The Nome nugget., 1938-04-18
TO THE Democratic Party Voters Of The Second Division

OI uc OcCOIlu OlVlS1OH
 again seek your endorsement of my candidacy for Nomination to the Territorial Senate. To those of you who so ably supported my candidacy in my previous election. and those citizens who voting fine Democratic ballot for the first second time, pledge myself to stand back of and vote for all Legislation that for the greatest good to the greatest number
 will compare my voting record of the past two Sessions of the Alaska Legislature, with that of any member of either Session. I have always voted every bill on it's mers the worthiness of the bill being always dependent upon it's possible benefits to the Territory a whole and the Second Division in particular.
 Although i'll a considerable part of the last Ses sion it was my vote that broke the deadlock in the Senate and permitted the passage of the Gross Gold Tax. It is my considered opinion that the Gross Tax the proper for the that the old Net Tax System badly abused by the expert accounting systems of the large operators that the Territory had little left each but tang piles to show for the large quantities of gold taken out of the Territory informed by the Treasurers Office that the total Tax from last seasons operations will bring $65oooooo the Treasury against ooooo the previous year under the Net Tax.
 The soundness of the Gross Tax is best shown by the fact that practically the only objectors the large operators Most small operators who take out $10000.o0 glad to be in position to dollar an ounce for what they take out $l0oo0.00 to assist somewhat in paying for the landing fields, roads, bridges that makes their operations possible and aids other prospecting developments. When you stop to consider that large companies, all with headquarters in the States, took out three of eighteen million dollars-it readily be seen where former inequalities existed under the Net Tax. As an example, in 1884 the total gold tax yield to the Territory on a production of fifteen million dollars was less then $1o0 00oo0o. The 1885 legislature doub led the net tax yet the collected for the 1895 mining season were less than s150,ooooo a total production of sixteen million dollars
 favor additional exemptions in the Gross Tax. however Any person company should be exempt ed for the first years operation, unless profit is shown. To all others exemption should be given of not.s than s20oooso. This the amount stip ulated in the original Gross Tax bi but due to the efforts of corporation attorney in the Senate it was reduced to $l0,o0o.00
 There is a great deal done in and out of the Lesis- lature that does get in the record The rejection of many important pieces of legislation de- bends quite often contacts made with fellow legis- lators, ability to trade, and the faculty of making friends and incurring good will. It takes awhile develop these things in fact the leg islaor has to term before he becomes of real value to his division. My health is again excell ent. believe render continued service to the people of my division, in which have lived for the past A years in many sections It is this basis that respectfully ask your support at the primary polls John F. Devine