The producers news., 1926-11-05

The election returns are in.
The bankers, the gangsters, the crop grabbers
the ku kluxers, are agog.
They are hugging themselves for JOY
And well they may-for they won a victory
election day. It is the first election victory that
they have won for six years.
They broke the ranks of the farmers and they
are counting the days until next election when
they hope to take over the entire county and its
full treasury.
The farmers want a change.
The gangsters are getting all set to walk in
again-for the pickings are juicy.
The farmers have run the county in a manner
that has made it famous all over the northwest
They have paid off the debts, cut down the levy,
and reduced the interest cost of the county from
100000 per year to less than $4,000. They have
cut the administration cost down from $4,000 to
about $4,000.
As a result of all this the prospective pickings
are fat. There is chance to grab what the
farmers administration has saved for the people
during the past six years.
No wonder the gangsters are watering at the
mouth"
The bankers elected their man French: and
French has corrupted Ed. Iverson, pulled the wool
over the poor FOOLS eyes, until he is now a mere
dupe in his hands-he sneezes every time French
takes snuff.
Cropgrabber Mckee and Lard s. Olson and
Mayor Wagner are overjoyed The bankers have
a smile on, the first smile they have enjoyed for
many moons.
But the old gang was put in control of the
Board of County Commissioners by the vote of the
farmers-and if the farmers get what they voted
for, fully advised and with their eyes open, they
have themselves to thank only.
PlentywOod, where the people know what is
going on, who have always given the bankers and
gangsters majority of from 200 to 800 votes,
chis time gave the farmers administration ma
jority-they were compelled to vote for the farm
ticket in spite of their natural prejudces be-
cause of the splendid administration that the
Farmer-Labor group had given the county in the
past six years.
But the farmers listened to the yarns of the
politicians and voted this time for the gangsters.
sters.
The campaign, though quiet until the last
week, wild one after it got under way
The bankers had all their crews out pussy
footing the kluxers shipped in a speaker, a
cheap faker from Canada, whom they introduced
as Mclean, as a headline speaker The Kluxers
pulled every wire, and sent out several kinds Of
the possession of the Producers News Crosses
were burned and hundred varieties of campaign
lies were told
The Republicans came out the last minutes,
after it was so late that the farmers could not
answer, with a vile four PACED campaign insert,
full of personal abuse and scandal, concocted in
the fertile brains of Joe Dolin, Oscar Collins,
Jack O'Grady, Ray Lang, Banker Mckee, Lard S.
Olson and Mayor Wagner. 1t was the dirtiest,
vilest, political document that the writer has ever
experienced in all of his political life and he has
been in the game of politics for long time. It
actually reel1ed in lies, slime and slander.
On top of this, there is indications that ballot
box stuffing was resorted to in several precincts
in and about Medicine Lake where Banker Powers
handling things Banker Powers who is con-
nected with the looting of the Farmers State
Bank of Medicine Lake-a story still untold, that
reeks to high heaven.
Frank French made a personal campaign
among the farmers in the South end and had a
different story for each one-he promised every
body county road to his front door for vote
and he fell. North of the 500, French and
Iverson told the boys that it was Rasmussen's
fault that they did not get roads, that Rasmus-
sen played politics." in Dagmar and Reserve and
Medicine Lake, they Dragged about the fact that
they had both of the graders in the south end
all summer-and in this way they corralled the
votes for French
There will probably be an investigation Of the
election manipuatons at Medicine Lake sur
rounding precincts, Outlook and McNulty.
However, in spite of all this the Farmer-Labor
candidates elected all of their candidates except
Pat Wallace for the Legislature, Peter HELM fOl
County Commissioner and Miss Emma Crone fOl
Superintendent of Schools.
Erickson won for County Attorney by 66 votes
in spite of the dirty work that was done against
him.
But, when the bankers elected their candidate
for Commissioner, they won, and that is why
they are so elated.
And well they may be- But the Producers
News will not forget the personal slander anC
scandal that indulged in at the last moment
and if personal scandal is what some of the boy!
on the opposition want we have plenty of it--ans
it is the truth too-that will make some pretty
juicy reading if we turn it loose.
But the farmers voted for the bankers gang
they will have to pay the freight.
Of course we are sorry for them but we can
holm II we did our best.