The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-13

l be taking to the life-raft,"
 "The machine" she said, "demon- srates it's aristocratic lineage by ob- jecting to my use of the present-day vernacular, commonly denominated slang Therefore, may I be permit ted to say, that when I place my pedal extremities on the caudle ap- bondage of a saffron-colored canine, expect him to make articulate and vociferous expostulations!"
 The Governorship
 "The arguments for Governor Strong's reappointment are now a dead issue" she said, "and l never hold post mortems! However, the main question remains unsettled. Have the people of Alaska any rights in the choice of a chief executives" ?" She said the governorship was a chapter not yet closed.
 When Opposition Appeared She said there was no opposition 70 Strong until the Delegate contest | bobbed up. She said Thomas Judas" 1 DonohOe then appeared on the scene and put it straight up that unless a l certificate was granted to Sulzer as | Delegate political heads would come off The speaker charged that Judge Jennings was influenced by his burning desire" to be Governor. Liquor Interests iBIl"
 The speaker referred to House Bill No 32 which she claimed was de signed to extend the liquor traffic in Alaska a year after Jan. 1st, 1918 This bill was introduced by Represen- | tative Nerland to allow all unsold liquor to be placed in the hands of | U. S Marshals for export from the Territory when prohibition went into effect in Alaska.
 Regarding MT. Riggs
 Mrs. Hatcher said The Empire told the truth about Gov. Riggs be ing a practical prohibitionist She said no machine could dictate tc Gov. Riggs. She said she had heard Riggs speak in Seattle when he told some business men there where tc head in at, and on another occasion in the Panama when there was nc one to sign a complaint for bootleg ger and take him to Fairbanks tC be prosecuted, that Riggs himself came forward and signed it.
 When the Call Came Mrs. Hatcher said she was dowr on her knees scrubbing the kitcher floor at Anchorage when prominen Democrat came to her and said tha the Democratic party must be purg ed of dishonesty and taken from tht hands of the gangsters, if it Wal ever to have any standing before tho people of Alaska. She said sht agreed with the prominent Demo crat" that it would be necessary tt eliminate the present party machin cry controlled by Thomas Judas Donohoe, Judge Jennings, John W Troy, J. A. Hellenthal, Judge Johr IR. Vim, Attorney General Grigsby and others
 Refers to SuIzer
 The speaker quoted extracts iron Empire editorials and took up Sul ger and his full Territorial form o government bill She said Sulzel in placing the proviso in his home rule bill, permitting the Legislature to ascertain the sentiment of the peo pie on the subject, was either taking the advice of poor legal advisors, ol else was a rank amateur. Sulzer she said had stated that he was not particular about this clause il his bill, but had taken no action tc get it out She declared he waa either knave or fool.
 "The Empire" she said, tells us that Sulzer is at his post. Quite so! He has never gotten away from the tion at Washington"
 "The machine editor," she said "now points with pride to MT. Sul zer's effort to have a prohibition plank inserted in the platform of the 1916 Territorial Democratic conven tion, which was negatived by his party managers Again quite so. They have negatived any and every good impulse MT. Sulzer may have had toward the people of Alaska. ing the opposition etaoinshrdlumfwyI She said nothing about Maloney as chairman of the Committee leading the opposition to the plank.
 Alaska Appointments
 She asked who makes the appoint ments for Alaska, and answered by declaring they were made by the en dorsement of the Territorial Nationa cofnmitteeman and the Delegate 1T Congress.
 The speaker attacked Judge Will | liam Holzheimer, by declaring that "the gang had double-crossed theil own divisional committee in his ap pointment She claimed the Noms Democrats had endorsed Judge Coch ran for the position and that the ap pointment of Judge Holzheimer was secretly made.
 Private Letters
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