The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-17
AN ENTHUSIASTIC DEMOCRATIC
 MEETING
Attorney GrigsbY Makes Great Speech And
 Many Friends

The democratic rally last evening was prolific of much information. At eight o'clock and before one of the largest political gatherings seen in Red Men Hall. Messrs. Austin, Tanner and Grigsby addressed the people ill turn.
 MT F. C. Austin, as chairman of the meeting, made brief statement of his position in this campaign. He ex- plained that he had been one of Wick ershams most ardent supporters, but was now one of Sulzer's in the present campaign. and gave his reasons. He told oI how he had been thrown down by the Judge, and left as he said, with the goods" and no leader. There fore, he mad turned his ammunition" and allegiance" to a new and he hoped, better leader. He then intro dueed Senator Tanner, of Skagway.
 Mr. Tanner, before proceeding with his speech. said he wished to inform the audience that he had heard of maligniug rumor to the effect that he was renting property for immoral pur- poses. that was going around the whole territory about him and he wished to correct that. before going on any further. He denied the rumor most emplatically. He then went on to tell oi the many bills which had been passed in the Senate in the Ter ritorial Legislature during the past session, explaining his efforts to bene- fit the people ot the Territory, which had resu cd in his introducing the Tanner Il. which was intended tc benefit the women of Alaska. by giy- ing them equal rights to the family property. This Bill. however, was de- feated. Senator J M. Tanner is a candidate Tor reelection.
 George B. Grigsby, Democratic can didate for Attorney General of Alas ka, was then introduced by Mr.
 tin. On account of the lateness ~- the hour, he immediately proceeded to get down to facts, and he made no remark during the entire evening, for which le tad no proofs nor evi- denee to i-ck up his statements with, which We clear convincing and to the pa..lt e eeeded to take the rose-coiored glasses off the Wicker shamites and showed them in the glar- ing light oL documentary evidence how false their Hero had been to the peo- pie and to his promises in every way, and how very little, as a matter of fact. he had really done for the peo- pie lie so loudly claims to be helping He exposed the $500,000 appropriation for roads, which Col. Richardson had put through, but which Wickersham had claimed the honor for so doing, and in many other acts, how he had managed to pull the wool over the eyes of the people of Alaska during all the years he had been represent ing them in the capital. Mr. Grigsby did not have time to talk much about himself except to say that he had liy- ed for fourteen years in Nome, and which fact entitled him to being call ed real "dyed-in-the-wool' Alaskan, while one ofalis opponents, MT. Scho- field, maintained an office and had a beautiful residence in Seattle where he had made his home for the past two years, while the other, MT. Cobb, after having been appointed to an office with a salary Of $500 a month as adviser to the Governor, had de- serted his party at the Democratic Convention when he was refused nom nation for office of Attorney General, and took an extended trip south. Therefore, these facts related above, eliminating both of his opponents, MT Grigsby said that left only himself to vote for, and he wanted every vote in Alaska of every "true-blue" Alas kan. He was much applauded by the audience
 Among those having seats on the stage during the evening were At torney Gosgroye, Messrs. Hahoney Heath and Wilkes.