The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-09-18
DIXON WARNS REPUBLICANS Of
CORPORATE MOVE FOR CONTROL
November Election to Test Whether People or Foreign
Corporations Shall Govern Montana, Governor Dixon
Tells Republican State Convention at Helena
Sounds Keynote for Republican State Campaign in
Montana.


government can be maintained in Mon
tana, or whether the state shall be sur
rendered to foreign corporations con-
trolling its mining and power resources
will be tested at the general election
on November 4, Governor Joseph M.
Dixon declared in his address to the
Republican state convention at Helena
on Saturday, September 6.
"While it is true that In h recent
primary election, the big copper mining
companies, by the expenditure OF e
of thousands of dollars, are now boast
ing that they have nominated a demo-
cratic state ticket of their own choos-
ing from governor down, it is likewise
true that in their attempt to capture
the Republican state primary nomina"
tions they were disastrously defeated.
Governor Dixon said.
His address in full follows:
Again the constituted delegates of
the Republican Party of Montana have
met in party conclave.
Thirty years ago this week, l sat for
the first thine as a delegate in a Mon
tana state republican convention. The
party leaders Of those days-Sanders,
Power, Botkin, Carter, Mantle, Rick
ards, Hartman, Gordon, and others,
have mostly passed into the Great Be
yond. Their names and fame are still
cherished by those of us here assem-
bled today.
During these 80 years, | have seen
the fortune of the great political organ
ization, to which we w allegiance,
ebb and flow. ! have seen it in the
high flush of victory and in the gloom
of defeat. No human organization is
perfect and no political party ever has
or ever will register in it's platform de
clarations or it's leadership the COM
plete aspirations Of all its votaries.
Party organizations can only approx
mate the composite views and judg-
ment of its individual membership.
Having said this, | now want to
further say that looking back through
the 6S years intervening between the
presidential nominations of John q.
Fremont and Calvin Coolidge, the re
publican party has on the whole held
the allegiance of the great majority of
forward-looking American citizens.
At close range to the great schism OF
1912. 1 personally followed the flag
of it's heroic leader, Theodore Roose-
Welt. Again as a delegate to the Nat
ional Convention in 1916, | saw the
two wings coalesce and come within
the narrowest of margins of winning
control of the national government.
No matter how acutely men may differ
as to the wisdom of governmental pol
icies. I have faith to believe that no
great political national organization
has ever yet named as leader any nan
who in his inermost heart did not hope
TO achieve a betterment in government
tai conditions.
No place for Abuse
The bane of public service is the
untempered denunciation of opposition
party leaders in order to achieve tenn
porary advantage.
While we, as republicans, have con-
fidence in the calm considered Judg-
ment of Calvin Coolidge, tempered by
his long years of public service,
through all it's grades from member
ship in the Massachusetts Legislature
I'D to the presidency itself, and hold
In high esteem his well known integ-
r,ty of purpose and courage of %convic-
ton, we do not necessarily, therefore,
have to denounce JOhn w. Davis, who
likewise has to his credit many years
OF creditable public service as Con-
gresham and Ambassador to Great
Britain. We do legitimately hold men
tai reservations, however, as to the
avowed intent of his heterogeneous
camp followers of Tammany Hall n
the Bourbons of the Solid South.
Personally, I believe that Senator La
Toilette, as Governor of Wisconsin, led
a great movement to free Wisconsin
from the long thralldom and overload
ship of corporation control OF that
state. Without in any way subscribing
allegiance to some of his ultra advan-
ced views in government, as a matter
of fairness, he also is entitled to full
credit for clearing the Augean stables
in his W state.
While I have no doubt that the Nov
ember election will show a large major
ity in the electoral college for Presi-
dent Coolidge, l also believe that the
race for second place in the popular
voting, both in Montana and the
Nation. lies between Senator LaFoll-
cite and Mr.. Davis.
The republicans of Montana now en-
ter the state campaign for the c%ontin-
ued control of state government, in
order finally to complete the work
that is so nearly accomplished.
Situation Four Years Ago
-Four years ago l was elected Gov
ernor of Montana. When | took the
oath of office, it was with no illusions
of the magnitude of the difficulties in
velved, if any constructive work was to
be accomplished to relieve the impend-