The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-10-24
THROUGH
THE SENTINEL
PERISCOPE
The 1858 Legislature

With couple OF exceptions
where absentee ballots may decide
the result. election of members OF
the 1893 Legislature is just about
determined following the unoflic-
iaI count of the results of the Get
oDer Il election The way ii looks
now three and at the most four.
Democrats Will be in the House -
probably enough to form shock
committee to Try and find out what
happened in the landslide.
The Republicans not only won
the ball game in the House contest.
but walked away with the ball
carried away the goal posts and
waltzed home with the girl cheer
leaders. We wouldn't be surprised
10 see the next Legislature make
October il a Territorial holiday.
TO be known as Republican Day.
The four Democrats who appear
likely to sit with their 20 Repub-
lican yictors in the House are
Charles Fagersrom and Theodore
DuIIield of Nome, Richard Greuel
of Fairbanks and Wendell P. Kay
of Anchorage. Kay is leading Re
publican Fred Williamson by only
So votes and the absentee count
may max ca difference. Wendell P.
is the chap who wanted 10 secede
from the Union at the last ses-
sion.
For the Senate it wasn't quite so
bad for the donkey-riders, but the
the successful Democrats were
anfi-Gruenfng candidates which
probably accounts for their large
vote. Democrat Howard Lying in
the second Division, former Demo-
cratic National Committeeman,
rolled to q big victory, leading his
ticket, although the Gruening ma
chine hurled its big guns into the
campaign against him. In the
First, everybody knows the Mark
Jensen story. Democrat Jensen,
ear-marked by the Governor for
purging., won a handsome victory,
rolling up 4243 votes, defeating
his GoYerAor-backed rivals by more
than a thousand votes. He was sec
ond only to Doris Barnes OF Wran-l
CELL who tailed a neat 1903.
The other successful Democrat
for the Senate was former Speaker
William Egan OF Valdez, highly
regarded man as we'll as an able
Legislator. The Republicans walk
ed away with the other contested
Senate seats.
Elected to the Senate were;
First Division Republican
Doris n. Barnes of Wrangell and
Democrat Mark Jensen OF Douglas.
Holdoyers are Democrat James
Nolan OF Wrangell and Republican
Elton Engstrom of Juneau.
Second Division Democrat
Howard Lying and either W. W.
Laws or Charles Jones, both Re
publicans. \ few votes separate the
last two and it may take the alb
sentee ballots to decide. Holdoyers
are Republican Percy Tpalook and
Democrat William Beltz.
Third Division - Paul Robin
son and John Gorsueh, Republic
cans. and William Egan, Democrat
CThey elected three in the Third
due TO the vacancy caused by the
death of Gunnard Engebreth. Hold
over is Republican Gerritt Helm
lie" Snider.
Fourth Division John Butro-
vich and Mike Stepovich, both Re
publicans. Holdovers are Dan Llah-
mon and Joe Coble, both Republic
cans
Elected to the House:
First Division - Waino Hend
rickson. Ed Locken. William Board
man. Frank Johnson, NJ. L. Mac
spadden and Fred Eastaugh, all
Republicans
Second Division - Edith Bull
lock, Republican, and Theodore
Duffield and Charles Fagerstrom,
both Democrats
Third Division - Howard W.
Pollock. Barbara Dimock, Dorothy
Prior. Bert C. Rutherford. Lloyd c.
Olsen. Lee L. Mckinley, NJ. D.
Snodgrass. Herald E. Stringer,
Carl T. Rensselaer, all Republicans.
Democrat Wendell p Kay is lead
ing Fred Williamson, Republican,
by 35 votes for the tenth seat.
Fourth Division - John B. Cog
hill, George Miscovich, Alden J.
Wilbur. Julien Hurley, all Repub-
LEANS. and Richard GreueI, Demo-
crat.
Reed Defeats Metcaf
Republican Irving Mex. Reed of