The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-04-26
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 PERISG0lPE


 Next Tuesday is primary election day and this, the last issue before the voters go to the polls, probably is no time 10 be discussing politics in a picayunish way. If We were a politician, we'd probably conclude this was the last opportunity to get in that final plug. but being re- portorially inclined, we refrain from such outbursts because the other chap hasn't a chance to have his say too He'd have to wait until next weeks issue and that would be after the primary.
 Therefore, we stick to a major issue It's a simple one that con- eerns, primarily, the south end of this judicial division.
 That portion of the Division out side of Juneau needs representation. It is entitled to representation, if We are to have a true democratic form of government. There are a good many candidates in the race for the Territorial House of Repre- sentatiYes outside of Juneau. Your periscoper suggests that voters be- lieving in fair representation in theI next legislature look carefully to their ballots and see to it that they cast their votes for some represent atiyes outside of the major city of the Division. This is not to say that fbo oandida foe from T5paor apa Y,,f worthy of consideration. Many of them would be able representatives. But. after all, how many of them are conYersant with the problems of the communities outside of the capital city? There are several The average voter knows who they are. The others, laudable as their ambi- tions may be, can not be considered.
 The intelligent voter should give careful consideration to such men as Mayor Van H. Fisk of Wrangell Carroll Clausen of Petersburg, E. L.. Sampson of Ketehikan, Joe Barano- Yich of the same city and Neil An derson of Sitka, just to mention a few.
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 Wrangell as a single community, of course, wants to see it's men nom- mated. The way to do that is to ask for a democratic ballot and vote for Mayor Fisk. Frank s. Barnes, the other Wrangell man, a senatorial candidate on the Republican ticket, is unopposed He will be nominated without question. Wrangells Frank doesn't need support in the primary. Wrangells Van needs it, and should get the solid vote of this community Your periseoper hopes to be able toI announce in this column next week that Wrangell not only has a nom- inee for the Senate in Frank Barnes but that it has nominee for the House in Mayor Fisk, and that the latter got the unanimous support of his home town in his party's prim- Iary.
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 While the Tuesday primary cen ters the general interest, Republi- can interest is centering around Douglas again. Territorial Chairman Elton Engstrom of Juneau has cal led meeting of the COP central committee for next Wednesday, May l, in picturesque old Douglas, the Republican battle-ground of history. Purpose, he points out in the of ficial call, is to name three delegates and three alternates to the Repub lican National convention in June, and, incidentally, to set the Terri tortaI convention date for Sitka.
 If nothing else, the call is unique. Custom is to have the Territorial convention name delegates to the national. Chairman Engstrom is de- flying custom and having the cen tral committee select the delegates before the convention even meets at