The daily progressive-miner., 1918-06-24
REPUBLICANS NAME
 RUSSELL FOR SENATOR

lHc OOulucdSLCiA AldSkdH RCpuUll- can Association, through the delegates who were present, last night nominat ed the following Legislative ticket for the First Division.
 For Senator-Ed. c. Russell of Ju- neau.
 For esentatives-Grover c. Vim of Juneau, H. R. Shepard of Juneau, J. H. Davies of Ketchikan and Peter c. Mccormack of Wrangell.
 For Road Commissioner--Jack Will son of Treadwell.
 Of those nominated J. H. Davies and Peter C. Mccormack were nomi- mated as Republican candidates for Representatives at the Republican primary election last April, and their endorsement by the convention last night in reality was an endorsement. l The nominees of the convention eX l cept in the case of Mccormack and Davies, will appear on the ticket as independent candidates, for the con vention was not representative of the regular Republican Party, and wnile they are Republicans and were noni mated by Republicans, the organization which called the convention was not the regularly constituted Republican organization of the Territory. It was 1 formed to meet situation resulting from the faiure of the Republicans to act under the direct primary law. l When the convention met last night at the Orpheum theatre, it was minus a chairman and secretary Dr. L S.
 Killer had left for his home at Skag- way and l.. L. Harding was not pres. ent. Robert NJ. Kennedy was made chairman and Grover c. Vim secre- tary.
 The convention immediately went to work on the regular order of bus iress. 35;4
 All nominations were made by ac- c'amation. < C. Russell was nomi,,- 0;cd for : .>is.' by Grover c. W:nn
 For Represents yes, Grove c. Vim
 was nominal. [ by John Rock; H. i
 Shepard by Dr. William Pallister, add
 Peter c. Mccormack and J. H. Davies
 by E. C. Russell. Jack Wilson was unanimously nominated for Road Com.
 missioner.
 The Platform.
 The following platform was adopted:
 We, the Republicans of Alaska in
 convention assembled, point with
 pride to the patriotic service which the
 leaders of hte Republican party of this
 nation have given the Administration
 in preparing for war. In Congress
 Republicans have given their votes
 often the deciding votes for the grant
 of every power and all the n 1ney de, ! handed by the Adm ;nistration, in this course of action they will pecs'st wi;! cut waivering or shadowing or turning This is the war of no political party This is the country's war and we would deplore that the party in power be guilty of practicing petty partisiaI politics to the serious detriment of thc country's cause even in the territories
 of the Union.
 We commend the patriotic and un failing loyalty to nation and people of Theodore Roosevelt. We heartily endorse the patriotic leadership O Will H. Hays, chairman of the Repub lican National Committee, and pledge our fealty to the committee which h.
 is so ably organizing
 The Republicans of the First Divis ion believe that the Delegate, Legis lature, officials and people of the Ter Titory should exert their best effort 3 to speed the conferring of the soverigl \ power of Statehood upon Alaska. We maintain that all power ant l authority ever conferred upon an. E territory of the Union should be veste, ! in the Legislature of Alaska. We endorse the candidacy of lame S Wickersham as the primary nomine , of the Republican party and pledge ou support. We protest against the polit ical activity of Federal officials in thi