The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-05
DEMOCRATS WIN. CHANNEL TOWNS
 BY LARGE VOTE.
Juneau, Douglas and Other Precincts Give Majori-
 ties for Democrats

Juneau and Gastineau Channel yesterday piled up majorities for every Democratic candidate ex- cept four-Treasurer, Commissioner of Education, and two places for the House of Representatives. w. K. Keller nosed out his Democratic opponent, Anthony J. Karnes, by 38 votes and Grover c. Vim and Walter P. Scott occupied third and fourth places in the race for Repre- sentatives.
 The Democrats, generally, carried every Juneau precinct and lost but two on Gastineau Channel. They carried the town of Douglas for the first time in recent history. The two precincts giving slight majorities to the Republicans were: Douglas No. 2, and Salmon Creek.
 Juneau Vote Large
 The vote in the city proper was 1922, the largest since 1926 when 1,244 votes were polled. On Gasti- neau Channel 1,506 votes were cast in the Delegateship contest.
 Local voters gave majorities for Democratic candidates ranging from 34 for A. H. ziegler to 544 for Judge Frank A. Boyle on the House ticket; 252 for Allen Shattuck on the Senatorial slate; 362 for Thom- as Gaffney for Auditor; plurality of 178 for William A. Hesse for Highway Engineer; and 154 for George B. Grigsby for Delegate.
 Walstein G. Smith swept the town and every Channel precinct except Jualpa, which was carried by R. E. Hardcastle, Democrat Grover c. Vim was the only Re- publican House nominee to carry Juneau, leading E. L. Sampson, low man on the Democratic ticket, by 121. Walter P. Scott trailed A. H. Ziegler by 34 votes in town, but, went into fourth place in the Chan mel returns by six votes.
 Returns Show Upset
 The first precinct to be reported in this district was Jualpa, located at the Alaska Juneau boarding house in Gold Creek basin. For the first time in years this gave the Democratic ticket majority. This was the first actual evidence that the voters in this district were about to prove correct the conten- tion of leaders of that party, that this is a Democratic year. Thane, the second to report, added to the verification by going Democratic almost three to one. Glacier High. way pre- c i n ct s+Mendenhall and Lynn Canal-joined the procession. Douglas No. 2, one of the two Chan nel precincts going Republican, stemraed the tide nomentarily. Sal mon Creek, home precinct of c. T. Gardner, G. o. P. candidate for Senator, gave him four-vote ma Jority over Shattuck. Wickersham led Grigsby there by nine votes. But it gave majorities for Thomas Gaffney, Boyle and Judson on the Democratic ticket.
 STreadwell tied on the race for Delegate but gave majorities for ether Democratic candidates. Doug las No. 2, gave Grigsby majority of 36 and Judson, high wan, led the ticket with AT votes more than w. L. Paul, low Legislative candi- date on the Republican ticket.
 Split Tickets Ruled
 Split tickets ruled in every pre- cinct. Probably 90 per cent Of all the ballots showed votes for candi- dates of both parties. Probably the worst sitting was done in Juneau No. 1, the hill precinct, in which 698 votes were cast
 The vote of the city proper was: for Delegate, Grissby 672, Wicker sham SIS; for Treasurer, Haro- castle 38s, Smith 759; for Auditor, Cole 4O5, Gaffney 767; for Highway Engineer, Hesse 494, Johnson 27o, Ulmer 316; for Commissioner oi Education, Karnes 54l, Keller ooS.