Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-07-12
WHEN PLAIN FACTS HURT

The brentwood Herald in its issue of two
weeks ago sought to give the people the facts
regarding the filing of Robert Rookie for sher-
if. Our report was given without prejudice,
merely as a news item, and with no editorial
m Here is the statement, as we pub
lished it:
Robert Rookie has been "fred"by Sheriff Rodny
Salisbury and after July list, will no longer be on
the county pay roll. The reason for the break
seems to be that Mr.. Rookie filed for sheriff on the
Republican ticket, exercising his prerogative as an
American citizen. He filed for office only after
having asked Salisbury about his intentions to he
for reelection, but as Salisbury told him he would
not be a candidate, Mr.. Rookie filed on the Repub-
hcan ticket"
Now, the Producers-News comes out last
week and says of the above comment, "oh, how
the Herald sobbed about the American preroga-
tive of running for office, ETC., etc. 1t was
heartrending." We would like to ask every
reader of this editorial to read the Herald story
exactly as it was printed again, and see how
much of it they can see blotted with tears OF
sobbing such as the Producers News writes of.
The editor of the Farm-Labor organ further
infers that the Herald represents a group that
has always fought the farmers movement
To this we are ready to issue a Challenged
direct challenge that this paper is as much a
friend of the farmer as any other class. we
realize that the success of any business in
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pendent upon the success of the farmers of
this section of Montana, their interests are
identical with ours, and it is the aim of this
paper to encourage by every means possible
those things which will make the working con-
ditions of the farmer better. We are not ready
however to subscribe to any movement simply
because it bears a farmers" label, and is u.s.
ually being sold to farmers by some high salar-
led promoter" The Herald is not opposed to
the Progressive Farmers movement. We be-
lieve that such an organization, if kept in con-
troll by sound thinking men who will not per-
nit it to become a political football to be kicked
about by unprincipled politicians, can be made
of great benefit to farmers in improving the
agricultural conditions of the country. 1t is
our opinion however, that politics must abso-
lutely be kept out of such an organization or
it will soon lose its effectiveness and become
just another costly experiment for which farm
ers themselves have paid dearly and received
nothing in return.
But, going back to the "sobbing" for Mr..
Rookie. We are not champions of any particu-
lar candidate in the primary election, and who
ever the voters decide are to be their candi-
dates for sheriff, we only hope they will be
worthy of the trust imposed in them, and will
not be under obligations to any political ring
which will force them to take dictations from
any boss" Furthermore, if the Producers
News chooses to call such statements of facts
as this paper used in relating the filing of this
particular candidate for office a "sobbing'
story, they can expect to see plenty more of it
in the future, for we shall record facts as we
know them, without having to play favorite to
any clique or faction, and we doubt very much
if people of this county are going to be misled
by any such comment as was made IN this in
stance.