THE FRAME-UP OF FRAME
Feby 14, ’28
Mr. Wm. Eddy,
Douglas, Alaska.
Dear Mr. Eddy:
I have yours of recent date, Jan.
20-relative to the “perking of
politics” in your locality.
In Ketchikan the United Sons of
Alaska is the strongest factor pol
itically. They are now nearly 100C
strong and easily controlled the last
City election. They will probably
put up a City ticket at the coming
election. Your position relative to
Mr. Will Paul is not logical, for you
suggest Mr. Benjamin of Ketchikan
as a logical candidate for Senator,
notwithstanding the fact that he
and Mr. Paul are close political
friends. To vote for Paul and not
vote for Benjamin, or to vote for
Benjamin and not for Paul would ba
quite foolish. I wish to assure you
that I have no combination with
Mr. Paul. However, I cannot well
understand how you can oppose Mr
Paul as he is a bossom friend of
Mr. White, your superior officer.
I am awfully glad to know where
you stand as to Mr. Paul’s can
didacy.
Of course you understand that
Paul has a strong opposition in his
own party in Ketchikan and this
city polls nearly *4 the vote of the
Division. He will not run as well
this year as he has in the past for
the same reasons that you 3tate lie
will be "shelved” up there, and a
stronger effort than ever before will
be made by those who heretofore
have opposed him. Mr. Paul is op
posing Senator Hunt who has many
old time friends here and this op
position to Senator Hunt will
estrange Paul's friends among the
Pioneers. He is also opposing me
in every way, and is naming, or at
tempting to name, the primary
nominees on the Republican ticket
without any consultation whatever
Wltfo the National Rep. Committee
man, elected by the people of Alas
ka. He assumes to be Legislator.
Chief of the Indian voters, dictator
of the pale-faces, Nat. Committee
man, advisor of Senator Hunt and
generalissimo for Dan Sutherland,
and I fear he has over-burdened
himself. In other words he as
sumes to be the Mussolina of the
Republican party in this Division.
I feel that Senator Hunt is much
stronger here than Mr. Paul. There
are scores of Republicans here who
will support Senator Hunt who will
not support Representative Paul, for
the reason that the Representation
supports Benjamin again3t Hunt
Senator Hunt has just finished
his term as governor of the local
Fort of the United Sons—an or
ganization with 700 members with
in the municipal boundaries. Nev
ertheless Mr. Paul is opposing him
in favor of Mr. Benjamin of Wrar
gell who refused to become a mem
ber when I organized in Wrangell.
During the last month a strong
organization has been organized at
Scow Bay, Petersburg and Sitka, all
of which will stand by the U. S. of
A. candidates.
Grover Winn would get good
support here had he not declined to
assist in organizing the U. S. of A
in Juneau. Thi3 alone will cut him
out of 150 votes, at least, in Ket
chikan, and probably a number in
Petersburg, Sitka and other places
where the organization is growing.
Gildea is Supreme Secty. of the
U. S. A. and Gene Wacker is the
John Hancock of the organization
—the first man in Alaska to sign
the “Declaration of Principles.’
Mr. Wacker ia also widely knowr
among the Natives and will pull
heavily from Paul. He is the own
er of the Wacker City Townsite, a
few miles from Ketchikan, and runs
a stage mail line between the two
towns over the Government high
way. His wife Is part native, a
graduate of an Eastern school, and
a granddaughter of an Indiau
Chief. I hope you will give him
and Mr. Gildea your loyal support
This locality as well as Peters
burg, Wrangell and other points are
very largely Scandinavian, and Mr.
Meyer Hofstad, of Petersburg,) a
United Son), I understand is their
candidate. He will undoubtedly be
endorsed by the U. S. A. Who is
Leroy Noland? Who are his as
sociates? Where does he roost?
Would like to know all about him.
If you are in Ketchikan, of
pass through, be sure and stop.
I can tell you much I will not
write. Poor old Doc. Caswell; he
would receive a big vote here were
his associates different.
Be sure and write me giving
all the political dope you can. I
have just 2 axes in Alaska to
grind and I’ll grind ’em, too.
FRAME.
(The above is probably something
the Hon. Frame didn’t want any
one to see but Marshal Eddy, who
is now dead. It appears that hav
ing a couple of Axe3 to grind is
of more importance than the wel
fare of the territory. ; Frame is
openly fighting the carpet bag ap
pointees, albeit secretly in league
with them. He is the republican
national committeeman and yet he
is bucking Dan Sutherland and do
irg what he can to assist Grigsby,
the democratic candidate for dele
gate.—Editor.).
NEXT A. N. B. CONVENTION
The next convention of the ALAS
KA NATIVE BROTHERHOOD will
meet in Sitka next November 12th.
1928.
Among those planning to come is
Miss Steer, the Financial Assistant,
Division of Schools and Hospitals
of the Board of National Missions
of the Presbyterian Church.