The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-10-12

1ere were a candidate both the republican ana the
emocratic ticket of those candidates have with
rawn of course in the favor of the other in order
avoid three cornered fight with the Independent
anddates put up and endorsed by the Progressive
armers of Sheridan county, and the Earmer~Lab0r
ement and thus make it possible by union of forces
defeat these farmers candidates. where it was OBJ
iousy impossible to do this with three candidates in
he field.
Both of the above papers say:
%The political atmosphere was cleared con-
siderabIy for Sheridan county voters this week
when J. H. Jensen of Westby, and Niels Chris
Jensen of Dagmar announced their intention
of withdrawing as active candidates for Coun-
ty Commissioner and State Representative,
respectively, leaving the field to be contested
for Commissioner between only two candi-
dates Victor Anker of Outlook and Art Wan
KEEL of DOOley, and leaving as candidates for
representatives Andrew Iceland of Outlook
and Lars Angvick of Reserve against the two
Farmer-LabOr candidates running on the "In-
dependent" ticket. Both Mr. Jensen and MIR.
Christensen had been nominated in the Prl-
mary election regular candidates; it has
been the purpose, however, of the regular Re-
pubIicans and Democrats of the county to
unite on one candidate for each county office
and thereby present united front against
the Farm-LabOrites, who have filed a CON-
in the regular election, not having participat-
ed in the primary at all. These with
drawaIs followed closely the same action by
J. Franc hurry, who had asked his support
ers not to consider him an active candidate
for sheriff, but to concentrate their united
support with the Republicans in electing
Hans Madsen, the regularly nominated can
ddate the Republican ticket in the pri-
mary. Henry Raaen of COmertOwn has also
withdrawn Republican candidate for treas
urer.
The withdrawal of these candidates from
the race is going to place the issue in the pres
ent campaign in Sheridan county squarely be-
tween the forces that refused to participate
in the primary election and have now entered
the campaign Independents" and joint
ticket, endorsed by both regular Republicans
and Democrats.
These papers, in this carefully prepared story 90 OF
to say that of these cannot be taken of
from the ballot, but that word will be sent out to al
of their supporters that they have voluntarily with
drawn from the race and asking them to give thei
support to the election of Hans Madsen Victor Ankle
and Albert HOLMAN.
Now we rise to inquire if this pretty arrangement
does not openly and flagrany and confessedly voat
the corrupt practice act of the State of Montan,
made and provided to just such plans and whc
specifically prohibit it?
Did not Franc hurry, Neils Christensen and Henri
Raaen make solemn oath when they filed for offic
that they were candidate in good faith and if noir
ated would accept the nomination, and would M
withdraw? We think they did, Now what is the pu
pose of this oath? 1t is to prohibit this very thn
the withdrawal of candidates after the primaries an
the forming of political combinations for the purpos
OF defeating certain candidates and the election {
Others In order to further prevent this very thin
the law prohibits the withdrawal of the names of cal
didates who filed in the primaries from the pener
election ballot.
And here we have an example of prominent me
wantonly violating the corrupt practice act, layir
themselves liable to Indictment and prosecution.
men violating their solemn oaths and then allowir
confession of their lawbreaking activities to be pu
hshed In the two papers in the county in opposite
to the Independent" ticket.
This is surely funny situation, and show how f
afield men go following the advice of men Ii
Jack Bennett and L. S. Olson, who have very DO
grasp of law and political decency These men broug
about this situation by their ceverness in the fiji
place. 1t was they who filled both of the old par
tickets to keep the farmer laborites out and now I'll
they did not keep them out, but found themselves
political pickle as it were of their own makir
they set about to violate the corrupt practice act
lay each and everyone of the combination" candida
haDe to contest on these very grounds, if it can
proven that they were parties to this conspiracy
1t should not be very hard to do this-they are sur
beneficares of this Corrupt act and as these rec,
joint conventions of the republicans and democr
have been called for this purpose, and all of the Ct
dldates participated, they hardly wash their ha,
of the mess. AESy ''r
All of this trouble comes out of the sheriff cont.
IL is anything to beat Salisbury. The opposition d
not want Hans Madsen they have never wanted h
Hans has had the sheriff's bug in his bonnet for
eral years. Why he wants the office no one can i'm
me or guess, but he does. The old gang could
get rid Of him directly-they wanted Franc Murray
they could not go directly behind Murray. for wi
Murray was smart, he not popular. and Hans
popular and had definite following-so Hans
endorsed for the republican candidate, and 50 fl
then Bob Rookie, Salisbury's undersheriff was ind,
70 run by the Bennett gang because it was hello
that he could defeat Madsen, and in the finals :
votes away from the farmers candidates. vb;o
gang would go solidly behind Murray-that was
game, but it did not work out-now the outf;+ -
work out of the tangle best they can.
We are told that if Hans Madsen is elected She,
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