Interest is increasing in the terri
torial primaries, which are to take
place on April 30 next. In this division
there will be a lively contest for the |
Republican nomination for representa-'
five, there being six candidates and
four to be selected. The Democratic
aspirants number but four. For road \
commissioner there are three Republi
can candidates and one Democrat. But
interest in the local contests promises
to be somewhat overshadowed by the
developments in the contest for the
Democratic nomination for delegate in
congress. The contestants are Dele
gate Sttlzer. the nominee of the regu
i/cmuv icub, emu wuiiuni iviaiuuey.
who is understood to be the candidate
of the element in the ranks of the
Democracy, headed by Governor
Strong, which lias become estranged
from the party leaders, or “machine”
element. It is the one element of the
coming primaries that will tend to
create interest in the coming elections,
and promises now to be the center of
a campaign of much recrimination and
some bitterness.
There appears to be a somewhat
hazy idea as to the provisions of the
territorial primary law. It was the
creation of the last legislature, and
lias been given little publicity. For
the information of voters a brief syn
opsis of the law is here given:
The New Law
The title of the act is “An act to
provide for the holding of primary
elections in the territory of Alaska, to
fix the time and manner of holding
the same, to prescribe the qualifica
tions of candidates to he nominated at
such elections, and to designate the
manner of filing and authenticating
their candidacy, and for other pur
poses."
Section 1 provides that all candi
dates for delegate to congress, for at
torney general, "or for any other of
fice created by act of congress or the
legislature of the territory of Alaska,
shall be nominated by direct vote of
the people,” etc. The manner of filing
is prescribed, and also the amount of
the filing fee.
Section 2 provides that candidates
shell “file with the clerk of the dis
trict court * * * a declaration of can
didacy signed and acknowledged and
certified to by a certificate of five elec
tors of the judicial district in which
such candidates resides, and who are
members of the political party to
which such candidates belong, and
shall pay" the stipulated filing ree.
Who Are Eligible
i he name ol the candidate receiving
the highest number of votes for any
office at such primary election by any
political party shall he placed upon the
official ballot of the general election,
together with the designation of the
political party by whom nominated,
says Section 3. In addition to the
names of the candidates nominated at
such primary election by the several
political parties, the names of such
other candidates as ^ave filed their
nomination papers in conformity to the
provisions of Secs. 11, 12 and 13 of
Chap. 25, Session Laws of 1915, are
to be placed on the ballot, “and no one
not nominated at a primary election
shall be designated on the official bal
lot as having any party affiliations."
Section 4 provides the form of dec
laration to he filed with the clerk of i
court, and the certificate of those]
signing uie ueciarauon, providing for
a declaration of their party affiliation,
attesting the affiliation of their candi
date, and declaring that “he is well
qualified to perform the duties of the
office for which he is a candidate.”
Each Party Has Separate Ballot
' Nomination paper” and “nomina
tion petition” are declared to he syn
onymous by Section 5. Section 6 pro
vides that the primaries are to be held
on the last Tuesday in April preceding
the biennial election, and that quali
fied voters “shall be given an oppor
tunity, on separate ballots provided
for that purpose,^to express their pref
erence as to the nominees for their re
spective parties.” Section 7 provides
that “there shall be a separate and
distinct ballot for each poltical party
represented by a candidate. Each of
such ballots shall contain the names
i
of the various candidates for nomina
tion, the designation of the office for
which such nomination is sought. Each
party ballot shall clearly state the
name of the political party whose nom
ination the candidates thereon seek,
and all candidates whose names ap
pear on any such ballot shall belong
to the same political party.” The bal
lots are to be prepared by the clerks
of the courts of the various judicial
divisions.
It is the duty of the secretary of the
territory to promulgate rules for the
conduct of such primary elections not
less than eight months prior thereto.
The compensation of the election
boards is to be the same as at a gen
eral election, according to Section 8.
The expenses of the election are to be
met by the territorial treasury.
The polls are to be open at the same I
hours and the balloting done in <he|
same manner, as nearly as practicable, i
as in general elections, except that1
one ballot box is to be provided for
each political party. "Each electoi !
who offers to vote shall announce his 1
name, place of residence and party cf-l
filiation, which shall be by the clerks j
written down by pen and ink, if ob
tainable, and if not, then oy the most j
indelible instrument reasonably con-!
venient. The elector shall then be!
given a ballot of the party with which !
he claims to be affiliated, and alter!
having marked and folded such ballot !
it shall be deposited in the box desig
nated for the same political party."
Not later than forty-five days after!
the primary election the clerk of court!
for each division shall canvass the re
turns, and when he is satisfied that
not alter the result thereof it shall be
his duty to telegraph the returns to,
the territorial secretary., who may)
avail himself of such telegraphic re- '
turns in deciding who hate been nom-i
inated by the respective parties a-,
candidates for the respective territor
ial offices,” says Section 12
According to Section 14 “the name
of no candidate for office or for com- •
mitteeman (it will he noticed, that
there is no provision in tile law for the
nomination of any committeeman.—
Ed.) or delegate or alternate shall he
printed on official ballot used at any
primary unless prior to the beginning
of the period limited by law a declara
tion of candidacy and certificate shall
have been filed with the secretary of
the territory or clerk of ihe district
court.”
Qualifications o£*electors are ihe
same as at general elections
Tlie penal provisions of the general
election law of the territory for the
violation of general election laws; shall
also be applicable to elections held tin.
der the provisions of the primary law,
and to officers and others who violate
its provisions.
How the Law Will Work
It will be seen from the above that
the nominations of party conventions,
unless filed in the regular way and at
the regular time, will be dispensed
with. It is possible for parties to hold
conventions, however, prior to the time
for filing nominations, ami their nom
inees can be placed on the ballot In
the same manner as those indorsed by
only five citizens.
It Is in the manner of voting that
confusion may arise. As has been the
case in other sections of the country
where primary laws are in effect,
there is nothing to prevent any citi
zen, Democrat, Republican, Socialist or
otherwise, from casting his vote for
any particular nominee or set of nom
inees. All that is necessary is to de
clare that he is affiliated with that
particular party. While it may be un
usual, concerted action by politicians
of opposing parties have thus been
able to name the candidates of their
opponents, contrary to the wish of the
rank and file of such political party.
There seems to be no remedy for this,
and it is one of the apparent defects
of the law.
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JULES CAMBON
Jules Canton, formerly French am- 1
barsador to the United States, is di- <
rector of the new American depart- ;
merit in the French government, which
has been formed to assist Premier
Clemenceau in giving direct attention '
to the requirements of the American 1
expeditionary forces and to any other
American activities. ;
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registers. Adress Prospector, Valdez
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WOMAN MINER HAS
A NARROW ESCAPE
Mrs. Anna Bub. owner of mines on
’ache creek, recently had a narrow
escape from death while making the
rip from her diggings to Nnchorsge.
While on the trail with eleven dogs
she stopped to fix the sled within three
miles of Kern creek when with a
grinding and roar a colossal mass of
mow and ice slipped front the side
>f the mountain and obliterated all
trace of the trail. She and her son
were obliged to break a new Trail to
the road house at Kern creek. After
a short stop in Anchorage she will
leave for her mine on Dollar creek
in the Cache creek country and will
spend the summer there In develop
ment work. Her two sons will accom
pany her.
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Madame Lydia, the pairwist, wtil ne
found in the Currier &. Mickelson
building on C. street. 16-tf
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OLD CLOTHING WANTED
I can use to a great advantage baby
garments and clothing for boys and
Sirls under the age of twelve years.
rhe native mothers and children ap
Drectated your former gifts. If vml
:an further assist them phone 153, and
Rev. Shriver will call for your clean,
Tast-off clothing.
CITATION.
[n United States Commissioner’s Court
in and for Cordova Precinct, Terri
tory of Alaska, in Probate. In the
Matter of the Guardianship of Gust
Lindquist, an Incompetent,
above named incompetent; and to
whomever it may concern:
A petition having been filed in the
above named court in which it is al
leged that the disability through which
the ajiove named Gust Lindquist has
been heretofore adjudged to be
an incompetent person, has been
removed and alleging that there
is no further necessity of a guardian
n the said matter and praying that
aaid guardian render his final account
and be relieved of further duties here
ro H. A. Slater, Guardian of the
n.
By order of this court, you are here
by required to be and appear in the
office of the United States commis
sioner and ex-officio probate judge of
Cordova Precinct, Territory of Alaska,
m the 9th day of March, 1918, at the
hour of 10 a. m. on said day to show
sause, if any there be, why the prayer
of said petition should not be granted
Witness my hand and seal at Cor
dova, Alaska, the 5th day of February
1918.
EDWARD F. MEDLEY
United States Commissioner and ex
officio Probate Judge.
NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL
ACCOUNT.
n United States Commissioner’s Court
in and for Cordova Precinct, Terri
tory of Alaska, in Probate. In the
matter of the estate of A. B. Cooper,
deceased.
In accordance with the order of the
above named probate court issued on
he 31st day of January, 1918, notice is
lereby given that the undersigned ad
ninistrator has filed his final account,
isking that the same be allowed and
ipproved and that the probate judge
if the all ivo named court has set the
th day of April, 1918, as the day for
i hearing on said final account, on
vhich day in the office of the above
lamed probate court In Cordova, Alas
:a, at the hour of 3 p. in. any person
nterested may appear and file ob
ections in Writing, to said final ac
ount and the allowance of the same.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska, the 31st
ay of January, 1918.
W. J. SHEPARD,
idministrator of the Estate of A. B.
Cooper, Deceased.
'irst Publication Jan. 31, 1918.
.ast Publication Feb. 28, 1918.
SERBIAN NEEDS
Household utensils, as well as the
i food which is to he cooked In them,
-will he much needed in Serbia as soon
as that Serbian territory which is now
in the hands of the enemy is recov
ered- hepartinent of commerce in
formation is to the effect that in Ser
bia American manufacturers may an
ticipate a market for many articles.
Tin plate for canning purposes will
be wanted, as well as corn, wheat,
flour, hardtack, dried vegetables, lard,
eating oil, canned meat, milk, coffee,
tea, sugar, shoes, leather, clothes, cot
ton. wool, iron and steel bars, gal
vanized sheets, and tin plate, Mere^
are a few of the things needed by
Serbia: Tractors, plows, harrows, roll
ers, scythes, compresses, sickles, wag
ers, scythes, compresses, sickles, wa
ons, cart axels, wheels, spray pumps,
spray bags, sulphur, copper sulphate,I
raffia, pig iron, oxen, cattle, horses,!
goats, fowls, incubators, seeds, saw-j
t
mills, motor trucks, saws, saw sharp
eners, nails, chains, measuring instru
ments, rails, corn, wheat, flour, and
hardtack.
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borne.
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registers. Adress Prospector. Valdez.
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