The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-28
 GET TOGETHER
 AT BIG RALLY

The Republicans fired the first gun of the coming political campaign last night when they held rally at the Rink to alord the voters of Juneau a chance to listen to George Scho- field, Republican nominee for at- torney-general of the Territory, and to hear Che delegates to the Seward convention tell the story of the meet ing. The hall was comfortably filled.
 The first speaker of the evening was Lewis P. shackleford, who ai. ter being introduced by 3. l.. Thane, chairman of the evening, spoke of rthe doings of the Seward convention and of the need of party politics in Alaska. Mir. shackleford stated that he and his friends have been waging a hard fight for many years here. but that all sides are now ready to bury the hatchet and pull together.
 Mir. Shaclleford told of the com ventlon deciding to oiier the nomi- nation for Delegate to Congress to Delegate James Wickersham and of Netherlands failure to answer the cablegrams that were sent him. Mir. Shackleford said; MT. Wicker sham failed to answer the cablegrams sent him. and l personally regret it. We all regret 1t. and think that Mir. Wickersham will regret 1t most of all--and as time goes on he W nl probably regret it more and more.s
 Mir. TNane then introduced Edward C. Russell. of the Dispatch, who told at some length of the efforts to bring the factions together and of the feel ing among tho delegates at the Sew ard convention. He said the conven- tion stood unanimous for Wickersham with the exception of five votes con- trolled by George Ha2elett of Cor dova. provided the Delegate would accept the platform. He told ofI the sending of cablegrams to Wicker sham and of his failure to get answ- CTS to them. Those telegrams are still going. at least they have never been answered" he said
 Following Mir Russell, George Schodeld. the principal speaker of the evening was introduced, and he devoted some time to giving @ history of his political activities, in the in- terests of the Republican party. MT. Schofeld told how he came to Alas ka in 1900. during the early days of the Nome rush and how he had lived in Nome continuously since, until 1914. He also spoke of the Seward Convention, and told of the Repubh- cans in the Second Division.
 MT. Schofeld arraigned the Demo cratic administration for appointing "carpet-baggers" to offices in Alaska, and for other alleged shortcomings. He stated that copies of the platform adopted at the Seward convention had not arrived here yet but that some of the blanks in the platform in brief. were demands for the ap- pointment of bona fide Alaskans 10 offices: statehood: the establishment of schools and universities: com munity rights law for women the extension of railroads through the Territory and the rapid completion of the Government railroad to the in- terior; preparedness and the estab- llshment of adequate coast defenses in Alaska: the restoration Of Q Ma tioual Protective Tariff; the estab- lishment of a merchant marine; the extension of cable and telegraph lines throughout the Territory; the pas sage Of an act to secure the title tol tide lands to settlers. and an inyesd- gation of the fish monopoly
 Mr. Schoneld closed his remarks by telling those present that after the party lines had been more close ly drawn and the issues defined, he would return to Juneau and speak here again
 During the course of his remarks Mir. Schofeld stated that 1t was his opinion that Mir. Wickersham would vet acept the nomination of the Republican party and said. that "ln spite of the fact that the people of the Nome section are strongly against Mr. Wickersham as Delegate to Con- gress, 1t is his one regret that he cannot return to them and state that Mir. Wiclersham was the choice of the Republican party to be their can didate.