' POLITICIANS OF TERRITORY ARE
GETTING BUSY FOR PRIMARIES
TO BE HELD LATTER PART APRIL
4 CANDIDATES ARE LINING UP
For Delegate to Congress
Republicans y Democrats
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D. A. SUTHERLAND, Ruby GEORGE B. GRIGSBY, Nome
For Attorney General
A. R. HEILIG, Fairbanks JEREMIAH MURPHY, Anchorage
JOHN RUSTGARD, Juneau
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, For National Committeemen
J. R. HECKMAN, Ketchikan T. J. DONOHOE, Cordova
* CHAS. E. HERRON, Anchorage
MILO KELLY, Anchorage
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For Delegates to National Conventions
GEO. C. HAZELET, Cordova CHARLES A. DERRY, Cordova
O. P. GAUSTAD, Fairbanks il ' •
T. M. REED, Nome
EMERY VALENTINE, Juneau
For Territorial Senator
AL CHAMBERLAIN, Seward JOHN NOON, Seward
* For Representatives
H. A. SLATER, Cordova E. F. MEDLEY, Cordova
W. J. ERSKINE, Kodiak E. E. RAY, Cordova
JOHN PATTERSON, Valdez
Territorial politics is beginning to
assume some tangible shape, and can
> didates for honors at the spring pri
maries are being brought forth in a
way that indicates that there will be
no dearth of material from which to
select good men for the various offices
to be filled. Under the new election
law it is necessary for both political
parties to submit the names of all
aspirants for territorial offices at a pri
mary to be held on the last Tuesday
in April. A choice is to be made oy
the voters of the candidates to be bal
loted for at the next general election
in November, including a delegate to
congress from Alaska, attorney gen
eral, territorial senator and four mem
bers of the local house of representa
tives. In addition, the Republicans
must select a national committeeman
S and two delegates and six alternates
to its national convention at Chicago
in June, while the Democrats will also
Select a national committeeman and six
delegates and six alternates to its na
tional convention at San Francisco
also to be held in June.
Sutherland and Grigsby for Delegate
For delegate to congress there ap
pear to be but two candidates in the
running at this time, namely, George
B. Grigsby, the incumbent, and Dan
Sutherland, neither of whom is likely
to have any opposition at the prima
ries. Grigsby is the almost unani
mous choice of the Democratic parU
^ for re-election, while the Republicans
seem willing to unite on Sutherland as
their candidate. That Wickersham is
no longer a factor in Alaska politics
and has wisely decided to retire seems
V to be generally conceded.
®^Choice for National Committeemen
Throughout the territory there was
an urgent demand for J. R. Heckman
to stand for the Republican nomina
tion for national committeeman, and
after a number of clubs had indorsed
him for this honor he agreed to enter
the race. Charles E. Herron and Milo
Kelly, both of Anchorage, had pre
^ viously announced their candidacies
for committeeman, but as they are at
present in' Seattle, it is not definitely
known whether they are still in the
running.
On the Democratic side Thomas J.
Donohoe has filed for national commit
teeman, and as his ability as an or
ganizer and campaigner is recognized
by the “unterrified,” his nomination is
conceded without opposition.
The Attorney Generalship
For attorney general there are many
Republicans throughout the territory
who believe that A. R. Heilig of Fair
banks is best fitted to discharge the
duties of the office, and would like
to see him as the party’s standard
hearer at the November election. It is
said that John Rustgard of Juneau has
aspirations in that direction.
Jeremiah Murphy of Anchorage,
who is at present falling the office, hav
ing been appointed by Governor Riggs
when George B. Grigsby was elected
^ delegate to congress, is a candidate to
succeed himself on the Democratic
ticket. '
Delegates to National Conventions
There are two delegates to be elect
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ed to the Republican national conven
tion, and among those most promi
nently mentioned for this honor is* our
townsman, George C. Hazelet, who has
a large acquaintanceship throughout
the territory, and would make an ideal
man to assist in the nomination of the
next President.
O. P. Gaustad of Fairbanks has also
filed as a candidate. He was a former
senator from the Fourth division, and
has many friends in the Interior.
Thomas M. Reed of Nome and Em
ery Valentine of Juneau are also men
tioned as possible candidates.
T^he Democrats have six delegates
to their national convention, and the
organization will put up one candidate
from each judicial division and two at
large from the territory. For the third,
division Charles A. Derry of Cordova
will make the race, but the candidates
from the other divisions have not as
yet been announced.
Senatorial Situation
For territorial senator to succeed
John Ronan, Seward has the only
aspirants in the field. They are A1
Chamberlain, at present mayor of that
town, and John Noon, who has served
two terms in the legislature.
Legislators Are Scarce
Four candidates for member of the
house of representatives are to be
nominated by each party, but thus far
candidates are slow in coming forth.
The Republicans want H. A. Slater of
Cordova, to stand for re-election, but
he has not yet consented to do so. In
fact, he insists that one term was suf
ficient, and wants to retire from poli
tics. His friends, however, feel that
as a duty to the party he should again
be a candidate.
W. J. Erskine, a successful business
man of Kodiak, is also being urged to
run foi the legislature. Anchorage
and Valdez or Seward will likely place
a candidate on the Republican ticket.
It is understood that the Democrats
will select a candidate for the legisla
ture from each of the towns of Cor
dova, Valdez and Anchorage, and also
one from the Copper River valley. E.
E. Ray of Cordova and John Patter
son of Valdez, who served in the last
house, are undecided as to whether
they will make the race again. It is
likely that Edward F. Medley, former
commissioner at Cordova, may be a
candidate.
Divisional Convention
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The Democrats will call a divisional
convention early in the summer to
elect a new divisional committee and
appoint delegates to a territorial con
tention proposed to be held shortly
afterward, which will adopt a plat
form and elect a new territorial com
mittee.
Republicans Organizing
In almost every town in Alaska Re
publican clubs have been organized for
the purpose of getting the party to
gether for an aggressive campaign
during the present year.
Juneau Split Is Denied
A wire has been received by the
Cordova Republican Club from John
Rustgard of Juneau, in which he warns
the Republcans aganst the false press!
reports about the political situation
at Juneau, which he says were sent
out by the local Democratic organ
for the sole purpose of creating
trouble within and disrupting the
Republican party.
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