The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-28
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TIE EMPIRE KNOWS.

< Dispatch knows that The Elm s
 <. pire knows many things about 4 < the political campaign in Alas. <
 i, ka. < :. Among them: That there is < .s no political machine"-in the z .,. common acceptation of that < < term-ln the Democratic party < :. in Alaska; That the Federal < < office holders do not control < < the Democratic party in Alas 's 1, ka: that the majority of those '' < participating do control; that :. |. there is probably as great di- q < versity of opinion among the |
 (. members of the Juneau Demo : .s cratic Club and tho Federal < < office holders in Alaska as to '. {. details of party management <
 {. as there is in any similar num- :
 * Der of progressive, Woodrow 4 < Wilson Democrats anywhere; ! |. that there has not been and is ''
 4 not now any desire in the Dem- [;
 < ocratlc party of Juneau to de- < .s prive the majority of the Dem. ! .. ocrats from controlling party ::
 < action here, in the Juneau club .s < or elsewhere in Alaska; that 's
 .. there was no machine eau j .. GUS" in connection with the se- < .. lection of an Alaskan Legisla- [: < tive ticket; that the "caucus" ::
 < that was held was not secret" . .s but in the open, and the de- .: :. bates and votes in the "caucus" {! <. were taken while the public < [. was looking on; that the Ju- ; .:. neau delegation, selected by the .; .. Juneau Democratic Club was :: .s divided both in the debates and .: .:. in the voting: that there was ! !. no 'Iog.rolling" in selecting < .. ticket; that Bunnell was the on- :: .s. ly man to whom the Democrat ! .. ic nomination for the Dele .: .:. dateship was offered except .: q. William T. Burns, and that not |: i. another soul, except Gov. .: !, Strong, was telegraphed to by ! |. any delegate to the convention < |. as to whether or not that he s j. would become candidate; that i <. there was not a single minute 's |. from the receipt of the tele- : < gram from Mir. Burns saying 's i. that he could not, on account 's < of business matters, make a < !. campaign, in which Mir. Bun j i. nell was not the first choice < i. of the delegates to the Demo- .: <. cratic convention; that there : .:. was genuine satisfaction and q .:. unalloyed enthusiasm among < :. all the delegates to the Skag. < 1. way convention when Mir. Bun- :' < nell announced that he had been 4 < able to arrange his affairs so < :. that he could accept the call to q < leadership; that Mir. Bunnell z .: was' not offered any endorse. z < ments for a Judgship; that the < |. Democratic party of Alaska is [. -:. not colse corporation, but that < < the great majority of the Dem < {. crats of the Territory and of 4 < those who are supporting that T |. party and MT. Bunnell in this < .s election are seeking to make 4 l. the party a useful servant of %' < the people of Alaska; that 4 .s there was never at any stage < 4 of the campaign any prospect < .. for the nomination of Delegate 4 .. Wickersham by the Democrats i' .. of Alaska for Delegate; that 4 .. there has not been time since :' 1. his failure to accept the invi- < :: tation of the President to ask < < for a full territorial form of < .. government that any consider < .. able number of Democrats ever 4 [. considered him as a possible 4
 +s candidates; that J. H. Cobb said *' .: in the Skagway convention that *' |. he had supported Wickersham <
 .. for the nomination because be .' < had been fearful that a real < .. Democrat on a real Democrat *
 .. ic platform was not available, 4 & but he withdrew his support 4 .. and seconded the nomination <
 < of Mir. Bunnell instead of pre- 4 .. senting the name of Wicker < .. sham because, as he said, the 4 .: unexpected had occurred, and < 4 happier solution had been ar < .. rived at; that the Democratic < % organization in Alaska is dem- < * ocratic in the broadest sense + < of the meaning of that term; < < that not a single delegate to < {. either of the Democratic con < I: ventions will dispute any state < |. ment of fact herein contained. < 4 The Empire knows and the < .. Dispatch knows that The Elm < .. pire knows that it's foul, mud < < singing attack on the Democ- ..
 .. racy of Alaska was made for < {" the purpose of diverting atten- < |, ton from the undignified and * 4 absolutely baseless attacks of < s. the managers of the Non-Par- !.
 <. tisan Legislative ticket and 4 < supporters of Delegate Wicker < 4 sham, and to keep peopleifrom < |. considering the issues of the <
 <. campaign as they have develop <
 < ed, and that it dares not at < < tempt to prove the truth of < i. what it says. *
 < The Empire knows that the 4 < Dispatch knows, and Delegate < < Wickersham knows, and the :: < candidates on the Non-Parti- 4 < san Legislative ticket know, <
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