The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-09-19
nYQ(lIST CALLS
ANTI LEAGUE LIES
from Sheridan County
Nails FaIseiloods Slandering the
Lea que and the Producers News
Ali League Members Voted for the
Fort Peck Relief.
NEITHER DORIAN, T0WNLEY
Oh TAYLOR SENT ORDERS

It is with pleasure that wa@ print
the following letter from Mr.. d s..
lEycuist, league member Of the <house
9Fom Sheridan County.
Mr. Jyquist II his letter tells Just
Row much truth there is in The ar
ticles that appeared in Scobey Sen
tinel and the Pioneer Press, md re~
produced with such pleasure by the
Dooley Sun, those copper coi!ared'
papers published in Sheridan county
tt,at never miss al opportunity TO
publish anything injurious TO tie
League, whether true or not.
ANY fair minded reader can deter
mine from this letter just how T741oh
dependence that can be placed la any
OF the articles appearing in these pa
pers-which articles explain The con-
ataItiy diminishing subscription lists
OF those papers.
Froid, Montana
Sept. s, 1919.
The Producers News,
/ Plentywood, Mont.
Dear Taylor:
It was with considerable surprise
thatI read in the Producers News q
quotation from an editorial IN the
Pioneer Press relative to the Memoir
al for the relief Of settlers on Sort
| Peck reservation. It states that the
League men opposed this memoria
had instructions to do so. Nothing
could be more untrue or more unfa1l
to the Nonpartisan League and tht
League members Of the Legislature
Personally, was very much inter
ested in this memorial even before
reached Helena, and would have IN
troduced it in the House if | had no
been that I thought that it stoo'
more chances in passing if it was III
troduced in the Senate by Lowe AM
Slattery. While it was up in the Sen
as did al I could for It in tn
House by talking to League men an
other members. [ think | mentione'
it to every League man and can sa,
that [ did not find a single one VIII
was not heartily in favor OF it. In
question of whether Or not we WouI
support this memorial was never eve
mentioned at our "secret caucu
meetings" as the Pioneer Press term
them. as it was considered self-evl
dent that we would support 1t. A
. soon as it had passed the Senate an
came to the House | rose to NOV
: that it be concurred in. There wa
no opposition either from League me
or others. The statement that Sens
: tor Mckay of Sanders was strongl
opposed to it and spoke against 1t
the Senate is also without found;
ton. When the Memorial came I
in the Senate Mckay rose and askt
if it's provisions would also lnclut
: homesteaders within irrigation eli
tricts. If SO, he said that he W;
opposed to it as a drouth relief nea
ure. He was told that there no SUI
homesteaders on Fort Peck reseTv
= ton. So that any apparent oppo:
3 ton on his part was simply due to t
fact that he misunderstood its pr
visions. In recording the Senate pI
= ceedings the next day in the usu
wav. the Helena Independent stat
:, that Senator McKay's point was W
= taken" The editorial further stat
y that ''the league men were instruct
y to oppose all bills not introduced
~ y, league men," On the contrary,
II decided to introduce as few bills
possible, and to support any b
which in any way would promise
le lief. We had no instructions fr'
? either Townley, Dorman, or Iayl
IA during the entire session.
:. In view of these facts, and beca'
Nv the Fort Peck Memorial was OF p
hs ticular interest to this county, thl
n. the editorial in the Pioneer Press
y, ~ extremely unfair, even in parts
ne M politics, and it is only right that
y people of~this county should know
=. truth.
Sincerely,
"a j. S. N1QUISI