The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-04
Harry Polk is
Godfather Of
Liberty Party
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use. Jack was convinced that a
new man, a Scandinavian who was
known TO be 100 per cent for the
republicans and the cold gang" of
republican-democrat looters, just
had to be nominated instead of
French, if cred victory" were to
be prevented.
Oscar Collins thought the same
and so did Carl and Dolly Peter
son and Sheriff Hans Madsen, anu
So did Niels Madsen who had been
working hand and glove with
French all of the time after
French came to power. Neils felt
that Frank had served mainstreet
not wisely but too we'll, and so
was a Jonah to the Court House
ship, who had to be thrown to the
fish if the rest of the crew were
to save themselves and why should
they sink the ship to save French
when they could save their own
political bacon by throwing him
overheard. So all felt that French
should retire pleasantly for the
good Of "the gang" arc Polk !hCt
so for the further reason that he
did not want French even if he
could be elected. Harry wanted a
candidate for commissioner who
could be elected that would give
him the printing contract as here
tofore related. So all the minds of
the Court House gang came from
their several sources to run to-
gether in the same channel. They
all wanted to save their jobs. The
gang as a man decided that
French as a candidate would doom
the whole republican ticket. So
they must cast into the deep, the
brains of their party, the man
who with his crowd had elected
every one Of them by means of
the solid Medicine Lake vote, not
because of any principle, of any
thing that French had done, but to
save their own jobs for them.
selves.
And even with French out Of
the boat, the prospects of tbs
Court House crew did not look an!
too good. The crew had misman
aged the county, had sunk it int
the quagmire of debt, in order t.
help the bankers make money
Every fund is in the red and tn
taxes had sky rocketed until Sheri
dan county taxes are the highes
of any county in the state of Mon
tana. Wanton waste and extrav
agance have bankrupted the coun
ty so that the county warrants ca
not be sold. Neils Madsen haC
kept an army of clerks and depu
ties on his payroll with nothing
do but sit about and draw pay
Carl had kept his Dolly on tn
payroll, So that two living coul
go to one family, in an offic
where there was not enough wor
to justify the salary of one. 30
Wheeler has pulled down plent
of money for doing nothing at al
Grant Blackwell has spent none
like a drunken sailor calling, term
of court to persecute those whol
he hates for political reasons, an
for office help, etc., Harry Pol
has been shaking the county dow
for huge warrants on paddle
claims for printing, taking tn
price Of farm out of the count
treasury each month or so on hi
contract secured without bids fl
nearly the full statutary rates an
for 25 per cent more than tn
Producers News had offered to
the printing for. The sheriff
office has had a number of cha
warmers on the payroll. In ia,
every last one of the crew kne
that in a three cornered race
with republican, democratic an
Communist candidates in the fiel
at the general election-that II
Communists would win hand
down.
Fusion Used TO Defeat
Red Ticket
To prevent this cred victory"
was necessary to fuse the capita
list twins, the republican and Il
0SmocrdClc parIeS INTO unite
front under one of the old part
names. Which ever party nam
was chosen, the national and sta
ticket would reap lot Of benefi
It being a democratic landsliC
year, it would seem that the dem,
cratic name would have bee
chosen. Jack Bennett could n,
stand for that however, for ths
would hurt Congressman SEQ
Leavitt, republican, whose politic
career is hanging as it were by
hair. Bennett would listen to n
other party than the republican
If there were to be fusion it hs
to be under. the republican nam
Folks Herald is republican So
naturally preferred the republics
ticket. Collins did not care whiC
party just so he got his belly U
70 the pie counter.
Yet he thought that the demo
cratic name was the best bet. o.
Ear is not so dumb as most of tn
others. The Court House Gre