The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13
Wheeler Chats on China at City Hall


recognizing Farmhouse as his ques-
toner of the night before, walking to-
wards him, shook hands and remark
ed: Hello neighbor. ! was getting
along famously with my meeting last
night until you started asking me
those questions" Then the Sheridan
county sheriff butted in by saying:
Senator, l heard you said that GRIM
inals were allowed to go unprecedented
in Sheridan county. Can you give
any information in support of this
statement"
Senator Wheeler: "No, l can't.
was told that"
Salisbury: eyes, you were used as
a tool by those fellows to attack the
people who voted for you here five
years ago."
Wheeler: 81 know that"
Calls Wheeler a Crook
Salisbury: "You are fine man to
talk about corruption in the United
States or anywhere elsa man who
went down to South Dakota and used
your office as United States District
Attorney to hijack that poor farmer
and his son out of $11,000."
Wheeler Overwhelmingly: "What 90
you know about that ?"
Salisbury: 81 was down there and
got the evidence. And l know how
you used your office to hi-jack Char
ley Baer out of enough money TO
build the Grand Hotel on a lot you
stole from the Unions of Butte. Why
you dirty crook you should be in the
penitentiary instead of the Senate
Senator Shows white Feather
Wheeler here walked towards Sails
bury with clenched fists and Missed
through his closed teeth:
"You can't intimidate me, YOU
Salisbury bracing up to the Sena-
tor: wheeler, if you want fight,
will knock your block off right here
for you now."~
Wheeler, relaxing and stepping
back: 81 believe you could, l am not
fighting man."
Salisbury: "And you said down
there that Wallace and TAYLOR got
money from the Anaconda Company
You know you are liar, you are a
stoolplgeOn of the Anaconda yourself
and resort to all the tactics of the
professional stoolpigeon-that is call
ing everybody stoolpigeon to take
the curse off yourself. Why you even
called Senator Anderson, your private
secretary, an Anaconda stoolpigeon.'
Wheeler: 81 did not. I defy you to
prove it."
Salisbury: 81 can prove it from 9
letter l have written me by Senator
Anderson"
Wheeler: Senator Anderson was
misled by you before he wrote that
letter. No he was not. YOU have rot
the ability to mislead Senator Ander.
son."
Supported by Copper Press
Salisbury: "You are inferior K
Senator Anderson yourself. You are
supported by the GreatFallsl Tribune
the Helena Independent, the Anaconda
Standard, the Lewistown News anC
every copper paper in the state"
Wheeler: II haven't got the Butte
Post behind me-"
Salisbury: "And you haven't got ;
Labor or Progressive paper in tn,
state behind YOU
News" ''o Law
Salisbury: 'Iou are a liar. Tn,
Labor News is not boosting you"
Wheeler Wants Editor CIeayes Fire,
Wheeler: eff The Labor News dee
not support me I will have old Cleave,
the editor, fired off his lob"
Salisbury: Yes, that is abo1,r II,
KIND of low down crook YOU are In,
would have an old man like CIeave
fired out of his job because he wonI,
net prostitute himself into supnorf;n,
lCw Gown fakir like YOU"
Wheeler. go, maybe old Cicavos !;
not SO Il al. l didn't intend, | d;dr'
mean to say, l would not have hin
fired. l will get the support of th
liberal press" Wv
Salisbury: " You wont even get th
New Northwest in Missoula whicl
supported you in the past. You will
get only the Copper Press benin,
you" 'eiiiii'
Wheeler: eyes, J know 7 wo,, 90
me supper OF the New North vest
the Company has that now. I fonn,
wallace was in Missoula nepotiati1
Tor that last August. I know h;
movements about the state. We'll h
didn't get it. But the Company ha
It, anyway, and it's all the same Rn
I haze Labor behrd me. I spoke he
tore the Silver Bow Trades Council
salisbury: 81 know you did but vo,
uont dare speak there again. No DE
cent labor man in Butte is sunortin,
you. You have only such Fellows q
Mitchell and Manson and thew ar
nearly through" 'S al
Admits Defeat in Northeastern Mont
Wheeler at this time had backed +,