The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-13


ties. He showed how nearly sena
tors Donlan and Edwards. who he said
| controlled the senate, came to being
successful In their action against this,
| bill
Corporation Work.
He then took up the work of the
| Amalgamated in the state and what 1t
had done to subvert the natural re-
sources of the state TO it's own uses.
He talked Of the way the system
democrats and republicans worked to-:
| gether to defeat everything not in ,ac-g
i cord with the Anaigamated wishes.
| He complimented the local democrats
and mentioned the representatives in
the last Legislature particularly. He
spoke of the $50 years of Woody
which he said had done much for the
county and state. In the most glow
ing and complimentary terms he re-
ferred to Frank Woody, Dan OHern
and the other Legislators from Mis-
soula county
4 don't see this county sending
| them back" said Senator George. We
need men like that If we are to go
ahead. cannot understand this
condition. There is one man that
always will hold in high esteem. I
| found him sitting in one of the chairs
Of the Grandon hotel alone. I had
seen the agents working on him right
along and I thought perhaps he was
disgusted and ! talked to him about
the fight hard made for years and
advised him to stand for the right and
not believe What they were trying to
tell him. l went to bed that night
| feeling that he was made of the real
stuff. The last day came and we
didn't have any senator thought
of three men l ought to go and dTappeal
to to keep from adjournment. One
of these was Higgins. Twelve o'clock
came and we went into the senate and
voted until finally a motion to ad-
journ was made. We found three
democrats had voted with the repub-
licans and that it was necessary for
one vote to be changed, or we, would
have no senator. I went down to
where Mr.. Higgins was seated I said.
Now is the time to change your vote
I want to say that that young man
got up there and changed his vote. I
will always hold him in reverence. I
don't care what stand he takes. If
my Words were not needed, am glad
that it was not necessary and that he
was going to do it without them.
will always be proud of his record"
| Senator Donlan.
Senator George then resumed his
attack against corrupt politics by re-
ferring to Senator Donlan as "the SEN
ator from your county. who has no
equal in legerdemain." "Of all the
smooth manipulators, said Senator
George, Il want to pronounce him the
chief of all of Them
Tho Sentinel.
"The other day when 1 was in st.
Paul" continued the SENATOR Il met
Mr.. Day He and his partner dropped
$4,000 here in Missoula and he Won
dered how the paper in this city could
continue to run at loss of about 5000
a day. This is wonderful to me and
no doubt to you citizens"
He then took up the Amalgamated
Influence on legislatures and from
that switched to discussion of the
position he is assuming. He told
about the three elections he had lost
and the support he had given the
democratic party He asked if that
looked like sorehead's actions He
said that he never promised his sup
port to Stewart. as Stewart affirmed
in Billings Friday night. He told
about Harry Wilson's record and how
closely he was connected with the cor
porations of the state. He said Dom
Ian and Edwards, the Amalgamated
dictators of the senate, were behind
!, Wilson. He asked if anyone had ever
heard of Wilson, or Stewart doing
anything to build up the state. What
can you expect in this state of these
men?" he asked.
Frank Edwards.
Senator George affirmed that he
was for the democratic ticket with all
his heart and soul with the exception
of the candidates for governor and
, lieutenant governor. He then
launched into an eulogy of Frank Ed
wards, the progressive party's nomi-
nee for governor. He said that the
> man had been tried and in a long r.
year fight against the corporations
| had shown himself to be a man witt
backbone and a man who could be
trusted to do his best to get progress
sive measures for the people of this
state. He referred to Mr.. Edwards
Helena record and what he had done
for that city.
God knows the time has come wher
we ought to stand for a man like
that" said Senator George.
: He then spoke of Montana's neeI
for progressive legislation. such as g
public utilities BILL He said that te
accomplish such reforms the people
could call him all the soreheads they
= wanted to. as he had confidence in the
: fact that he was fighting for the right
II want the Amalgamated Copper
t company to attend to its business,
: said the senator. He went on te
| state that the only thing practically
E that the A. c. NJ. company had left tt
) the people was the right to rule and
: that the people should take afvant-
/ age of this. He spoke of the need fol
l amendments to the state constitution
. and mentioned the mining laws as ar
example. He talked about the edu.
cational needs of the state and the