The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-08-06
ANRERRY STANDS
FOR BOOZE
Cox Is \ Great Sud1,sette-
But Believes in Personal
l5ezty -Lots Of Booze
Left in u s. to Be Soh-
Demo. Platform is Neutral,
But Cox IS Not,
AND BOOZE IS FOR COX

by lA0kesac Todd
Staff Correspondent Federated PnSs
Washington, (Wn, Roreaaa-GcN~
e,nor Cox was welcomed T. the NJ
ticnal capital when he came here u
the Democratic presidential nominee
to meet President Wilson, by hra%
hands, waving hags, a cscxd at ~cua-
en- Supposed 10 be SaifsaxiSss, and
Judge" Timothy T. AnAeTry~
He drove to the home al Timothy
T, AnSherry, where he was en1ertal1~
ed during his weekend stay in the
city.
The society columns at the capstaa
and metropolitan newspapers were
Sprinkled with items concerning the
social doingS Of the AnShersSs IN
honor Of the CoNeS.
The Hon, Timothy T, AnSher1S pre-
pared the public for this burst Of
glory by having the RICH, 6ad Of
interviews put out in San Francisco
and in Dayton and Cclasnhsas, - to
his opinion Of the Democratic CON-
Nentacn and its work, and at the
chances Of Cox and the ability cf
Judge Moore, manager for Cox
The public learned that Timothy r.
AnsherTy was 4 distinguished ex-ccn-
gresSman from Ohio, who is now CIV
ing Gov Cox the heneis1 Nf his ex-
perience and influence.
Who is Timothy T. Ansher1y, that
he should become 80 closely aSscrsa.-
ed with the Cox campaign II he is
to be the Colonial House If the Cox
battle, and possibly of u Cox @sa.>s.-
istration, the pablsc deserves to know
what can be learned cf his kteatsty>
Well, Tim AnsheFry is the check
against the pro-saafTage balance in
the Cox campaign,
AnsherTy stands fer hs,ope- He is,
or recently was, \ whisky achhvlst
here in the nat1oAal capital where, aS
a sworn defender Of the Constitution
and the laws, he had voted in the
HOUSE against probation. He has
acted rs "lawyeT" for liquor inter
ests in the terrific fight that has way
ed in Congress over the addition cf
the alcoholic liquor traffic He has
prospered, 80 that a fine new otFsre
building now hears his name, and he
is reported to he heavily interested in
other local properties
Since he hogan lobbying he has
become very active also in Official -
ciety giving generous entertainment
to the right people and heaax enter
tanned conspicuc0sly and fteq0entlv in
return. Hundreds Of millions are in
vclced in the stocks Of whisky still
in storage in the United STATES, and
clients were ancag these
most anxious that nooe Of these
values should he destroyed by IN art
Of Congress or of tie administrative
h~>>~hAo ~ <AA
vices have been effective and his re-
wards, apparently, have heea proper
tion1te
Governor Cox, then, has heea VEL
comed to Washington by the whisky
lobbyist for his Sunday conference
with the President upon the strategy
Of the campaign. Anss'erTy IS the
political counter-wesght to De gov
ernor's endorsement Of quick ratiti-
cation Of the suffrage amendment
Harding's record On suffrage is had:
that Of Cox is good, Harding is \
political convert, or conscrip&, to pro-
Cox is wet, n champion Of
personal liberty" Harding will get
The support Of those women in the
suffrage states who are opposed first
# all to the liberation Of hoc1e-
either light or strong. Cox will get
he support Of those who put all the
emphasis upon suffrage ratification
his year.
Knowing this to be the situation.
Cox has chosen to make his Official
to the national capital, to
meet a Democratic president in the
White House, the occasion for calling
public attention to his close friend
hip for the whisky lobbyist, the
Ion Timothy T. Ansberry, He wants
Ill the ti-prohibitsonists to know |
hat if his platform is neutral, he is
rot