The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-01-09
pAu RETURN OPPOSED

hurdred thousand copies OF
:, ivy "s+srs;on Of remarks, showing
~ ~. e ~ return of the railroads TO
- .,;sat t hands viii mean q per cent
isAer railroad rates, are beng CIR
l5sssd over the country by Repre-
@ s.S Jacmes H. Sinclair Of North
1870 800, Railroad workers are apply
for for these speeches in large guam
.5'es and are circulating them IN
. .1ss' meetings in the railroad towns.
ne me- pamphlet carries an argument
h, two years delay Of the return OF
A. railroads., as made by Interstate
r.rmerce Commissioner Woolley be-
S isre the American Academy Of Poll
,;.,l and Social Science at Phlladel-
dia in October.
pROHlBrTIONISTS HIT ROOT
Reware of offending the Anti-Sa-
INN league! It has long memory
and a sharp tongue.
4 press article sent out from New
York by this organization refers TO
hp fact that Elihu Root has taken
the lob of overthrowing the prohlbl-
ton amendment to the federal Con-
aitution for the liquor interests. They
quote church papers to prove that
Charles E. Hughes refused fee OF
s5OOOO to undertake this case, ana
that Mr.. Taft refused to accept II,
even with signed blank check 20
cover his own fee.
"Mr. Root consented to serve
them," saws the statement. Either
he did not know the law and advise
them correctly in the war prohDl,,
aton case or else he and his legal
associations were willing to take
money from a desperate discredteo
traffic before it completely dlstlnte-
crates! = s. This is the man whom
the liquor sympathizing Republican
machine managers of New YORK nave
tentatively selected to sound the key
note at the unofficial Republican statt
convention this winter, and to heae
the delegation from New York a;
spokesman for practically one-tentf
Of the delegates to the national con
vention which will select a candldat'
for president. The influence OF
PRESIDENT upon the enforcement O
the law can hardly be overestnna5ed.
BUTLER ALSO EMBARRASSED
Nicholas Murray Butler, who ma
emerged as a candidate for som
kind Of Tory nomination for tn
presidency of the United States, !
another shining mark for the dart
Of the drys. He has received an ope
letter from the Anti-Saloon leagu
reminding him that he has been OF
posed to prohibition and has tralne
With Boss Barnes, and asking mn
lor safety's sake, a series OF ques
tons.
For gentleman who has AWAY
enjoyed his dinner, and whose s.
ad acquaintance is strictly hmlte
. broadcloth and livery, this ma
oe charged down as cruel and unusu.:
POLITICAL pledging. Doctor Butler va
aos deign to reply to such q cna
SENATOR GRONNA ON WAR
senator Gronna of North Dakot
chairman of the senate committee
ssnculture, has printed his spec
made during the debate on the We
all!es peace treaty and the league
a.atlons covenant. To this speech,
Us pamphlet form, he has added
e appendix the speech which ne 9
avered in the senate on April 4, ~
y q which he demanded for the peoI
me right to vote on a declaration,
var His concluding sentence IN tn
sre-war speech was:
Mr.. President, / am opposed .
war because war means destructls
n misery and poverty to the tolll
n.lllons of our country for gene1
IONS II to come; but if it shall come
sa1l DO my full duty"
Nobody has ever questioned Il
:" made good that promise.
Dealing with one phase Of