Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-15

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Of any. While looking over the meet
ing of this afternoon and also this
evening I have seen sitting with me
many who opposed me in the last cleo
tion and have come to the conclusion
that the war is over and that we may
yet get together on common ground.
"What we need in administration is
more efficiency and less taxes. 1t you
democrats and the people don't elect
the right men and keep down taxation,
your state and country is going to the
devil.
ITS all well to talk harmony around
the banquet table. but how many OF
you are willing to get out and fight
for the man who Is nominated?"
Tom Arthur of Billings did not take
very well to Mr.. Wheeler,s remarks
about harmony and remarked:
"This harmony talk is all we'll and
fine, but do not believe Mr.. Wheeler
has torn down any buildings here today
to bring it about
Col. c. B. Nolan made an exception
ally powerful address from demo-
cratic standpoint in which he took the
republicans severely to task for their
failure to work for the common good
while SO strongly entrenched in the
state and nation.
Charges Petty Politics
He charged President Harding with
resorting to petty politics and said !:
Ever since he got into office, and
more especially Of late months, in his
every action, the cloven hoof of the
politician has shown itself
The speaker, whose attention TO
Governor Dixon had been drawn by
previous speaker and who has had sew
eral encounters with the governor in
recent months in matters in which he
was interested as counsel, paid his re-
spects to the governor in the following
words:
For about two days | had running
colloquy with the governor. Whatever
little success I have had in my profess
sion, have been able to pay my board,
but if 1 were able to put this colloquy
of about seven hours duration into a
book it would make me independently
rich. Those of us who knew the gov
ernor in politics and in office know
that he achieved some credit. but We
never conceived that as governor ne
would exceed that degree of crassness
SO repulsive to the people,
Later in the evening before an audi
ence Of several hundred. which ex-
pressed its enthusiastic approval Of the
hAohS Po1ALo UlOu6hC oUt W shS 'PSt..A
ers, national issues were discussed by
Cordell Hull and by j. Bruce Kramer,
national committeeman for Montana
The speakers both dwelt at consider
able length upon the failures Of the
present administration and recounted
the achievements of the Woodrow Will
son administration.
Points Out Conspiracy
"The country is out Of point polite
ally, economically, socially and moral
IT," said Mr.. Hull. People every
where are analyzing causes and search
ing for remedies. That the
present day republican party under the
blind reactionary leadership now IN
complete charge Of the government has
wholly failed to meet the expectations
of the people, or even members of its
own party, is a fact notorious in every
city and hamlet, from ocean to ocean,
He charged conspiracy Of certain
republican leaders, as far back as 1918,
ito debauch the public mind" and gain
control of the country by appeal to
passion, prejudice, unrest and discon-
wanted anything was promised it and
by deadlocking the government, the re-
publicans made it appear that the
democratic regime was too feeble to
function. For partisan gain, they
plunged the nation, he said, into chaos.
Mr.. Hull touched on the disarma
ment treaties, decrying the four-power
pact as unwise; reviewed the Newberry
case and passing on to the present
battle on the tariff, said the high tariff
policy, 'to which the republicans cling
means ruin to our foreign markets and
stagnation and industrial panic condi-
tions at home" He said his party
favors tariff for revenue only, (which
will not afford shelter for monopoly"