Valdez daily prospector., 1912-07-25
VOTE FOR THE INTEREST OF
 ALASKA.

The chairman of the Democrat Ic National Congressional com mittcc has addressed a letter to Robert w. Jennings, Democratic candidate for delegate to Con- ercss urging upon the people of Alaska in support Mr. Jennings in the coming election and giv- ing as reason that "a Democrat iS more likely to impress the needs of Alaska in legislation than anyone else. because he would be identified with the or GaniZalion.'
 He further says: "Thr next president will br Guvcrnnr Will s"n, Wr are confident. and you would bn more in touch with the administration than anyone not Ijrmnt rai. Nnu could bc more effective in departmental work than one moi in harmony with the administration. The future of your territory depends much up on Democratic supremacy, and you. with your Knowledge of con- dltiOnS, would be of incstinlablr value i'll framing policy for Alaska which would tend to de- velop it's best interests; and We hope il will send you. be- cause We believe you can best serve Alaska"
 \ number of times the Pros pcctnr has had occasion to rc- mark that this was bread and butter campaign. IL repeats the assertion now. Every voter gu- ing tn the polls is casting his vote for his own veal or woe. A vote cast for James WickrrSham is a H!l"i voted With the effect of < EIiline our road appropriations ' amt thr uiiimai" removal of the government establishments from ihIS city. II iS an open defy tn many men powerful in the na- i"n Wflu would otherwise br our friends.
 \ vote cast for William A. Gil more Is a declaration to the ncyl administration that Alaska rrpu- dlatcS Democracy and casts it's lot with the Republican party ex- pcctlng favOrs to come from Taft and his administration. His cleo lion means the sending of a rep rcScntativh t0 Washington out of harmony with the administration and one unable to participate in the dominant party's councils to determine a policy for the bet termcnt of existing conditions.
 lt tells the people of the United States on the eve of a great pO- litical battle that the people of Alaska are satisfied with what Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft has done for us in the past and expresses our hope that such a policy shall continue. It Is not going too far to say that IL gives the peoples endorsement to Tafts scheme of government by commission.
 To vote for any of the other candidates Is to throw ones vote away to no good purpose. A So- cialist vote means the retardment of the progress which will be ours under a Democratic admin lstration and with a Democrat 1c delegate such as Mir. Jennings.
 To vote for MT. Harrais is to throw your vote away. His strength in the territory is unap- prcciablc. Politics in it's narrow sense docs not or should not en- ter into this campaign. Men whose interests are here and who hope for tho development of Alas ka's resources and it's rapid growth have hut tO consider ihc conditions surrounding us politi- cally and if they have Inc inter- cSI of inc community and terri tory at heart, and hold thesc in- icr"sls above party feeling and personal likes and dislikcs, will vOIc for Robert w. Jennings. Those who hold partisan or per- sonal fcalty first above a great cr Alaska, will vote for the can didatc of ihch personal choice.