The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-04-04

SENATOR THOMAS WALSH of Montana is leading
the fight against the Teapot Dome steal In Washing
ton during the last few months Senator Walsh has ap-
peared the champion of the people against the ooters
of the natural resources and has made many caustc ut
terances relative to the domination of the government
by oil interests
is notable however that Senator Walsh in his cru
SADIE against government by OIL has not said anything
about the Standard Oil Company or it's subsidiary-the
Anaconda Mining COmpany-the gigantic metal lumber
and water power monopoly that the state he is
supposed to represent and owns him along with it's other
goods and chattels
WALSH, COPPER TRUST MAN.
There are number of contradictions in the Teapot
scandal apparent contradictions rather that require e-
PLANTATION and is more puzzing to the unintiated
than the activity Of Senator Wash-the man whom the
copper trust elected in 1918 and who has before and
since his reelection been the foremost but not the best
known champion of reaction under two administrations
Wilson's and Hardings
Walsh was the legal expert of the Wilson administra-
ton. He the champion of the armed ships bill
the pet measure Of the British Admraty-the first step
taken towards participation in the European holo
caust He passed upon the cOnsttutOnaty of the
scrption law; he largely instrumental in
ing the antcOnsttuOnal difficulties in the earlier drafts
Of the espionage act and was always able to throw the
mantle Of legality the most subversve acts of the
Wilson administration.
Sitting with Walsh as the Junior senator from Mon
ana is Burton K WheeIer-an entirely different type
supporter of Walsh during the early part of Walshs
political career Wheeler obtained Walshs first senatorial
nomination for him. He appointed United States
District Attorney thru the influence of Walsh and
serving that capacity when this country entered the
war
RECALLS WHEELER.
Wheeler refused to prosecute the men and women
whom the Anaconda Mining Company picked out for
persecution; he nterfered in way with free speech,
free press and assembage during his term of office and
if my recollection is correct not single individual
convicted under the espionage law in federal court in
Montana.
More than that Wheeler served notice upon the
pOratOns of Montana that his Office could not be used
to railroad to jail labor who had dispeased them by
their activity behalf of their class Montana with
Wheeler u. S. district attorney splendid proof
of the Radicals contention that conviction of radicals
suit under conditions only by the servants of the
capitalist class abrOgatng all guarantees of individual
freedom which capitalist democracy is based.
So jealous was Wheeler in uphOIding the constitution
that he marked for slaughter by the Anaconda Min
ing Company and in his hour of trial. when every cap
itaist paper in Montana demanding his blOOd-ac
tually not fguratvely- Senator Walsh deserted him.
He was called into Washington and forced to resign.
Walsh later up for reelection and received the
undivided support of the Anaconda Mining Company in
Butte (Siver Bow County, he bitterly hated by
the masses that he came out of the county Ga stronghold
of the demOcras but u votes ahead of Jeanette Ran
kin who was running the national party ticket the
machine democrats afterwards admitted that they stole
27OO votes from Miss Rankin in order to put Walsh
VOTES FOR ESCH-CUNIMINS LAW.
Is there any need of further argument to decide who