The Alaska citizen., 1912-04-15


 er par of the winter cn the Out. side. returned over the trail on Fri. day Mir. Moe took an active part in th Democratic convention at Valdez and he has the following to say in regard 10 the split that oc. cured there
 On arriving in Seattle I learned that Mir l. A Daily was going 10 the convention. and he left on the same steamer went North on. Ar irving at Juneau, Mir R bert Jen- nings and other delegates boarded our steamer for Valdez. I learned that on the steamer a combination was made between Da1y and Jennings to control the convention and dictate what it should do.
 Arriving al Valdez on Monday preceding the time appointed for the convention 10 meet. I discovered that the combination intended to not con- sider the Fourth district in any way whatsoever. and my information in this regard was confirmed by Mir Charles Davidson. a delegate from the Fourth division on his arrival. as. in a conversatien with him. in speaking of the combination. I asked him the question: What will they give the Fourth Judicial District? 9 His answer was: They want to give Us nothing. They have got the cards stacked. and We have got to take what We can get They don't seem 10 want to give us anything. l then asked him if he was sure that they had enough votes to control the convention and he said he thought they had. On the arrival of Martin Harrais on Wednesday preceding the convention. We got together the delegates from the 1st. 2nd. &rd and 4th districts to learn how the delega stood, and discov. cred that the combination had S9 that they could control. and that We had 1O3.
 The morning of the day appointed for the meeting of the convention, MT Cheney called the convention to or. der. and stated that by request of the secretary he would like to have the convention take twenty minute recess to enable the secretary to file all credentials. The recess was taken. The regular secretary MT Bach did not get the credentials but the combination had had appoint ed what they called an assistant sec retary in the person of MT. Bishop who thereupgn took the credentials into a side room, where Mir. Cheney MT. Daily. Mir. Jennings, Mir. Ostran der and Mir. Brennan joined him and there proceeded 10 make out a roll call for temporary organization, in other words. appointed themselves the committee on credentials. We considered this wrong. for the reason that Mir. Daly was an avowed candi date for national committeeman, and We had considered that he would stor at nothing to gain his end, and MT Jennings was an aVowed candidate for delegate, and We therefore Ob jected to the proceedings. But. when Mr. Cheney again resumed the chair after the recess. he made state ment that on temporary organization the list prepared by the Jennings Daly combination would be read and delegates would be governed there. by as to their right of voting in said convention. We objected to such a star chamber proceeding, and Mr. Brennan, territorial committee man. sustained us in our stand and refused to have anything to do with such proceeding We asked to see the list, but were refused. A motion was then made that the Jen nings-Daly combination appoint two men, and the Harrais followers ap point two men. and that they go over the list and. if they couldn't agree that they select some outside man and offered to pledge ourselves tC abide by the decision of the majority as to who were entitled as delegates to the convention, but the chairman under directions from MT. Daly, pos itively refused to even consider the motion. Seeing that trouble was sure to ensue. I made motion tC adjourn fer two hours, hoping in that time to be able to adjust our differ ences. After some further talk be tween the chairman and Mir. Daly the chairman declared my motion ou of order, and thereupon directed tht secretary. MT Bishop, to read the names. At that point, the HarraiE followers objected, and called for the question on my motion to adjourn but the chairman paid not the slight est attention to us, and ordered MT Bishop to proceed with the reading by the Jennings-Daly crowd Call. for the question were heard all ovel the house, and there was so mucl noise and confusion that it was i'm