Seward daily gateway., 1932-04-04
DEMO CANDIDATE SETS FORTH AIMS
 AND PRINCIPLES
A. II. ZIEGLER WILL RETURN TO SEWARD THE LATTER PART
 OF THIS WEEK

The following statement of prin- ciples and policies of A. H. Zlegler, Democratic candidate for Delegate to Congress from Alaska, was made to The Gateway prior to his depart ure Saturday for Anchorage and Fairbanks:
 "As a prospective candidate So- liciting the votes of the people Of Alaska, I have been waiting to see the public statements of my op- ponents, but so far have not seen any public statement made by any of them as to how they stand.
 Tn the first instance, I desire to state to the people of Alaska that I am a Democrat, but abso- lutely independent so far as being bound to any clique within any organization or corporation, or any special interest whatsoever. I am satisfied to stand on my record as a member of the Legislature of 1929 and 1881. Tn those sessions l was always on the side of the peo- pie and against any special inter est.
 T was one of the authors of the bills making the Commissioner of Education and Highway Engineer for the Territory elective and voted for the bills making the offices of the Treasurer and Auditor elective.
 T agree with the announced pol icieS of my opponents, as well as the present Delegate to Congress regarding Territorial control of all of our resources, including the fish cries, and in the Legislature intro duced and secured the passage of memorials to Congress against the use of herring for other than food purposes in order to preserve and perpetNate the salmon trolling in dustry, also to prevent the seizure of the boats of trollers and seiners, and other property, for violation of the fisheries law until the ac- cused person is first tried by a jury and making the right to seize and confiscate absolutely depend- ent upon conviction of the accused by a jury of his peers. I believe that a heavy tax should be imposed upon nonresident fishermen and to that end raised the tax in Sen ator Benjamin's bill in the 1929 session to $25OOO0 on nonresident trollers.
 T recognize that roads and trails are indispensable to the develop ment of the resources of the Terri tory. I further take the position that the Alaska Railroad was built not as revenue producing proj- ect, but to develop the Territory.
 T am absolutely opposed to any Federal officials disbursing the money of the Territory or handling Territorial matters. Territorial af- fais should be completely divorced from the hands of Federal officials and and I am strongly opposed to all bureaucratic forms of govern ment in the Territory.
 Free government depends upon the right of every citizen to vote and there should be no government or representation of any kind with out the consent of the governed expressed by the ballot. To pre- serve this right, I opposed and voted against the bill introduced in the Legislature during the 1881 session to repeal the Primary Law of Alaska. I am strongly opposed to the convention system.
 "On the statement of the fore going principles and my record as a legislator in the Legislature of Alaska, to which I was elected in 1880 by the highest vote received by any man in the Legislature without any campaigning whatso- ever, submit by candidacy to the voters of Alaska and solicit your support"
 MT. ziegler has been a resident of Alaska for 19 years, successfully engaged in the practice of law at Ketchikan and Juneau. He is truly appreciative of his reception in the