Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-13
THE DEMOCRATIC STATE
CAMPAIGN.

THE democrats of Montana are
i putting up an enthusiastic
campaign this year. For the first
time in many years they are thor
oughly united and the knowledge
that they have much the best OF
the argument and a bright prospect
of success adds enthusiasm to their
All reports that come to
this office of the progress OF the
campaign are most encouraging.
There is much dissatisfaction
among the rank and file of the re-
publican voters. To begin with, the
personality of Wheeler, and also OF
Mr.. Moss, the two democratic cam
didates for congress, is more at
tractive to the voters than that OF
their republican opponents. Their
mental caliber is broader and deep
er. Even republicans admit that
their candidate for the senate, Carl
Riddick, is pretty poor timber to
make a United States senator OF.
Mr.. Moss is a man of more mature
Judgment and experience than Scott
Leavitt. The democratic candidates
were the choice of a majority OF
their party for the places they seek.
That was not true of the republican
congressional candidates. They
were the choice of a minority OF
their party, though they got a plu-
rality vote.
But while the personal equation
counts for some thing n the choice
of the voters at this election, the
important element with most Of the
voters is what these congressional
candidates stand for in the way of
national policies. IF the democrats
have a considerable advantage in
the way of personal qualities in
their candidates they have a still
larger advantage in the matter OF
personal platforms. Mr.. Riddick
has given it out repeatedly that he
stands for support of President
Harding and the present republican
administration. Very well. Do
the voters of Montana wish to en-
dorse the policies of President
Harding and this administration in
their entirety. The record of the
administration is pretty punk up to
date. 1t is being exposed on the
platforms of the state by demo-
cratic speakers, and we feel sure
that a majority of the voters do not
approve of that record. But we do
not intend to discuss the record OF
the past in this article. We have
done that heretofore, and may do
so again. In this article we intend
to call the attention of the voters
to what Messrs. Riddick and Leav-
lit may be expected to do in the
future in case they are elected in
carrying out announced policies of
President Harding and the admin
istration.
To begin with, President Hard
ing has announced his intention of
pushing through congress a law
making a gift of fifty millions of
dollars every year for the next ten
years to the owners of American
steamship lines, regardless of what
their earnings may now be. Some
of these steamship lines are already
making a nice profit and sharing
good dividends, but they are to par
ticipate in a bonus, taken from the
pockets of the American taxpayer,
regardless of profits Or losses. Do
the voters of Montana want their
representatives in congress to
stand by the president on this raid
on their pocketbooks at a time
when there is already a big deficit
in the treasury, and the government
is putting out a new bond issuee If
SO they can make their approval
effective by voting the republican
congressional ticket. If not they
can serve notice on Washington of
that fact by voting for Wheeler
and Moss. Neither of these men
will ever vote for the brazen theft
of taxpayers money involved in
the ship subsidy bill as advocated
by President Harding and the ad-
ministration.
There is also a bill that has re-
ceived the Endorsement of Presi-
dent Harding and the administra-
ton the purpose of which is to take
five million dollars from the tax
payers money and lend it to the
negro republic of Liberia on the
west coast of Africa. The presi-
dent tried to push it through the
last session of congress but it
failed. President Harding opposed
putting any money in the reclama-