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The Democratic Platform
The Democratic candidates
offer their platform to the voters
and on those pledges ask for
a vote of confidence. Let us ex
am ne that platform:
“The Democratic Party has
pledged itself to give Alaskans
ihe right oi local self-govern
ment.” What plan do they of
ter? Why do they not tell to al
voters their plan? The onh
measures of ‘home rule’ offerei
I by the Republicans were opposec J
oy the Democrats. .This is of re- {
cord.
“We are opposed to bureau
cratic government in principle
and practice.” But when they
are asked to be specific, they al
ways evade the subject. They
have left to the Alaska Native
Brotherhood and its spokesman,
William L. Paul, the responsibil
ity of being specific in fighting
lie strangulation of Alaska’s
fisheries and residents. They
have never voiced their protest
against the prostitution of the
laws of liberty as practiced byj
the Bureau of Fisheries in the
courts of Alaska. But they do
come into the campaign with the
blare of trumpets trying to take
credit for work accomplished by
the Indians of this Division.
“Favor appointment of only
bona fide residents to official po
sitions in the Territory. ” The
platform of this party set forth
in the Juneau Empire last spring
; nd used against Mr. Gardner
this fall, proposed to limit ap
oointment of only those who had
been residents for five consecu
tive years. They condemn Mr.
Gardner for adopting the same
plank they now advocate.
“Favor a nonpartisan Board ot
Education with power to appoint
and remove for cause the Com
missioner of Education.” They
do not believe that Mr. Average
Voter has sufficient intelligence
to elect a Commissioner of Edu
cation. They prefer the “non- j
partisan board” as formerly!
composed of two senators and1
the governor. Under this sys-j
tern, we had Mr. Henderson {
who kept his office very much
in politics and he served his po
litical masters well. And fur
thermore, the voters had no
voice or choice in the matter. 1
“Commend the action of the
Alaska legislature of 1929 in the
enactment of laws for the pro-'
tection of Alaska labor in the
fishing industry and favor ex
tension of this policy to the lum
bering and other industries and
the labor engaged therein.”
The votes of the Democrats
blocked extension of the tax to
non-resident seiners. Senator
Benjamin’s bill proposed a tax
on non-resident seiners along
with his proposed tax on the
non-resident trollers. The op-1
position of the Democrats madei
him fearzul that the whole bill
would be defeated so he agreed
to withdraw the tax on seiners.
Then Mr. Ziegler raised the tax
on the troller to $250 and so the
bill was passed.
“We favor enactment of an
Absentee Voting Law applicable!
to voters This is purely a po- j
litical measure to legalize the;
very thing for which they de
feated Senator Steel. The wishj
to permit Alaskans to reside and i
vote in Washington, stay out- j
side for six or more months and j
still hold legal residence and,
vote in Alaska. This is a vicious I
bill for it invites fraudulent vot-!
ing and is not a credit to the j
men who advocate the law.
“We believe that taxes should!
be.. EQUITABLY.. ASSESSED'
AGAINST EVERY INDUSTRY!
end business * * * that taxes
should be kept as low as pos
sible and yet yield adequate re
venues for the economical con
duct of the Territorial Govern-1
ment. HIGH TAXES DEPRESS
EXISTING INDUSTRIES AND
ALL BUSINESSES and tend to
drive away new enterprises, j
Fair treatment of . ALL capital i
invested in Alaska is the best in-1
(lucement that can be offered j
new capital to come here.” .And)
then they pledge themselves to j
support continued adequate ap
propriations as carried on at the
present time.
What Does He Mean
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When interviewed by a repre
sentative of this publication, Mr.
Grigsby was asked “In your
platform you advocate ‘fair :
treatment of ALL capital invest
ed in Alaska is the best induce-j
ment that can be offered new!
capital to come here,’ does that),
apply to the traps”?
Mr. Grigsby refused to answer
this question. He dodged and he
evaded a direct answer.
If he is in favor of abolish
ment of the traps why does he
refuse to answer a fair question?'
The only conclusion we can j
draw is that George must listen!
to his boss, the Juneau Empire,
and make glittering promises
with his fingers crossed. The
Empire NEVER yet advocated
abolishment of the traps and
they never will. This pledge is
only a vote catching plank with
no sincerity of purpose back of
it. 0
Grigsby Refuses to Meet Challenge to Analyze'
Leasehold Bill
But one of the local members of
the Brotherhood on being ques
tioned by Parks as to whether
anyone had been solicited or if
any money had been collected
declared that he knew nothing,
of it and had not been solicited, j
This was in Grigsby’s presence.
In the midst of his speech, Mr.
Grigsby accused The Alaskan of
favoring Henry O’Malley in his
1 egulation of the fisheries of j
Alaska. (Ed. Note:—We leave,
this charge to our readers as a!
jury in the matter and will stand \
by their judgement. Henry
O’Malley himself admits being
stung by the verity of our charg
es and the facts as presented,
and he damns us more than any
one else for our fight in the
j fisheries.)
The Jones Bill
He proceeded to the subject of'
the Jones Marine Act and read|
Uhe charge in this paper that he;
| (Grigsby) was in California ‘sick’.
(when the bill was up for consid
eration. He declared that not^
since he was 18 years old has he (
been sick and he has no alibi. “I]
was on the floor of the House
when that bill passed. I wrote a
brief against the discriminatory
section against Alaska and “in,
; the June 17th issue of 1920 it was j
published in the Juneau Empire.”
(Interruption: “Parks: Is that
brief in the Congressional Re
cord?” No answer! “Parks: In
the Congressional Record?” A
gain no answer for George was
talking rapidly to get away
from the embarrassing subject.
He alleged that he filed a brief
with “every member of the Se
nate and House in opposition to
Section 27 of this law and it
was printed in the Juneau Em
pire.” (sic.) “We had twenty
minutes for speeches and I was
refused an opportunity to talk”
he declared. “It is charged that
provision was written into the
bill at the instance of the Paci
fic Steamship Company, and the
Alaska Steamship Company, but
he denied having anything to do
with it. He did not deny that im
mediately upon his return to
Alaska from Washington he was
appointed attorney for the Alas
ka Steamship Co., beneficiary of
this act.
He attacked Judge Wicker
sham for the fact that Roosevelt
had refused to confirm his
(Wickersham’s) appointment as
Judge of the Second District
Court. He did not attack 'the
Judge on his record as a Judge,
as to his ability, knowledge or
Lkill as an attorney or for his
record in cleaning out the mess
in Nome pictured so mildly by
Rex Beach in his book “The
Spoilers.”
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Mr. Grigsby charges now that,
all the time he held certificate
of election from the election
board in Juneau, Judge Wicker-1
sham claimed the seat in Con-j
gress. That Mr. Wickersham
was furnished with an office and
had the right to appear before
any committee and was present
during the hearings in the Sen
ate on the Jones Bill. That he
was getting paid and there was
nothing to prevent him from
getting up in protest but that he
(Wickersham) hat not uttered
one word in protest. “On March
2nd, two days before Congress
adjourned, they voted him in
and me out—I was never your
delegate. I used what authority
I had to save that Canadian
competition. I tried. He didn’t.”
These were his closing remarks
on that discriminatory Jones
Marine Act.
He belittled Judge Wicker
sham’s securing of appropria
tions for the Alaska Railroad and
claimed some credit for a part of
Did the Democrats
Protest?
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The “hook-off” regulation
which was a rank injustice and
discrimination against resident
fishermen was published by
Henry O’Malley. It was part of
the scheme to get rid of all re
sident seiners and to throw the
fisheries into the hands of the
corporation trap owners. Did Mr.
Drigsby, Mr. Ziegler, Mr. Judson,
Mr. Shattuck, Mr. Sampson or
Mr. Boyle protest this regula
tion? Let them show the record.
William Paul presented his
argument and plea against this
nefarious scheme to Vice Presi
dent Charles Curtis. Mr. Curtis
in turn took the matter up with
the Secretary of Commerce who
seeing the injustice of the re
gulation forthwith revoked that
regulation.
Mr. Paul, representing the In
dian Fishermen through the
Alaska Native Brotherhood ut
tered the protest of five thou
sand Indians of Alaska. He did
not ask for any special privilege
ar favor for his people. He ask
ed that ALL fishermen be grant
ed the privilege allowed every
trap in Alaska, the right to
bold a hook from the shore.
What does this mean to the
business man? To the fisher
man? What Democratic candi
date can show as much accom
plishment? Let the records
speak for themselves. These re
cords will then show who is and
bas been sincere. It will show
who are the political opportun
ists who seek favor from the re
sults of the efforts of William
Paul.
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Timber
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The condition of the logging
md lumbering industry is such
that inside of two years every
mill company in the First Divi
sion will be bankrupt—unless
conditions are made so that the
mills can furnish boxes to the
manners who now are outfitting
in Seattle with paper boxes.
C. T. Gardner, Republican
nominee for senator, is making
clear the situation in this issue.
The entire Republican ticket will
work to better those conditions
and make possible employment
of more men in logging camps
and mills which will give an im
petus to business in every town
in the Division.
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HOOD BAY
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The principal owner of the
Rood Bay cannery is Mr. Wolfe.
Mr. Wolfe got his start on the
road of his present affluence
when organized a co-operative
cannery at Sitka, the natives
being the co-operative end of
the operations. The natives got
nothing out of it, but Mr. Wolfe
got his chance to go into a pri
vate corporation with August
Buschmann. Then he branched
but and got a hold of the Hood
Bay Cannery.
Mr. Wolfe now shows his grati
tude to Alaskans by buying all
his lumber for repairing docks,
etc., from Seattle. This is very
fine for Seattle and will do much
to advance the prosperity of the
“fifth Division of Alaska.”
It is rumored that Mr. Wolfe
will be at the next legislature
(he appropriations, for the Alas
ka Railroad.
“When I become your Delegate
to Congress, I am going to intro
duce a bill to provide that a wo
man may secure her divorce in
two years—two years is too long
for a woman to wait before she
can even start to get rid of her
husband.” This law touched on
ly the residence requirements of
persons coming into the Terri
tory.
In closing his talk he said:
“There is one other accomplish
ment that execeds all of these.
I succeeded in keeping Judge
Wickersham out of Congress
from the time I went there until
two days before Congress ad
adjourned.” For which reason
he believed himself entitled to
election as Delegate to Congress.
and will ask as a return favor
from that body that his taxes be
reduced.
AS IT SHOULD BE
Ralph Horr, who defeated Re
presentative Miller of Washing
ton for place in Congress, made
a speech in Seattle last week
that should be taken seriously
to heart by the Alaska politi
cians and voters.
Oregon, with a solid Republi
can delegation in Congress, has
obtained ten times as much fed
eral money for the Portland
harbor as Washington with its
“spotted” delegation has been
able to obtain for Seattle.
“If you want favors from the
majority party elect a majority
of Republicans in this election,”
he said. “My opponent is run
ning presumably as a Democrat
but his campaign cards fail to
say what he is. But he can’t be
a Democrat in Washington, D. C.
and a whatnot in Washington
State;
“I am a Republican, running
as a Republican and asking the
support of Republicans. And
when I get to Washington I will
go out and work for the things
ihis district is entitled to. We
have real primary fights in the
Republican Party, but when
they are over and the majority
speaks, we accept that verdict.”
That is the situation as it
should be in Alaska.
WILLIAM PAUL’S
RECORD SPEAKS
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Juneau and Ketchikan each
receive annually $10,000 more
school money from the Terri
tory because I so provided in
my bill (House Bill no. 10.)
Other towns get an additional
10% as well.
Douglas received $3500 for
schools through my bill No. 36.
The Sitka Moose Lodge re
ceived a fund of $400 through
my bill No. 42.
My bill No. 96 gave $2000 to
the struggling homesteaders of
Gustavus for a school building.
My bill No. 33 gave $7,000 to
Yakutat for a school building.
The bill repealing the fur
taxes was written by me altho
introduced in the House by Re
presentative Worth.
My bill No. 77 provided the
first markers on • Gastineau
Channel.
My bill No. 53 gave women
community property rights and
passed the House.
My bill No. 87 provided the
law which permits “improve
ment districts”—vitally impor
tant to Ketchikan.
My bill No. 78 made it a crime
for a person to contribute to the
delinquency of a minor.
I wrote the bill which estab
lished an official flag for Alaska
(H. B. 91).
I wrote the bill which gives
watchmen a right of lien on the
property they preserve.
I introduced the Controller
Bill in the House and made a
record for Home Rule for Alas
ka.
I believe the system that can
tax a cannery corporation $90,
000 altho its books show an
operating loss of $130,000 and
and only tax the Kennecott
Mine $68,000 on a NET PROFIT
! of $4,500,000 IS WRONG.
Our resident fishermen CAN
NOT fish in Washington. Why
permit outsiders to come and
fish in Alaska until they first be
come residents.
I am a candidate for the
House of Representatives and
believe that with the above re
cord before you, you will honor
me with your support.
Respectfully,
William L. Paul
Divisional Notes
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ANGOON
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The gas boat,“Famous” made
a trip over to the Hidden Falls
mill, John Maurstad came over
on her return trip to visit Mrs
Maurstad who is a government
nurse here.
The Merrimac also was over
to the mill for a load of lumber
for Mr. Peter James, who is put
ting up a new home here.
Mr. and Mrs. John Willard,
Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis,
Walter Soboloff, Mr. and Mrs.
Mark Jacobs, all of Sitke are
here visiting friends.
The fishing fleet that went
fall fishing returned home, as
! there was no market for salmon,
j Mr. Smallwoods returned
home from Saginaw Bay where
he has been working.
| Mr. Jamestown and Dan
(Brown went to Chaik Bay to
J smoke some fish for the winter.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. George
James, a baby girl on October 18.
Peter E. Johnson has bought
the Army building at Killisnoo
and will move it to Angoon for
his home.
William George who bought a
house in Tenakee last spring
brought it over on a raft and has
set it up here.
The Vis III and the Famous
were over to the Hidden Falls for
lumber this week.
Walter Soboleff was here visit
ing with his mother Mrs. Person.
Mr . Hamberg returned from
Hidden Falls and will stay in
town until the New year.
Mike Hudson who came in on
his boat the “Earl M.” plans to
stay through the fall here.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Miller came
over from Juneau with Mike
Hudson. The Millers plan to win
ter in Killisnoo.
The Dolphin, Capt. Moses
Jamestown, Dan Brown, and An
drew Charlie left for Juneau to
attend the Salvation Army Con
gress which is in session this
week.
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SITKA
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Willie John and Mrs. Willie
John were taken to Juneau Jail
by Marshal Schnabel to serve
sentence for violation of the
prohibition law. Willie John was
also bound over to the grand
jury on a charge of rape. He was
sentenced to pay a fine of $300
and serve five months in jail,
Mrs. John had to dig up $125 and
serve three months in jail. In
the bindover case, John’s bond
was set in the sum of $1,000.
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WRANGELL
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Mrs. Jessie Eyon and two
daughters, Misses Alice and
Edna Eyon, have purchased pro
perty in the North Townsite Ad
dition and have stocked the
place with fifteen pairs of Yu
kon mink. Mr. and Mrs. Alex
Canitie are ranching the stock
for the Eyons.
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THE COMMON COLOR—GREEN
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In a recent address to some
earnest women on the subject
of interracial religions the writer
remarked: “Our race problem in
the South does not lie in the
fact that some of us are white
and some dark, but in our com
mon color—both are green. We
don’t know the real problem but
let prejudice control.’’ Possibly
others might wisely face our
common color.
American Legion Masquerade
Ball at Sons of Norway Hall
November 10th.
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November 4th is election day.
Your vote is an endorsement of
the candidates you favor. If you
do not vote YOU are a poor ci