The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-09-10

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oarF and Pertinent
6oss55ss9T56hS Pertaining
a'TT8i "a 'TT8iH8s and EEehES
~ IF 'Gredt ana SmdH
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WILLIAM RUFFCORN, can
HUI, ,. Cor state Senator IN Valley
ddaIs m made the greatest mistake
loI''ii life when, at a Wheeler meet
o. Hs 5vondale. he lost his temper
ng s.lled Senator Taylor yellow
anl M md ether pet names. Realiz-
eaL hat his whole political future
ng "a a. an the result of the sena-
depsIIIs dsI LECTION in Valley county this
iolla' be lost his temper and invited
ls'i' .astioation which Taylor is
ne - administer to him at Avon
3..'D ~ this coming Sunday. Taylor
a4s ~ the greatest Unmaskers of
g.;.,l ", bvDocrites that this state
pin, seen and there will be a
n-s - crowd on hand to see him take
sl''. .,.ve "fair" Mr.. RuffcOTn to
7. leaning. The political hackers of
- -onnblican floor leader of the
.. .ls IogisIative session, having their
l4s 70 the ground and sensing the
co. aI.orances Of the exposure of
To.tTc7 onFc6rn's record by Senator Tay-
~ have come to his assistance. Joe
T..l;np 9ne of the most astute pO-
~ editors aligned with the Ana
III, - Company in the state, comes
'O.I, y. nth an editorial in the Glasgow
C.rrier this week in which he
e.;ses &c, the record of Mr.. RuffoOrn,
stacked Taylor as an "emissary of
line and TrOtsky" and protested
lro;nst outside meddling" in the
-smnaign of a man whom he desig-
80 fbuslv: "RufTcOrn may have
Iis faults but he is at least sane,
and amenable to reason.
The concluding words of the last
,,ragraDh mean lot. They mean
hat Mr.. Hooking can talk to Mr..
Pufeorn and that whenever the in
torests of the Anaconda are at stake
hat the Valley county representa-
tive viii be "amenable to reason"
manufactured on the sixth floor of
fbe Hennessey building at Butte anC
,onyeyed via the clever editor of
fbe Glasgow Courier. When Mr..
RuFcorn turned his back upon the
SeDositOrs of the state and voted on
tbe Bank Guarantee Law as the In
terpsts of the Bankers Association
dictated we knew he was "amenabl6
10 reason" When he cOnsOrted with
the counsel of the Great Northern
Railway and voted On the bus and
full crew bills the way the directors
Of that road desired we knew he
was "amenable to reason" When
all the reactiOnary papers Of Valley
county secretly and publicly sup
ported him in the last primary cleo
ton we knew that the Anaconda
Company knew that Mr.. RuffcOrn
was safe and "sane and amenable
to reason. Mr.. RuffcOrn posed as
a friend of the common people and
pointed to the giant corporation of
Butte pressing the thOrny crown of
martyrdOm on his honest brow. But
the Courier inadvertently let the cat
out Of the bag and spoiled the Gre
clan pose of the "Fair" Mr.. Ruff
corn! But
Lives of Great Men all remind us,
That the path that leads to fame
Oft is blocked by writer's friendly,
Who spill the beans and spoil the
game.
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVEN
TON which met in Helena las
week was more remarkable for the
thing it did not do than the things
that happened there. The only figh
m the convention was over a prOhi
btlOn plank that was sponsored b!
Senator Walsh, Sam Stewart ant
John Erickson. The plank, whicl
asked for the defeat of the repea
Of the state prohibition law was lai,
On the table by a big vote, whicl
goes to show that the BOurbOns ar
not against the return of Bourbon
lhe boom for the reelection of
n Wheeler two years hence wa
started the day before the cOnventiO
when the Helena Independent, tn
leading copper daily in the state, pull
hShed the picture of the junior sena
@r on its front page The mex
Gay Ex-Governor Mcdowell W
elected chairman of the State Ger
'fal Committee. This is a very sis
hincant piece Of COpper-Wheeler d
pOmacy. Mcdowell, who is a ver
Gose friend of WheeIer's, know
me way to the sixth floor bette
man any man in Butte. His hOus
Just across the street from I'll
quite home of John ID. Ryan and
D[uce kramer has a mansion, form
cry owned by Con Kelly, on Il
Vner corner. So the mixing of Il
wheeler for Senator and McDOwC
lof Governor political medicine wi
wy be such an incOnvenient matt
aller all this year, thanks to Il
soOd behind-the-scenes stage ma
asement Of the recent Democrat
convention.
DIUC DEDODTC D0OI'