The producers news., 1927-12-30
Wallace Laughs Over
Great Falls Article
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w. c. T. U. to see that affidavit, +"
said Wallace with a dry smile. "The
stained glass window saint that ad-
dressed Methodist church women
about pure womanhood and prohibi-
tiOn is different from the Wheeler
that performed on the cemetery road
that epoch making night several years
ago. l hear the woman took lysol
afterwards. poor woman" Wheeler
would rather see Coan dead with this
information | imagine. He hates
him because of what he knows"
The Poison Power Affair
When a correspondent touched upon
the attempt of the Montana Power
Company to get legislation through
congress that would result in that
corporation getting the Flathead Pow
er site the Montana editor sat up and
looked grave. That is the reason
am here" he said with conviction. 81
have seen all the great natural re-
sources of the state grabbed by this
company within the past twenty
years. The power sites put there by
nature as a heritage to the children
of the pioneers were filched from
them by a species of legerdemain di-
abolical in its ingenuity. Montana is
writhing in the boa constrictor-like
coils of the water power trust. 1t
dips its grasping paw into the pockets
of the people of every town and viii
lage in the state. 1t controls the
press, intimidates legislatures, pro
jects its influence into the pulpit and
tells U. S. senators from Montana
how to turn their faces
Wheeler caught with the goods
"You don't mean to say that Walsh
and Wheeler bow to the dictates of
this body do you, Mr.. Wallace?"
81 do" he said. 81 caught them
with the goods on this proposition.
Kerr was ordering them to jump
through hoops like the twins over
at Kieth's. Wheeler made a speech
on the Flathead reservation which in
effect said: Opportunity is knocking
at your door. If you want govern
ment ownership wait for fifty years,
if you want the dam developed accept
the Montana Power Company Offer.
He was in the conspiracy with Kerr
to give away the most valuable power
site in the nation outside Muscle
Shoals. He was caught with the
goods and that is the reason he is
going around Washington squawking
like a stuck pig. He raises his hands
In holy horror when Diaz gets away
with something in Nicaragua or
something happens in China but he
silently assists the Power Company
to burglarize the resources of Mon
tana. He tells the people to keen
their eyes on China while Kerr and
Ryan mad Kelly sneak up behind their
backs and steal the Poison Power
site.
"Have you seen Shipstead, Norris
Frazier, Nye, Dill, LaFollette, and
other progressive senators about this
and, if so, what is their position?"
Wallace: "I have. They take the
proper government ownership posi-
tion. They are in favor of public
ownership, control and operation of
this plant so that the people would
get their juice for half the price that
the Montana Power now charges. ,
Asked If it would not be hard fol
" hCCICI IlOI W NOIe WICQ CQ6S6 men
Mr.. Wallace said that when the inter.
ests of the Anaconda were involved
wheeler would vote against his owr
mother and in their favor" He citec
the case of the world court, Showing
that Wheeler voted opposite to tht
progressives named.
Kerr Left for Holidays
Frank Kerr, vice president of tn,
Montana Power Company, who wa.
here for over a month in the interes
Of his project, left for Butte for the
Xmas holidays, leaving Steve Murphy
former secretary to Senator Carte1
and Anaconda representative in Wash
ngton In charge. Mr.. Murphy is very
friendly to Senators Wheeler ancc
Walsh and say that they are amongs
the most capable men in the Senate
With the opposition from the Pro
gressive Farmers and labor organi
cations in the Treasure state, tn
Montana Power proposition has suf
fered a severe setback. 1t is expect
ed that after New Years, Mr.. Ker
and a corps of the most skillful Ana
conda Company lobbyists will return
to the National capital to counter tn
efforts of Mr.. Wallace and repair tn
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