The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-08-09


ruin, 100000 men were walking the
streets hunting for work, and no jobs
in sight, u transportation systems
were charging prohibitive rates and
were facing a breakdown, war taxes
lwere sitting business and disabled
service men were neglected, while
tens of thousands Of useless employees
continued on the government payroll,
and injustice, d~isconSent, hardships
and ruin faced people in every walk
of life.
with a definite Constructive pro
gram stupendous and unusual prob
lens have been faced and solved by
President Harding and a Republican
Congress. Farmers of Montana and
the nation are facing a return Of
prosperity, with prices that will give
them a profit for their invested cap
ital and their labor. The 100000
unemployed men are now at work at
good wages, and in Butte and every
Iplace I go, / see advertisements of
help wanted. Thousands of needless
employees have been dropped from the
government payroll and the adoption
of a budget system and a world peace
program have resulted in greatly re-
ducing our public expenses. Taxes
have been reduced and a billion dollars
have been paid on the interest bearing
debt. Railroad rates and the costs of
living are reduced, business is pick
ing up in every line, and in every
walk of life there is a getting back
to conditions of justice, opportunity
and prosperity. This right-about-
|; face in conditions has not just hap
pened, but is a direct result of the
sound policies adopted and the steps
taken in the right direction by the
Harding administration.
"But we are not yet out of the
woods Instead of complaining we
may well wonder that so great a
change for the better could have been
brought about in so short a time. II
: we would continue to have conditions
, improve we must help, not obstruct
! We must give whole-hearted support
: to the president in carrying out OF
! his peace and prosperity program
l That is tn. duty of every Republican
{ in this campaign.
"The whole issue and the only issue
in the nomination and election of &
Republican United States Senator
from Montana this fall is: Will Mon.
: tana Republicans elect one who vii
1 go to Washington to give real aid anC
e dependable cooperation to P~residen
Harding for six years, or will we nom
e mate and elect an e~rratic, a question
! able Republican, who c~onfesses by hi
/ platform he will obstruct if elected
n We have all kinds seeking election
from Montana. We have candidate
= with secialistic platforms, we hav
candidates who ran as democrat-non
partisans last ccmpaign, and cendi
dates who tried to -un as non part
sans b. were kicked out of the Grea
Falls convention We have candidate
who ic ned the Democratic chorus i
criticism Of President Harding an
the Republican Congress l am nc
that kind Of a Republican If | were
1 would have the backbone to get int
the Democratic party, where | be
llonged. I am a Harding Republican
"In Congress, / have at all time
given President Harding congressions
support. That is my record. If non
mated and elected to the Senate, as
fully expect to be, ] shall continue t
support President Harding, as l hav
in the past. There has been and WI
be no pussy-footing in my campaigl
I am willing to stand or fall on ths
platform. President Harding in
recent speech declared we had tc
many members Of Congress who wei
A. always trying TO perform in the spo
q light, to be prima donnas, to advanV
their own interest rather than to VOL
with party leaders, for the good
the country, who were ~obstructing Il
return Of good times. The presidei
up said we needed more members
a Congress who recognized party r
a sponsibility and gave party tea
OF work to carry out party platfor
pledges. That is the kind of q R
publican / have always been and t
kind Of a Republican Montana W
"a have in the United States Senate if
ter am elected"