The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-28

ton of the dozen or so into which
The Liberty party has split) made
a short eloquent address. He ex-
planned the proposals of the Lib
erty party and made a plea for the
support of these proposals and the
nominated by the meet
ing. The meeting elected an ex-
ecutive committee and provided 10r
the publication of an election
dodger to be called the Liberia
tor" and then adjourned.
In the course of few days, the
certificate of nomination for can
didate nominated at this liberty
meeting was filed with Clerk and
Recorder Neils Madsen at the
court house. The Producers News
had already called attention to the
fact that the liberty meeting which
had nominated candidates, was not
"a legally called Mass Convention
of the liberty or any other party.
1t called attention to the fact that
the meeting was not called as a
Mass Convention but as a meet
ing, advertising Rev. Duncan, pre-
sumed candidate for governor for
speaker; that it did not name the
purpose of the Convention, viz, to
draft a program and nominate
candidates nor did it call all mem
bers of the party to the conven-
ton; so therefore the convention
was illegal, the candidates not leg
ally nominated, and hence the Ger
tificate of Nomination null and
void. However, Neils Madsen,
Clerk and Recorder who is
charged with discression in the
matter, who is bound to inquire
as to whether the law had beer
complied with, in spite of the
above accepted without inquiry th<
Certificate and filed the same will
out the showing which could not
be made; and so the liberty can
didates went on the ballot and the
liberty party election campaign
started. Clerk and Recorder Mad
sen was exceptionally sympatheti,
to the filing of the Certificate O
Nomination even though the Hon
Robert Larson was a candidate
against him for his job as Clerl
and Recorder, which fact in itsel
discloses the very intimate rela
tions existing between Bob Larson
and the Economy League candi
dates, the signs of which relation
ship crop out daily.
The LiberatOr Printed by
Polk
Following the filing of the Ger
tificate of Nominations, the Hor
Robert larson as chairman of tn
liberty party proceeded to pubGs
the Liberty Party Campain Dodg
, er, designated "The L;be'ator."
The Honorable Robert went frs
of all to Harry Folks Herald fo
a bid on the job. 1t was a bus
! ness proposition. He then went
j Joe Dolin for a bid. Then h
meandered over to Grenora, Mort
! Dakota for a bid. Then Bob cam
back to Plentywood and gave tn
job to Polk, not the lowest but tt
best bidder. He did not come
the Producers News to ask for
= bid, even tho the Producers New
a was the farmers paper and ha
S supported Bob for office in fol
n campaigns in two of which he W;
d victorious and in two of whic
r Polk had opposed and ridicule
him and held him up to public col
d tempt, and even tho the Produce
d News had always fought consis
S emily for the farmers and worke,
i But Bob had a reason to give Il
n job of printing the LiberatOr
i Harry Polk. If Bob's man for cou
l. ty commissioner is by chan
It elected, no doubt every paper
# the county and the paper at CIR
/ nora, North Dakota, except tn
It Producers News, will be asked
r submit bid for the county prin
e ing and then the contract will
n let, not to the lowest, but 10 Il
e best bidder, and that will be Polk
Il Herald's bid.
s Then Bob hired the colorful al
y elusive Col. Pat Wallace, here
o another mission, to prepare Il
copy for the dodger, which Pa
% did in his best style.
: The paper emerged, embellish,
! by the pictures of the Hon. Robe
4 Larson, himself, and Peter Glei
5 the candidate for the important q
a flee of commissioner-Bob be
r rowed the cut at the Produce
.r News office where he forgot
% ask for a bid-from the Hera
n press two weeks ago last Tuesd
h without date, except October a
u the place of publication given W
~ Archer, Montana, which indicat
" that the paper was mailed at tn
. postoffice.
% Just why Economy Lacquer ia
e Benefits post office should ha
~ been passed up, after Econon
~ Lacquer Polk had printed
paper is just another mystery, t
of course the Producers News n
D. the reds find no fault with B
t. for this, as the Archer postmast
l. is a good cred" and viii vote t
Communist ticket from top to b
e tom; and all "reds" are glad tn
t the Archer postmaster got t
rs postage for he sells groceries
lie about 20 per cent under the Pie
e tywood merchants, 10 the Plent
wood people who go weekly to
store to trade.
II About 1000 issues of the Il
10 orator were printed and circulat
L over the county. It carried a car
a. of main street ads, the revenl
ID from which paid Pat for writ
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