New-York tribune., 1919-01-24
Ford Democratic
Nominee i'm 1920.
SAYS Westerner
Miss Rankin's Successor in
Congress Declares Wilson
Is Grooming Pacifisi 10
Take Over Presidency

The Democrats. the Non Partisan
,.scse. the Socialists. and Henry Ford
.re all lined up against the Republicans
- the North and Northwest for 1920,
psuresentative-e elect Carl w. Riddick
=, Montana, says, but he is confident
that the Republicans can beat them all,
singly or collectively.
The new Representative succeeds
Jssnnette Rankin in the House. His
district takes in nearly all the eastern
mart of Montana. He lives on ranch
=. lewiston Mr.. Riddick called on Will
HAYS, chairman of the Republican
national committee at local hcadquar-
ters yesterday.
Eight years ago Mr.. Riddick LETT In
diana, where he was secretary of the
Republican state committee, and where
will H. Hays was his subordinate. He
took up ranching Ct miles from the
railroad and postotfce. and supposed
that he was through with politics. Then
along came q new railroad, and built
village on his front lawn, and when he
told his neighbors last fall that some
one ought to get out and make a fight
against the Non-Partisan League, the
Democrats and the l. w. W., his neigh
bors dared him to take the nomination
for Congress in the district repre-
ssnted by Miss Rahkin. He took the
nomination, and won by comfortable
margin. Miss Rankin was candidate
Tor the Senate and was defeated.
Truth Carried to People.
"What the people of our state needed
in order to have them vote right was
the truth" said Mr Riddick. "Our
farmers were all flied up with Town
lsyism. Briefly stated. the code of the
Non-Partisan League is: If there is
anything the matter with you, Or your
crops or your cattle. or the weather.
or anything, join the Non-Partisan
League, and you'll De happy forever
afterward.' We got right down to brass
tacAs last fall and gave the people
facts.
Where we found that they were fill
ing their mental systems with socialism
we got them to taae the Republican
gospel, of the Roosevelt TAFT, Hughes
and Hays kind, and itl served as an
antidote
"When people get only one side Of a
story they are likely to get twisted,
Give theh both sides and let them
think it over. and they'll sift things out
for themselves and discover who is
doing the lying, and then you can de-
pend on their voting about right.
Sees Hard Fight Ahead.
I'm the next year or two the people
OF the United States, particularly out
orr way, are going to be deluged witt,
soclallstlc propaganda of various kinds.
Inc Nom Partisan league will keep up
i,s hight, and so will the Socialists and
me democrats The Republicans have
fight on their hands all the way.
"Republcans of the Northwest are
fully convinced that Henry Ford is in
politics to stay. They have the convic-
tion that President Wilson got him into
politics with the idea of using him to
the limit. 1t would not surprise US if
Henry Ford was the ceXt Democratic
candidate for President If thinrs look
black in 1920 for the Democrats, and
If it looks as if no Democra. could
WIN, it would not be difficult for the
president to persuade Henry Ford that
was MS duty to make the race.
Hard Task for G. o. p.
The reconstruction period is likely
70 De troublesome. The people have
elected Republican Congress to face
me problems in man fashion. and I
oeileve they will solve them. With the
government still making literally hun
oFeds Of millions Of dollars worth Of
munitions after the war is over. We
s,s headed for financial disaster. A
sseA IN Washington these days is
enough TO impress a man from ,ba
Rockies with the fact that our govern
nsat Is spending money like drunken