The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-02-17
MEANWHILE RIVALS SEER
FUSION WITH DEMOCRATS
Nonpartisan Boss Warts Old Party
TO Run CASTOR for Governor. Back
League Program.
By Charles b. Cheney

Thomas Van Lear. for governor and
Dr.. Henrik Shipstead for United
States senator are the choice Of the
"class conscious, radicals who oppose
A. C. ToWnley's "balance. of power"
plan it was learned today.
The Van Lear followers are deter
mined on fighting through the rnedi-
am of an independent party in the
coming state election and plan to use
the name of the ..farner-labor" party
created by ToWnley campaign in 1913
and 1920. Their argument was pre-
sented last night by Carl @. Parsons,
a former TownIey organizer, in a
speech to ninth ward members o. the
teal league. He made a long and
Working Peoples Nonpartisan Poll
tician league. He made a long and
detailed reply to the "balanee of pow
err argument by A. c. Townley at
the Unitarian church meeting last
Friday.
Lively Clashes Foreeasi
C1ashes~between the two factions
are expected to enliven many future
gatherings of the radicals. The Town
ley forces are mastering for the
struggle and hope to carry their
l,ian through thu coming state con
vention .of tie Nonpartisan .eaeue
II involves Il fusion witt the demo
rats, c.rd,t,on n democrats ,utting
u'' candidates VIC viii stanG for tee
1,wnlcy y, r4srs u. ToWniag himself
has :1een c 1-g. ING with. &c 1lacratin.
Ae'ess- in g .?lrsthy with I e oro:@c .
They have their eye on John Lind as
candidate for the senate
No democratic candidate for gov
ernor has been picked by the confer
ees, but they have been considering
Senator James A Carley, tonnage tax
champion. The Townley men, it is
understood, want the democrats to
accept Herbert E. Gason, editor of a
local league puhlica ion, as q candi-
date for congress in the fifth dis
tfict.
Replies to Townley
Socialism as q coming power in
world politics was urged as the basis
for the "class conscious" party move
ment last night by Carl o. Parsons
and } G. Soltis, both former Social
lists and now Van Lear lieutenants
Parsons was first assistant to Thomas
Van Lear in his speaking campaign
when. he ran for mayor last year.
Soltis was farmer-labor candidate
for congress in the tenth district.
They spoke at the Sons of Norway
hall, Central and Gath avenues NE,
to about 20 people. Parsons ar
nouneed his address, as an answer to
Townley.
es-ssa,,... 49,. L.. ~ 4l.3,,.ao - ,-.,,,
en- he said, "such movement
could not serve the working classes
as they should be served. What We
want is q political party based apon
class consciousness which must repre-
sent farmer and labor TO save our
selves from destruction by capitalism
in its brutality. A class conscious
party win then lead us politically
Reviewing past political movements
he said that the populist party was
a power until it. joined hands with
the democratic party, when it went
into political oblivion"
political parties" he asserted, ARE
based on actions of the capitalist
class. There is only one thing to do
and that is to organize a party which
Represents class consciousness to save
ourselves from destruction.
collective ownership Of marketing
and distribution is the only solution.
The darby slave was better than
the slave of today, for he mad a
place to sleep and there was & price
which his master placed on him. I'm
der the modern eapitalistic system the
capitalists do not care whether you
eat or sleep or whether you have food
or clothes to wear.
"The only difference is that the
slave of yesterday ran away from
work, while. today the slave is run
ming to his master to get work
Pleads for Soviet Russia
Mr.. Parsons said that capitalism
destroyed itself in Russia and will
throughout the world, and that the
World war brought it on. He said
Russia came out of the war solvent
as far as natural resources are con-
cerned but that the capitalists say no.
unless the United States recog-
nizes soviet Russia we are going to
have 10000, 900 idle men and women
BY spring against the 100000 Unenl-
ployed men and women now said
Parsons. at makes one thing some
thing is working with society when
there are 50 many people without
employment, so many hungry mouths
to feed and yet we have grown the
biggest corn and oats crop in years.
Socialist thought, he said was
against war, which, he asserted was
brought Oh. because of industrial
rivalry for trade which capitalism