The producers news., 1927-06-10
In THE LnMELIGHT
Continued from page oo.,

appointed. From the time Il, !,
bowls appeared on the da.n nge
tables of the Placer Dinins s1suasked
the hour the last fervid not a0On 70
mocratic OratOry royerberato1o VI De.
the morning air the affair @ w thru
thing but dull. Bill CamnhaSS any.
one of the first to move ~ was
artillery into action. He ,SSeay
assembled guests that, altbo"aI The
independent had, by its clevass ls" 'he
licity, placed many then in ,ba pub
house in lucrative position tba' state
never hope to attain in civil 'Vad
that they were ungrateful ME
to stab the editor in tho "pugh
grumble at his every action ana pack
the bills Of tho paper to 'J ~ pare
Purchasing Agent Murphy wa '~'et'
an especial target by the en. "aue
editor and that individual conn,sed "',ased
by stating that Campbell "naJSaal "nJ1Slea q
his bills. But that did ma, "1uea'
Murphy from the satirical sb,f,paFe fspaFe
other democrats who still feel ~, VI
owe allegiance TO the Car Of '',g NY
Independent editorial rooms 'ae
The next speaker and the ones a.
followed him "panncd" Comr;s.s.'a' s'a'
er OF Agriculture Bowman unmer.;
fully for taking Ak in hand and ~ VI
rie-NatiOn like smashing the nal ar
mutuel booths at the stato PS''
grounds. For be it known tb,, 'au %
Democracy of Lewis and Clark c.'a we
ty love the sport of kin"a,
In no uncertain way and in 4.
guage vitriolic they told old Bowmau. au'
who was present, that he was ' ~.
riment TO the party in the Conn,.
and State and that no one woulJ
put out bit if he resigned. Bowmas
and old Flathead John sat tbron~I
the whole performance twiddle"
their thumbs and at last Sam Stea,
art arose and after shaking his 49,.
head for while set up a defens,
for the Commissioner of Apric,I
ture, and Flathead John who was ~
spOnsible for injecting him into n.
democratic scenery. When Stewsrt
was through several democrats ,oli
him that since the city eIection
when he was deprived of his iob !,
city attorney Of Helena by his broth
er bourbons; that he was drv
that he had no say anyway
and was moro Of liability than m
asset to the Democratic party and
that nobody would be offended If h.
went over into the camp Of rim
Wade and assumed the office Of leo.
al advisor to the Prohibition souad
now located in the Capital Civ
The whole affair was a typical d.
mOcratic meeting; lots Of fight. fun
and whiskey. But as an aftermath
several Of the leading democrats Of
Helena went up to the Governors
mansion next evening and whether
they visited the well stocked cellar
of the man from Kalispell or not we
cannot say but they seemed to use
very extravagant language in de.
nunciation Of "Old man Of the Sea-
Bowman and Flathead John after
they returned to the cigar stores
and lObbies Of Helena resorts. But
the interesting part Of the story Is
that there is now widespread sus
picion in Helena that MacDowel
staged the whole affair and paid
$3.50 therefor with the intcntion Of
putting FIathead Jonn in bad and he
succeeded. Because the people who
attended the banquet believe that
John authorized the Carrie Nation
exploits Of the old fogey in the Ag.
riculturaI department and didn't
have the "guts" to come to his res.
cue when he was attacked