The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-06-18
THE WEEK
The German Election
Records Of Republicans and
Democrats
\ Good" Strike at Last
Revolution in Italy
Queensland Abolishcs I'm
ported Governors

been returned to power by majorit,
of 10 seats or less. To be exact, tn,
present German government lost tn
general election and secures the ma
jority of 10 seats only by the fac
that there are az holdover member:
from territory in which there was
no election.
What are known in Europe as the
Rights or Conservatives, who form.
cry ruled Germany, are badly beat.
en-, and they have no more than ca
seats to Sc held by the Majority So.
cia!ists. Independent Socialists, who
represented the element in the Ger
man Socialist party opposed to the
war, have grown from Il mere hand
full of members in parliament to at
least 81 seats.
The comparative number Of seats,
however, does not show their strength,
because in the old days the country
districts were given representation
far beyond what their population war;
rAnted as means of offsetting the
working class city vote, and these
injustices have not bean Strengthened
out. The Independent Socialists ap-
parently made a clean sweep of the
great cities and secured popular
vote about equal to that of the Ma
jority Socialists.
These results would indicate that
Germany has actually secured a very
large measure of democracy, in that
the opponents Of the government
were apparently allowed to register
their will at the polls, and also that
in the near future the group demand
ing more radical naturalization of
finance and industry will have to be
taken into the German cabinet. The
present coalition is held together only
by slender bonds, and it's majority is
too small to insure practical working.
Republicans are making much of
the sins of Democrats rs means of
getting their crowd into national Of
fee. but Il Republican congress has
just passed out and it's record would
show that the distinction the two
groups of officeseekers make between
themselves is not Difference. Both
Democratic and Republican machines
are shown by their records 70 be Tor
the great interests and callous to the
welfare of the common people.
How, for instance, can Republicans
explain to the farmers their failure
to pass Il law making cooperative
marketing legal? Or how will the
Democrats explain prosecutions of
farmers selling organizations under
the antitrust laws?
How will the Republicans explain
the failure to pass adequate laws to
stop 100 per cent profits? Or the
Democrats the failure to enforce such
poor laws as we had?
Republicans may tell the working
men about how Palmer used a war
which had been dead Il year and half
to coerce labor and deny free speech.
In fact, Senator Lodge, tho kcynoter
at the Chicago convention, had much |
to say about the necessity Of stop
ping the growth Of aut 'cracy Thy
Democrats, of coursel, but on the
other hand there is the Cummins-
Esch act putting railway men in in
voluntary Servitude to private inter
ests and the failure to repeal the
publican congress-
chimes are working for tho one boss
boss Jared handsomely with railroad
Juggling, merchant marine sacrifice,
mineral lands steals and the Esch
act. 1t was Il special
privilege congress only. Democrats
prepared no reconstruction measures
for the people; the Republicans could
find none when they got in.
There can be no escape from the
power Of this one boss for the people
lnless they stand solidIy for anti-ma-
chine candidates either within or out
side the two old parties.
Tie Minneapolis Street Railway
has evidently decided to
adopt the trick used in New York a
ear ago to secure higher fares. \
AXE company union was induced to
20 on strike in New York City and
hus tie up urban transportation I'M
ii the public was willing to agree to
he demands Of the traction inter-
ests. ,
Minneapolis papers confidently an
lounce that the wnrtingmen on the
Twin City lines will go on Il strike :
q. higher wages and shorter hours
|une Is, to last until such vine as
ne CITY council agrees 20 give tne
company what it thinks is needed.
There has been no union Of street car
employees in the Twin Cities for over |;
! year, because the company made
} bitter fight against the then exist {
ng union and destroyed every vestige |
# it. Consequence it is impossible {
or the workingmea employed by the I
raction interests to make such de- :
hands. While TIC paprts ot the Twin
,ities pictne the president of the I
as p..'. , ing with the men l
Il; to strike nd to 'lr;'end upon Mt {
w., tire public. thee Gam
re little doubt Il. - tn, Source e tie
trike inspiration. IL
It looks no" 6 if the controlled
,ress of the win Cities had at last I
discovered a strike tina, is legal,
reasonable and 100 per cen. .\me!;-
an. I
Peaceful revolution appears to be
at rapid pace in Italy
peaceful because the financial system
las so broken down and the people
n such distress that the government,