The daily Alaskan., 1906-08-22
THE CAUSE OF IT

tlcAlly = unscImoUs vote ~ SAS&NeS
so- Gale and Swiusto7d juneau Dis
patch.
No. that Is 10, IL The ausnim'ty Of
SksCvAy wSs Que 70 no newspaper. The
people Of this city supported Governor
Svinefo75 and Thomas Gale because by
5otuc 50 they we're voting their prin-
sspleS Jfthe Daily Alaskan is entitled
. Sry credit il IS ths, credit due any
pevSnAper which IS loyal to the truth
,o5 true 70 is people. The people o.
SkSSvay supported Gov. SWineio0a and
Thomas Cae becsuss there wss no.
other wAy for then to vote for IN.
Ssunersced. uoo.psrtisEn AmeTiosnism,
The frsueuces which brought shout
The vote At SzsSwsy we're set IN motion
long Az down 81 Juneau. When SSSg-
vsy was SskiDg that there be q union
o. SlI The people o. Southeastern Alas
IA under 1uaesu's leadership il the
Uovu would show the capacity 70 lesd,
fnEpo1-pS-tfSau battle for selt-CoveTu- /
uent for this district, the lesders Of
sentiment do~r there were trying toI
play 6ue PcliEos Taking advantage o.
their possession ., the organizations Of /
10Th o. The political rsrIies they sought
70 zaiu advantage BY introducing party |
politics tu the sight instesd o. sctinE on /
comparison lines They attempted Ia |
coou7Ol ST. the the nominations toytheiT
ovu selfish interests. Instead o. tax
taS = stand o. the issues OF the day /
they soaS6, to stand in vi'h tory
sd ue-ri,o-isIfst They were sQujrm-
iuC. evsdjuS, st-sddling, scheminC and /
plotting 10 = manner fNmjlisr 10 'hose
Who have aHs,-ve5 the methods OF s. I
Dave Hill OF 8 Senator Allison.
In addition 70 su this there WAS a
S7svsdo. = sslf-susscjeOcy at Juneau
tbs, induced It's papers 10 make faces
=, s1y .ttemp, 70 solve the situation
tbs, did not orjE3nste within their Own
little circle. They ridtcu)ed every at
temp, the people O. the district msae
70 secure : retirement o. their con
5itfoDS The convention held last Nov
enber =, Seattle. which had the effect
o. securing a delegate IN congress IRON
Alss,a. vss SooFed st When il wss
p,,c,sea 70 hold q non partisan nominal. /
ING convention there were sueers
And - On down the line.
Uo6sr such conditions Vas ooOcelved
the CAL for the partisan conventions /
Rv such methods vas captured the re
poslsssa convention sD5 produced the
sssnefary tvStorous platform upoo
vh,sA rested the ssodjdssy Of {. nj
Nuraae Who became a candidate he
cause TIE nSu 10 whose name the tories
sA5 csp,ure3 the Convention and Tor
whom the platform hal been made So'
al5ne-ur On the hSa5 writing On the
VAL fust IL tine to withdraw st the
lItA hour while his friends were hold
laE the sack.
There vSs oothiug IN the candidacy
o. q. ". Mens0, ioSu1uvsted by s.
bs75tgG o. Junesuites Neot uDou fore.
5as A. unwilling people 70 swallow a
5ose O. party medicine who we're
.s-s5s 10 make : square, astioo;ea dec
1.-slio1 il favor 0, territorial Eovevo-
ue7t IS had the democrats il Two
p-svioas CONVENTIONS, 70 alleviate The
situation.
Only II the candidates. Of Governor
Swfpeto05. Thomas Gale snd Frank &.
wHskey we're there 70 BE to10d thai
which SkSSvsySus soOght, For Cess
oas that S-s ostu7sl and obvious the
peopls o. this city chose Gov. Swine
ford lord tor The short tern IS sgaiust
stranger. to- the long term there
VS. % shoios 70 be made It hs3to be
Thonss CSls.
Nov TIE question ), viii juneau
les-u The lesson o. the electioos The
vote q The town indicates 'hs1 there IS
So1s hope that It viii