The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-03-28
STATEMENT

iOI D0IlUCTaI1c IN O4Al l1lellOll
 for Delegate to Congress at the Primary Election April } 80. 1918.
 i4 Prior to filing of my declaration lo! candidacy tor the nomination. lnyseifaodothe, friends ot Governor ibtrong had for months previously soeen insistenliy urging hlm 10 lMake the Delegate race and had at Eslmes entertained the hope that he iwouil yield 10 our entreatles. As 1 He was determined upon contrary csurSe, and the rest of Ills were equally determined to go before i lpe people Ot the terrltory on the foae> uou. was finally selected as the most available man to make 1 tie race. Therefore my declare i tiDn was filed, and my grdtltlCdtIon aJnav,ug thrown down the gaunt- isA 10 the Donohoe machine is dss!y increasing.
 i F will admit that l supporto q M,s Snlzer in the last caiupalgu. bsS!eving, like q great many moTr loyal Democrats, that he would make d good representative. and would work for the best interests of all the people ot Alaska. But, We were sadly mistaken.
 In the first place Mir. Sulzer i has speit most of his time while in Washington trying to getGovernOr Strong and Surveyor General Da- vidson fired out of office. Wh' {? Because they SteadtastlY follow ed the course of their duty as mem- bers, of the Territorial Canvassing Board in compiling the returns ot the last General Election at which MT. Suizer was a candidate tor i delegate from Alaska and refused to violate their oath oi office by plaClilG the interests oi their party ahovs the interests of the pubic l by ssarping the functions of the. 1 1ouse ot Representatives, trying tiIsd.sssiset.s ts---ol ol.the-'.q,aest'esa,-as=.e' which of the candidates was en- titled 10 the cestlflcate oi election, and, thereupon, 10 issue the certl- l ticaie to MT. Sulzer.
 ! Now, Mir. Voter, what kind oi public oHlclai do you prefer, one who so pervtrts m5 official acts as to serve the end, oi hls party, or one Nho respects his oath oi oiilce, and defying partisan criticism, talth iuilv and honestly performs his oi- fic,al duties in compliance with his obligation to the public?
 If it be party perf1dy to place official duty above parry eXpedlen- ci, to be honest and taIthtul to the public trust, theh Il IS greatly to be regretted tbal there are not III Alaska more public officials who are guilty of tEls ctime against their party. For upon the prlnciples ot honesty, integrity and efficiency alone rests the only guaranty ot good government; and the su5vcr- sion oi these principles, by those l entrusted with power and Charged with the duty 10 determine the re suit oi all elections held in the Territory, would abolish the sane tity of the ballots and destroy, ut terly the principles ot self govern ment.
 Briefly let us review what MT. SulZer has done, and tor whose interests he has been working, in the few measures he has introduced, through, and by the aid and assistance of John Troy, George Orig shy, Tom Don- ohue and d few others who have been spending their time in W ash ing fighting Governor Strong and Surveyor General Davidson, and trying 10 manufacture campaign thunder for the coming election. ! We find by the Congressional Record that MT. Sulzer took the oath of office April }, 1917, and that he was granted leave oi ab- sence on account of illness in his family Sept. 6, 1917. The Juneau Empire stated that his brother was sick in New York, but MT. Sul ger never returned to Washington du- ring that session of congress, but came to California and later north to Alaska, and let Alaska legis!a- ton take care ot itself.
 1 find that on September 10 he gave absent treatment to petition from ny residents of Esther creek Alasba. complaining against the high cost of food. On September I7 MT. Dill asked for unanimous consent to insert in the Record some remarks by Hon. Charles A. Sulzer, who was Called away by the