The producers news., 1930-10-10
"a contributed editorial)

The Anaconda Company has two candidates for
U. S. Senator, Walsh and Galen. That Company,
at a high annual outlay, maintains a battery Of
private organs called newspapers. These papers
are democratic side of the street, and re-
publican the other.
If Walsh had to pay for the ink, type-setting
and space given him by the copper-stained demo-
cratic papers owned by the Company or Galen
had to pay for the like service rendered him by
the tainted republican papers owned by the same
Company, both, either Walsh or Galen would
make Ruth Mccormick look like scrimp in the
matter of campaign expense.
The Company is more interested IN court opn-
ions written by Galen than it is in tariff sched-
ules. The Company is more interested In acquir-
ing power sites through Walsh than in matters
appertaining to the tariff The high tariff sup
porters want republican yes-man in the senate
from Montana. The Company is in accord provid-
ing it can name the man. 1t has named Galen.
The Company is not particularly interested in
things purely political or partisan. The A. c. NJ,
the political guardian of Montana's people, is more
interested in court opinions, in water power sites,
and in the countless other things that only
semi-poltical before election, and non-partsan af
ter election.
To this date, with its battery of newspapers, the
Company has not announced its choice for United
States Senator Two years ago and during the
late hours of the campaign, the Company directed
its papers the republican side of the street to
support the democratic candidate for governor.
The Company owns the municipalities Of both poll
tlcal parties. These name plates are highly capl-
talized and great dividend producers.
To obscure their vulnerabity both Walsh and
Galen, by agreement perhaps, are confining them
selves TO a single issue, that of tariff schedules.
Two-thirds of our imports the free list, and
while the duties on the remaining one-third are
under profound discussion, the thousands of unem-
ployed are looking toward the coming winter, and
drawing mental pictures of soup-kitchens and
bread-lnes.
The tariff issue may grow stale before Novem-
Der 4th. In that event the liquor question may
present itself. Trinity j. Walsh is of the three-n-
one variety of senator,cdry, wet and damp, while
his opponent Galen has but two virtues-mentally
wet and physically sodden.
Before the dry flood, Galen was lawyer and
had an occasional client. During that period q
concern called the Northwestern Trustee Company
was engaged in a scheme to loot the farmers They
indicated, and one of them was defended By
Galen. During a recess, while the trial was In
progress, Galen caught hugging two of tht
jurors in a saloon. This act was reported to the
court. Judge Bourquin gave Galen lecture OF
the subject of Justice" and fined him $500. Tn,
republicans of Montana, with the consent of th
A. Z. M, are now endorsing this character o
conduct on the part of Gaen as one of the uualifi
cations for the office of U. S. Senator This con
tempt case is reported in 243 Fed D. 296 and 25
Fed. p. 947 and 248 u. S. D. 5S5.
The passage of the Esch- Cumnins railroad con
solidation bill was of the congressional crime
of 1920 Walsh voted for it, and was one of tn
few who retained his seat after the next folowin,
election.
vote for either Walsh or Galen is vot
thrown away.