame in 1924) were
pledged to oppose CARPET-BAG
GERS. Our slogan was ALASKA
FOR ALASKANS. This became the
slogan of the UNITED SONS OF
ALASKA organized in 1927 by John
Frame.
But EVEN BEFORE FRAME
WAS ELECTED NATIONAL COM
MITTEEMAN in 1924, JOHN
FRAME HAD MADE A SECRET
DEAL WITH AL WHITE" of Idaho
and CURLEY LOVELL of Yakima,
Washington, to support them for
Marshal in the First and Fourth
Divisions respectively.
John Frame later collected money
from William D. Grant of Wran
gell, candidate of the entire Re
publican organization for Marshal,
to keep Frame In Washington.
Frame used this money to FIGHT
Grant. (This is why Frame failed
tc organize a branch of the UNITED
SONS in Wrangell.)
THE FIGHT TO SEAT FRAME
After Frame’s election, Governor
Scott C. Bone entered into a con
spiracy with George Sexton, L. V.
Ray, and others to elect George Sex
ton as National Committeeman in
place of Frame who had been elect
ed by the people of Alaska.
Sexton went south to the conven
tion on the steamer Yukon. I was
on my way to Kake and other points
on business travelling in my gas
boat, and was in PETERSBURG
about to leave for Kake when I got
a wire from my brother Louis at
Wrangell. He said that John Rust
gard had wired him to find me at
arv cost, board the Yukon and try
to persuade Sexton to stand by the
people of Alaska.
I at once changed by plans and
rushed to Wrangell, left my boat,
boarded the Yukon and paid my
own fare. I interviewed Sexton
without success.
URGES FRAME TO CONVENTION
T got to Ketchikan and at once
revealed to Frame the plot and urg
ed him to go to Cleveland and fight
for his seat IN PERSON. He told
me he had no money. I OFFERED
TO FINANCE HIS TRIP to the ex
tent of $250. which was more than
HALF my bank balance at that
time. Peter Gilmore offered to raise
$250. additional from Republicans.
Frame REFUSED, but he took $90.
from me and with my money wired
his contest. Later he repaid the
money to me.
FRAME GOES TO WASHINGTON
Frame sold some of the 80 mining
claims which he had staked in his
office at Hyder while I). S. Commis
sioner, and went to Washington. La
ter he made a trip from Washing
to Seattle where he collected more
than FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
largely from a certain group of
Ketchikan citizens who were sup
porting Sandy Levy for CHIEF DE
PUTY MARSHAL at Ketchikan.
At that time, Frame asked Senator
Forest J. Hunt to endorse Levy’s
application. Hunt refused because
Levy was reputed to be a bootleg