The daily Alaskan., 1914-10-31
VOTE RIGHT

The campaign of the candidates who are now before the people of Alaska. asking for their support as delegate to congress, and as send tor and representatives to the terri ial legislature, will end on next Tuesday, and in the matter of a choice Of delegate We again appeal to the voters of this precinct to use their ordinary good judgment in making their selection. Of all duuts to ba performed by an Alaskan, there is none SC serious or so important as the selection of the proper man to represent Us at the national capi- tai.
 Did you eyer stop to think what a queer guy the 'loyaI' democrats Of Alaska are trying to make of our national head, President Will son? The people generally are disposed to look upon the president as m unusually right man, on the square and playing the game i'll a broad-minded manner which en- titles him to the respect of all Am ericaus, no matter what their po- liticaI beliefs may be. His pub lished speeches and utterances have seemed to stamp him as more of map and statesman, than poIttici"n' and that is the way he seems to wish to have the people regard him. The democrats of Alaska, however, paint him as a fGr-diiterent man. They advertise the president as the head of political organization, which exists for spells and party graft only, and as nan who cannot sleep well O nights because there are a few republicans yet holding office i'll the United States, These word-paiuCers delineate President Wilson as a man who, while listening to the appeals oI members of congress who, represent ing the people of their district, go to him for help for those people, first considers the delegates po- litical beliefs or claims beEore giy- ing ear to his appeal-that a cause of right is in serious danger Of being opposed or held-out-ou by President Wilson if the congressman who advocates that cause is not a democrat. What difference there is between the president men have learned to respect and admire for his fair mindedness, and the prest- dent these "Ioyal" democrats are now introducing to Us for the first time.
 Who here knows Bunnell? Who here ever heard of him before he was nominated at the territorial democratic convention held in Skag- way last summer? Why should we take this unknown and untried eN- government official and throw down a delegate who has brought not only a worldwide acquaintance to Alas ka, but has also piled material bene- fits upon Alaska without which this territory would practically be a dead one for many years to come. and thereby debar Us all from the chancs Of betteriug our condition for the whole of that time. The only reason they can give for de string such a change is that a demo crat. as they claim, would have more influence with President Will son, no matter what his ability may be or how well or i'll he presents his case. than would a man who while in perfect accord with the Wilson administration is not a tull-fledged democrat; and the statement that Bunnell is in favor Of government-owned central power plant. Those excuses won't waSh-eYerybody is in favor of anything they can get from the gov srpment, and the president con siders the merits of a case before he does the politics of the man stating the case
 There is no other candidate be- fore the people who has any claims for serious consideration that the voters of Alaska can afford to con- sider for a moment-no other candi- date for delegate than James Wickersham. He has been tried out from start to finish, and teddy he stands before the people as the