The Alaska citizen., 1916-02-07
Phone 262 Phone
DEMOCRATS, GET BUSY.

The committee Of three chosen by the Democrats at a meeting held during the past week to work i'll conjunction with Central Commit ,eeman Roth have set the time for the holding of the primaries in the Fourth division on March 25th, and il Is now .p to the Democrats of the district 10 make their selections 10 represent the party at the nomi- mating convention to be held at Iu- neau on the 24th day of May.
 Every member of the party should consider it his bounden duty to as sist in placing men in nomination who are true Democrats and who will carry out the wishes of the rank n1d file of Democracy The selfinterest style of party poltics should be relegated to the past and new deal made
 It has been in the province of the federal officials, and therefore the leaders of the party to make their appointments to minor posi- lions from the ranks of the party, but they have not seen fit 10 do this for reasons best known to them selves, and the one most accepted is the fact that in their opinion there were none who were compe- tent, consequently they had to go outside of the party tor their clerks and deputies.
 If the members of the party are pose than to vote for the candidate selected and to feather the nests ot aspiring politicians, it is about time that you look at your hole card and see what tho spread is before you.
 The federal ring will certainly have seventy-five officeholders on the list 10 be voted for as delegates. and if any of them are elected to go to Juneau the voters will still b. re garded as incompetent to hold any
 
 of the party. and the present mon grel reign will continue, but if every Democrat will take an interest in the matter and see that not a sin. gle official in any capacity is elect ed, and that the proxies are placed in the hands of someone who is not allied with them in the hope of getting a few crumbs that might fall from their official table. he will be doing the party an everlasting benefit.
 There Is nothing wrong with thf Democratic party and it's principles. They are just as sound as they ever were. and are built upon the best interests of the common people. The error Is in the selection of aspiring politicians to offices of trust. and the use to which they put that trust to further their own selfish interests.
 It is up to the very people whom they expect to cast votes enough at the election in November to send a Democratic delegate to congress to get the reins of government in their own hands and thus secure voice in party matters in the Fourth di' vision. Don't be disgruntled be cause you are not satisfied with past. but see to 1t that now you have chance the same thing will not happen again
 Take hand in the selection of delegates to be voted for on the 18th of next month, and If you are true 10 the party and yourself you will see that every mothers son of the rings selection is elected to stay at home Take the bit be tween your own teeth and see if you cannot have better success in strengthening the party by being fair with the rank and file, than by the mongrel tactics of the pres ent leaders.
 Democrats in the different voting precincts outside of Fairbanks should take this matter to heart. In nine cases out of ten the authority of holding these primaries will be dele gated to commissioners or deputy marshals who are but creatures of the local ring and left to themselves will undoubtedly make returns in accordance with the wishes of their masters.
 Look well to the primaries.