cannery.
Tom Gaffney, that noble de
fender of and friend of labor
would stand for no such provi
sion. Fooling working girls,
forcing them to work for $3.50
an entire season, net, driving
them into prostitution, because
labor’s noble champion held it
a sacred right of Capital to take
its toll from the flesh pots, from
the decency and virginity of
American womanhood. So fool
ing and defrauding these girls
remains a protected industry
.and wnl remain such while the
Gaffney-Lomen brand of pants
wearers are elected into office.
Tom the “Friend of Labor
conics before the electorate and
asks the laborers to elect him
on his record--as their friend. If
they did—he would be elected to
go back to his Lomenized town
iii the Bering Sea.
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THE WHITE HOPE
J. J. Connors, Democratic Na
tional Committeeman, was inter
' iewed by the Empire recently.
He averred that the “hope of the
First Division lies in Democrats.”
As per Connors the hope of the
First division depends upon the
lies of the Democrats. And that
seems to be the line of campaign
which will be followed.
In his statement Mr. Connors
said: “Voters, in order to under
stand issues and realize their
import; to weigh the candidates
and parties they represent, must
be capable of studying those is
sues, to read about them in the
daily press, to discuss them with
their fellow’s. An electorate that
cannot be dominated by the will
cf one or two leaders, that votes
as a unit oftimes without being
able to read the name of the
candidates for whom it votes and
v. About knowledge of the ex
istence cf the office at stake, is
a very real menace to self-gov
ernment. This fact has been re
cognized in Southeast Alaska
for several years. Forward look
ing leaders of both Democratic
and Republican parties have re
cognized that danger and have
in the past cooperated in an
effort to suppress it.”
Offers To Buy Indian Sop port
Last week George Sawa of
Take was in Juneau and there
met his old friend J. J. Connors.
Mr. Connors introduced hopeful
v'om Gaffney to Sawa and then
aunched into his camp fign talk
aid he, “Quit voting the Re
ublican ticket. They are only
leddling you a lot of huh. Ge:,
n and vote the Democratic tick
et. If you will flight for us I will
ce that you are well paid ’’ raid
George: “They might be pea
ling us a lot of bull but you
•an’t make me believe that
ours is the best. What have you.
one to fight our fight for a de
ant living and what are you
oing to do to make our condi
ions better. No sir! I won’t
ote for you, keep your money.”
Which shows that while the
democratic leaders recognize
he menace” of the Indian vote,
hey believe that vote a menace
nly so long as it votes Republi
can. Any party which assumes
ostive and negative positions
;n any subject, changing plat
orms and political coats as do
’hameleons, is a d ingenues
and cannot command the
•espect or confidence of any of
he electorate
“HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL”
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George B. Grigsby, Ketchikan
attorney who was nominated in
he Democratic primary to maki
he race for Delegate, was an
irrival in Fairbanks recently. He
s touring the country in the in
erests of his candidacy and n
ho’ding campaign rallies in the
towns in the Westward. As usual
George is very optomistic of
election.—News Miner.
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MERICA’S MARKET
THREATENED
The food canners in the United
States are watching very closely
I ho news from Soviet Russia
hose days. And indeed, it is time,
for tlie gigantic canning indus
try of this country is seriously
threatened. On the authority of
Cleenirg Trade, published in
Bait’more it appears that the So
viet Government has laid out a
plan calling for the production
of four billion cans by the year
1932-33 and six billion cans the'
following year, and this trade
journal adds that “this is not
mere paper talk.”
The soviets have placed orders
for $35,000,000 oi’ canning {na
chinery and supplies during the
pa.t year and are now erecting
the plants. We are told that this
is all state work, the canneries
and their entire operations com
ing under government owner
ship and control from growing
the crop to selling the finished
product including the purchase
of plants and their erection.
4nd instead of trusting to luck
m the marketing of their pro
iucts, the Russians plan to di
vide and pro-rate the pack on
a percentage basis, making to
matoes 24 percent, other vege
l.r.i ■■ ?s 23 percent, meat 19 per
ceir , fish 18 percent and so on.
It occurs to us that Rilssian
j laborers as a class are probably
not more intelligent or indus
trious than their American con
temporaries, though their num
oer is legion; and as countries
go, Russia has not a more fertile
;cii oi equable climate, nor a
ider range of products than the
IT. S. of America. The only possi
vle advantage Russia may have
in competition is one of govern
oompetition is one of govern
mental system and that cannot
be for long if Americans are not
oo dumb to learn. Russia’s sys
tem is comparatively new and
untried but no matter how ad
vantageous it may prove to be
the only element that can keep
America permanently “hipped”
s our monumental conceit.
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LESTER D. HENDERSON
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Is Lester D. Henderson the
only educator in the Territory
fit to hold the office of commis
ioner of education? Is there not
another man capable of direct
ing the educational affairs of the (
territory? Did Lester keep the (
schools out of politics? If so.
what were those political
neeches he used to make at the
teachers’ conventions and what
makes it right for him to use j
his office to dabble in politics ;
and makes it wrong for the elec- '
tors to have their choice in the ;
matter. ;
Under the appointive system 1
when the electorate is dissatis
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Republican First Division Platform
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We, the undersigned candidates for election as Senator and Representatives to the Legis
lature in the First Division, Territory ox Alaska, on tne Republican ticket, do hereby pledge our- ,
selves if elected, to support the following among other principles: \
. 1. To work with and support President Hoover and his administration in friendly cooperation,
in all matters for the welfare of the Territory.
(
To aid in, and encourage, the investment of capital in the development and fair utilization of ,
the natural resources of the Territory.
3. To obtain such legislation as will leave the fisheries of Alaska open only to bona fide resi
dents of Alaska.
4. To secure the enactment of an adequate community property law.
5. To provide for needy Pioneers of both sexes and afford relief for indigent widows and orphans.
6. To give preference to applicants for clerical employment who have been bona fide continuous
residents in Alaska for one year or more.
7. To require all available supplies needed by Territorial activities to be purchased within the Ter
ritory from residents thereof.
8. To provide proper supervision over the expenditures and accounts of all Territorial Offices.
9. To provide for uniform purchase of supplies for Territorial offices under control of a board of
elected officials.
10. To establish convenient and necessary airports.
11. To encourage actual prospectors by aiding them with transportation.
12. Tc maintain the fish hatchery at Ketchikan for experimental purposes.
13. To continue reasonable appropriations for re-stocking program of game and fur-bearing ani
mals and for control of predatory animals.
14. To secure a survey of the schools of the Territory by some competent authority so the Legisla
ture may work intelligently in getting the greatest benefit to our children out of the $1,000,000
now appropriated by each Legislature for schools.
15. To aid in the construction of the International Highway through British Columbia and the
Yukon Territory, into Alaska, and its connections
We respectfully solicit the support of the
November 4, 1339, upon these pledges.
DIVISIONAL CANDIDATES
For Territorial Senator:
C. T. (TOM) GARDNER (Juneau)
For Territorial Representatives:
J. E. JOHNSON (Ketchikan)
WILLIAM L. PAUL (Ketchikan)
W. P. SCOTT (Juneau)
i GROVER C. WINN (Juneau)
with our present system om highways.
voters of the First Division at the election on
TERRITORIAL CANDIDATES
For Delegate to Congress:
JAMES WICKERSHAM (Juneau)
For Territorial Treasurer:
W. G. SMITH (Juneau)
For Territorial Auditor:
CASH COLE (Juneau)
For Highway Engineer:
JOSEPH ULMER (Fairbanks)
For Territorial Commissioner of Education:
W. K. KELLER (Juneau)
fled with the manner in which
the office of commissioner of
education is managed, they can
do nothing to remedy conditions, j
Under the elective system that'
efflee is directly responsible toj
an electorate and must answer
immediately to the people as to
the conduct of that office.
Any territory or state which
must depend upon the appoint
ive system for the conduct of its!
various offices is not in any man-1
ner working towards full terri
torial government.
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IMPORTING LABOR
J. J. Connors, thru the Empire,
speaking of the imported labor
m the canneries condemns the
Republican leaders for opposing
.hat system. In Ketchikan dis
! net a^one last summer the can
neries imported over three thou
and Oriental laborers with a
seasonal pay ranging from $80
fc $2r)0. If the Empire wishes
•’cntinuation of this system it
aiight not be amiss to suggest
that those three thousand Ori
entals be moved to Juneau, body
md soul and given labor in the
mines and in every business
liouse in the capital city. Cer
ainly not one town wishes this
•ystem to continue outside of
ffineau.
Says Mr. Connors, “It is ab
urd to think of prohibiting can
cers from importing labor until
either industries build up suffi
ciently to furnish employment
welve months a year—until we
rave established a labor market.
iVe cannot build a prosperous
ommunity on one purely sea
;onal industry. Salmon furnishes
employment for fishermen only
luring about five or six weeks
i year, and, unless ether indus
ries flourish alongside, labor
cannot be expected to sit here
luring the other ten or eleven
months and wait for a job.
For the past several years, the !
Umpire crowd has been midwif
ng the pulpmill industry. They
lave been, building pulp mills 1
md communities in Thomas Bay, |1
raku, Juneau, Thane, Wrangell;'
md Ketchikan. Not one site hasp
ret been selected nor any steps
aken to start any of these pro- '
ects. But every elec ion the Em
>ire condemns the Republican
*.nd damns them for driving
capital out of the country.
Yet they support the idea of
importation of oriental labor to
he exclusion of local labor and
'xpect local labor to sit idly by
md suck their thumbs. Such
deas do not pay grocery bills,
three thousand orientals in Ket
.hikan. Amy one thousand resi
ient laborers can do the work
>f the three thousand orientals.
Sut to give residents a better
earning power will make them
:oo independent. The less earn
ngs they have, the better slaves
will they be. The Empire and its
alleged spokesman, Connors,
wishes Alaskans to remain wage
slaves. Fine business, not.
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“IT IS AN ERROR”
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Says the Democratic national
committeeman “in making the
office of Commissioner of Educa
tion elective since it will inevit
ably bring the school system of
rhe Territory into politics.”
The wail of the Empire andj
its committeeman is “Full Terri-1
torial Government.” But it does'
not want the electors to have
any choice in the election or
appointment of its commissions
of education. Rather it would
have that office appointive and
responsible to an official ap
pointed from and responsible to
Washington. It is rank hypo
crisy to say that Troy and his
henchmen are working for “full
territorial government when it
and they oppose every measure
of elective government.
Why not oppose election of
delegate and the legislature and
why not have those offices ap
pointive. It will insure perpetu
ation of a federal political ma
chine which will give its pat
ronage to the Empire and hold
in line the bunch of transients
by keeping their feet in the
troughs.
PEGUES WROTE THAT
PLATFORM
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The cat is out of the bag. Peg
ues, the political mentor for the
Troy publication is author of the
platform which was sponsored
by the alleged administration
supporters. Look at the glibness
with which that platform is
carried on by the Empire today
And the slick platform pushed
John Rustgard on the political
shelf. Perhaps that is as the Em
pire wished—weren’t they killing
two birds with one stone?
CORRECT THEY ARE
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Quoting Mr Connors, Demo
Nation-Committee, “The fight
against the system has been too
long and bitter, verging often
onto victorious, and too recent
in its ending for the people of
the First Division to be misled
into thinking that the promises
now being made by Troy-Con
nors, combination, “are sincere
in a proposal to change the
system.”
Changing the spots on the
leopard does not change the
leopard one iota. Tho the cham
eleon change its color ever so
eften it remains a chameleon.
And tho the Empire changes its
ume and color ever so often, it
is the same old gang of high-,
binders. And just the mere)
changing of those politicel tunes
does not secure the confidence
nor faith of the electorate.
THE OLIVE BRANCH
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“To work with and support
President Hoover and his admin
istration in friendly cooperation.’
Does this mean the federal bu
reaus in Alaska, representing
:he Hoover administration? Lo
gically it seems that should be j
:he interpretation. Hence, it j
nust be a pledge that Paul has
offered the olive branch to the '
3ureau of Fishereies; that hisj
light against what he and his |
eo-wcrkers have termed ‘Kingj
D’Malley’s autocratic domina-1
;ion of the Alaska fisheries is at j
m end; and that from now on
VTr. O’Malley’s regulations gov
erning the fishereiesof Alaska
vill be agreeable to that faction.’ j
Now, Troy betrays his colossal j
gnorance when he makes such
i wild assertion.
There is nothing more con
temptible than an unethical j
newspaper man. There is noth-1
ng so low as a newspaper man |
who deliberately sets down as:
L ruths a lot of deliberate lies
and misrepresentations. There
fore, having violated the ethics
af newspaper morals, there can
oe nothing more contemptible
than Troy in his manner of con
ducting his paper and campaign
Troy would have his readers
believe that Paul is going to
rleep in the same bed with O’
Malley, with Troy on the other
side of O’Malley. Far be it from
such. We do not believe Paul
would even care to be seen in the
same bed with Troy even with
O’Malley between.
It is very possible for the
Republicans of Alaska to get
together to work with and sup
port President Hoover. To work
with him that he might see that
he has been sadly misled by the
Czar of Alaska, Henry O’Malley.
Once President understands that
O’Malley has not been as he
should have been, we do not be
lieve that he will continue to
keep that man in office. This can
be put to President Hoover in a
friendly way. The delegate elec
ted can cooperate with the Pres
5dent and work with him on
broad principles yet disagree
with him on various points of
administration. And in a friend
ly way show wherein Alaska is
being and has been wronged. All
this does not mean that “Paul
will sell out to O’Malley.”
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ANTI TRAP PLANK
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George Grigsby, Democratic
candidate for Delegate to con
gress is said to be preaching an
onti-trap plank in his campaign.
We wonder if this change in
front is due to the fact that the
canners refused to give him sup
port when he solicited funds in
Seattle? If the canners had filled
his jeans full of the wherewith -
all that sweetens the life of the
gang machine, would he have
stood on an anti-trap plank?
Ask George, he knows.
Sure, Why Not?
George Grigsby went to a
prominent Republican soliciting
funds for his campaign for dele
gate to congress. Said the pro
minent One, “How much will
you need George?” “Oh, about
five thousand dollars will cover
the bill,” said the Troy candidate
for Delegate to Congress. “And
what will you do with all that
money, you don’t need that
much, George,” said the Promin
ent One. “Well,” said George, I’vr
got to have some to pay my bills
with, don’t I.”
Feature that! A Democratic
candidate goini to a Prominent
Republican for funds to beat :
Republican candidate for the
same office. The gall of George is
exceeded only by the gall of the
Troy-Pegues team in Juneau.
THE ALEXANDER BILL
The people of Alaska need ex
pect no help from Grigsby ii
matters relating to fisheries le
gislation. The worst law eve'
proposed for management of th
fisheries was the Alexander FisI
Bill, sponsored by the Wilsor
administration. Under it th>
canneries would have had tit!
to their trapsites and to th'
waters wherein their traps stoo
and it would have been unlawfv
to fish WITHIN ONE MILE OI
THE TRAP. It further curtaileo
the powers of the legislature t<
rax any part of the cannery
business in Alaska. This nefari
ous bill was defeated by the skib
and ingenuity of Delegate Wick
ersham. By parliamentary tac
tics the Judge talked the bill of
the floor of the House of Repre
sentatives and killed it till i'
could raise its head no more.
Until George Grigsby and his
sponsors who oppose any legis- j
lating of the trap system out of
existence show that they wul
not try to cut our throats, the
economic throat of the fisher
men and resident business men
they need expect no votes from
the electors, no matter how bad
ly we are or may be treated by
the Republicans.
HE WAS DELEGATE
IN CONGRESS
George Grigsby was Delegate
in Congress when the Jones'
Marine Act was passed by which
Alaska is made the goat. That
law permits the use of Canadian
lines and boats FROM Chicago
to Vancouver South to Seattle,
but PROHIBITS the same goods
in the same ship NORTH to
Alaska.
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 alibi but it is no excuse.
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HEADS I WIN,
TAILS YOU LOSE
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In Alaska the cannerymen
have supported the trap system
because it is the most efficient,
i least expensive and is a labor
saving device in contrast with
the purse seines.
| In Washington, these same
cannerymen want the purse
seine restricted because it is too
efficient.
We expect to hear George
Grigsby explain this paradox for
he has had the support of these
scanners and now that they re
fuse longer to cast away their
pearls he has turned against
them and is advocating an anti
trap plank. Perhaps he will ex
plain the inconsistency of the
statements. PERHAPS!
DIRECT PRIMARY PRANKS
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Without wishing to reflect
upon the nomination of W. A
Hesse, Democratic nominee for
Highway Engineer, whom we un
jdcrstand is a very fine gentle
rnan and competent man, every
way qualified for the office for
v/hich he is a candidate, the re
I suit of the primary on that posi
tion is illustrative of one of the
worst features of the way direct
primaries work out. The office of
Highway Engineer was the only
one that was contested in the
Democratic primary, hence in
terest on primary day was al
most wholly centered in the Re
publican contests, which embrac
ed all the offices. The result was.
as it often is elsewhere, nearly
all the voters, Republicans, De
mocrats and independents, rush
ed into the primary of the party
in which there were more or
less spirited contests. Less than
600 votes were cast for candidates
for Highway Engineer in the
Democratic primary, while more
than 8,000 voted in the Republi
can primary. When only a small
percentage of the voters go to
the polls almost anything might
iccur. It is not a question of
vhich candidate in a primary
election has the most supporters
but the one whose supporters
,rote most numerously. It may
'ery well be that Mr. Hesse
.vould have been nominated had
ill the Democrats in the Terri
tory cast ballots, but there is no
thing to disclose whether that
r,ould have been the case or not.
—Juneau, Empire.
The Empire lays bare the ne
farious political scheme which
defeated Bob Sommers the De
mocratic choice for Highway
Engineer. It’s great desire to de
feat Republicans, crucified Som
mers, Now the Empire regrets
the part it played—the regret as
a sop to Sommers. But is that
regret sincere?
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NOT YET BUT SOON
Anchorage reports accuse The
; Gateway of supporting Demo
jorat Grigsby for Delegate from
Alaska to Washington, D. C.
Perhaps the wish is father to
the thought for as far as we can
recall we have not yet announc
ed our favorite for any candi
date. Have patience, my child,
or pappa will spank! Anyway,
George is a h—of a good chap.
—Seward Gateway.
The Gateway may not be sup
porting Grigsby, but some of its
editorials are certainly not op
posing him. Is it going to strad
dle or spraddle?
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THE SAME OLD BLINK
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George B. Grigsby, Democrat
ic candidate for Delegate to
Congress from Alaska, opened
his campaign in Fairbanks re
cently. He endorsed the entire
Democratic ticket from soup to
nuts. He advocated increased
Home Rule and severely criticis
ed the Organic Act which was
passed through the efforts of
he then Delegate Wickersham.
Grigsby promised mere “home
rule for Alaska and a more lib
eral policy regarding natural
resources.
He condemned his opponent
and declared that Wickersham
“had sold his political influence
in accepting a large sum of
money from the canners in
drawing up a fish trap leasing
bill.
According to the Empire, Mr.
Grigsby was given an enthusi
astic and cordial reception in
Fairbanks. Cordials and bever
ages, perhaps.
ANOTHER COLD STORAGE
FOR SITKA
A group of Sitka citizens,
headed by W. P. Mills filed art
icles of incorporation with Se
cretary Thiele for a corporation
which plans to build and oper
ate a cold storage plant in Sit
ka. Along with the storage bus
iness they will operate a general
1 merchandising business. Erec
1 tion of buildings will begin this
j fall. It is reported that the
(buildings will be constructed on
| cr near the Pyramid Packing
Company’s properties.
One-half of the world must
sweat and groan that the other
half may dream.—Longfellow.
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Among all the arts music
alone can be purely religious.—
Madame de Stael.