The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-09-29
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERISCOPE


 Alaska is entertaining Its Iits' congresslonal party of the year ,n,a week wltn the arriFai oi mouse Appropnauons suo-eoihiii' Lee neauea Dy Representative v.n,nn 1,ary of vlglnla ana lh- ..n,,s, ReplesentatNes A. M. Yer nanael or New Mexico and QUO E' t.assnian or Louisiana, all three 1emocrats. They flew into Ahehor- age the fore part ot the week rum .,sattle accompanied by Rear Au- ,,,ra, Alfred C. RichmOnd Assistant .nm,nanaant Of the Coast Guard' .nd after inspections i'll the West ward will visit Southeast AIashS' scheduled to arrive in Juneau lo- aay. They will visit hetchlkan anu ntner points in this section. me Gary subcommittee has to do wlIh approprrations for the Coast Guard and other Treasury department ac- tivities. Gary and Fernandez are lawyers in private life and Pass- man is an equipment manufacturer ,rerrtgerators. among other things; | maybe We can get him to do some [ thing about the motor on ours). Port security and navigation aids are matters high on their agenda.
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 Delegate E. L. Bartlett arrived back in the Territory this week and is now on a swing to Nome, Fairbanks, Anchorage and points to the Westward and Interior. He | expects to arrive in Juneau Sun day, planning to go through to Ketchikan. After appearances there in behalf of his candidacy for re- election, he will visit Wrangell, | Petersburg and Sitka before return ing to Juneau to wind up his itin- erary on the two days before cleo ton October 10. A rally of Demo- cratic candidates is scheduled for Sitka next Friday, October 6.
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 Also back in the Territory this week was Gov Ernest Gruening, who had been called down to Washington to appear before the Senate committee on Interior af- fairs.
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 With the general election but some 10 days away, October 10, predictions on the outcome are many and varied with the Demo- crats holding the advantage with the top of their ticket. The way We get it, Delegate Bartlett is ex- pected to beat Amer Peterson, his |, Republican opponent, three or four to one. He defeated him nearly three to one in 194j. Henry Roden, unopposed, is automatically elected Treasurer. In the Commissioner of Labor race with incumbent Repub- lican Henry Benson facing Ross Kimball, Democrat, Benson seems primary strength in the First Di- vision, but anything can happen.
 For control of the next Legisla- ture, the Democrats have a handi- | cap of six holdovers for the Sen ate. Three more will give them con trol. They are a cinch for one in the First, due to the fact only one Republican is running, and perhaps two. They expect to get at least l one in the Third possibly two, and one in the Second. No predictions on the Fourth to date, but from where we're sitting, and the sound of the campaign, it looks like the Democrats will be lucky if they get out of the Fourth Division alive. It takes 13 seats for control in the House. The Demos are counting on at least IA four from the First, three from the Second, six from the Third and at least one from the Fourth. If they capture three of the five seats in the Fourth it will be cause for celebration. (Our Periscope observer up at the Uni versity reports it is open season on caribou and Democrats in h ell Fourth and she's betting only onl the caribou.)
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 If you are going to be out on the flats October 10 trying to get that duck Leo Mccormack and the Per iseoper missed two years ago, don't forget to cast an absentee ballot, or else how are we going to get our Wrangell candidates elected?
 L. W. Sr