The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-04-20
VETERAN SOLON BIC CROWD TUESDAY
Nails Campaign Lie that He Had Withdrawn from
 Primary Contest
EXPOSES PRETENSE OF
 PRIMARY LAW REPEAL
Tells Juneau Voters Only Seeks Their Support
 on Basis of Fitness

In a 20-minEte speech last neht at the Coliseum theatre. in which he reviewed briefly his legislative record as Senator from the Third Division, challenged the so-called primary repeap' issue, Senator A. J. Dimond of Valdez, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Delegate to Congress, appealed to the voters of Juneau to vote for him on the basis of his qualifi- cations for that office and fitness to represent them in Washington.
 A large and representative au- dience listened intently to his ex- posture of the pretense behind the primary repeal claanor, and at the conclusion of the talk, applauded him enthusiastically Accompanied by Mayor Thomas B. Judson and Frank A. Boyle, both candidates on the Democratic ticket, he Left at midnight for tour that will cov- CT from Skagway to Ketci1ikan. Praised by Shattuck
 Senator Allen SInattuck mem Der of the House of Representatives in 1929, and the Senate last year, introduced Senator Dimond in a few well chosen words. During his association with him during those sessions. and even before that. he said, T was impressed with his integrity, honesty, sincerity and ability
 T was even more impressed with those qualities after I became a colleague of his in 1881. I am sure he will serve the Territory in Congress with the same high in- ltelligence and ability that he serv- ed the people of the Third Di- vision as Senator during all of the years that he represented them"
 Withdrawal Rumor
 At the outset, Senator Dimond spiked hard and fast an unt1ue report to the effect he had with drawn from the campaign which was circulated recently by a week ly newspaper published elsewhere in this Division. He read the statement which declared he "ad- mitted his defeat" and would not make any campaign in the First Division, and that reports received by 1t from the Third and Fourth Divisions indicated a landslide for A. H. ziegler.
 The first allegation, he declared, '4is proven false by my appearance here tonight, asking for your vote. and the second claim contains just as much truth as the first"
 The same publication asserted that former supporters of George B. Grigsby were switching in large numbers to MT. Ziegler and the speaker said he suspected it was the same kind of fairy tale as the other stories.
 One-Woman Organization
 Turning next to the clanlor over the Primary Election Law, Senator Dimond said sometime ago he re- ceived a letter from the Alaska Woman's Primary Law Club seek ing information about his posi- ton on the primary election law. Investigation, he added, showed at that time it was one-woanan club, and feeling that 1t set itself up to be something it was not, he did not answer the query. Inf it had been a personal in- quiry, would have been glad to have answered her, but have no use for pretense"
 He called attention to the fact that John w. Frame, "a former Republican National Committee man for Alaska" was using the same stalking horse in an effort to ride into office as the Demo- cratic National Committeeman. Washington and Lincoln were con- sent to stay in their own camp. but not Frame, who wants to oc- cupy both," he declared
 l Approved Direct Primary : Although it is not properly an issue in the contest in this pri- mary for the office of Delegate. it seems necessary that should state : my position clearly and plainly t as to the primary law. Tt has