Douglas Island news., 1916-11-03
OFFICE SEEKERS
 VISIT DOUGLAS
Dear People" Far Behind on Sleep While Listening to Many
 Candidates
"Pleasc go way and let me sleep"

sleep"
 During the present week industri- Ous housewives who hurl their dish water through back doors into the surrounding climate have more than once narrowly missed inundating some candidate or other with which the Island has been infested They have been here singly, in nocks and herds, and by proxy
 Tuesday night Senator J. NJ. Tan ncr, candidate for reelection, Ncls Anderson. w. W. Casey. J. J. Con nors and J. z. Baylis. the latter four candidates for the lower house of the legislature, and Peter Barley. candidate for road commissioner. all nominees of the Democratic party. appeared at the Lyric Theatre in this place and were in turn pre- sontcd Co the crowd by Chairman Monte Snow. other Speakers Of the evening were United States Com missioner John B. Marshall of Jn- neau. and Colonel W. P. Richardson. president of the Alaska Road Com mission.
 Commissioner Marshall was the first speaker, making a general but highly interesting talk on bothNa- tional and Territorial politics. He was followed by Ncls Anderson who outlined the platform on which he stands 10 win or lose on next Tues day He went on record as favor ing the cight-hour law. especially for underground miners. woman suf- frage. equal community property rights for women, leyying a just tax on fish packs, making better and more favorable laws for fishermen and conserving the fish industry by recommending more government hatcheries and conserving the busi- ness to Alaskans rather than for im- ported Orlentals.
 The other legislative candidates all made short talks and all were well received.
 Senator Tanner was the principal speaker of the evening and right no- bly, did he defend his previous rec cord and point out many instances in which he had talked and fought on the floor Of the senate for the rights Of Alaskans as against the monopo- lies. And those who are familiar with the senator's record, knew that every word he uttered was gospel truth.
 Candidate Barley did not make a speech but as a general mixer, he is splendid vote-getter.
 The meeting closed with a most interesting address by Colonel Rich ardson. an account Of which ap- pears in separate article published elsewhere in this paper.
 Wednesday night John II Cobb. present acting attorney general and independent candidate for election to tho same office, held forth in the Lyric Theatre after getting out a fair-sized crowd by advertising a free show for the early part of the evening. Mir. Cobb, according Co himself is the Moses who is best adapted to guiding Alaska and Alas kans out Of the wilderness. He is the embodiment Of that Roman Of old who alone defended the wooden bridge "tergo ruptus sunt.'
 Mir. Cobb gives himself unstinted credit for performing the duties Of the position 10 which he was ap- pointed and asks that he be retained in that position. He charged his Republican opponent. George D. schofield, with living in Seattle in- stead of Alaska, and his Democratic opponent, George E. Grigshy, with not knowing anything about the du- ties of the office he presumes 10 seek. On the whole, Mir. Cobb gives his sci a pow'ful good recommendation
 Tonight George n. Schofeld. the Republican candidate for the office of attorney general, will address the Islanders in the Natatorium and that. SO far as is known al this time. will close the campaign on the ls- land.