The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-10-15
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49Kl0& tnat Cne ACtAUn u ssao
convention be endorsed. A hard ngnt
was made against this reolution for
the reason that It was asking the en-.
dorsement Of something that had not
already been done. Upon being put
to . vote the resolution won BY the
regular ten or eleven vote. Now
why did Taylor want stoner tor the
delegate and why did he want this
resolution passed? First because MI:
harmony with him along those lines.
Second because Taylor had something
to slim over in the way of selecting
candidate for Judge Of this district.
Il seems that Judge Conner had fail
ed to consult Taylor before rendering
his decisions, but rendered them ac-
corling to law instead, which highly
enraged him to the extent that the
decree went forth that Judge Conner
must be defeated Mt all costs. Ac-
corlingly. Taylor went to Great
Falls with Stoner, I am informed, to
see that the proper medicine was
mixed, with the result that a person
by the name Of Stangeland was Sc
lected as the man to take Judge Com
er's place, so that in the future court
decisions would come from the proper
a. source. As to who Stangeland
is or what he is no one knew nor
was any explanation offered. Taylor
had spoken and that was enough.
At the second county convention
which was held for the purpose of
endorsing full county ticket, the
Judge question was again brought up
by r. c. Arnold Neague candidate
for Lieut. Cow Mr.. Arnold was
the league representative from the
head office at Great Falls to call the
meeting to order and to instruct the
delegates how to procccl. After the
county candidates had been endorsed
with the exception Of 4 candidate for
Judge of this district, Mr.. Arnold got
up and made the following state
ment in substance: i
"Gentlemen you have not endorsed
anyone for Judge Of this judicial dis
trict. You must proceed to endorse
q candidate for office and then your
executive committee will meet with
the executive commit tees Of The 9th.
er counties within this district and
endorsed for this office" lmmcdi.
ateIy Mr.. Stoner arose ant! informed
Mr.. Arnold that this candidate had
Mr.. Arnold letortatl by saying that
the regular method of choosing a can
djlatc for Judge WAS as he had just
stated and that he was instructed by
the head office to see that it was
done in this manner. Mr.. Stoner
again replied by saying that Dorman
or the head Office told him to 10 it
at Great Falls. 1t then 'laWned upon
both of them that they were getting
into deep water and they Immediately
held a consultation after which they
both tried to explain it away but only
succeeded in gettin:: into still deeper
water. Again a strong tight wa"
made against such high handed meth.
DDS and several delegates expressed
themselves to the effect that It was
only right that the action Of Stoner
and Taylor at Great Falls be rcpudi-
ated for the reason that they were
overstepping their authority in trying
to null such coarse work and That the
Delegates of the county convention
were qualified to do their own choos-
inr. Again the usual ten or eleven
votes were brought into play and
Stangeland, the soap box orator from
the city of Butte, vas rammed down
the throats of the real farmers md
they were told to like it ant! muir,
muir not. It was talked about the hall
after the meeting adjourned, by the
Tavlor crowd, that there was too
much Conner sentiment in the crowd
to risk letting the delegates choose
their own candidate for Judge.
We all know that we farmers nave
real grievances because OF the lack OF
recognition, and for this reason we
Joined the league hoping that IN tnis
way we could m'oke ourselves hear"
What has been the result. = Few
"Reds" are in full control. While we
expected to have the "riH ratt' IN nm!
reform movement, as all reform must
start from the bottom, we cannot e>-
pect any good TO come from IN, any
movement where the "ritt raft arr N
fIatter himself with the idea that he
has INV part in running the affairs
Of the league. Everything pertaining
tn the league in this county goes
through the hands Of Taylor. Tic
has a list Of all the delegates for
weeks and months before any con-
vention is to lie held, while no one
else. not even the delegates know
who the other delegates are. why
should't he be able to pull such raw
deals as the judge affair when al! he
has to do is to get to about ten dele
rates. But YOU say Taylor never ap-
breaches a delegate Of course he
doesn't he is too much Of politician
Tor that. He does see that his dele
gates are approached by someone aesn;e; VINO
Il is only q question of time until
thu real farmers will come to know
tie truth, then there will be nothing
Ihave no fear but that Taylor and
his crowd will be repudiated on the
next election day. With such char-
acters IS Taylor and other irrespon-
sbs parties sa f.1 n nE Row moboersy we viii
Signed. H. D. LoucKs.
t. = EYE0ICHT SPECIALIST