The Alaska daily empire., 1918-06-18
REPUBLICANS NAME RUSSELL
 FOR SENATOR Wick Leader Heads Asso- ciation Ticket After Wick and Roosevelt
 Endorsed.
OTHERS ON THE TICKET
Grover C. Vim and H. R. Shepard for Representa- lives; Jack Wilson for
 Road Commissioner.

The Southeastern Alaskan Repub- lican Association, through the del
 egates who were present, last nigh:
 nominated the following Legislative
 ticket for the First Division:
 For Senator-Ed. c. Russell of
 Juneau.
 For ntatives-Grover. C.
 Vim of Juneau, H. R. Shepard ot
 Juneau, J. H. Davies of Ketchikar
 and Peter C. Mccormack of Wrang- S ell
 For Road Commissioner Jack 4 Wilson of Treadwell.
 q The convention endorsed Judge
 James Wickersham for Delegate to
 Congress and Col. Roosevelt.
 Of those nominated J. H. Davies
 and Peter c. Mccormack were nom
 mated as Republican candidates fol
 Representatives at the Republican
 primary election last April, and & their endorsement by the conven. . tiOn last night in reality was al \ endorsement.
 The nominees of the convention N except in the case of Mccormack
 and Davies, will appear on the tick ct as independent candidates, fo.
 the convention was not representa-, H tive of the regular Republican 6 Party, and while they are Repub B licans and were nominated by Re ' publicans, the organization whicl : called the convention was not the k regularly constituted Republican
 organization of the Territory. l. ! was formed to meet a situation re- S sulting from the failure of the Re,
 publicans to act under the direct r. primary law.
 When the convention met last
 night at the Orpheum theatre, f
 was minus a chairman and a sec
 retary. Dr. l.. s. Keller had left
 for his home at Skagway and L.
 l.. Harding was not present Rob- ert M. Kennedy was made chair
 man and Grover c. Vim secretary The convention immediately went
 to work on the regular order oi
 business.
 All nominations were made by
 exclamation. E. c. Russell was
 nominated for Senator by Grover c at Vim. For Representatives, Gro m yer c. Vim was nominated by John ys Reck; He R. Shepard by Dr. Will he jam Pallister, and Peter c. McCor. IS. mack and J. H. Davies by E. c w. Russell. Jack Wilson was unani at mously nominated for Road Com. Tt missioner.
 If The Platform J." The following platform was
 adopted:
 We, the Republicans of Alaska
 in convention assembled, point with
 pride to the patriotic service which r the leaders of the Republican party VI of this nation have given the Ad- ministration in preparing for war. 's In Congress, Republicans have given " their votes, often the deciding votes, ar for the grant of every power and h. all the money demanded by the Ad- 1T, ministration, in this course of ac-
 tion they will persist without waiv- is ering or shadow of turning This a. is the war of no political party ID This is the country's war and we to would deplore that the party in IS power be guilty of practicing petty
 partisan politics to the serious det- se riment of the country's cause even
 in the territories of the Union.
 We commend the patriotic and J. unfailing loyalty to nation and peo-
 pie of Theodore Roosevelt We
 heartedly endorse the patriotic lead It ership of Will H. Hays, chairman of l. the Republican National Commit E tee, and pledge our fealty to the s committee which he is so ably or
 ganizing.
 ] The Republicans of the First Di-
 vision believe that the Delegate, Legislature, officials and people of the Territory should exert their best | efforts to speed the conferring of the
 sovereign power of Statehood upon
 Alaska.
 We maintain that all power and
 authority ever conferred upon and
 territory of the Union should be
 vested in the Legislature of Alaska II We endorse the candidacy of
 James Wickersham as the primary
 nominee of the Republican party
 and pledge our support. We pro- | Itest against the political activity of
 Federal officials in this territory, |. and we appeal to the Republican
 members of Congress to secure a I just decision of the present Dele gate contest pending in the House of Representatives. We maintain that the offices of treasurer of the Territory, Territor- ial Mine Inspector. Territorial Con- missioner of Education and other offices created by the Legislature of the Territory should be elected. II We declare for the strict enforce ment of the prohibition laws of the Territory. and deplore the failure to enforce the same. II We declare in favor of protection of the Alaska fisheries and pledge l ' employees of the fisheries and all