The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-09-26
Mr.. ]. ]. Morgan
Archer, Mont.

Dear Sir: l'4 ti't-tf-''
Complying with your request of
Sept 9Th relative to a purported in
terview by myself and a socalled up
state politician appearing in Stork-
ans Medical Journal some time ago, l
am pleased to answer the same.
To start with, the interview never
occurred and this personal organ eff
StOrkan's and the Dixon gang print
ed this ridiculous bunk for the purpose
Of creating suspicion among those
connected with the Producers News. l
noticed the article in question but did
not consider it worthy of any answer
and | believe with you that such silly
bunk is recognized by most of the
people and is considered as a huge
joke.
The Farmer-Labcr party in Sheri-
dan county or in Montana is not de
pendent upon La Toilette for its sue
cess. 1t was created four years ago by
prOgressives all over the United
States and in Minnesota and other
states it has elected the most import
ant national representatives. 1t is es-
tabhshed as part yall over the coun-
try and was such long before LaFOl-
lette entered national politics. AS far
as Montana, Minnesota, South Dakota
and other states are concerned, the
Farmer-LabOr party will continue as
enc of the contending factors in poll
tics indefinitely. In Sheridan, Dan
iels and Roosevelt counties the farm
ers will vote in almost a solid bloc for
the Farmer-Labor electors who are
pledged to La Toilette and for such
outstanding prcgressives as Sen. An
dersOn for u. S. Senator, Frank Ed
wards for governor, and Charles Tay-
Tor for Congress in the Second Dis
trict, and its entire county ticket.
This will be true of every other coun-
ty In Montana where they have had
an opportunity to observe the work
ings of the discredited old parties.
During the past week we have had
the opportunity to observe some DO
litical trickery engineered by the Dix
On-COclidge combination in Montana
to place a set of Independent electors
for La Toilette on the ballot in the
general election November 4th. This
IS done for the purpose of keeping
the voters in a state of confusion as
to whether the Farmer-Labor electors
or the Independent electors are the
bOna-fide La Toilette electors. In
this way they hope to deliver the
Montana Republican electors to Cool
ldge while the progressives are pom
dering over where to vote.
Another set of electors for La Fol
lette is illegal and the only way to
get the Independents on the ticket is
by illegal methods. This however does
not bother the Republican politicians
as long as they can confuse the issue.
You will observe therefore that the
next step by the Coolidge forces will
be to give La Toilette two sets of
electors while they only have enc
Which will obviously defeat La Fol
lette next fall if they succeed.
To illustrate some Of this political
skullduggery we will observe that
rock-ribbed republicans and democrats
are boosting La Toilette as an indie
pendent candidate but denouncing him
as a Farmer-LabOr candidate. They
would denounce him as an Tndepend- |
ent and boost him as a Farmer-Labor
candidate if he had his legal electors
on the Independent ticket. When /
election rolls around, they vote solid |
~ Tor Coolidge or Davis, which ever
they get instructions to vote for. and |
they then will hope that the progress