The Nome daily nugget., 1912-08-27
worst. as the case may be.

As a winner the people of Alaska | must admire this wonderful fellow
 and the c. O. P. made the first and what appears to be a lasting mistake when it allowed this live elephant to break away from its corral A live
 politician like this fellow should be
 encouraged to stay within the fold of a party rather than to be prodded out of the corral to roam at large as an independent Just such fellows ap- | pear to be the whole party. or pos sess the ability to wrest victory in times of need.
 The local republicans have nothing to complain of. they did their best. the party in Alaska is all right, it Is the powers that be back in Washing ton who are wrong. Gilmore was the only man in Alaska capable of de- feating wickersham. and he fell far short when put to the actual test. When 1t comes right down to the real facts of the case there Is no such a thing as a political party in Alaska. unless 1t is the Wickersham. or pro- gressive party.
 The recent election proves there is no such a thing as a political repub- lican party. for outside of Gilmore's home division he did not even get the government employe vote. This Is tn .h ol f.t~ . tt.xx has of running the affairs of Alaska, and we have every reason to believe the same holds good the country over. and that the November election will prove there is no such & thing as a republican party in the states.
 It Is a cinch the people are sick and tired of what Is termed the Taft rule. and they will have either Wilson or Roosevelt. It Is safe to predict Taft will not even carry his own state in the November election any more than for this Is not the time nor are theI conditions ripe for a man of Taft's ability to be at the head of the ma. ton.
 The straws which tell from which direction the wind Is blowing, and will continue to blow. Is the express sion of the people. Ask every man one meets if they are going to vote for Taft or Roosevelt. and one canI make a fortune right here in Alaska, by giving a dollar for every Taft man they can find If someone will put upl fifty cents for every Teddy man.
 Wickersham. being a strong Roose- welt man. being nominated at a con- vention endorsing Teddy for the nom- ination. then going to the progressive convention to represent Alaska at that national function won for himl the election of delegate to congress from the district of Alaska. without even coming into the territory.
 If association with Colonel Roose- welt can accomplish success at such a long range, what will the outcome be this November with the real man on horseback at the head of the fight. leading his followers on? Will he not sweep the country like a tidal wave ? Win he not be elected by the people to give them chance to regain that which they have lost? Are not the people wise to the fact. the prosecu- ton of trusts under the Taft regime, fit,ar hn rferht xf %~I boost up prices, wiring from the work ing people few more pounds of flesh and pay larger dividends?
 Knowing all this is there any won der officers of the Standard oil try to belittle Roosevelt by stating they advanced large campaign funds to help elect him in 1904, and to claim they paid 1t to a man long since gone to join the countless thousands In the great beyond. In choosing between the two men. J. D. Archibald and Theodore Roosevelt. any good Ameri- can would not hesitate for a second. for one has put in life time trying to extort money from the people. the other has performed many good deeds for his country. answered the call to arms. when his country was in dan ger. and Is now answering another call. to help rid the country of a worse foe than the Spaniards.
 As Wickersham won out in Alaska. so will Roosevelt win out so far as Taft Is concerned in the national light but 1t looks like a little better than an even break for Woorow Wilson the democratic candidate to be elect