The Eedfield remains practically un
damaged, but is high and dry at low
tide and is a total loss except that the
machinery and rigging are being re
moved.
CABLE WAS BURIED
The cableship Burnside picked up
the cable in the narrows and commun
icated with Sitka after thb recent
eathquake showing that the break was
between that point and Valdez. The
break was finally located about three
miles from the shore.
The condition in which the cable
was found indicated the powerful ef
fect of the earthquake, which caused
the break, on the bed of the bay, for
it was covered many feet deep with a
big slide and the cable was cut square
ly in two as if by a gigantic boulder
falling upon it. When raised to the
surface trunks of trees, some of them
of large size, were brought to the sur
face with it. These were probably
washed into the bay by the glacial
stream.
So deeply was a portion of the cable
buried that it was impossible to raise
it, and a new section was spliced in.—
Seward Gateway.
BUYS BRUNNER HOUSE
Mrs. William Orenshaw has bought
the Brunner house on the hill back of
' Juneau.
DEMOCRATIC POLITICS AT NOME
Nome, Alaska, Sept. 28. (Speoial to
Dispatch).—There was quite a gather
ing of politicians of every hue, includ
ing Democrats, at the regular primar
ies of the Democratic party last night
in the court room of the U. S. commis
sioner. Dr. E. E. Hill presided, as
usual most effectively, and it was a
very good humored meeting through
out. Major J. E. A. Strong was pres
ent, although en route to Seattle on the
Senator, and his entry into the meeting
was greeted with applause which was
later renewed when in his speech Mr.
A. J. Daly referred to Major Strong
as good timber for delegate to congress
from Alaska.
Opening the meeting Dr. Hill stat
ed the reasons for which it was call
ed, namely to select forty delegates
, to the territorial convention. He ap
pointed lom Uanney to act as secretary
of the meeting, an dthen called upon
Major Strong for some introductory
pamarks.
“I needn't say that I'm always at
home when I come to Nome,” said the
Major, “and I can state that when I
am at Nome I am on my native heath.”
(Applause). He expressed his pleas
ure at meeting so many friends, assur
ed everyone present of his life long de
votion to the cause of Democracy, fore
told the success of the party at the next
Rational election, and saw good rea
son for success at the next territorial
election for delegate. Now that the
Pemocrats are chastened by so many
years of defeat all that was needed for
guccess was unity. He stated, taking
this opportunity to do so, that he was
pot a candidate for any political hon
ors, nor was he seeking to be selected.
£.t the conclusion of his remarks he
vras greeted with much applause.
T. J. Nestor was next invited to
ddress the meeting and all he wished
to say was that he was still a Demo
crat but was not a speaker.
A. J. Daly was next introduced.
<‘I tell you,” he began, “that the sky
js bright with dawning promises of
Democratic success. The Democrats
•ire united as never before, and are go
ing to be successful.” He referred to
he results of Republican rule in Alas
ka, how they had sought to build up a
machine in the interests of the corpora
tions from the courts down, and men
tioned with scorn the Beveridge bill
which the administration had endeav
ored to foist on Alaska in spite of their
repugnance to such a form of govern
ment as American citizens. He stated
that he had endeavored to induce the
national leader in the House, and the
speaker, Champ Clark, to bring in a
home rule bill during the special ses
sion; that was found to be impossible.
He has, howTever, good reason to be
lieve that it will be introduced next
session. Mr. Daly’s remarks were punc
tuated throughout with repeated ap
plause.
Rev. G. D. Christian was next invit
ed to speak, but he contented himself
with stating that he was a Democrat,
and pleased exceedingly to see that
there were so many in Nome.
The next business, the chair remark
ed, was to select a committee of three
to select delegates and alternates for
the approval of the meeting. A motion
to this effect having been passed,, the
chair appointed Conrad Freeding, Jas.
P. Daly, and Con Kelly as such commit
tee.
While the committee was making its
selection the chair invited all to come
up and sign the roll under the Demo
cratic declaration of principles, which
were as follows:
“The undersigned, Citizens of
the United States, believing in
Good Government, as expounded
by the Democratic party, and de
sirous of seeing a Democratic pres
idnt in the White House at Wash
ington; as well as a Democratic
delegate for Alaska in Congress,
do hereby avow our Democracy,
and pledge our support to the suc
cess of Democracy at the coming
election. ”
Tom Gaffney made a lew short re
marks urging the necessity of territor
al government for the country which
he believed would solve the problems
which press for solution on the miners
and prospectors throughout the dis
trict.
meeting on the necessity of organiza
tion, and he said that the reason the
Democrats had not heretofore elected
a Democratic delegate was for the rea
son that they had no effective party or
ganization worthy the name. Much
applause greeted the remarks of Mr.
Cochran.
Some one moved at this juncture
that Mssrs. Orton and Gilmore be per
mitted to join the party, an invitation,
they had, it was supposed, coyly declin
ed. The motion being put was enthusi
callv voted down, and they were de
nied access to the healing fountain
that flowed at the mourner’s bench.
Geo. B. Grigsby, who was invited as
a Baby Democrat to speak, said that
he had been read out of the Republican
party by teelgraph on July 5 last year,
and he noticed the Republican party
had been going down hill ever since
(laughter). However, as a baby Dem
ocrat, he was glad to see so many who
had wandered away from the Democrat
ic faith even for a brief while return
ing to the fold.
The committee then returned, and
Conrad Breeding read out the followT
mg list of delegates and alternates to
the convention:
John D. Flanigan, Chas. W. Gayle,
Con Kelly, John Ohrm, Barney Gib
ney, M. O. Solberg, Anthony M ’Get
tigan, Barney O’Rielley, Thos. Gaff
ney, C. H. McCoy, John Flynn, A. J.
Daly, S. Simson, Geo. B. Grigsby, An
dy Nelson, H. C. Loenhauser, Phil Mur
phy, Russ Downing, W. C. McGuire,
Geo. Volker, James Howland, L. Nel
son, Wm. Fisher, W. Hayes, Phil Ernst,
Robert Summers, Wm. Donnelly, Geo.
L. Stanley, Dr. E. E. Hill, Tom Dona
hue, John Browers, Chas. Volker, Geo.
Sykes, Jim Frawley, Ed Young, Pete
Sather, Rev. Christian, August Ham
berger, Thos, Clerf, Peter Kavananugh,
and Wm. Sheehan.
As Major Strong requested the mo
ver and seconder of a motion instruct
ing the delegates to vote and work for
him as the Democratic candidate for
delegate to congress, the motion was
withdrawn.
A committee on ways and means
for meeting and a permanent party or
ganization was appointed by the chair
as follows: James Murray, O. D. Coch
ran, Dave Pinnill, Russ Downing, W.
R. Hayes. After which the meeting ad
journed.
Good government, with the usual hot
stuff in favor of the brawn and sinew
etc., etc., which develops the country,
was sounded by almost every speaker,
while the base legislation in favor of
the “interests” also inspired many a
rounded period, but on the whole the
meeting was more orderly than enthus
iastic.
The delegates and alternates to the
convention met in the court room after
the primary was adjurned, and after
some discussion turned over their prox
ies for th.: convention to A. J. Daly,
who is a passenger on the Senator.
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