The Nome nugget., 1924-10-04
LOCAL NEWS
SIDEIIiGHTS AND HIGHLIGHTS ALASKANS AT DEMOCRATIC
 CONVENTION
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 NEW YORK. Sept. When the
 delegates to the National Conven- tion began to arrive, it was found thai everything was in readiness for the reception and entertain ment of the Delegates from Alas ka. Under general authority of the National Democratic Commit tee and the general auspices of the New York Convention Committee. d special Alaska Committee had been designated and placed under the able chairmanship of R. s. Ryan-better known to old timers as Dick Ryan. with James c. Gaffney as Vice-Chairman, and Bruce Rogers, Secretary, all par ticularly well known in the Sew ard Peninsula. Other members were Eugene Allies. Rex Beach. Stephen Birch, Frederick R Cou- dert. Jr., James J. Godfrey, George l.. (Tex) Rickard, Ex-Governor Thomas Riggs, A. l.. Scheuer, C. T. Ulrich. II. D. Walbridge, Herbert Wall and J, c. Weir.
 By resolution the Alaska Com nittee had recognized the geo graphical isolation. the political difficulties under which life in the Territory proceeds, and the hard ships endured by it's pioneers. The committee itself was constituted md officered for the most part by old-time Alaskans. regardless of political affiliations. and who had themselves mushed the long trails of the North, who had heard the howl of the malamutes under the stars bejewelling the high-vaulted northern skies, of other sourdoughs who in more recent years have seen the ice come and go. and of still others, residents of New York City, whose principal interests are identified with the we'll being of Alaska. And it had been duly de- termined that neither time, eX- oense nor effort should be spared preparing for the comfort of sur friends and former neighbors ,f the Northland. who were Dele gates and Alternates to the Con uention
 Accordingly an official "Igloo" vas established and opened in suite at the Hotel Belmont, the leartiest welcome extended to the arriving Delegates, their Alter hates and their friends, and from this "Igloo'' the string was never withdrawn in all the three grinding weeks of the memorable Convention, but kept open contin- aously after the fashion of true northern hospitality
 It was found with much regret hat several of those who had been officially elected as Delegates could not attend. Among these were the names of James McCloskey, J. J. Connors. Thomas Ashby, W. w. Casey and Simon Hellenthal, but their places had been filled by as- Bignment of proxies to former Gov ernor Thomas Riggs. Judge Robert W. Jennings, John E. Powers. who had journeyed from his distant home at Eagle, Alaska. and Oscar Ashby. who with John W. Troy, eminent Alaskan editor from Ju- neau. and the Honorable George E. Grigsby of Ketchikan, compris- ed the Delegation as it finally en- 'ered the Convention.
 A formal house-warming at the 'Igloo" was rendered to the Del egation on the eve of the opening If the Convention. Monday June 23rd., with buffet luncheon of an abundance of viands. cracked ice and White Rock water as aux diaries to such good cheer as can be provided in these Volsteadian days.
 Two hundred or more old-time Alaskans and their friends attend ed the reception to join their cor