Seward daily gateway. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1923-1933, 1924-04-19
DELEGATES TO NATIONAL
CONVENTIONS
(Cordova Times)

Next summer both the Republicans
and Democrats will hold their ma
tional conventions to nominate a
candidate for President of the Uni
ted States. The Republicans will
convene at Cleveland, Ohio, June 10,
and the Democrats at New York City
June "a.
On Tuesday, April 20, primary
election will be held in Alaska to
select delegates to these big pow
vows. And the job of the successful
candidates is not an inexpensive one,
but see TIE glory there is in it. You
leave your home and business affairs
about the latter part of May, take a
steam trip of 400 miles to Seattle,
then travel across the continent by
railroad. remain in the convention
city a week or more, pay your own
hotel bill, which will be an eXorbi-
tant one, with several people crowded
into your room, get robbed at the
les ldul anus, anu july NOulSCll 1hIo
believing that you are having a good
time AS a matter Of fact, while
YOU are in attendance at the con-
vention you meet in daily confer
ences, with other persons like your
self into believing that you are hav-
ing a good time. AS a matter OF fact
while you are in attendance at the
convention you meet in daily confer
ences with other persons like your
self-these conferences sometimes
lasting from IS to 20 hours-and then,
when the work is done, pay your
own railroad fare back home, and re-
ceive no wages or expenses of any
sort for the work you have done.
Notwithstanding that all this is
true four thousand, two hundred and
thirty-two American men and women
will accept jobs like this within the
next two months. They will gather
in two different groups in two diff
ferent cities. And what is their task?
To pick a President of the United
States. These two groups will have
the titles, respectively, of delegates
to the National Republican conven-
ton and delegates to the National
Democratic convention. There will be
| ,O94 delegates together with an adj
ditional 1904 alternates in the lat
ter convention And in the former
there will be 1,O26 delegates with
/ ,026 alternates.
OF course there will be bands a.
plenty at the convention city, orato-
rical displays and some straight
talking with politics being played on
the side by the leaders and their
lieutenants But after all is said and
done it is the delegates duty to cast
his ballot for the presidential candl-
date he thinks can be elected next
November and for this privilege he
pays the piper"
The editor Of the Daily Times is
one Of the four candidates for dele
gate to the Republican National con-
vention, and as all newspaper men
are long on time and money, feels
that he is entitled to long vaca-
ton and is willing to make the ne
cessary sacrifice by going to that
OHIO town and casting his ballot on
hot day in June for the man VINO
will occupy the presidential char
during the ensuing four years, II the
voters OF the territory see fit to Sc
Ilect him as one Of the two delegates
from Alaska. MA in order that there
riay be no misunderstanding as to
who will be the writer's choice Tor
president we still insist that Calvin
Coolidge has more than made good,
under the most trying circumstances
and is his logical successor for the
highest office within the gift OF these
United States.