The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-21
Evenings Chairman Tries To Commit the Old Party to Wick
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LARGE NUMBER ATTEND
Coliseum Was Filled Last Night, and There Were Plenty of Cheers
 for SuIzeT.

With the chairman of the even ing endeayoring to turn the meeting into a Wickersham rally and the Chairman of the Republican Terri torial Committee and the leader of the Republican party in Alaska re- pudiating anything of the sort, the big Republican rally last night was not without its comedy. Chairman Ed. C. Russell read a telegram from Delegate James Wickersham endors- ing the Republican First Division Legislative ticket and those who would like Co aid Wickersham in an- nexing the Republican party of AL aska applauded. Chairman George Irving, of the Territorial Committee, said "the Republican party has no candidate for Delegate to Congress" " and leader Lewis P Shackleford re- lterated the statement and the ap- plause was greater.
 Considered by the attendance and che interest displayed Che Republi- can rally was a success, and second only to the great Sulzer meeting of the night before
 The stage was prettily decorated in patriotic colors and with portraits of Washington, Lincoln, Grant and Mckinley.
 In addition to the chairman and speakers of the evening, who includ- ed. in the order of their presenta- tion, E. C. Russell, chairman, and George Irving. J. R. Heckman, Monte Benson. and l.. P. Shacheford, the speakers, Fl. l.. Faulkner, Jack Will son, E. E. Smith and James Daniels occupied seats on the platform.
 No Republican for Delegate.
 Mir. Irving. the first speaker of the speech, mostly on National issues, evening made a straight Republican though. answering a question from tke audience, he said:
 / Every one here is absolutely free to vote for whom he pleases for Del egate to Congress, as the Republi- can party has no candidate in the field"
 > While Mir. Irving made a RepubH- Gan speech and was accorded a warm greeting by the Republicans, the vol tune of the applause at the first men, tion of President Wilson's name was as great as any demonstration dur ing his speech.
 The Coliseum wac filled. Demo crats turned out almost, if not quite, as extensively as Republicans. There was generous applause for every hody, including President Wilson. 6Air Shackleford's declaration that the great, big. broad-miuded Firs Division candidate for Delegate to Congress, Senator Charles A. Sulzer, had made masterful and broad gauged presentation of the issues the night before, followed by the inti- nation that Republicans were at lib. erty to vote for whom they chose for Delegate to Congress, brought out the greatest demonstration but one ol the cvening-a that one was Jne ovation that was given Mir. Shackle- ford when he was presented to make the closing speech of the evening.
 MT. Shackletords denunciation of George B. Grigsby. the Democratic nominee for Attorney-General, and J. II. Cobb. independent candidate for that office, was one Of the feat ures of tho meeting.
 Hickman Outlines His Position.
 J. R. Heckman. Republican nomI- nee for Territorial Senator was given a warm greeting by the aud fence. lie briefly and succintly stated the position that he will take in the next Legislature, if elected MT. Heckman, in part, said:
 "When the Legislature meets next March there will be about S750,00O in the treasury which the Legislat- ors will be called upon to spend. and on the men elected to the Leg islature depends the way in which
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