The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-12-07

eral of the railroads, it is charged
he was too friendly to labor AS a
matter of fact, the statement is not
/ true. All he did for labor was to
grant very reasonable increases in
wages, establish the eight-hour day
throughout the railroad industry, and
TO unreservedly recognize the right
of the men to organize for the pur-
/ pose of securing the benefits of col
/ lective bargaining.
'The reactionarieS' real complaint.
4 however, is to be found in the fact
that the operation OF the railroads
by the government during the war re-
velaed the possibilities of government
ownership of this great public utility.
In spite of all the propaganda issued I
by the railroads, the people have |
been able to get some of the facts
concerning the economy and efficiency
made possible by unified control and 7
operation of the railroads.
big Business insists that McAdoo |
was responsible for this dangerous |.
experiment and they are afraid that
if he is put in the White House he
will endeavor to straighten out the
! transportation muddle in the interests
of the people. At the proper time
McAdOo will discuss the railroad issue
at length He has frankly stated that
he did net favor government owner
! ship except as a last resort, but that
I he was opposed to the Cummins- Esch
law, holding it was based on principles
= dangerous to the public interests.
t. eve know that McAdoo's oppcn-
. situation which will make it impos-
/ ents are eneavoring to bring about
10 sible for him to secure two-thirds
e of the delegates in the national con-
n vention. Underwood is attempting to
/, corral a lot of delegates in the south
O on the plea that the time has come
r, when the south should be given the
S presidency. Although McAdOO has
Il spent his business life in the north
l. and west, he is as much Of south
erner as Underwood. But he has no
patience with these appeals to sec
o tiOnal prejudice.
n "McAdoo would have been nomi-
+" namted by the Democrats in 1920 II
y he had not written his famous letter
e discouraging the friends who were
working for him. That letter elm
# mated McAdoO as a candidate and his
"a opponents were quick to take advan-
$ tage of 1t. Ct.
to the finish. and we believe that when
lie the convention convenes, the McAdoO
N. sentiment throughout the country will
II be so strong that it will sweep aside
ID all opposition"
v. That is the McAdoo side of the
IL story. 1t very accurately describes
w IL - hr- Ov,V,OvnTTc How
re far Underwood will get in his effort
r tn capture southern delegates re
Il; mains to be seen. Up to date ms
III boom has been a good deal OF "dud
rs Governor Al Smith of New York
ne will have the delegation from his
state, and probably will gain the sup
J. DOrt eff New Jersey. Connecticut ano
re other states along the Atlantic coast
Ed "Tom" Taggart, Democratic boss
D. of Indiana, is figuring on controlling
T. the delegation from that state anC
using it on behalf of Senator Raj
son the most formidable clark horse
I'D in the Democratic party.
Ration was for McAdOO in 1871, anC
McAdoO was among Ralston's mos
ardent supporters when the latter RAJ
for senator against Albert jeremiah
.aI Reveridge in 1922 Presumably Raj
Elk stem is for McAdoo today, but he Il
N not saying anything on the subjec
ii and Taggart is quietly arranging t.
.er spring him as the compromise candl
1lt date if McAdoo fails to develop sum
IN cient strength to get two-thlrd
of majority in the national convention.
Ks It is unerstoOd that George Bren
of nan the Democratic boss of Illinois
he will play the game with Murphy an
an Taggart and that all three will unit
an with Underwood in an effort to he'll
the line against the McAdOO boomers
es- McAdoo finds himself in about tn
it's, same position that Woodrow Wllso
1ss occupied in the Baltimore conventlGO
he in 1912. Wilson succeeded because h
emf had the NERVE" to defy the bosses
rye This enabled him, with the assistanc
the of BRYAN, to crystalize progresslV
me sentiment into an irresistible force
ate McAdoo may adopt the tactlcS
be his distinguished father-ln-la!
hit Should he do so he will probably WI
the nomination. If he attempts
nav "piay politics" with such past ma
, ice tiers of the game as Murphy, ,Iagga
ilTe and Brennan, he will surely lose.