The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18

came out as a liberty candidate for
sheriff. Mckee, defunct banker,
land shark, and rent broker, chair
man of the democratic county COM
mittee is reported as having been
out campaigning for Dahl as were
several other prominent democrats.
This fact sustains the contentious OF
the Producers News that the liberty
party was put in the field for the
sole purpose of defeating the Com
munist candidates which it actually
accomplished.
HARDERSEN CARRIES
COUNTRY PRECINCTS
Studying the returns for sheriff
the segregation of the rural or the
Farming precincts from the village
precincts in the unofficial returns,
dlscloses the fact that in these Is
precincts, Hardersen polled 9O7
votes, Madsen S62 and Dahl 55S, and
that combining Hardersen's and
DahPs vote a total Of 1860 against
Madsen to 832 against him results.
combining the seven village pre-
clncts, Madsen has 649 votes to 1873
Ior Hardersen and 157 for Dahl.
IheSe votes combined equals 29u or
a majority in these precincts of $50
for Madsen. Combining the viz
votes OF Hardersen and Dahl to their
rural vote, 29O to 1860 equals 1850:
then combining Madsen's village and
rural votes. 649 and 862 Madsen
has 1910 (this is unofficial counr
and not accurately which taken from
the vote of Henderson and Dahl
leaves a, majority against Medsen o.
23S. The village precincts taken are
brentwood 2, Medicine Lake 2, ana
Westby, Outlook and Redstone.
The digestion Of these returns
proves that had either Hardersen or
Dahl had been single candidates OBJ
posed to Madsen, either would have
been elected and Madsen defeated.
1t also proves that Dahls candi-
dacy took the votes that Hardersen
no liberty party candidate in the
field. All Of which further proves
the contention of the Producers
News that the liberty candidates
were filed to do this very thing.
Segregating the county from the
Ivillage precincts and studying then
carefully will disclose the same
facts in regard to the commission
ers contest as disclosed in regard
to the sheriff. The combined vote.
lof Magnus DanielSen and Peter
lGlein would have elected either ont
or the other In both cases tn,
split was in the country and not il
the village vote. The results il
both cases worked out as planned.
LIBERTY PARTY
WEAKENS BOTH TICKETS
And what is more. the filing o
the liberty candidates Weakene
both the liberty and the Communis
[ tickets. 1t diverted voters to tn
. economy fusion ticket not only i
the sheriff and commissioner con
tests but ali down the line thai
would have voted for either tickle
had these elements been combined
And the campaign by all of thes
voters behind the Communist ticke
solidly would have won many vote
: for that ticket that because of TIL
| weakened campaign of the group d
I vided. was won by the econom
{ league fusion.
d hGAINSTREETERS CAMPAIGN
q FOR LIBERTY CANDIDATES
t In the last ten days of the can
: paign the fusion candidates did yer
|. little campaigning in the countr,
4 But in every village every factC
4 opposing the Communists-banke
e machine men. the collectors, etc
4 were busy campaigning from MOI
till night among the farmers fl
% the liberty party candidates, e
d pecially for the candidates for she
y iff and commissioner. These libert
lie campaigners told the farmers TIL
n the liberty party had a chance
a win. In Reserve. Geo. Lund, Il
n banker, bet money. the librety par
would poll more than a thousan
votes. In Plentywood. Jensen, Il
oil station man was making t
same bet. This fake campaignil
n gave the libertyites the Illusion
n success, causing them to make gre
T. efforts for their ticket and especis
L ly stimulated the liberty candidat
oI to campaign among their frien
IN hard in the actual belief in the DC
lie sibilities of their election. Becau
a of this the fusion candidates did n
ne need to go out campaigning.
OF The libertyites were convinced
the campaigning on the part of t
r mainstreeters that they were foj
g o get a lot Of votes In the villa
IN precincts. But on election day I
Ut village votes went economy fIlsi
In solid, almost, as usual. Those v
u lage voters who were sincere a
IL could not be handled were urged
ms their mainstreet friends to vote j
a They thought the mainstreett
in were showing signs Of joining
or farmers. The republican and den
as cratic fusian henchmen scatter
nix about thru the country also tall
liberty during the campaign
voted fusion on election day.
LIBERTYTTES FIND
n THEMSELVES FOOLED
'e! When the votes were tailed
~ libertyite farmers found that Il
5l had been Sticky fooled and w
en-, compelled TO believe what the P
9TH ducers News had contended.
ire men used to pull the trick" are
err bert Larson Of Quitmeyer. and
. Wallace of Plentywood. The ms
-. StreeterS Furnished the money