The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-09-13
MONTANA VOTE
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has formally approved OF Harding
and Coolidge, this has very little
bearing on what the rank and file
will do For instance, while the
Democratic politicians who had the
party machinery wrested from their
grasp at the primaries may hesitate
for reasons Of expediency to say pub
licly they will support the Repu bli
can candidate for Governor which is
former United States Senator Joseph
Dixon, the truth is the regular Demo
cratic vote will be split and only a
part .of 1t will go to the Non Partisan
League Democrats.
PARTY LINES ARE DISAPPEAR
ING IN MONTANA.
Party lines are disappearing in the
animosity the Democrats and Repub-
licans cherish against the Intrusion in
Montana affairs of Townleyim aud
other North Dakota experiments in
radicalism. Its bad enough to nave
three crop failures in succession, and
it's hard luck to waste millions of dol
lars on seed and see the whole State
retarded in its growth and develop
ment by factors over which there is
no human control, but when a set OF
persons deliberately throws a monkey
wrench in the struggling wheels of an
infant State like Montana the fur
rOwed brows Of the business men, big
and little, the property owner and tho
pioneer, are thoroughly comprehensi-
BILE. 1t hurts.
The Democratic press, which pre-
dominates in this State, is either luke
warm or hostile to the State ticket
OF Democrats foisted on the party in
the primaries. For a while II looked
as II the Non-Partisan Leaguers
would select the Republican StatC
machinery as their prey in the pri-
maries just as in North Dakota.
There are some Democrats inter.
ested in national politics who think
the afflliation with the Non-Partisan
League absolutely assures the STATE
TO Cox. But there are others who
wonder II much of the Non PARTS sar
| League Vota Will not go TO Chris.
IldIlSeHi bne lhDoT GAnulualo IOi
President. or Debs.
In Butte, after talking with some
of the radicals, the writer got the
impression that a large vote would
be cast for both Dabs and Christian
sen II their names were placed on the
ballot. II takes five thousand sigma
lures TO do this, something quite easy
to get In the mining camps.
ANXIOUS TO HOLD DEMOCRATS
IN LINE.
But IL would take connivance on
the part of the Non Partisan League
and labor chiefs to start such &
| movement and the consequences
4 might be fatal to the chances of Mr.
wheeler and the Nom Partisan
League State ticket. For the lattel
cannot win the state by their vote
half OF the Democratic vote
Anything that savors of a deser
| ton of the Cox national ticket woul'
be met by defections among thoS
old line Democrats who are holdinI
their minds open on the subject o
Mr.. Wheeler's candidacy. Moreover
much Of the Chrstiansen or Deb
strength is the normal Socialist vote
| Probably at heart Mr., Wheeler ism
as dangerous a radical as the organ
tzatiOn surrounding nun, his fadl
calism Is said to be the result OF re
sentiment over the criticism levele
at him while he was United State
Attorney.
In the Democratic State Conventio
at Helena a few days ago, NJ
Wheeler went out of his way to sa
that he was and is a Jeffersonia
Democrat and that he hoped the pee
ple OF the State would recognize
distinction between a man like Sena
tor Dixon who, he alleged, had sougf
the Non Partisan League indorSemeI
,by supposed communication wit
Townley in North Dakota and ma
; like himself (Wheeler), who, he II
, sisted. had received the voluntaI
, support OF the Non Partisan Leagu
, The so-called filtration betwee
4, Mr.. Dixon and the Non -Partisa
Z League has been Indignantly deniS
while Mr.. Wheeler's use of the woi
"volutary" has been questioned I
those who admit that he didn't go
North Dakota 10 get Townleys SUI
irt but Effected az understandiI