Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-19

senator-elect is a republican and two
of the representatives-elect are demo-
Gratis and two are republicans, and
continues: !'I'hey combine to make a
very strong delegation Of legislators
land may be depended upon to form
their own opinions and vote their own
sentiments. They may or may not
follow the governor. It is certain
that they will not oppose him for any
partisan or captious reasons or follow
him blindIy throughout the session. 1t
is our judgment that Governor Dixon
will be under the necessity of con-
vincing a majority of the assembly
of the merits of his plan before being
able to command the required support.
If he can do that he will deserve to
win, and if he cannot do it he will
deserve to lose. In all probability,
the final outcome will be something in
the nature of a reasonable compromise
wherein reason will prevail and prog
ress will not be hindered."
Governor Dixon let his enthusiasm
run away with his judgment" says the
Kalispell Interlake, when he refers to.
to those who are opposed to his tax
reform measures as 'r~eactionary' and
TO those newspapers which have OPP
posed him as the controlled press"
! lit kHAC4 fuaC CONTINUES AAE 4ltlt
fact that certain individuals or
papers did not see eye to eye with
him on the tax measure does not nee
| e~ssarily imply that they were the tools
Of special privilege or that they were
in any sense controlled The good
governors attitude is anachronistic
| and medieval-this is the twentieth
century not the age of Cromwell-and
he must not assume. as did the fanat-
zeal Lord Protector. that to differ with
him is an evidence of treason TO the
state. There are able men in Montana,
many thousands of them, who do not
| agree with the governors tax program
aud whose reasons for an opinion di-
verse TO his are not prompted by hope
Of gain or actuated by any special
privilege and there are newspapers
that have criticised the measure that
are free from any affiliation with the
much touted 'interlocking press In
al friendl;ness to the governor we be-
lieve that his tax program, or any
other program for that matter, will
get further in the next session of the
legislature if he will admit that a leg
~islator, whether 'reactionary' republi-
can, democrat or socialist, may be hon
estly. opposed to him on principle with
out either being the tool of the hidden
| power of concentrated wealth or an
emissary of special privilege.
Among the "ewspapers which claim
that Governor Dixon will have control
Of the legislature and that he won a
victory ut the last election are the
Western News OF Libby, which says
the governor has been ''emphatjcally
! endorsed the Cut Bank Pioneer
Press. which saws that several demo-
Gratis have been elected who will an
swer roll calls in the Dixon coiunn:"
The Choteau M%oHtanan, the Choteau
County Independent Of Fort Benton,
the Whitman Leader, the Judith Basin
County Press Of Stanford, the Chinook
! Opinion. the Malta Enterprise, and
the Wolf Point Herald, all of which
see complete control now in the
hands Of Dixon and his political
forces
Many newspapers Of the state,
/ among them being the Miles City
| American, do not concede that repub-
lican majorities in both branches of
the state legislature implies Dixon
/ control. The American says; In the
coming house it is positively known
that many of the republicans elect will
| oppose TO the utmost any of the vaga-
rish plans which Dixon has for max
ing the legislature entirely subservient
to himself and continues: THE Dix
onites are gloating over the defeat OF
Major Edwards of Rosebud county,
and senator Ed Donlan of MissoUla
county. but they are not telling the
nublic that they lost rubber-stamp sem
ators in the following counties: Vel