Montana labor news., 1934-11-01
MURRAY SCORES
LEAVlTT
Allied With Stand Pat Repub-
licans; Is Well Trained
Politician.

My opponent has advanced the novel
idea that regardless of the issues in
volved in this campaign, he should be
elected because of his ten years legis-
1ative experience in the lower house OF
Congress. OF course, | am compelled
to concede that he is a trained and ex-
perienced Republican politician, loyal
to the principles and ideals of the
Grand Old Party. He was one of the
staunch supporters of the Hoover Ad-
ministration in Congress, and still
avails himself of every opportunity to
sing the praises of Herbert Hoover and
the good old days of rugged individual
ism. AT no time did he falter in his
allegiance to the political doctrines Of
his Party and his vote in Congress on
tariff issues, prohibition and all ques-
tons Of an economic character has
been universally in line with the stand
pat Republican principles.
His Party has always been controlled
and dominated by the big financial and
industrial interests of the country.
These interests have always financed the
Republican campaign and have always
dictated the Legislative activities of the
Party. No one in the country today is
so simple as not to know that the Re-
publican Party during the II years fol-
lowing the election Of Harding aided
and abetted in the most dishonest and
corrupt exploitation of our country
ever recorded in our history.
The experienced and well trained
politician OF the Republican Party in
both branches of the Congress have
voted for and played the game of Big
Business with the utmost precision and
perfection. During that period my OPP
ponent voted in every instance with the
stand-pat Republicans in Congress, and
he claimed that by reason of this ex-
perience he should now be sent to the
upper branch of Congress, the United
States Senate. l admit as | say, that
he has had extensive experience but
it is Of the wrong kind.
He came to Montana as a govern
ment employee, and SO far as his mere
political experience is concerned,
must confess that he is a thoroughly
adroit and clever Republican politician
He perhaps is as well experienced il
legislative matters as Moses of New
Hampshire, Mills Of New York, Fes:
of Ohio, or Reed of Pennsylvania, Oh
as any of the reactionary members o.
his Party, who served in Congress:
during that period of political and in
dustrial corruption in this country
from 1920 to 1888. But the people o.
this country have decided to remove
from the control of our Government
these highly experienced politica
agents of big business, and are engaged
in trying to establish a New Deal il
our American Government.
The mere experience Of my oppon-
ent is therefore no test in this election
The issue in this campaign is. the re-
covery -program-the New Deal, anc
my opponent is not in sympathy witt
that program therefore his experience
would be utilized against it and moi
for it.
For the past two years he has beer
%denouncing it from the platform ant
in the press throughout the State O
Montana. He could not consistently
support President Roosevelt, or the
New Deal policies of the Administra-
ton. He would have TO repudiate thu
platform of his own Party and place
himself in conflict with the leaders o