The Alaska daily empire., 1914-07-02
Only One Democratic
 Convention For Alaska


 The people of Alaska--particularly .he Democrats of the, Territory-must not permit the persistent repitition of a few self.proclaimed "Progressives' or progressive" Democrats and the two or three papers which represent them to confuse the political situation in this Territory. There will be only one regular Democratic convention, The regular Democratic organization in Alaska-the organization that is entitled to the use of the party name lis the organization which called the Skagway convention and not the so-called organization of the Frame alleged Democrats. The regular or ganization holds its title from the progressive Democratic party Of the Nation at the head of which is Presi- dent Woodrow Wilson, Chairman William F. McCombs and the others, and high in the councils of which stands William J. Bryan. The oft repeated charge that this title to regularity came through "deal' with Murphy or with any one else Is with out the slightest shadow of foundation in fact. and those responsible for ut terances or publications to the coE- trary know 1t.
 The delegation 10 the Baltimore convention of which Gov. J. F. A. Strong, an original Woodrow Wilson man and one who supported Wilson throughout the course of the long and turbulent gathering at the Monument. al city, was chairman and the recog- nized head. was officially recognized and seated in that convention by the UNANIMOUS vote of the credentials committee and by the unanimous vote of the convention when the report of that committee was adopted. This action of the credentials committee was taken after a full and fair hear ing, in which nearly all of the time allotted to the Alaska contest was given to the contestants by MT. J. H. Cobb. who represented the regular delegation. A prominent United States Senator, a SUPPORTER OF WOODROW WILSON, who was member of the credentials committee, in making the motion to seat the dele. gation headed by Gov. Strong, stated, that Falcon. Joslin, representing the Frameo'Connor crowd. (whom. bv the way. Delegate wickersham has often accused Of being a Guggenheim lobby isD had made the very best of a very bad case"
 Story of Baltimore Contest.
 The following statement of the pro ceedings at Baltimore was given The Empite by a progressive Democrat. a personal friend of Delegate Wicker sham, one who was at Baltimore and possesses first hand information on his subject:
 When the Alaska Delegation reach ed Baltimore. they found that wm. O'Connor and Falcon Joslin had al. ready filed with the National Commit tee, the credentials of the delegates from the Frame-O'Connor-Harrais con yention. These credentials purported to give seats in the National Cc"ven- ton to wm. O'Connor and Falcon Jos lin as delegates at large. and those two only were in attendance, but they were holding proxies for other per. sons.
 Tt is we'll enough to remember the personnel of this delegation - wm. O'Connor, who in 1910 ran for Con- gress on the Labor Ticket, 1t has been charged and is generally believed, at the expense of the Guggenheim syndi. cate in the hope Of defeating Wicker sham; Falcon Joslin who for years has been accused by Delegate Wick. ersham of being the representative of the same syndicate in the Panama Val. ley.
 The subcommittee of the National committee gave Messrs. O'Connor and Joslin a very full and careful hearing and unanimously decided against them. The contest was taken before the committee on credentials of the National convention. This Committee was composed of fifty.