Seward daily gateway., 1932-01-28

GrigSby or MT. Zeigler I would not, under any circumstances, file my declaration Of candidacy for l would feel under no obligation to do so. But I know that most of you wish me to file and cannot be in- different to that desire. However, II certainly do no care to have whatever advantage. large or small. which may come from the endorse ment of this convention. Ordinar- fly would be proud to have 1t if all of the other candidates submitted to the judgement of the conven- tion. But such seems to be not the case. I prefer and if I could I would demand that MT. GrigSby, Mir. Zeigler and myself, all three of us, be requested by this conven- tion to file our declarations of can didacy for Delegate up to the vot- CTS in the primary. I am not only willing but anxious to abide by the decision of the Democratic voters in the primary election to be held in April and I do not wish in that election to have the slightest ad- vantage over any other candidate.
 Tt must be remembered too, that this convention, although re- cognized by law for some purpose such as the adoption of plat
 form, is extra-legal with respect to the nomination of candidates for office. This convention cannot nominate candidates in any true sense of the term. It is true that the call for this covention and for the Divisional conventions express ly provided for the nomination of
 candidates or for the endorse mentS of candidates, but it is not necessary to follow out in every de-
 tail the matters contemplated by the call for several Divisional con- ventions and for this convention. Although it is not true, the inn pression may be spread abroad that any person selected or recom- mended by this convention for of flee is not properly selected or re- commended. It will be said and 1t may be believed, although it will not be true, that an attempt has been made to usurp the preroga- tives of the people in the primary election. Personally, I want to put the whole matter in such a light that no one can miSinterpret it or misunderstand it and to that end I urge upon you all that no one candidate here for the office of delegate should be nominated or selected, but that all three of the persons mentioned in this report as candidates for the office should he requested to file. Indeed, if we know of any other reputable and responsible Democrats who had ex- pressed any desire to file for the office of delegate he should be in cluded in the report and asked to file his declaration of candidacy.
 Nov, it will be said that we in tend to recommend one man only
 for the other Territorial offices and that is true. We recommend only one man for the office of At torney General, one only for the office of Highway Engineer, one on- ly for Commissioner of Education. one only for Auditor and only one for Democratic National Commit teenlan. But you all know the req son for this; we know of only one candidate for each of these offices and in many cases we have been obliged to draft candidates who were reluctant to make the race. For eample, I know that Mir Con- nors does net care to be 8 candi- date again for the office of Nation al Committeeman, but that the Democrats in Alaska generally have drafted him for the office. Tn like manner, MT. Truitt does not desire to become candidate for the office of Attorney General and has consented to run largely, I think, through the personal sol icitations of the other delegates here, including myself, and the same is true with respect to the offices of Highway Engineer, Aud-
 itor and Commissioner of Educa-