Montana labor news., 1934-07-19

it failed TO elect its legislative ticket
as a whole which was the real test OF
the political solidarity OF the Labor
Movement in this county.
All State Endorsements Wi
In the contest for the State offices
the endorsements of Labor won by an
overwhelming majority. Wheeler, Muir
ray, O'Connell and Monaghan won by
a landslide vote, but O'Connell fell
short of what he should have received,
due no doubt to the large field against
him.
Lose Three County Offices
In the County Offices Holland, Weir
and Freebourne were never given a
close race. They carried the field with
large majorities. Robinson, Quinn and
Mrs. Murphy lost the race, Quinn re-
c%eiving the greatest defeat. From the
looks of the vote cast for the office
of County Surveyor, one would think
this the most important office in the
State to the worker for a larger vote
was cast in this race than in the one
for United States Senator, long term.
1t was, no doubt, the bitterness brou-
ght into this race that led to the de-
feat OF the Legislative Slate, the most
important slate to the worker in this
election.
Win Five of Eleven Legislative Offices
The greatest defeat suffered by La
Dor at the polls was the defeat of the
Legislative Slate endorsed by Labor
and Agriculture. This slate was the
one test Of the solidarity of the Labor
vote and in these critical times the
most important to the workers in Sill
yer Bow County. Labor failed to show
its solidarity on voting this slate that
it showed in the State offices. The
election of this slate in its entirety
would have meant throwing down the
gauntlet before the corporations that
have dominated the Legislature in Hell
ena these many years. Though Labor
has solidarity in a show of economic
strength it has a long way to go to
attain the same unity of action in~the
field of politics. Until Labor shows
its political strength it can expect little
from political officeholders. Only five
of the eleven men pledged to corpora
ton opposition we're nominated for Of
flee. These five, from a count of 90
precincts were Mullholland, Spiegel,
Ryan. O'Byrne and Neary. The reports
from the 90 precincts show that the
Editor Of the Labor News lost the
State Senate race by more than 800
and that Cain Connors, Phil Goodwin,
Harry Mitchell, John O'Brien and
Thomas Stimatz beat out Mundy, Zelio,
Buyan, Moran and Rohrer.
Slate Sent to Business Men
Before the Primaries the following
slate was sent to the business men in
Butte in a plain envelope with no re-
turn address. The Legislative Slate
read as follows:
State Senator - Meyer.
Legislature ~ Rudolph Wuerl, Henry
Sullivan, VIM. Dolan, Lou Freud
e~nstein, Mrs. Mae Thomas, Cain
C%onnors, John O'Brien, Phil Good
win, Fred Lehn, Geo. Forsythe.
This slate bore the following nota-
ton; "The above is a suggested list
of sane and conservative candidates
for the legislature and state Offices"
This ticket won four of the eleven
offices while the Labor Slate won 5.
The copy of this slate is on file at
the Labor News. This slate was in
terested only in the Legislative Of
fices, The Chief and Associate Justice
offices and the Railroad Commissioner.
The recommendations we're as follows
Chief Justice, Piggott; Associate JUS
tice, D. f. Kalb; Railroad Commits
%sioner, Stout.
Labor can now rest in the field of
politics until next fall. Let us hope
that by that time Labor can elect
its endorsements 100 per cent and at
tain the same solidarity in politics that
it is showing in the present strike.