The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-04
JUNEAU GANG IF DEMOCRATS
 ARE EXPOSED
An interesting Bit of Inside History By One Who
 Knows. "

Under the head of ALASKA DEM OCRATS ARE LETHARGIC," the edi- tor of the Anchorage Times-who- ever he may be-editorially gives a decidedly interesting bit of inside do- ings and history of the gang at Ju- neau. The article follows:
 "The democrats of Alaska. taken as a whole. are not at all enthusiastic over the delegate campaign, nor are they much concerned about the re- election of President Wilson. Old line democrats, those of the Jefferson Jackson type, are outspoken in their sentiments against the president, de claring that he has not played the po- litical game at all; that there are more repus cans in office in Alaska than democrats that the old-line demo- crats were not recognized in the mat ter of ederal appointments. and that the dar of reckoning is at hand. In this siss ation. the old-line democrats propose to take out their vengeance on the smocratic candidate for dele gate l. Ongress-Charles Sulzer- who Ina. ems to be the victim It is not that the old-Iine democrats object to Sulzer personally-many of them have ne 1T met him. But he is the candidate of the Wilson administra- tion, or i5 assuming to be, and the Jennings crowd at Juneau, and must suffer the consequences of the short comings, in a political way. of the chief executive and the Juneau gang
 Among the chief grievances of the old-line demOcrats-those who have gone down the line for the party since they beca ne of voting age, is the at- titude ot -Le Juneau crowd of socall- ed demo lts headed by Bob Jen- Hiues. Tc= 'ngs crowd went to Washington in d bunch, when the Will son administration gained control of the government, and saw to it that the First division slate went through with a rush. So too with the Fourth division slate headed by Stubs" Er- win But the remaining divisions were left to hustle for themselves, af- ter the First division had chopped of all the fat jobs it could lay hands on, including the governorship and collect or of customs. Hence it is that in the Third and Second divisions, the dem ocratic party is rent asunder. Out siders grabbed all the fat jobs in the Second division. A protege of Hoke Smith, of Georgia, got the [. S. dis trict attorneyship in the Third divis- ion and an unknown young man nam cd Brenneman. whom nobody knew as a democrat, gained the marshal, ship over the divisional committee candidate
 "Under the Taft administration, Boss Shackleford held sway over po- litical matters in Alaska, And even under the democratic administration, according to his own assertion, Shack. leford has cut quite figure, acting through Cheney, former national com mitteeman, whom the boss employed , as an attorney for the Alaska-Gastin eau Mining company.
 But Bob Jennings is the man that the old-line democrats are particular ly opposed to, because of his ex- treme selfshness. Jennings happen ed to go to college with MeReynolds, now an associate justice of the Unit ed States supreme court and a gold democrat, and Lindley Garrison, form CT secretary of war, and a man wholly unknown in national politics. When Bob went to Washington after job, all he had to do. according to his own statement, was to ask the attorney general for it. He went to the depart ment of justice, was ushered in the presence, and the august gentleman who occupied the soft seat said, 'Hella Bob, what do you want? An office, of course?" Yes, Mac, I want to be a judge in Alaska" All right" That is all there was to it. As a mat ter of formality, a few endorsements were filed.
 Having such an easy time in land ing himself in fat job. Bob began to look about for other jobs in other departments. He had brother-in- law, a young man named Pugh, who was an inspector of customs under the republican administration. It was an easy matter to gain his appoint ment as collector of customs Young Pugh was never heard of in demo