The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-10-20

turned soldiers have had time to Nearr
| what the war prefteers did to the na
| ton as whole and to the soldiers on
the battle line during the war. The
failure OF large business to 1--we up to
It's promise to hold Jobs for the men
and the active opposition Of bis bust
hess to the soldiers bonus has furthez
intensified the feeling.
From 1913 to 1890 It was not Diff
cult In many parts OF the country "a
arouse legion members into denying
free speech and even resorting to VIC
lencs when big business politicians
pointed out some group OF farmers o,
working people as "disloyal." These
legion members did not stop to think
that the Nonpartisan League, for H.
stance. was "disloyal" because 1t had
advocated CONSUMPTION Of wealth and
other measures which might have
halted the robbing Of the nation dur.
ing the war.
It 10 not unlikely also that many Of
our foremost military experts are SO.
oretly favorable to the CONSUMPTION
OF wealth. When military expert
notes the profteering that was carried
on by cur large business and worse
than that the terrible failure to pro-
duce the supplies needed to carry on
the war, he Is inclined to wonder
what would have happened If the war
had been really serious one for
America.
DAU6HERTY's STRENGTH.
Senator La Toilette promises that
the first fight against Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty will not be allowed to
rest during the congressional recess
of two months and IL anyone In
America can make things uncomfor-
table for the attorney general, the
fighting senator from Wisconsin lie
the man to do it. The attorney is be-
ing attacked openly from three differ
ent sources:
l. Congressman Woodruff of Mich
igan, Republican, and Congressman
Johnson Of South Dakota, Republican,
both war veterans, introduced reso-
luton to investigate the attorney gen.
eral for his failure to prosecute war
frauds. Congressman Phil Campbell
of Kansas, chairman of the committee
to which 1t was referred, put this res
olutlon in his pocket and refused to
do anything more with it. Campbell
who had held Office for twenty years
was gloriously trimmed in the recent
Kansas primaries.
z. impeachment. proceedings brot
by Congressman Keller, Republican, of
Minnesota. Congressman Volstead
succeeded in side-tracking this move,
but he is likely to reap the fate Of
his fellow conspirator, Campbell.
8. A very large part of the Amer
lean press, regardless of politics, as
well as labor is bitter against Daugh-
erty because Of sweeping injunction
secured against the railroad strikers
in Chicago Papers that are opposed
to the rail strikers are among the
most active in denouncing constitu-
tional methods Of opposing them.
The Daugherty situation is a pecu-
liar one and can't be understood unless
one is in close touch with Washington
affairs. Ordinarily, an attorney gen
eral would have resigned for the good
of his party when the Woodruff reso-
luton appeared in the house and Sen.
ator Caraway's exposure Of him In
regard to the Morse scandal appeared
in the senate. But Daugherty is not
merely an attorney general. He Is
practically the administration.
Daugherty as the political boss of
long experience in Ohio got together
certain large banking interests, par
ticularly the National City Bank of
New York, and made such promises to
these and other interests as were ne
cessary to line up sufficient support to
putting his candidate, Senator Hard
ing, across, in the Republican conven-
ton. His support came from min
ority Of those who consider them
selves as entitled TO rewards from a
Republican victory. The Daugherty
hackers were extreme in their de-
nands and this explains why the So
called Harding program got such
short way In Congress. It explains
Harding's desperate pleas for public
unity and responsibility.
The Western Republican leaders
explain their indignation by saying
that the National City Bank wants
everything in sight. It explains the
GOODNESS between Senator Kellogg. a
Daugherty-Harding man, and the
Preus machine In Minnesota, which
has net got what it thinks it IL en-
titled to from the National Republi-
can victory. Daugherty did not resign
because the man whom he Unanswered
into the presidents chair did not have.
the power to ask him 20 make way TOR
another man for the good OF the party.
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$500 Verdict 80 n. RR. Lewis.
Minneapolis-The laws OF Minnesota
permit a jury to return punitive az
well as actual damages against land.
lord In case of malicious eviction OF
a tenant, the state supreme court ruled
In affirming q verdict Of $500 punitive
damages against the Minneapolis In