The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-04
Friday, November 2, 1882

been IN the past. SO 1t was easy
for all to agree that the fusion
ticket should be under the re-
publican name.
Economy League Idea Suggested
by Syverud
Now in order to bring about the
fusion of the old gang under one
party name there had to be a BIZ
party organization to control the
situation. The organization had
to have a name. A number of the
candidates and their henchmen haG
organized the Tax Payers League
for use as a bi-party organiza-
ton, but the thing had gotten
away from them and had petered
out. AS the United Farmers
League was going strong in the
county, and as the Non-partisan
League had carried the county by
a large majority in the past, an
organization with league in its
name desidable. Edgar Syverud
who was working for Polk on the
Herald at the time suggested that
the taxpayers were interested in
lower taxes and that Economy
League would be the very best pos
sible organization name. Polk pro-
posed the name to Bennett and
Collins who okeyed at once. 1t
was adopted.
The details of the organization
had to be worked out. It was not
too easy. French did not think
the idea so hot, but did not oppose
it at first, thinking he would be
endorsed of course. holman and
Bolster also thought the idea
bright believing they would be en-
dorsed. Polk saw a chance to use
the league to sidetrack French sc
he got busy with Collins and Ben.
nett. Invitations were sent out tt
selected list of farmers anC
business men asking them to at
tend preliminary meeting to tall
things overflow to beat the reds
Jack Bennett mailed the invitation!
on commercial club stationery. TIL,
elect met at the Masonic temple
! The proposals were alked over
The idea was not popular. Frencl
got suspicious and so did Sen
Fishbeck. To save the day a mo
D ton was made to call anothe
: meeting later, authorizing Bennett
to set the date. Log rolling the
f started. French discouraged ar
e other meeting
y Polk, Collins and Bennett go
/ together and took the bull by tn
Q horns-they sent out the call an
o invitations. The second meeting
= also gathered at the Masonic hal
e Collins-P olk-Bennett combination
|, found themselves in control. TIL
St name Economy League was adopt
/ ed, republican ticket selected, an
= a set of candidates were endorsed
/ Harry Polk put over the endors,
n nent of A. ]. Olson for commits
sioner; Carl Peterson in spite {
4 his Dolly was named, as wa
70 Hans Madsen, Neils Madsen, Rol
y. ert Wheeler, Grant Bakewell an
le Marjorie Markuson. But ALDER
: holman and George Bolster wei
= slipped into the brine along wit
X French. The meeting broke up
20 row. French, HOLMAN, Bolste
y Kurtz, R. r. LELAND and Harr
u Sparkling, and others, filed on IL
y republican ticket. The old part
= candidates decided to fight Il
M nomination contests out in the r
~ publican primaries, because it W;
IN necessary for the winners to pr
- sent a solid front to defeat til
= Communists at the general ele
y ton. The fight was on in fury.
is Pat Wallace Blows Into
or PlentywOOd
~ About this time Col. Pat Wa
) lace returned to Plentywood fo
~ some reasos best known tc hir
- self. He had soJoLrl.ed since lea
- ing the town, at Washington,
- c.. and New York and during Il
!" months previous at Minneapoli
! This young Irish patriot, disputl
y veteran of the Irish rebellion, O
- time cowboy and hard rock mine
= - many years a member of the S
" cialist party, and at one time qui
a big shot in the I. w. w. mine
union at Butte, later on an inf
entail leader in the Nonpartis;
1t League organization in Montal
al and still later quite a name in Il
ne Farmer-Labor movement, has d
ed veloped, since wandering aw;
ty from Plentywood, into what
le calls a young Lincoln Republ
tie can" Col Wallace IS reputed
It. be In the employ Of the Nation
dc republican party-some believe
O. is III the service of the departme-
en- of justice-maybe an under COW
OF man-and of course it was a pa
at Of his duties to further the int
TT est of the republican party in tn
al section of the state. He put h
a oar into the muddied polite
no waters of Sheridan county. F
n. urged all candidates to file on Il
I'D republican ticket for nomination
e. Even Judd MaUkin, life long dem
he crat was persuaded to file for II
an sheriff on the republican ticke
Oh where he was doomed to defe,
Up from the beginning instead of !
his own party ticket where h
o. nomination was sure and h
s chances for election were anyws
ne even. Matldn's and Joe Redmond
W filings were 9 day wonder, al