George says he was in Cali
fornia. He also says he was sick.
Others who claim to know say
that he was in California and
that he was sick—and they grin
when they say he was “sick.”
In every battle between the
special interests that have milk
ed Alaska, George Grigsby will
be in California—“sick.” It may
be an albi but it is no excuse.
TOM GAFFNEY, CANDIDATE
FOR AUDITOR
Now that the people of the
First Division have had a
chance to look Tom Gaffney
over and also have heard him
toil of his own progressive re
cord that he made while he was
In the legislature of 1927, let us
examine that record closely:
He Appeals to the Women
He says; “Like all sourdoughs
I dearly love and respect our
Alaskan women, they have al
ways been my friends. In my
early political career, I advocat
ed equal franchise.”
What He Did
The Women’s Community Pro
perty Bill (H. B. No. 53) was in
troduced in the House by Wil
liam L. Paul (again a candi
date). This bill had been en
dorsed by the Women’s Auxiliary
to the American Legion as well
other organizations. Gaffney
voted AGAINST the bill.
His Labor Record
William L. Paul introduced
House Bill No. 58 “to protect
labor, establish regular pay days,
to provide for monthly pay days,
end to punish employers who
take wage cases to court with
out sufficient cause.” This bill
would have compelled the can
neries to pay all their labor at
least once a month—not a bad
provision considering the fact
that 25,000 men come to Alaska
for the summer but who are
not paid off until they RETURN
TO SEATTLE.
GAFFNEY VOTED NO.
The Herrins Barrel
When the herring companies
hire their girls, they picture
how easy it is to fill a barrel—
ONLY 750 to a barrel—but when
the girls get to Alaska, they
find that it takes from 1000 to
1500 to each barrel. On this ac
count, we have known girls who
worked for $1.50 per month—
hard to believe but true as one
girl said before the legislative
committee of which Tom Gaff
ney was a member.
On this bill Gaffney voted NO.
Delinquent Children
House Bill No. 78 (introduced
by William L. Paul) made it a
crime to contribute to the de
linquency of a minor child. This
bill was to reach those who did
not actually commit a crime on
ihe person of a child and yet
were really responsible for the
results. Such cases will readily
occur to the mind of the reader.
Gaffney voted NO and thus
went on record as being the on
ly man in the House who refused
to help the women whom he now
professes to love.
The bill for sterilization of de
fectives also met the negative
vote of Tom Gaffney.
Orphans
House Bill No. 92 was intro
duced by Jos. Murray and was
to establish a home IN Alaska
for dependent children. We have
no such home today.
Gaffney voted NO on this bill.
“Fences” for Young Thieves
House Bill No. 65 was intro
duced by Charles Benjamin to
require second hand dealers to
keep a record of purchases. In
large numbers young boys were
stealing from gasboats and
other places and selling articles
to second hand dealers. Nearly
every other state has such a law.
Gaffney voted NO on this bill.
Discriminates against Citizen
Labor
When two men apply for work
in a mine, one man a citizen by
birth and the other having an
alien mother, the man having
the alien mother GETS THE
PREFERENCE because it is
cheaper by 40% to kill her son.
Tom Gaffney supported and
voted for the amendment to the
workmen’s compensation act
that makes this possible.
William L. Paul, Hosea Ross
and others pointed out that
citizen applicants for labor
would be subjected to this dis
crimination if the bill was so
amended, but Gaffney said that
such would not be the result.
Tom knew better, but Tom
“knew his master’s voice.”
The result is very plain. The
big majority of miners in the
big mines are ALIENS. Tom
Gaffney helped to make this
possible.
Reactionary
Tom Gaffney is a reactionary
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