The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-07-31
The Issue In the Campaign,

The Issue IN the Campaign,
The candidates by forces
office now making active campaign F. K Wheeler
endorsed by the Nonparsan League the Montana Labor
League for governors Yesterday speaking
that will last TO the before the primary election and
will take him most of the ate Locally the Labor League
as endorsed full county ticket
in the democratic primary August a.,
The and endorsed for the various county offices
and the legislative assembly by the local the Labor
League make up what probably the strongest group Of
ddates before the voters Of Silver Bow county Every
candidate fully Of the issue that confronts the peo
pie Of this complete overthrow Of the political
control exercised by the Anaconda Copper Mining
pany and its agents. the control that large factor in the
rorzng ensavement and exploitation Of every this
county Fear Of the mining corporation that dominates the
polcal industrial and social life Of this community rests like
black pail upon the thousands forced
living here corrupt and unbelevabiy vicious ofciadom
in instances by brazen fraud pods the hands
OF the Industrial tyrants at turn in the road Only few
short months the residents Of Butte afforded the
shameful spectacle Of peace ocer-Sheriff O7ourke-
condoning connving wholesale murder, excsng
and stfyng the witness stand murder Of unar1ed and
peaceful men so foul that 1t shocked the nation.
1t is the declared intention Of the candidates Of the Labo
League to end forever such shameful and brutal
impossible for private armies of imported thugs slaughter
without fear Of lawful rerbuton unarmed exercising
legal right The Labor League its candidates and supporters
believe that the business Of the Anaconda Copper Mining
pany produce copper Under the system they
that right but the candidates Of the faerabor forces
firm in their determination to that its activities
fined to its that this corporation
removed from the business of to which its energies
largely devoted. %
For the candidates the Nonparsan League and the Labor
League, the issue have outlined above the Bulletin soa
cits the support Of It's readers their friends and all individuals
who believe that the of should be vested
in the hands of the governed asks the support all who
tired Of the corrupt and selfish rule of privileged minority
The candidates Of the Nonpartsan League and the Montana
Labor League all farmers and workingmen and
whose unseIfish work for the interests Of
large overwhelming majority Of the states pop-
tho EntroH Hrf
interests and the press which they own and control.
Of the candidates endorsed by the farmers and workers III
trutuy said that sefnterest desire for place
and power, has Influence in their activities To most Of
acceptance of the nomination great personal
sacrifice becoming the target fer s Of tho abuse and
vficaton sander Misrepresentation candidacy
will bring down upon their heads from the copper press this
sate most of them would prefer to what they
earning their livelihood by honest endeavor
rather than the fierce blasts Of denunciaton that
them Nevertheless they have felt the
% regardless Of their Wishes Of opposing the forces
Of reaction and they will fight organized corupon deceit and
robbery only earnest and fght--Wth all
strength that is in them.
In this campaign arrayed the forces that
tending supremacy every civilized nation in this
greatest period in the worlds history The producers, the
and who toll in the cities and on the farms, their
pahizers side. Their weapons their faith in the
Justice cause courage ability the
ion Of the future while being fully conscious Of the problems
Of the present.
great financial combinations, whose
stolen control Of finance and industry constitutes the greatest
the peace safety of the American peopie aligned
with them the newspapers and the Of hencnen
and reng they been able recruit by promises Of
fcrent aligned with them also the mddIeofhe readers,
and whom while not wholly approving Of the ruth
tactics yrants have not the to openly ally
the producers defy the masters of bread
these will try deny that they "company men,,
but their own actions give the lie. They will try pose
independents" while they play the Of the
by attempting divide the forces Of the producers in
der to further their personal ambitions.
In the present situation the term Hndependent is
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