The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-10-13
STATE: I: WELFARE i
BEFORE B:|:'E]; Or. E PARTY, p y ).
MYERS ASSERTS | s
United States Senator From
Montana Advises Democrats
To Vote Against Townley
ATTACK LEAGUE METHODS
Plea to Democrats to f''Be Reg
ular" Being Used in Montana
as to G. o. P. in N. D.
Especial to the Tribune.)

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Helena, Mont, Oct Declaring
1--WE put the welfare of our state. be.
fore the party" United States Sena
tor HenrygL. Myers delivered an i'm
passion speech here in which ne
called upon Democrats to repudlate
the Democratic ticket named in the
primary and dominated by ToWnley
men. .3,1l
His speechSwas in reply to aimeth-
cd Of campaigning being used by the
,Nonpartisan league in Montana, slml'
lar to a method being used IN norm
Dakota. With the iNOnpartisan cannl-
dates dominated in Montana on the
democratic ticket, the Townlev lead
ers are appealing to democrats 10
vote regular" Just as they are launcn-
ing an underground appeal in North
Dakota for republicans to vote for the
Townleyized republican slate.
principles and not party label IS
what democrats stand for-eood gov,
ernment, not party classification,
said Senator Myers. .. .....
Support Republicans. rs
After his speech the Montana Dem
ocratic club was organized, wh.1n
will support the republican Candidate
for state Offices at the election. y
Montana must be saved. The
Democratic party of Montana must be
saved" he said earnestly, ard solemn,
lv, "The gravest crisis in our beloved
state is confronting us at this time
We are facsd by ruination, disgrace
and the overturning .gf our form OF
government. Al thu principles OF
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson
and Andrew Jackson are sotL asslde
It is up to the Democrats OF Montah'
to save the stata from class lhatrea'
destructivey elements and ruin. thank
God there are still Denlocratic men
and women standing for. good govern
ment and not for partI name with the
name stolen,
we put the welfare OF our. state
before the party and against the ele.
ment which has stnl.'n the hve"v n
the Lord to serve the devil, Prlncl-
nles and. rot party label is what Dem
ocrats stand fOr--FoOd government
not party classification.
rt Won't Swallow ~. s.a#s .
Senator Myers said Ne was amazed
to find that the Democratic ticket was
dominated by "hybrids, bolsheyists
and radicals, Who had captured the
nominations. 39p9have been afsRemo-
crat all my lifefAnd worked hard Tor
the party. ! refuse be swallowed by
a combination Of socialism and oolshe'
visnl.
Il say the so-called Democratic
ticket was not nominated 'Dv Demo-
Gratis and hasn't an honest democrat
on it, There is no obligation as to
party fealty and no oblitation to sup
port it.
nstolen goods give no title and the
primary law which has made TINS
crime possible, confers to ob!lgatlo,'
upon a Democrat to approve OF it. II
is time for Democrats to stand up
and be counted:
"Can the Democrats OF Montana
rise to the occasion and say, away
with paltry party names-We stang
for good government Equal right 10
all and special privileges to none, 10y
atty, .decency and the welfare OF the
country, devotion to the state and pa
triotism. ask you to repudlate tnls
theft of our party name ana conn; !;
IDENTIFY expect a favorable response.
He discussed some Of the nominees,
saving the attorney general nominee
professed always to be repuol'can
and had, tried to run flor congress on
that ticket two years 3,ago%, !.
Probably he is a'h Socialist = a.
heart" he added. "Yet I am sup
posed to support him as q Democrat
Most Of those nominees / don't know,
hut I have been looking up their rae
ords. ! understand the nominee 10Y
railroad commissioner served as re- re-,
nublican senator two years ago. II
vote for a Republican, but not fe'
publican camoufaged as a democrat
Take one Of the associate justices tor
the six-year ternl-ore Peace. Four
wears ago I'm told. he ran for circuit
iudge as a Republican. A man VINO
has TO 20 to TOwnley and Dunn to hnd
ont he is Democrat can't get my
vote for anything. Then this ofher
instice Palmer don't know where
he lives, but understand he's always
heen a Republican until now. rake
district Judge Carleton. a Demo ocra',
of Havre, he was defeated ey tne
present Republican county astorhA
running as Democrat. That's DE"
brand of democracy to me.
Colonel, you are entitled TO all 're
iov YOU car. ret by making your poll
ticaI bed with TnWnlev and Dunn
81 don't say that all these c1ni'-
dates on the. so-called Democratic,
ticket are bolshevists. ! understand
Haste is Socialist. i doubt II there
isla Democrat on the ticket excep.
Matthews aud Wheeler, the latte CT
whom has Socialist leanings, the lean
ings submarging his democracy.
Primary Violated.
Senator Myers said the ticket was
handpieked at Great Fails in violation
of the spirit OF the primary law.
."The chairman of tho meeting wlr'>
Wheeler was here said that / worlf
probably have a nightmare on bolsho
vism when l appeared ., this meeting
Let's see about that. This ticket was
hardpicked at q convention made IN
Of <Nonpartfsan leaguers frd radical
labor. Dunn was there with his ganr'
Dunn daily champiors thu soviet gov
ernment Of Russia and declares il. -.
perior to c"" sgo-err"'ent. J."
preachos revOlntinn ccd ahn-es Presi
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