The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-10
THE EXAMINER SLATED

The preponderance of the Nonpar-
tisan vote in the recent election has
learins on the future Of the Pow
der River County Examiner. This
paper almost had within its grasp
the land office notices righttuliy be-
longing to it and to use a laconic eN-
preston, was sitting pretty uhtll
the NOnpartiSans asserted their
strength throughout the state and
won the suhernancial nomination as
we'll as many other nominations on
the Democratic ticket.
From the fact that the Examiner
has discouraged recruiting to the
Nonpartisan ranks and has attacked
the leaders OF that organization the
land Office patronage is nov practlc-
ally "sewed up, and we entertain
no hopes now OF getting these no.
tees. Evidently it is the viii Of the
Democratic leaders to play to the
NOnpartisan vote and fail in line
with them. hoping TO direct their
constituents in that direction.
1t is the intention presumably to
knife every real Democrat and Re-
publican nominee in Powder River
county and to bring out a full indie
full-flletleed NonpartisanS and to sup
port them so as 10 be in harmony
with the state program The Exam
liner had qualified III every respect
for the land office notices but new
alihi has probably arisen 10 defer
these notices Indefinitely from the
fact that this paper printed articles
deroeatory TO the Nonpartisan u!ga IL
ization and probably was instrument
tai in defeating every NonpaftIsan
aspirant for Office With the exception
of one commissionership who had no
opposition.
The head of the Miles City Amerj-
can is also chairman OF the Demo
cratic central committee OF Custer
county and little doubt exists that his
paper will openly espou>e the Nonpar-
tisan candidates from that county
nominated on the Democratic ticket.
The Miles City American is a rectni-
ent of land office notices which le-
gally should be printed IN the Pow
der River County Examiner. and il
is probably his influence With The
weak-kneed register OF the Miles
City land office which is responsible
for the absence of land Office notices
i'll the Examiner. Perhaps the reg
lister is suhservieut TO the American
Howpeit. no hope exists now for APP
pearance OF the land office notices
in the Examiner.
And further, there is the proba-
bility Of a new newspaper springins
up in Powder River county, which
would he devoted to the interests Of
the Nonpartisan leaguers. From the
junlp-otf it would he accorded land
Office notices and legal patronage
from state offices. 4 pronounced eff
fort will be made to elect Nonpar-
tsan board of county commissioners
who would give the county printing
in its entirety tn the new sheet. Its
status as a legal publication from the
first issue would be unquestioned by
the powers that be.
What are the voters of Powder
River county going to do Are they
going To allow the above program TO
meaning the knitting OF
the regular Democratic and Republic !
can nominees for Nonpartisan indie /
pendents and the death kneli OF the |
1t is the same program !
which prt the stand-pat newspapers |
nut OF business in North Dakota and |
viii be worked in Montana. The EN- |
sminer is going TO fight.