The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-09-13

labeled. Based on these distorted facts
the day following win appear editor
ial comment in these various editions
Of the same common central control,
which the next day will be reprinted
in the other papers, sOIemnly labeled
as the editorial thought of distin-I
guished political newspaper oppo-
nents. Many of the country weeklies,
with no other source of news supply,
will oftentimes innocently follow suit.
Thus it is attempted to be made to
appear to the casual reader that this is
the real voice of public opinion in
Montana.
"But the state is to be congratulate
ed that there are some uncontrolled
newspapers in Montana, both daily
and weekly, that have had the moral
courage to tell the truth.
"The greatest crime being perpe-
trated against the people of a sup
posedly independent state is the under
cover methods that have for these
many years been employed, at great
financial cost, to control the publicity
of Montana for one specific purpose.
when / contemplate the thou
sands of columns of personal abuse
and malicious SANDER that these larg-
er company owned or subsidized
newspapers and their smaller weekly
satellites have exhausted on my head,
/ am more amused than disturbed.
ITO add to the choruseof this inter-
locking press, they recently issued a
hroadside Of 10000 copies from the
Helena Independent office, under the
%euphonious title of "The Democratic
} Club Circular" filled with compare
tive costs of operating the state gov
eminent in 1916 five years before l
ever saw the inside of the governors
office) and 1921. The printing and
distribution of this last chrissene,i
child of the same foster mother cost
several thousand dollars. Who paid
it?
"In this connection / would say that
on yesterday there was filed in the
office of the secretary of state a
statement of the contributors to this
so-called Democratic Club Circular
by ]. Burke Clements, an employe of
the Helena Independent. Every in
dependent voter of Montana should
read tn. list of contributors. Among
the list of contributors, / notice the
following amounts:
w. G. Rae, tax expert and n
of the political managers of the
Anaconda Copper Company--~.$100
Dan Kelly, attorney and political
manager for the Anaconda Cop
per Company -------------------- lOO
Henry Gallwey, state senator
from Silver Bow, and one of
the able political managers of
the Anaconda Copper Com
t pany ....------... 10C
+, Sidney Sanner, attorney for w.
"A. clark 5t
S Thomas Arthur, of Billings, legis-
lative agent of the Standard
OIL Company LIE
y P. j. Mccarthy, of Quite. 15C
l. Parker Weary, attorney for
Great Northern Railroad Co... 81
c. A. Lennon, of Anaconda, an
employee of the Anaconda Cop
per Company --.--------- 10I
: c. F. Murphy, supt. of the B.,
A. & P. Railway CO..-~---.-.... Isl
Of course, no man or woman, ex
cept of a very trusting and simpl,
n nature will for one moment believ
n that any of these contributors" act
n ually contributed one dollar to thi
Democratic Club Weekly" fund, bu
that the entire amount for the print
ing of the Democratic Club Week.,
Circular" came direct from the cof
fers of the invisible government i
~ Montana and for the "looks of things
" was conveniently distributed aroun
70 as contributions" from these vari
10 u employees and friends of the in
. stitution.
"Does the Democratic party of Mon
: tana assume ~parentage Of the "Dem
~ ocratic Club Weekly Circular?"
eff the Democratic party of thi
!; state has aligned itself under the pr
~ tecting wing of these great corporal
interests, for a continuation of tn
~ present system to permit them I
escape the payment of their equitabl
share of the burden of government
al as a Republican l welcome the cha
- lenge to combat
- "The state administration wage n
war on industry. We are in no cor
ceivable hostile spirit towards tn
- great mining industry of Montanl
ID We earnestly wish for the successfI
operation of the great mineral depos
its of the state. The fact that the
= are overwhelmingly owned by nor
I, residents and that their profits flo
!. into the Golfers of absentee owner
who have so grossly abused thei
=, Montana privileges, shall not cause U
e to deviate one iota from the progral
- Aof a square deal. But that sam
Y square deal also contemplates
y square deal for those of us who Iv
p in and are residents of Montana, I'll
g farmers. the home. owners. tho hus