The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-10-23
Republicans in Wrangell to Make Medicine.
WICKERSHAM AND PAUL OUT LINE POLICIES OF PARTY AND PLAY GRIGSBY; A HAND FOR PAUL

day night at the Coliseum bv spokesmen of the Republican party in the First Division and Alaska. This, apparently, was the sentiment Of the audience, judging by remarks dropped in restaurants and pool halls after the meeting.
 Judge James Wickersham, candi- date for delegate to Congress, and Attorney William L. Paul, eandi- date for the lower house, were the principal speakers of the evening. Cash Cole, Walstein G. Smith, c. T. Gardner and J. E. Johnson talk ed briefly.
 Benjamin Introduces Candidates
 Hon. Charles Benjamin, Republic an hold-over member of the sen ate, introduced the candidates and spoke pointedly on the issues of the campaign. He stated frankly that other sources of territorial revenue must be found, and that while the canning industry is already heavily taxed it is perhaps the only indus try that can stand an increase in taxation.
 Benjamin denied Ziegler the cred it for taxing nonresident trollers, explaining that Ziegler had merely amended the bill to read S25O in- stead of $50. He stated further that Ziegler's amended bill provid- ed for no enforcement of the law.
 Cash Cole, candidate for auditor to succeed himself, endeavored to make the audience understand the duties of his office and the import ance of having it administered properly. Under the present law the territorial auditor Is a member of the advisory board of education.
 Walstein G. Smith, candidate to succeed himself in the office of treasurer, outlined the duties of his office and stressed the responsibili- ties that go with it. The territor- ial treasurer is also a member of the above-named advisory board.
 Johnson Speaks for Keller
 J. E. Johnson, candidate for the lower house, gallantly disregarded his own political welfare to speak for an absent brother of the har- mony ticket, W. K. Keller, candi- date for territorial commissioner of education, whose duties as superin- tendent of the Juneau public schools precluded his personal appearance in Wrangell.
 c. T. Gardner, candidate for the lower house, talked about the lum- Der situation in southeastern Alas ka, warning the voters that some thing must be done about the en- croachment of the paper box manu- lecturers on the lumber industry of the territory. He promised that something would be done about it if enough Republicans were elect ed to office.
 Paul Gets Applause
 William Paul was greeted with applause when he was introduced. He spoke with the customary ease of the law-trained office seeker, em- bellishing his talk with humorous anecdotes. His words carried con- viction, however, and his record for aggressiveness in behalf of his con- was well known to his lis teners.
 Paul first launched a few shafts of ridicule at Tom Gaffney, Demo- cratic candidate for auditor. Calf ] ney was a member of the first and ! eighth legislatures, and Paul as ! serted that the gentleman from 7 Nome voted against his (Paul's) s bill to provide stern penalties fop to the delinquency of a minor; also that Gaffney worked ] for the defeat of his workman's ! compensation act in 1925. Calf s neys' amendment provided that an alien might receive only 50 percent E to the beneficiary of a citizen of this country, Paul told his audience.
 Paul's Claims
 A bill to compel oanner1es to pay their labor monthly instead of at the end of the season; a bill to standardize the pack of herring bar rels in order that gibbers might not be cheated; an orphanage bill; a bill to tax fish traps according tc the, catch; these, Paul asserted, ere among the bills he had worked for.
 of the harmony ticket is elected we will tax the nonresident gill; netters and seiners $1000-payable in advance" (applause)
 Paul characterized the present against illegal fishing as 'blackmail." He wants the case to be tried by the regular courts of justice instead of an admiralty court. Paul closed his speech by that "only late fish will run under the present regulations"
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