The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1914-08-04
Late Telegraph News

ton first met here yesterday morn
ing at 1890 o'clock, at Elks hall.
Territorial Committeeman Chas. E.
Davidson was in the chair, with c.. E.
Bunnell, of Valdez, as secretary.
After being called to order an adj
journment was taken to 1880 p. m,
in order to allow the Territorial COM
mittee to pass on the credentials aud
fix up the preliminary roll. The time
was later postponed to p. m. Upon
reassembling at that hour Joseph
Baxter was elected temporary chair
man and H. j. Turner temporary
secretary. A half hours recess was
then taken and upon reassembling
the following committees were an
nounced:
Credentials = c.. E. Davidson,
Chas. Scheffler, Dan Callahan, F.
Johnson, Thos. Cole.
Permanent rganization-Z. R.
Cheney, C. M. Grath, Frank Bach, c.
j. Todd, Louis Miller.
Platform and Resolutions-R. f.
Roth, John w. Troy, C. E. Bunnell,
J. H. Cobb, j. NJ Miller, J. Snow,
Bernard Hurst.
Rules and Order of Business
Martin Harrais, J. M. Tanner, James
Kennedy, D. Noll, J. w. Combs.
An adjournment was then taken
to 1890 this morning, but the COM
mittees not then being ready to re-
port, a recess was taken to 2
o'clock this afternoon. At that time
the committee on Organization re-
ported in favor of C. E. Bunnell as
permanent chairman and Harley j.
Turner, as permanent secretary. The
platform was then presented and
adopted amid prolonged cheers.
1t congratulates Alaska upon the
party under the splendid and insplr-
ing leadership of Woodrow Wilson
and the great men in his cabinet;
the putting in motion of the large
reforms had redeemed every pledge
of the Baltimore platform; they have
freed industry from the domination
of special interests and brought in
dependence and prosperity to the
country in spite of the efforts of
Wall Street to produce panic; they
abandoned dollar diplomacy and
with patience and wisdom guided the
country through trying foreign COM
plications to Righteousness and peace
which is more important to us.
The platform further declares that
struck off the shackles which SO long
bound and restricted this territory
and set Alaska on the high road
towards developments, prosperity
happiness and contentment; pledges
the Territorial Democratic party to
cooperation with the national ad-
ministration to secure full territorial
government; favors Secretary Lanes
development board; opening coal
lands; abolition of forest reserves;
abolition of the St. Michael army
post; to make great corporations
keep out of politics; statehood when
Alaska has 100000 population; land
surveys; land Office at the westward;
primary election law; Australian bal
lot; workmen's compensation act;
aids to navigation; improvement
of the Yukon at its mouth and Nome
harbor; liberal appropriations for
roads and trails; establishment OF
fish hatcheries; strictest regulation
of fisheries; favors appointment to
office from territory in accordance
with the Baltimore platform and
says appointments already made of
Alaskans justifes the wisdom of that
policy and congratulates the terri
tory in having a real Alaskan gov
ernor and on the splendid record he
has made.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-Secre-
tary of the Treasury McAdoo an
nounced this morning that there was
no cause for alarm because of the
shipment of gold to Europe. Since
Tuesday $30,00O,000 have been
shipped abroad. The secretary states
that there is $1,000, 100000 stored
in the national treasury and that any
temporary scarcity of gold will be
taken care of by the government
FAIRBANKS, Aug. Engineers
have started to work surveying the
different approaches to town, in con-
nection with the withdrawal week
ago of all public lands surrounding
Fairbanks. This act is taken as
having considerable significance in.
the selection of this city as the in
terror terminus of the government
trunk line railroad.
SEATTLE, Aug. 1.-The steamer
Northwestern was delayed in arrlv-