The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-04-22
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him to congress as Alaska's delegate. It has had no reason to be other than proud of the selection since Mr. Sulzer took office.
 He has kept closely in touch with Alaska and Alaskan conditions at all times. He has responded to the requests of any and all sec tions for legislative measures of relief, and his legislative program, although by no means completed, has been far ahead of any ever outlined by any other Alaskan representative to congress.
 He made no promises to the people ot Alaska which he has not endeavored to keep, honestly and fully. He is again before the people of Alaska as candidate for the Demo- cratic nomination to succeed himself. Upon his record he is certainly entitled to it.
 Mir. SulLer's record in Washington, his honesty and earnest york; has created con- sternation in the ranks of the opposition party, who are fearful that, winning the Democratic nomination, he will be returned to Washing ton. Naturally this opposition party does not desire to see Mir. Sulzer make the race next November It. would prefer some weaker and more inexperienced man to be running against its candidate.
 In the candidacy of William Maloney for the Democratic nomination at the coming pri mary, the opposition believes that it has found
 
 rtory, Republican leaders, Republican papers, are engaged in boosting the cause of Maloney, seeking to split the alignment of the Demo- crats trying to create dissensons in the Dem ocratic party which will lead to the defeat of that party at the polls in the election next November.
 It is plainly up to the Democrats of AL aska not to be fooled by this political trick cry which, although old as politics itself, is fraught with danger Mir. Maloney's liter ature has been received in this division. It was mailed out from Juneau, from the office of the strongest Republican paper in Alaska. With his platform announcement was mailed an attack made upon Mir. Sulzer last De- celnber by the Republican paper which print ed his (N1aloney's) announcements At the time that this attack was made Mr. Maloney was not in the field against Delegate Sulzer, nor was 1t made to benefit Maloney, but to tear down Suzer so that the hungry Re pubcans might again get a chance at the political feeding grounds.
 As far as we know, there is nothing against Mr. Maloney as mine inspector. Personally, he may be an estimable gentle man. But he has placed himself in posi- tion that makes him the tool of the Republic an leaders, whether it is done willingly or not. Locally the leaders of the Maloney cam paign and the circuators of his literature, are avowed Republicans. Why this unusual interest: Because most of that literature is purely Republican in conception and manu facture, desgned solely for the benefit of the Republican party in Alaska. Does the Re- publican organization fight the battles of MT. Maloney out of friendship, or because it ex poets to reap the benefits thereof? Any sensi- ble man will say that the Republican party does not care two straws for Maloney and still less for his success at the primary, if it did not believe that Maloney's success in winning the Democratic nomination means a Republican victory next fall But the very idea of Sulzer victory now is giving the leaders sleepless nights, and days filled with frantic efforts to malign Mir. Suzer to his Democratic supporters.
 Mir. Maloney may not have known at the time that he permitted his name to be filed as candidate before the Democratic party for delegate that he was being deliberately used by Republican leaders to restore their fallen power But if he is intelligent enongh to fill the position which he seeks at the hands of the Democratic party, he surely knows blanks of William Maloney's platform we fail to find one in which he makes claim of his Democracy Beyond the fact that he heads it as the platform of one William Maloney, can didate for the Democratic nomination for delegate, etc., there is nothing to show that he has not cut the blanks haphazard from the political scrap books of all parties and pieced it together just to have something to run on.
 MT. Maloney is entering the primary sup Dorted hv literature s,,DDlied hv ReDuhlcan