Douglas Island news., 1920-09-03

ioetl0ua made by Jack Mcbride?
 Now when he comes hero lu a week or two. you Republicans ore Interested in that and ! want you to nnd out from him. and have him come up here ow Ono platform and toll you. too where you can an hear ll and where tho newspapers can publish it 70 that it can Doe sent all ovor tho Territory. bccauso ] havo got t0 ro all over tho Territory. and want to get word of what Dam ls .domr. and which side ho a going to ! take of Che lauos that may como up |n One event of Republican success. There are a horde of hungry Wick crhamito around Che Territory who . win bo Interested ,and ] want to know whether Dam Is going to play Go them. or whether ho is going Co .nIay to Che organization of Rcpub- llcaus headed by Jack Mcbride.
 whom you elected as your National . Committeeman In Che last election.
 and ] have a right to know that and | have a right to know it because we want some political control in ! ths territory and do not want to ho hlrasod with party bickorIug, contentious and strife over appoint monls for Che next four yearg
 Harmony in Democratic Ranks
 You hayo had reasonable amount of harmony iu che Democratic party during their mcumbency and you win have it iu case of Democratic success because know ] can get along with our National Committee man. VIC win have harmony our machine is rapidly attaining poricc- uon -it Is getting to working smoothly and that is for thc inter- est of Ono pc0plc-it is necessary for Che proper government Of Alaska .mat party limos Doc drawn In tho Bee lection Of candidates After tho can- .didutcs urc selected it is up to Che voter to vote for Ono person he thinks win bos. represent tho Terri tory but in Che selection of candi- datos One only way to avoid c0n- fusion and scramble and chaos is Go havo party nominations That is Che rystom we have today. and that is Che reason lt is necessary t0 have an organization iu tho party, m or der Co have some orderly method of selecting tho candidates. That is what people refer Co. who are out Of office. as a crooked, srmtng. Dem- ocralc machine lf WIG go out of of- fec ] am mre we win do an in our power to toach Che opposition our methods so Chat thcy win bc ablo to operate their machine. which win .mcdIa,cly spring into existence. ao that it win run smoothly and 20
 hat horo win bc harmony iu of- Gcrl circles and that is the rca- son. In Che Interest of that harmony that when Mr. Sutherland comes be- foro h.s audicncc some of whom are Republicans. , want him Co siatc how hc ia going to work. and with whom he win work
 Record at Washington
 Now. ladies and gentlemen. have told you something of my o1iciaI career havo boon but a short t.mc down in Washington and ] haven . very much time to tell you about chat. What have done win bo puh- lishcd In Che newspapers and in our campaign literature ' want Co say
 hif. however. that not as an cx- ruse. but as ono of Che principal things hat ] have douol have la- bored under severe handicap. When ] was sworn In In July last was immediately confronted with a contest. which ] anticipated. When n was nominated as the Democratic candidate for Delegate to Congress Inst spring ] issued a challenge Go , James Wickorham to como out and . run against mc and leave 10 to Che people who should represent Alaska in Congress. and to waive his rights
 whatever he might have. Go tho sent by reason of hIs alleged defeat of . suIzer. but Che Judge would mot dc '.lt He laid back and waited until , we went through with an election ] and chen served me with paper } claiming Che sent , could not soI . Dan Sutherland Co run either. Dan - had no way of knowing whether . there was a vacancy or not. and h' D had nobody Go look Go for advice e1 . coDt Wickcrsham. who did not wan . him to run. and Marshall and Rust , gard. who constituted tho rest of th' , legal talent of that faction of th' ! Republican party SO Dam could mol Q ten what t0 do and SO he would mol . run. and thc consequence was ] wal | elected and was sworn in and ] wal Q served with ercat long documcn ? which Wickcrsham had been prcpar - ling ever since Christmas containing .aliceauous of four or five hundre. lenses of fraud in Che election oi No
 ycmbcr D. 1918. and ] had thirty n days hcrc ] am down in Washing
 ton T have mrty days to answe , chat and set un facts Go offset tha n array of allegations and ] had t'