The Alaska citizen., 1914-05-04
Stubbus Tells How to Build Up a Party
 Sjde|ights on His Career are Also Given

l ana htid d t4ttte boS''t t>H P''' '' S' our own.
 We Have Slate.
 Before We went into the conven-
 ton at Valdez, We who were really
 running things, t3at is the central
 committee, made up a slate. Usual ly, you know. when the central com
 mttee agrees on a slate Il IS easy
 to put it through. We met with
 some opposition, however, and the
 only way We could overcome it was
 to be little arbitrary in deciding
 the vote That was easy, for If our
 officers wanted a vote to carry or
 to be lost, it was quite proper to an nounce that it was either lost or approved to suit our convenience.
 But. somehow, those fellows were | too many for us. and when We de- | clared a recess, they would have talk en the books from us and defeated our scheme if it had not been for our l forethought in seeing that deputy
 marsaal was on hand to protect our
 interests. So We, that is the Is ot Us. winch proved to be rather i lucky number after all, left the hall | taking the books with us. and SC curing a hall across the street we set l up d convention of our own. ! in ylh minority really ruled, for there were only 13 in our convention, and in | the hall that We deserted there were more than 60 delegates, who reorgan- | ized after We left and made up a | ticket of their own. We sent one set l of delegates to the Baltimore con yention, and they sent another.
 Recognized by Tammany. When we arrived at Baltimore q was one of our delegatesJ, We real ized that We would have to do some pretty clever work if We were to get recognized But there was Mur- phy of Tammany and his bunch who We're working for the big in terests and the big machine, and all we had to do was to enter into all agreement with them that if they their man, Champ Clark, for Presi- Jential nominee. This is how the | in wac victorious
 Now, 1 like Major Strong, or pro- fess to like him, but he really turned Us down and voted constantly for Wilson, while We voted for Clark. That was one time when l was true to a promise, for l voted for Clark from start to finish, Since that time We have patched up our diff ferences with the Major and he Is one of us again. He is doing all in his power to keep his promise to the machine which l represent, and which l may some day dictate. Wilson Fooled.
 One of the cleyerest features of the whole affair, however, was the way I fooled the Wilson administra- ton and got a job with a fat salary in spite of my loyalty to Clark. I'll bet when Wilson found out how he had been lied to and fooled he wished he had never appointed me.
 The only thing that worries me now is that Wickersham may get the endorsement of the Democrats of Al aska If he does, then my bread is dough, and sourdough at that, for 1t will not be possible for me and my associates to go back to Washing ton again and pretend that we are the only people who have any in fuence with the Democrats of this Territory.
 Before concluding there is another thing that l want to call attention to, which is of much importance in the matter of building up a party, and that is: Don't go out of your way to give jobs to your followers who will stay with you anyhow. It is better to give the jobs to men of other parties, like l have done since my appointment, for by doing so you will get their support and the sup port of their friends, which you would otherwise lose.
 l learned this from the Major, whose early official action, after he was made governor of Alaska, was to appoint as territorial treas urer man not Democrat You will notice that l have in my office several men who were appointed by my Republican pre- decessor
 There is much more l would like to explain about building up party, and perhaps if feel just right l may give some more inside facts later regarding my political career, all of which is highly interesting.
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