Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-10-09
Unfair Tactics

Desperate efforts are being made by the DEM
ocratic State Headquarters to reflect Senator Walsh
in face of the tremendous sweep of sentiment toward
Judge Galen for United States Senator, and no canard is
too preposterous for the Headquarters or some of the
Democratic political agents to put out, according to
a statement from Republican State Headquarters.
The third and latest roarback and fabrication,
apparently made out Of whole cloth, emanates from
Los Angeles. Some man who is called ivan Hogan
whether a man or merely a name is unknown and in
material, is used to assume authority to speak for the
91st Division Association Of veterans of the World War
in California, and a dispatch purporting to be from him
is printed in the Helena Independent and elsewhere
in Montana, in which he is made to say or says. that
1000 ex-Ninety First Division men send Senator Walsh
assurance of support"
kilograms sent to the 91st Division Association
at Los Angeles brought from the officials of that body
an absolute denial that Van Hogan speaks or has any
authority to speak for it or for any 91st Division vet
eran. Buron Fits, past president of the association
for Southern California, who is district attorney of
Los Angeles County and former Lieutenant Governor,
wired a reply to the effect that the 91st Division has
taken no action whatever upon nor even discussed the
candidacy Of Senator Walsh, and adde that this can
ard is resented by him and doubtless will be resented
by all the veterans of the division when they hear of
it.
"The story bears every ear mark of composition
right here at Democratic State Headquarters by some
ardent Walsh Democrat who thought he could put one
another fabrication lining California veterans behind
the great constitutionalist and get away with it. The
kilograms to Mr.. Fits and his reply follows:
Helena Independent carries a copy Of telegram
sent by one Van Hogan, private of Heaquarters Com
pany, 364th Infantry, purporting to put the 9lst Di-
vision Association in California on record as opposing
the election of Colonel Albert j. Galen of Montana,
formerly a member of the 9th Division and the Ex-
peditionary Forces in Siberia in his race for the Senate
against T. J. Walsh. Virtually every 91st Division man
Montana and service men of all divisions and wars are
supporting Albert Galen and they do not believe that
the California veterans took any action or will sanction
Private Van Hogan speaking for the California Asso-
citation in an effort to injure a comrade in Montana
or interfere with the political situation without ascer-
tanning facts. Please contact officers of the 9lst Di-
vision Association and ask them to wire whether such
action was taken by the Association representing
1000 California 91st men,"
Then comes the reply from Duron Fits:
The 91st Division Association took no action
whatever, nor was the matter discussed. Van Hogan's
statement absolutely unwarranted as being official
statement Of the 9lst Division association. am at a
complete loss to understand how he preempts to him
self the right to speak for the 91st Division Associa-
ton of California in the state of Montana. AS past pres
ident of the Association of Southern California most
heartily resent this type of politics."