Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-06
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
The Alaska Governorship Fight
Still On.
SENATOR ELKINS FOR CLUM
Sees the President in His Behalf To-
day.
HEMENWAY CALLS FOR HOGGATT
How the Selection May Affect the
Presidential Nomination Two
Years From Now.
HEMENwAY CALLS FOR HoGGATT

| The Alaskan governorship contest. which
went on at the White House today with
| the same vigor as in the last few days. has
! taken on an interesting phase probably
/ without the President being conscious of
| 1t. 1t is certain that no one has called his
attention to 1t, as that might have defeated
| the chances of either Of the two candidates
| who have been principally under consid-
| GRAFTON.
| The two men the President has been try
| ing to decide between in the governorship
| are Wilfred B. Hoggatt of Juneau and
John P. Clum of New York, recently ap-
| pointed postmaster at Fairbanks, Alaska.
| Hoggart is on Indiana man and his nomina-
i ton and confirmation as governor would, Ii
| is believed, presage the sending of a Fair
banks delegation from Alaska to the next
| republican national convention. Clum is an
| especially close friend of Postmaster Gen.
| eral Cortelyou His nomination would, ii
| is limited, probably mean a delegation from
Alaska either for Cortelyou for President
| or for some one he desired to have the
| nomination.
| Alaska has six votes in the national con-
| vention and these might cut an important
| figure in the presidential nomination of two
years from now. At any rate, the selection
| of governor has possibilities connected
| with 1t that have not failed to appeal to
| those who dabble In politics and try to find
|
| that is DONE
| Neither of the men mentioned, however,
| has been much identified in politics during
his life. Mr.. Clum has had more expert
| ence In that direction than Mr. Hoggatt.
| After leaving the Indian service in the
| southwest good many years ago Mr.. Clum
| was elected mayor of Tombstone, Ariz. HIS
| identification with the government service
| has caused him to live more or less In
political atmosphere Hoggatt spent most
| of his life as an officer of the navy. where
politics played little part. He is, however
a man of strong parts and has the facility
| of adapting himself to circumstances. The
| mere fact that he is an Indiana man might
not mean that he would work for a Fair
| banks delegation from the territory, but a
| significant thing In connection with it is
| that his main hacker is Senator Hemenway
| who is allied with Vice President Fairbanks
| in the control of the republican organiza-
ton of Indiana. Senator Hemenway saw
the President yesterday in behalf of Mr..
! Hoggatt and called again today. Another
Hoggatt supporter to see the President was
D. H. Jarvis. who declined the governor
| ship.
Senator Elkins gave the Clum side boost
by urging the President to appoint Mr..
Clum.
Alaska's Congressional Representation
The President is represented as greatly
pleased at the passage of the Alaska dele
| gate bill in the House yesterday. He has
| recommended measure Of this kind in
| several messages TO Congress, ana ne VIII
promptly sign the present measure as soon
as the slight differences between the House
and Senate bills are reconciled in confer
ence committee.
| This measure will result In the first gen.
| eral election ever held in Alaska, for
the territory has no local self-govern-
| ment, and all the other offices are appoint
| i've. The first Alaska election will be held
| next August, before the freeze-up comes in
| the northern part of the territory and I'M
| der the terms of the bill which passed the
| House yesterday two delegates are to be
| elected-one for the short session of the
present Congress, which will convene on
the first Monday OF next December, and the
other for the full term Of the Sixtieth Con-
| gress.
Although two delegate slips are to be
elected in this way at the same time II Is
probable that each candidate who may be
nominated will run for both terms
R. s. Ryan of Nome, who is now in Wash
ington. is one of the leading candidates for
election delegate from Alaska, and
others Will undoubtedly announce their can
didacy as soon as the delegate bill becomes
q law. How far party politics will go Is
not seen, although the two leading parties
boti. have strong men in the territory. 1t
is presumed that the parties will put out
their candidates In the usual way, and that
the race will be between democrat and re-
publican, unless socialist should be NOM
mated.