The Nome nugget., 1962-10-26
TO I'll. ALASKAN VOTERS

A+1H AN1- N1
 am opposed 10 the election ef Ernest Graening to the Senate and Ralph Rivers te the House and here- with are my reasons for my opposi- ton and sabStantiated facts as to my opposition
 The EnabIing Act creating a Ter rHarial Iegislatare. stated the n0n- Der of Senators and House members. set the daS of election and the date theX were to be sworn in.
 Tine law Set the number of days that the leSislatare nas te sit in sesslan al 6e days With provision that the governor might again call them in session fer q period not eX= ceedine 30 days
 h peeemher.-194 the Secretary of the Territory upon instructions from GGN- Graenfng. al that time in Wash lngton, called an extraordinary ses- sion for Is days ahead of the regular session
 He included in this call members ! who had been elected but who were not to take office until 20 days later. was heldoVer Senator from the 47th legislature so had to attend \ When the members had been sworn in. by the Secretary of the Territory and the Senate organized I asked for and Was granted the privilege Of the f}oa:= and asked that Atty General Ralph Rivers be brought be- fore the Senate for questioning as to the legality of seatine members in 2 sneeial session. when the law speei- ficaly stated that the governor might again cali them. stating al the time that there were six members who had been sworn in with WhAn7 had PeVer sat in a session with BEFORE So how could be sitting with them AGAINa
 His reply Was 10 the effect that was confusing tenure of office with term of cffice-and went on to say that the call was perfectly 1egal--I replied was not confusing tenure nor term of office al all but stating my whole c i o on that word AGAIN I have never sat with these six people BEFORE so under any interpretation could not be sitting with them AGAIN.
 Later in the session test vas made before Judge Folta. whose de- cision and reasoning published in Alaska Reports No l2. upon pages 440 and All in which he stated as follows: Obviously the word again in the fereeoine provision would be meaningless if any extraordinary ses- sion of the legislature was called subsequent 10 the issuance of the certificates of election or before the VI -accordinely it is my opinion that the extraordinary session was not constituted in accordance with law"
 Mir. Gruenins as governor and Mir. Rivers as attorney general had taken the oath of office to uphold and de- fend the laws of the United States as we legislators had done.
 In my opinion it was a gross vio- lation of their oath of office when they undertook to get around the law to accomplish some purpose of their own. If Mir. Rivers. as an at torncy, did not know that what he had stated was illegal. it would in- dicate he was not versed in law.
 If he yielded to pressure from Gov. Gruenine metiNated by actions to give him stricter hold on the leg islature, then Gov. Gruening was guilty of not living up 10 his oath of office and MT. Rivers of not stand ing Up to him,
 4 man is known by his acts - any citizen can go into the law library. take this volume. and read Judge Folta'S decision.
 To me lie is statement made to deceive one entitled to know the facts All ask is that when you come 10 vote. do not be led to vote for them for party reasons nor ridi- culing of the opponents, but to judge them by what is proven fact as what they did.
 have lived at Nome for 62 years know many of you personally. and at no time in my life have I ever knowingly lied to you. I swear that the above statements are true-sc let sense. not sentiment. rule youl actions and vote for the best in. terests of Alaska.
 Sincerely and respectfully yours CHAS. D. JONES