Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-11-03

III the ranks and a last minute
desertion to some other set Of
candidates
Realizing that the new county com
missioner to be elected will hold the
balance Ct naaar In determining naIi-
eies OF government during the coming
Two years. 4 desperate effort il being
made BY the different political groups
TO eject their man This 4 especially
true Of the Communists who already
have . Communist commissioner on
the board i'm the person Of Mr.. Carl
Hansen The fact Seem To be quite
W4H established that. should Magnus
Danlelson- Communist candidate for
commissioner be successful at the
polls, Carl Hansen will become the
Dictator on the county board, using
MI DanIelson II his henehman to
carry out his Communist ideas OF.
course 1t Is naturally assumed that
Mr. Hansen would In turn receive his
orders from the producers-News
Office, and that the Communist organ
would be made the official newspaper,
thereby forcing the taxpayers Of the
county TO finance further the eirculat-
ing Of the Red propaganda
During the last " weeks 4 no
ticeable drifting away from the Com
rnunist cause has been reported from
every ff#@sfs, arid this rrartfrrg tn
the special advantage Of the candi-
daey of A. j. Olson of Homestead, the
Economy League candidate for COM
missioner
Communist campaign meetings
haye not been so well attended as
their leaders would have liked. Too
much attention has been centered on
the offices of commissioner and sner-
If at the dispIeasure OF other candi-
dates As farmers begin to analyze
lssues for themselves. deliberately
and sanely. without rancor or hate,
questions Of vital concern to their flu
ture welfare have been recognized as
real issues IN this campaign. With
the Communists in power, and the
principle Of cancellation of all taxes
and debts established, they wonder
just where the non will come from
to run the county government. retire
bonded indebtedness. keep schools
OPEN and provide fer the poor
The Liberty party leaders have de
pended almost entirely ON newspaper
publicity for the promotion of their
through the publication of
two issues of their own medium. The
edited by the versatile
r. G. tPat) Wallace. Although
it, ticket has several good men on it,
j. the widespread feeling that
the wheels of Larson's new political
machine were set i'm motion too late
to prove a material factor In this
With the concerted efforts being
at the offices Of sheriff and
commissioner, Hans Madsen, candi-
for reelection, realizes that he
mas a real battle on his hands Re
PORTS come from different sections of
.he rUurty. however, that he Will win
~ a comfortable majority The re-
.ent apprehension of the men who at
acked Mr. and Mrs Jonas Erickson.
heir speedy conviction and commit
merit to the state penitentiary ut
beer Lodge where they are now serv-
ng long sentences imposed by Judge
'aul, has had a strong effect on the
herIffs candidacy adding to the i'm
'ression already created that Hans
fadsen gets his man.
VI IL a well known fact that Madsen
! not acceptable to the underworld
rovd and, with Johnny Bonlds cam
with Hans Henderson. that
ote will naturally go to the Com
candidate The entrance AZ