Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-10-06

mlts his own failure to perform the duties
of his office. 1t is his duty as county com
missioner to carefully inspect all claims that
come before the board for payment. IF he
has not looked over the Herald claims. who
can he blame but himselfp The fact remains
however, that in the three years or more
that the Plentywood Herald has had the
printing contract NEVER ONCE has the
state examiner had occasion to criticize or
question its claims; never once has it been
asked to refund money to the county which
was unduly received. Can MIR. Hansen saw
as much2
Then to cap the climax of his master
ful defense our Communist commissions
writes that he HAD TO MAKE THE
COMPROMISE" of giving the printing
contract to the Producers News for TWO
FULL YEARS rather than doing what he
knew was the only right and just thing to
do-grant it to some paper for the unex-
PRED term, after which bids could be called
tor and perhaps a v the taxpayers of the
county some money. But he had to com
promise with Frank French, the commits
sioner who had long since been the avowed
political enemy of the Producers News
and Hansens own wrecking crew" For
what reasonp
Not TO save money for the taxpayers.
not to serve the people who had placed him
III office, but in his own words, lust to
take the contract away from you'll" And in
thai way, Mr.. Taxpayer. does MIR. Carl
Hansen seek TO justify his "COMPROM-
lSE with the enemy!
Commissioner Hansen attempts to
SANDER county attorney Grant Blackwell
in his letter when he explains that the rea-
son tor his not accepting advice from the
county attorney was due to having drag
ged Charles {. Taylor into court on a bum
check charge. and Hansen misrepresented
the facts when he said this was something
Blackwell had never done to ANYBODY
else. ANY taxpayer who is interested in
determining the truth of this statement
should take the trouble to examine the
court records. and there he will find there
were MANY OTHERS who have been
dragged into court on the charge of sign
ing bum checks" during MIR. Bakewell's
term in office.
When the people elected MIR. Hansen
county commissioner two years ago they
him credit for being more than he has
proven himself to be. 1t was not known
until months after his election to office
that he was a Communist. Now he has
shown himself not only to be a Communist
out a man who will resort to any means to
gain his end-and all the while the overbur-
iened taxpayer foots the bill.
And commissioner Hansen is asking
he people to elect another man to the Of
ice, not only Of the same political faith,
out from same immediate section Of the
county as himself. Sheridan county may
iced many things. but if there ever was a
lme when it needed county commissioners
With sane, conservative judgment to con-
iuct business affairs it is now. 1t is no time
o assign governmental responsibilities to
men whose chief thought and aim is direct
q against the institutions OF the United
states, men who would defy the govern
nent and its officers in the enforcement OF
aw; men who would overthrow the Chris
ian religion and substitute in its stead the
Of free love and paganism. /,
Magnus Danielson may be the finest |
ind. OF a mar personally. We understand ,
&c is well respected by his neighbors and all
hose who know him. But the fact remains !
he is running for office as a Commun- a
It, and by that token he endorses the rad :
;al teachings OF Communism which would I
ring about a revolution in our country. =
our religion and our government T
nd set up a form Of Pleasantly and dictator
MP under which Russia is tottering today. I