The Nome nugget., 1932-10-15
DIMOND ADDRESSES VOTERS ON ISSUES OF CAMPAIGN

numbered over 500 persons An thony J. Dimond placed before voters of Fairbanks and vicinity the issues of the campaign and, as Democratic nominee for the office of Delegate to Congress, de tailed the stand he takes in rela- tion to them.
 MT. Dimond held the close at tention of his auditors for an hour and forty minutes.
 He answered the accusations made against him by Delegate James Wickersham and launched strong attack upon his Republi- can opponent.
 MT. Dimond spoke as follows:
 Mir Chairman, ladies and gentle men:
 As most of you know, I am the candidate of the Democratic par ty for Delegate to Congress. A convention of the party was held at Fairbanks last January. The members of this convention were properly and fairly elected, and after full and due notice to all members of the Party who might wish to take part in the conven- tion. The convention adopted a platform of political principles con- corning the Territory of Alaska. and to that platform and to those principles I shall refer at length later. The convention, by resolu- tion, formally requested MT. Geor- ge B. Grigsby, MT. A H Ziegler and myself to file in the primary as candidates for the office of Delegate. All three of us filed. happened to receive the greatest number of votes and was therefore nominated. Immediately after my nomination, both MT. Grigsby and Mr. Ziegler. who are personal friends of mine as well as mem bers of the same political party told me and publicly announced that they would give me all of their support in the ensuing cam paign. shortly after reaching Fair banks few weeks ago.-my com result of an injury which 1 suff- cred at 1ditarod,-I received tel egrams from both MT. Grigsby and Mir. Ziegler expressing sympathy on account of the injury, wishing nIe a speedy recovery, and stating they would, if wished, immed- lately take the stump in my be- half, in order. if possible, to car " on the campaign effectively if I should be unable to speak my self These gracious and generous offers on the part of Mir. Grigsby and MT. Ziegler I freely accepted, and before election each of them will probably make several speeches for the Democratic ticket in the first Division where they reside,
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 The Democratic party in Al aska is united and harmonious and confident of victory I wish to take this occasion to say publicly what I have often said privately. that each of my opponents in the Dem ocratic primary MT. Grigsby and MT. Ziegler, is we'll qualified to be Alaska's Delegate in Congress For many years I have considered NIT. Grigsby the ablest man 1T public life in Alaska. And while I have not the same degree oi acquaintance with MT. Ziegler, have for him and his abilities, the greatest respect and esteem. Had either Mir Grigsby or MT. zieglel received the nomination, I should have supported the one who receiv ed the nomination and worked fol his election perhaps even more wig orously than I am working. fol myself =.
 have lived in Alaska contin uously for, nearly twenty-eigh years. For many years prospect ed and mined. in the Interior O. Alaska, principally in the Copper River and Chitina regions and or the head waters of the White River and the Tanana. I did no come to Alaska as federal Of fcial, and while have travelet thousands upon thousands of mil es in Alaska in my prospectint days, none of this travel wa made as federal official. M! trail breaking was not done a the governments expense, careful ly wrapped up in robes, with plen ty of dogs to pull the sled. Like ev ery other prospector I broke fo myself the trails that I travelled and paid my own way all thu time. My knowledge of Alaska i largely the knowledge of the pros pector and miner; my viewpoin is his viewpoint; my sympathie are his sympathies, and lacl entirely the viewpoint and tn sympathies of the man who ha always been carefully upholstere' and protected and sheltered b being on the payroll of the Unit ed States government. If am de fcient hv reason of that state 0