The Cordova daily times., 1920-05-01
A GLORIOUS VICTORY

In the election of our tOWnsman, George c. Hazelet, at the primaries as a delegate to the Republican na- tional convention at Chicago, the voters of Alaska not only honored one of our pioneer and representative citi- zens, but at the same time placed it's stamp of disapproval on the mali ciOusly false and scurrilOus attacks made upon the character of a man of the highest integrity, who enjoys the confidence and respect of all who know him.
 The magnificent vote that Mr. Haze let received in his own home town is unparalleled in the history of any campaign ever conducted in Alaska or elsewhere, where similar tactics were resorted to in order to detract from a candidates popularity Usu- ally there is some factfOnaI sentiment that can be famed into a flame by the despicable tactics resorted to by Charley Heron through the columns of the papers he controls at Juneau and Anchorage. But such was not the case at the primary election, and the magnificent vote given MT. Haze let by his friends and neighbOrs, where he is known for his true worth, is a testimonial any man might be justly proud of, and for which he is truly grateful.
 The generous support accorded MT. Hazelet was not confined to COrdova and this section, but extended through out the territory. Fairbanks and Ketchikan are deserving of a place at the head of the honor roll for the splendid vote they gave our towns man, notwithstanding the fact that he was unable to visit those sections and meet the voters personally. But his campaign was in able hands, and re- suits followed which will forever cement a political friendship between Cordova, Ketchikan and Fairbanks.
 The entire fire of the enemy was directed against MT. Hazelets candi- didacy The Seattle bunch of former Alaskans prepared a slate whereby these grafters in fee simple hoped to control the federal patronage of the territory by electing Heron as na-I tiOnal committeeman and sending Valentine to the Republican national convention. Wickersham, who has gubernatOrial aspirations, telegraphed from Washington his indorsement of the play to the Alaska newspapers, adding: Beat Hazelet at all hazards" Herron's papers took up the slogan of the master mind, but OVerreached themselves in their zeal to injure Mr. Hazelet, by publishing maliciously false and defamatory statements. As a result Heron has been arrested and must stand trial on the charges of both civil and criminal libel.
 The old Guggenheim bugaboo was also injected into the fight; poor, de- luded Anchorageites swallowed hook, bait and string in the yarns spun out by the Heron press that if Hazelet was elected the Matanuska coal field would be closed down and the Boring river fields developed exclusively; An ehorage real estate would drop to about three cents on the dollar, and .she town present the deserted appear ance of Skagway. Even Valdez al- lowed itself to believe that all further appropriations for the government trail would be cut off so far as the Glacier city was concerned. Juneau was played against Cordova, with all the strength the Wickersham-Valen- tine machine could command.
 Tn the face of all of this opposition, what a grand victory George c. Haze let achieved by his triumph over all of the obstacles thrown in his way to be one of the delegates to the Repub- 1iean national convention, which will nominate the next President of the United States. We congratulate him