The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-24
ALL DEMOCRATS ARE ENDORSING DELEGATE SljLzER
Chairman of Congression- al Committee Adds En- dorsement to That
 of Gov. Riggs.
SULZER ONLY DEMOCRAT
MaIoney's Candidacy Ev- anywhere Regarded as "a WCkersham Ruse
 to Defeat SuIzer.

The endorsement of Charles A. Sulzer for renomination as Delegate t6 Congress by Gov. Thomas Riggs, Jr., and by Chairman Scott Ferris, of the Democratic Congressional Cam paign Committee, are significant. They indicate a clear understanding of the fine work that is being done in Washington for Alaska by the present representative in Congress of the Territory.
 The endorsement of MT Sulzer by Chairman Scott Ferris is printed elsewhere in this issue of The Elm pire.
 Gov. Riggs first endorsement of MT. Sulzer came in a telegram dated at Washington, D. C., April 18th, in which the Governor said, referring to the candidacy of William Maloney:
 eff he remains candidate he sim ply plays into the hands of Wicker sham, and l stand right back of Sul- ger"
 The second emphatic endorsement of the candidacy of Delegate Sulzer by Gov Riggs was in the shape of a night letter from him to the editor of The Empire, received here yester- day morning, and was as follows:
 Seattle, April 22, 1918. John w. Troy,
 Juneau Alaska.
 Charles A. Sulzer is absolutely the only candidate for Delegate to Con gress that l can and will recognize as representing the Democratic Party in Alaska. I AM FOR HIM FIRST, LAST AND ALL THE TIME. He is clean. manly and energetic, with high standing in Washington.
 (Signed) RIGGS.
 Maloney Running In Interest of
 Wickersham
 Gov. Riggs knows well the situa- ton in Alaska. He has been resi- dent of the North for many years and is familiar with the people of the Territory and the political conditions. He knows very well that William Maloney was put into the Delegate ship race in Alaska in the interest of Judge Wickersham' candidacy, who is running as Republican this year, and that practically all of the votes that he will receive in the primary election will be from Wick ershamites and not from Democrats. Therefore he knows that MT Nal oney is not making a good faith fight to be Delegate to Congress from Alaska as Democrat, and that MT. Sulzer is the only candidate for Delegate to Congress who represents the Democratic party in the fight.
 SuIzer Will Sweep Third Division
 A letter received on the Alaska from Bill Canavan, Sergeant-At-Arms of the First Territorial Senate, says:
 "There is lots of Maloney litera- ture here, none of Sulzer's, but that won't cut any figure anyhow, as Sulzer is going to carry this section with a big majority. Maloney sent a letter into camp here in which he said he was deeper into politics than he ever was He said the old man was down and out, meaning Strong, but he added, they're go ing to hold Riggs appointment up UNTIL AFTER THE PRIMARIES, and for all time if possible. Well, they didn't do it, did they?
 "I have met old-timers who have known Maloney for years who have said they wouldn't vote for Maloney on any account because he is now only a Wickersham tool"
 Suzer To Win in Fourth
 There won't be five Democratic votes cast for Maloney in the Fourth Division" said United States Mar shal l.. T. Erwin, of Fairbanks, who was in Juneau last night, and his conclusion was agreed to by E. C Morissey, for years news editor or the. Fairbanks News-Miner. Both Marshal Erwin and MT. Morissey, who have been in the Third Division, say that Sulzer will win in a walk in the Third Division. They say that Maloney's candidacy is not taken ser iously in either the Third or Fourth Divisions, and MT. Sulzer is looked upon as the only Democrat who is running for Delegate.