The Nome nugget., 1932-04-23
TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS
 OF THE SECOND DIVISION

Are 1ne aldSkd WDHtD tl tlu lous, Or have they an innate sen se of Justice and fair play? Can a political non-descript like John Frame. by fraud deceit and the s1rossest canard. and for his own selfish purposes, eliminate from public life the best citizens in our territory in both political parties?
 With Machia yellian technique and cunpingness, Frame manufac- tured an issue,-built up man of straw, and then proceeded to knock it down. The Primary Law is not an issue in this campaign; it was inter- jected by Frame as a am,ok escreen for the sole purpose of his attempting to foist himsel into power and authority. In the csrcular letters that he mailed throughout the territory, he false ty, fraudulently and maliciously represented that Anthony J. Dim ond, Democratic Candidate for Delegate to Congress, was oppos- ed to the Primary Law This was a LIE and Frame knew it was. Examine Anthony Dimond's record in the Senate Journal, sev- eral copies of which are available locally, and you will search in vain to find that Senator Dimond nt any time favored the repeal of the Primary Law, but on the contrary you will find that Mir. Dmond seconded a motion to lay the bill for the repeal of the pri- mary law on the table, defeating it and saving the primaries, and you will find a record of it in Senate Journal 1881, Page 367.
 Both of Americas two great political parties have conventions National, State and Local. They have important and proper func- tions to perform. They adopt plat forms, formulate the issues and policies of their respective par ties, and take such other meas ures as in their judgment would be conclusive to party success.
 While it was eminenuy fit and proper that the Democratic Con- vention at Fairbanks should en- donse it's strongest candidate for Delegate to Congress. of the three who had announced their intention of running, Mir. Dimond would Ndpe Hbnt OI u dS ldI dS lut Delegate to Congress was concern ed. When resolution was intro duced giving him the sole en- 6orsement as the party's stand ard bearer, he opposed it, saying in part:
 "I will not pretend that I am ignorant of the sentiment of this convention in my favor, for i. has been expressed in private con%er- saAion too often and too strongly to leave anyone in doubt. If thought for a moment that maj orjty of u delegates fayofed Mir Grigsby or MT. Ziegler I would not, under any circumSta file my declaration of candidacy for I would feel under no obligatio to do so. But I know that most of you wish me to file and I can hot be indifferent to that desire. How ever. I certainly do not care to have whatever advantage. large T small, which may come from the endorsement of this conven- tion. Ordinarily l would be proud to have it if all of the other can dSdates submitted to the judg- menn of the convention. But such Beems to be not the case. pre- fer and if could would de- rsand that MT GrieSbv, Mr Zieg- Ter and myself, all th.ee of us, te requested by this convention to file our declarations of caEG,- dacy for Delegate and leave it up to the voters in the primary. am not only willing but anxious to abied 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 slight est advantage over any other candidate"
 Now it must be remembered that both Mr Grigsby and Mir ziegler were delegates to the dem ocratic convention at Fairbanks, having been elected such at the Democratic Divisional Conv ention at Petersburg, in which they par tialpated. Neither of these gent lemen saw fit to abide by the ma lority of the democrats in the Territory, but either, if he can is willing to obtain the nomina- tion for Delegates by false pre- tenses
 Another gentlemen that this political poleoat, Frame, would like to "eliminate'', is the candidate for National Commit eeman, J Connors. In attempting this. Frame uses the same political smoke screen, the primaries. What in the name of common sense has the National Commit ema nship got to do with the primaries? And likewise any other office except the members of the legislature,