The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-04-26
KEEN INTEREST
IN T0MoRROW'S
PARTY CONTEST
Primary Election Tomorrow
Throughout Alaska; Repub-
lican Fights Have Attention

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The great interest in the primary
election which will take place
throughout the Territory tomorrow
centers in the fights in the Republi'
can party for the National Committee
manship, for the Attorney General
ship and for delegate to the Nationa.
Convention, and incidentally, in the
First Division, for the legislative
nominations. Workers for all those
interested will be out in force. The
contest will be waged from the open
ing of the polls at O'Clock in the
morning and continue until O'Clock
in the evening in all Gactineau
Channel precincts Word from the
other sections of Alaska indicates;
that interest throughout the Terri
tory in these contests is keen.
For the Republican National Com
mitteemanship, there are three candi
dates, j. C. Mcbride of Juneau, John
f, Chovin of Anchorage and Charles
E. Heron, claiming Juneau and
Anchorage both for residence. but
for years a resident of Seattle.
J. C. Mcbride is a Juneauite OF
% years standing, and his many
friends in Juneau and throughout che
First Division say that he will carry
| this Division and the Third and
| Fourth by large pluralities, and that
he will certainly be elected The
friends and supporters of the other
two candidates also express conf
dence that their fayorites will win.
For Attorney General the three
Republican candidates are Capt. John
J. Finnegan, q. p. Hubbard, and John
Rustgard. Capt. Finnegan is away
from Alaska at this time, but he is
widely acquainted throughout the Ter
ritory on account of the efficiency
with which he administered the sci
ective draft law and his long rosi
dence in the Territory Mr. Hubbard
and Mr.. Rustgard are at Juneau.
There are three candidates for
delegate to the Republican National
convention, two of whom will be ell
ected. The candidates are George
C. Hazelet of Cordova. T. NJ Reed
of Nome and Emery Valentine of
Juneau Mr. Hazelet is a member
of the special platform committee
of the Republican National Com
mittee. All of them are well known
The candidates for the Republican
nomination for Territorial Senator
are p C. Mccormack of Wrangell.
and Forrest J. Hunt of Ketchikan.,
One is to be nominated. -.
The Republican candidates for Rep
resentative, four to be nominated.
are H. T. Trip, l.. S. Ferris, George
Getchell. e. L. Hunter, Cash Cole
Sidney d. Charles, George Ramsted
F. Wolland, Felix Gray and Walter
B. King.
Dan Sutherland is the only can
didate for the Republican nomina-
ton for Delegate to Congress, and
Joseph Ulmer and Jack Wilson the
only candidates for Road Commiss
toner's.
Only One Democratic Contest
There is only one contest for a
Democratic nomination, that for Ter
ritorial Senator. |. Sowerby of Jun
eau and f. A. Heath of Ketchikan are
competing.
Other Democratic candidates,
against whom there are no contests,
are:
For Delegate to Congress -George
B. Grigsby.
For Attorney General. c. Muir
ply.
For Representatives-W. w. Casey,
]. Latimer Gray, Henry Roden, and
NJ r. Walker. .a
For Road Commissioners-A. Ad-
kins and James J. Connors.
For National Committeeman Thorn
as ]. Donohoe ..e
For Delegate to the National Con
vention-Thomas Riggs, .Jr, W. w
Casey. ]. Harmon Caskey. Charles
Derry and L. T. Erwin. ~.
For Alternates-,W. B. Kirk, Thorn
as ,McMullen. Arthur E. Ooghe, and
James r. Patterson. Ia.
E. j. Whites name viii appear
on the ballot among those who are
candidates for Delegate to the Ma
tional Convention. but he has asked
his friends not to vote for him but