The daily Alaskan., 1906-07-19
A STORY OF REPUBLICAN DIS
 RUPTION

This is something or the story OI OHS
 political row on Seward peninsula as
 developed at the Juneau convention
 There were two primaries held in the
 Nome district. The question was
 raised as to the legality or "regularity
 of A primary if held ahead of the date
 named by the central committee.
 There was doubt sS to the possibility or
 any delegate reaching Juneau after the
 date named for the regular primaries
 Advice of the best authorities on the
 po,nt of holding the primaries earlier
 was sought but none would take the
 responsibility of saying thus or so.
 Accordingly the horns of the bill
 were eseized-representing the horns Of the dilemms-and primaries were held in Nome assuming to represent all Of the peninsula, some days before.
 Proxies were secured in the names Of all the delegates chosen, save two-by 8 representative of MT. Murane, police judge of the city of Nome. Fifty delegates were elected, and the two evceD,ionS in general transfer of proI- ies were the agent of Judge Murane and Judge Murane himself These two. iourneyed from Nome to the convention. At this primary it is reported that 2ll votes were cast. But these were those who declared this primary was not regular, not being held on the date specified in the call. Accordingly another election, with an entirely diff ferent set of delegates and officers was held ou the regular date. Proxies were secured from the delegates here elected and handed over to Judge Bard, to be voted by him at Juneau. At this cleo tion it is reported 346 votes were cast. Judge Bard got as far as Seattle on his vsv to Juneau, arriving little late, where he received a telegram advising him that entanglements at law had occurred menacing valuable mining property in which he was interested He must return.
 It was reported that Judge Bard was & candidate for the delegateship him self. Just what he would have done with bis bunch of proxies had he con tinued to Juneau is not clear, "Dick Ryan had been to Washington all win ter and had not returned to Nome. He was in Seattle. Judge Bard could make DO use of his proxies for himself so he transferred them over to Ryan and while the latter sailed for Juneau he, Bard. sailed for Nome. Ryan was behind hand and asked the con veution to wait for him. It did. When he and Mir. Burrell came before the committee on credentials BurrelIs proxies, flor Mursne.) While they were fifty iu number and all coming from Nome as representing the whole of Seward peninsula were found to con- tain the names of the delegates elected and to be duly made out and certified to in the names of the delegates. Ryan'S list of B were made up largely of tele- phone messages and telegrams from various sections of Seward peninsula hastily gotten together at Nome, and authorizing Mr. Burrell to cast their votes. The credentials consisted or aTadivits certifying to the receipt Of these messages. Mir. Ryan's credent- ials consisted of certificate from Bur rell as to the fact of the transfer Of these papers. The committee had to ohoo,s betwaeD thess two irregular things-proxies of delegates elected at primaries not held on the date set, are of which proxies came from Nome though representing the whole penin- sula. and these other, originally uncer- tain papers, presented by man other than that designated to cast their vote. The committee accepted the former as the stronger of two weak thiags,