The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-01-07
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~ a. CLARK, JR., makes the an
oov7eemeat that the Butte Miner
will cease to be a democratic mouth
riese and become an Independent
ToIiticzl organ. When Larry Do
Ken was relieved of the editOrship,
news seemed out from Butte that the
RTiaer would jump from the back of
t5e Jackass and land astride of the
sierhant. But the advisors of Mr..
Clark seem to be shrewd politicians
wh3 have an eye on what may hap
ran in a National way two years
hence. If the republican convention
sfouId decide to scrap Cal and his
sang and nominate a man of the
5vpe of Frank LOwden and the de-
mocratic convention should be feat
ured by the usual row and end by
furrmg down Reed or Smith and
nominate a plant tool of Wall
Street of the Davis type as a COM
promise then the Miner might con-
slider the interest Of the public
would be best subserved' by throw
me its Independent political sup-
port" to the candidates ON the repub-
ican ticket and particularly to
very rich an influential Butte man
Who may be a major state candidate
thereon. Strange as it may appear
the political sentiment in Montana
seems to be- crystallizing in favor of
the election of rich men to public
office This may be a reaction from
the treachery to the progressive
cause Of the state by takers who
had hardly climbed into office on
the backs of the common peOpIe
when they proceeded to betray them.
People are beginning to think that
It is best to elect some one who will
have so much money that he will
not be a Durchasable commodity on
the political market, on which the
big interests Of the state set their
price The effect on public senti-
ment is as lamentable as the cause
But suppose, we must await the
return Of the swinging pendulum to
the dead center before the apDrecia-
tiOn of the hOmely virtue of pOIiti-
cal honesty again comes into its
own.
'THE BUZZ SAW is the title of
the latest edition of Sam Teagard-
ems legislative journal. Under its
masthead Sam announces that if is
dedicated to the Ripping of false
faces from things in Montana. In
another column we publish that part
OF Sans upturned chair tack which
deals with the intentions of the
Standard Oil Company, which Mr..
Ieagarden accuses of being in
TO grab all the Independ-
ent Oll refineries and fields in Mon
taha. Like other emanatiOns from
the fertile brain of Sam, the Buzz
Saw IS a humdinger, and is bound
70 be read by members of the Iegis-
-ature who are fortunate enough TO
get II from the sage of Denton. Re
sides being a highpowered pamph-
eteer and editor Teagarden is a
'leYer political deplOmat and strait
gest. Might | venture to remark
that 1t would be better to have Sam
present as a member of the third
house than have Johnson exneri-
nenting with oil and automobile
egIsiation in the second. As things
stand now Johnson is in Helena in
ne flesh but his political brains re-
nam IN Denton. But-mOre power
o SANS elbow. He is one of the
eW remaining Montana politicians
Who Is unafraid.
n MckEE'S term of occupancy of
ne County Library building draws
o a close those interested in civic
retirement are asking the County
commissioners to refuse to renew
us lease. They contend that the
OOm occupied by the notorious crOn
srabber at the rear end of the IL
'rary could be more fittingIy used
IS rest room for women than a
headquarters for such people as fire.
.uent 1t now. They also contend that
FOmen have TO pass through this
Dom on their way to the toilet and
nat many timid women and children
'ecome frightened as they behold
.lchee and his associate, Lard s.
JlsOn. People, who frequent the
library complain that. because of the
.olse, talk, ticking of typewriters
nd walking through the back end
1 the library by Mckee and Olson
nat they cannot concentrate on
helr reading. It is a well known
act that Lard S. Olson is a human
mOke stack and that the smoke
.lngs from his pipe float thrOugb
he door of McKee's office into the
library so that it prevades the place
ma renders it incOnvenient for
women and girls to read or study
Y sdch an atmosphere. Olson IS
chronic splitter, spraying the walls
md floor with his saliva, which does
lot seem to improve the cleanliness
4 the place or make for that san
tatlon which one expects to find in
4 Public Library
JUR READERS will remember how
hchee entered this public buildin0
asst year and placed a large sion
outside his office ADVERTISING his
BUSINESS. lncensed at this brazen act
81 vandalism, public spirited citizens
removed the ugly billboard. But Nc
nee stayed IN the library because he
laG years lease on the office and
.auit at the back end, for the paltrv