The Cordova daily times., 1920-04-07
EDITORIAL. r. !.
SEATTLE ~RuTTINe. IN" AGAIN

For several weeks past the Seattle Alaska politicians have been con- ducting an aggressive campaign from The Spirit City in the interest of the candidacy of Chas. B. Heron for Republican national committeeman from this territory. The wires have heen kept busy and numerous letters written by these outside influences dictating to the Republicans who they should elect at the coming primaries az their standard bearer. The resi- dents of Alaska have at all times re. sented the dictatoriaI attitude of 8 handful of SeattIeites. some of whom formerly resided in the North, and are now playing politics in the hope of being rewarded by the appointment to federal office in Alaska. They are barnaeles on the body polite and the sooner they arc thrown into the discard the better it will be for the bona fide residents of this terri tory With nothing more than a dis ordered imagination and the biased belief of braggart as foundation they think they can caiole and brow beat the intelligent voters of Alaska into casting their votes for the can didates of their choice, regardless of his fitness 4fer-the office to which he aspires. ~
 The latest addition to the support 4f Heron comes from the Seattle Union Record whose editor K. B. Ault is at present on trial charged with having cfiminally Lbelled the memory of the four service men who were killed in the Armistice day shooting at Centralia. It is a lengthy . effusion written by CH.Packard for merly employed on Herron's paper at Anchorage, and he makes a pitiful plea in behalf of his Gne-timC boss. If reports are correct he hopes to soon again be in the employ of him, which may account for Pack ards great solicitude for Herron's success at the primaries.
 Herrons paper at Juneau, the Alaska Daily Capital, has been loudly crying that Democrats are going to enter tke Republican primaries and vote for Mcbride. All of this camaflouge Bounds much like "stop thief in view of the above. Are A1askans to be hoodwinked by this kind of claptrap and the pressure" from Seattle in the effort to divert the minimizing voter to support Heron. We do not believe they are so easily fooled.
 If we are any judge of the indepen- dence and integrity of the people of Alaska we do not believe that they will calmly submit to this Napoleonic theory being imposed upon them but assert their manhood and go to the polls on April 27 and cast their votes soIidly for J. c. Mcbride for Republi- can national committeeman. He is a man among men, who enjoys the friendship and respect of all who have met or know of him during his twenty two years continuous residnce in Alaska. During all of this time he has been engaged in various mining and mercantile enterprises, and is Aertain1y conversant with the needs of the territory. He has the ability to faithfully and conscientiously dis charge the duties of the position, as deal honestly and fairly with his con- stituents. 4 vote for Mcbride means territorial progress and prosperity He is not bartering any of the offices, but stands unequiyocally for Alaskans to administer their own affairs and believes the members of the party, in the different divisions, have the right to voice in their selection. !