The Alaska citizen., 1912-04-08

chosen by the convention as the Republican candidate for delegate to congress. There was no opposition. the delegates being in accord in practically every act of the conven- ton.
 Shackleford and Lindeberg were selected as the delegates to the na- tional convention at Chicago. with the option of naming the alternates.
 Charles F.. Heron. of Nome. was chosen chairman of the Republican territorial committee.
 A strong platform was adopted covering such legislation as is need ed for the advancement of the ter ritory. The principal blanks are:
 Full territorial government
 Only citizens of the United States eligible to appointment and election to office in the territory.
 One million dollars yearly for a period of ten years for the building and maintenance of roads and trails.
 Bona fide claimants of coal lands to receive title thereto; other coal lands to be developed on an equit- able system.
 Government railroad from the coast to the Yukon river.
 Aids to navigation; an ice-breaker for Dutch Harbor and Nome
 Abolition of forest reserves.
 Repeal of poll-tax law; extension of the interstate commerce laws and the enactment of satisfactory bank ing laws.
 The placing of natives on a reserv- aticn and their proper care by the government
 A home for aged Alaskan pros pectors and government aid for indi- gents.
 Increase of the cannery tax and the prohibition of fish-traps in the fresh water streams of Alaska.
 The prevention of power of attor- ney stalking and the abolition of the association claim.
 Recommended that commissioners receive stated salary and that land office be established in the Third division.
 Cordova, Alaska, April 8. 1912 Times, Fairbanks
 Statement of facts leading up to the rupture at the Valdez conven- ton.
 A large percentage of the dele gates to the Valdez convention ar rived at that town on the 25th of March, 1912. Mir. Daly and his friends began immediately to de- mand of all the delegates that they at once file their credentials with the secretary, Frank Bach of Doug las. This great many of the dele gates declined to do because Mr Daly stated that the territorial con- mittee intended to arrange the roll for the temporary organization of the convention, and pass upon the validity of the credentials, and elim- mate all delegations that were con tested.
 MT Daly, aside from being a can didate himself for national commit teeman, was acting as a member of the territorial committee under proxy. MT. Jennings, who was also a candidate for delegate to congress, held proxy, and all their seats in the convention were contested ex- cept MT. Bremen and MT Bach for these reasons; We informed Mr Daily that the right to pass upon the credentials and decide contests be- longed to and should be left to the committee on credentials. When the temporary organization was perfected on the evening before the convention a number of credentials were fil- ed and a few on the morning of the convention. In the meantime the territorial committee had assumed the right to appoint an assistant sec retary, who took charge of the ere dentials of all the delegates and when the convention was called tO order the chairman of the territor- ial central committee announced that the secretary had not com- pleted the roll of all the delegates to the convention, and that he had appointed an assistant secretary and that we take a recess of twenty minutes to enable the secretary to complete the rolls This was agreed to. The secretary went into the ante room off the convention hall and was followed by MT. Daily and the assistant secretary, MT. Jen- nings, MT. Ostrander, Mir. Cheney and Mir. Brennan. About five min utes after they went, MT O'Connor, MT. Frame and MT. Harrais went in the room and found MT. Ostrander, MT. Daly, MT. Jennings and the aforementioned men examining and passing upon the credentials of del egates to the convention, with their assistant secretary Mir O'COn-