The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-04-16
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERISCOPE
The Blue Ribbon Classic
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 craze voter will find 16 names on the left hand side of the ballot and a beautiful field of 23, no less, on the right hand side And to add zest for that loyal Republican or Democrat, as the case may be, there is another little incentive this year. Opportunity is afforded in a separate ballot to cast a vote for national committeeman an na- tional committee woman.
 To vote on that issue the voter has 10 declare his party affiliation-- you have 10 declare yourself either a Republican or a Democrat. Do no good to be a socialist, populist, communist. fascist or what-you- like. They won't count. In other words you can't vote for Senator Dan Lhamon of Fairbanks for Re- publican national committeeman or for Senator Doris NJ Barnes for Republican national committee woman unless you declare yourself to be a Republican. Nor can you vote for Walter Hickel of Anchor age. also a candidate for Republi- can national committeeman, with out affiliating yourself with the Republican party.
 Likewise, with the Democrats. To vote for Katherine Nordale for Democratic national committeewo- man and Ray Hummer for Demo- cratic national committeeman, the voter has to be listed as a Demo- erat. A little straight-laced perhaps for the mo party voters but that's the way 1t is.
 To get on with the rest of the ticket, that anyone can vote who is a qualified resident of Alaska and has lived in the voting pre- cinet for at least 30 days. one finds:
 Delegate to Congress
 At the head of the ballot is list ed for Delegate to Congress- that is the left hand side. This one ap- pears to be headed for a photo finish with a dead head as possi- bility. For the Republicans, it's Rep. Barbara Dimock of Anchorage and Ray Beach of Juneau, Secre- tary of the Republican Central committee. For the Democrats, it's Bob Bartlett, incumbent, and Terri torial Treasurer Neil Moore. For information, no more, We under stand they are offering five to four on Dimock and it's even mon ey in the Bartlett-Moore race. In the election of 1852, Moore, then running for Treasurer, was out a. head of Bartlett running for re- election to Congress, on compara- tive vote by around couple Of thousand votes. Whatll happen in a straight-out race for Delegate is anybody's guess. Both are great vote-getters, and as opposite as the poles in belief. Anything can hap pen, and as we've often contended, probably will.
 Labor Commissioner
 Labor Commissioner Henry Ben son has gone along" with about Very group in the Territory. his opportunities for doing that have been greater than those of Jack Westfall of Ketchikan, his oppon- ent for the Republican nomination, with the result that Henry is giv- en an inside track for the nomina- tion. Democrat "Kinky" Lannen of Cordova just doesn't care. "Kinky" is unopposed for the Democratic nomination and barring an H-bomb or something, Lannen is sure of capturing the Democratic nomina- tion.
 The Treasurer's Race
 In the Treasurer's race the voter will find Bert Caro of Juneau, who runs a transfer company; Bob Coughlin, who runs the Chilkoot ferry; Earle Hunter, who runs bank in Juneau (First NationaD Leonard Peck. who runs something up in the Third Division, and Hugh Wade. who runs. Hugh used to run the Alaska Native Service, be- fore that the Social Security ag- ency in Alaska and any number of other things, including being an ex-FBI man.
 Caro and Hunter are seeking the Republican nomination.; Coughlin. Peck and Wade, the Democratic. One to be nominated for each par ty. On April 2S. or thereabouts. we'll be able to tell you the ans wer to this one.
 For Divisional Senator
 After an editorial conference, taking the dogs for run and num- erous other activities, we are pre- pared to risk our political crystal ball and predict that Senator James Nolan of Wrangell and that man" Bob Ellis of Ketchikan, the one who flies, will capture the Demo- cratic nomination. It will be a very rough race for both of them. They are unopposed, as two are to be nominated on each ticket. This fl once they'll probably have to votl