Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-22
RIDDICK M RANKIN

other and saying mean things about
each other, not much to the regret
of the democrats, of course. They
feel like saying, Lay on, Macbeth;
lay on, Macduff, and damned be he
who first says, hold, enough"
Since the Dixonites in the party
have been rallying around the at
torney general, the anti-Dixon re-
publicans have been rallying around
Riddick, though Pray is not with
out his ardent supporters among
the conservative element, also. The
assertion of Riddick that he is the
only straight republican who has
any show of getting the nomination
is highly resented by the Rankin
men and the Pray supporters also.
The home organ of Carl Riddick,
with evil intent we fear, seeks to
stir up the ire Of Doc Lanstrum,
owner of the Helena Record-Her-
aid, with this contribution to the
tempest in the teapot:
THE Helena news service Of the
Great Falls Tribune some time ago
sent to that paper a list of names of
state house employees who had en-
rolled on the membership list of the
Rankin forSenator club Of the cap
ital city, and looking over this list
we find the name Of George w.
Lanstrum near the head, which
causes us to wonder just how this
action of Georges sets with Broth
er Doc.
"Our curiosity regarding DR.. o.
M. Lanstrum's opinion regarding
Georges alignment with the Ran
kin forces naturally arises when we
contemplate the election returns of
1918, at which time DR.. Lanstrum.
with the aid and abettance of Jean
nette Rankin, was defeated by Sem
ator Walsh. It will be remembered
in that campaign Miss Rankin, who
ran on the national ticket after
having been defeated in the pri-
maries on the republican ticket, had
the active support of her brother
Wellington, and received a total of
26,013 votes. DR.. Lanstrum re-
ceived 4O,22e votes and Senator
Walsh 46,l6o.
Jeanette Rankin was elected to
congress as a republican and posed
as a republican in the primaries Of
1918, and it is only fair to presume
that a considerable majority of the
votes she polled in the general cleo
ton were taken from DR.. Lam
strum, and that there were enough
of them to have elected DR.. Lam
strum had the lady remained out of
the race.
LAS before stated, Wellington D.
Rankin was exceedingly active in
the support Of his sister, notwith-
standing the fact that she deserted
the party which had sen her to the
lower house of congress only two
years prior to the 1918 campaign.
Nov, in this year of Jul Lord,
1922, Wellington D. Rankin is a
candidate for United States sen
ator. subject to the republican pri-
maries. and we find a brother of
the man Jeanette undoubtedly
caused the defeat of enlisted in the
ranks of Wellington's supporters.
1T is quite generally thought
throughout Montana that the influ-
ence of Doc and his newspaper
were largely instrumental in land
ing George in his present job, the
most remunerative in the state
house, and hence George ought to
have more than a passing regard
for Docs views on any question of
state politics. Therefore and hence,
our curiosity regarding the Dr.'s
state of mind when he saw Georges
name up there at the head of We'll
lington's list Of Lewis and Clark
county supporters is quite natural.
This curiosity is somewhat in
tensified for the reason that we
don't believe the DR.. has ever taken
much stock in this returning good
for evil" stuff, especially in
politics"
The Argus ought to know that
all good newspaper men are slow
to wrath, long suffering and for
giving in their temper. They have
to be in order to conduct a news
paper successfully. They are al
ways returning good for evil, and
we are surprised that the Argus
! should think Doc Lanstrum any ex-
'eeption to the rule. It is true that