Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-02

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HAIL TO THE CHIEF
1ONE HUNDRED HORSE
~ POWER SHELLY, formerly
known to the Republican leaders
in this, our fair state, as Zone
Horse Power Shelley" on accoun,
of his initials which are O. H. P.
has returned to Montana. See, the
conquering hero comes! No Re.
publicans who are hungry for pie
are now disposed to attach any rid
icule to o. H. P. Shelley. He is
now the big chief of the Repub-
lican party in this state. He is
the national committeeman from
Montana and comes from the ma
tional capital garlanded with vic
tory over all his enemies. Anyone
who wants political pluns p1ucked
from the administration cherry
tree had better see o. H. P. Shelley
first. And the sad thing about it
is that a good many of them did
not see him at all. He saw them
first, and when he saw them they
were engaged with Gov. Dixon in
trying to GUST him from his posi-
ton OF proud pre-eminence as the
head of the Republican party in
this state. They backed the wrong
horse and that is terrible mis-
take for would-be political pie
eater.
Gov. Dixon prepared neat lit
tie statute that he expected would
act as a hand grenade and boost
O. H. P. Shelley out Of his seat as
chief representative of the state in
national political matters affecting
the Republican party, but it proved
dud as far as Shelley was con-
cerned and a boomerang as far as
the governors political followers
in the legislature and on the state
committee was concerned. Gov
errors and state legislators are
pretty small potatoes in the eyes
of Chairman Hays and the men,
bers Of the Republican national
committee and they would not even
listen to the claim of State Senator
Junod that he had been elected to
fill the shoes Of o. H. P. Shelley
in accordance with the law Gov.
Dixon had passed through the leg
islature for the purpose Of displac-
ing O. H. P. Shelley and putting in
one of his own men. It appears
that not a single member of the
national committee could be found
to even present the claims of the
Dixon man to the place. The men,
Der from Wyoming, Pat Sullivan,
had been asked to do SO but de-
clined because he felt that the
state legislature in Montana or
the state committee in that state
had no right to dictate to the ma
tional committee, and finally Mr..
himself most magnanimous-
ly presented the case Of his enc
mics to the committee and offered
their brief in support of it. Chair
man Hays ruled it out of order and
the committee unanimously sup
ported him in his ruling that the
committee would not listen to the
Dixonite argument, and confirmed
in his seat.
Mr.. Shelley tells us that he is
now sorting over the various bits
Of federal pie, preparatory to
choosing a rich and luscious slice
for himself. He also tells us that
several slices have already been
recommended to him as particularly
juicy ones, but has has noted the
fact that all Of them would take
him out of the state and set him
down in distant parts Of the world,
and that fact makes him suspicious
that offers of federal jobs were in
by persons who would be
glad to get him as far as possible
from Montana. But Mr.. Shelley
was not born yesterday and he cut
his political teeth long ago, as
some Of his former opponents are
beginning to suspect. He informs
Is that when he getsIeady to grab
his slice Of political Pie, It will Be-
! job inside the state wherelhe can