Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-09-12
REPUBLICAN MEET
RETAINS SPEER AS
CENTRAL CHAIRMAN
Adopt State Platform in
Denunciation of the
Administration

Montana Republicans meeting
in state convention at Great Falls
Thursday named j. w. Speer OF
that city to again assume the
craftsmanship of the state party
and administered a sound verbal
spanking to Democratic admins
trations of both state and nation,
Speer was returned to the chair
manship by a vote Of 80 to 20 over
S. C. Moore, Bozeman publisher,
whose name was brought up for
nomination by Wellington d.
Rankin, who later carried through
a motion that the election of
Speer be made unanimous. The
chairman was empowered to name
his secretary and campaign of
ficials.
In framing their platform the
Republicans launched a vigorous
attack against the present admin
istration, condemning the manner
in which Gov. Frank H. Cooney
assumed office and declaring that
when John E. Erickson dropped
the cloak of governorship to &C.
cept appointment for a senatorial
toga, it was not a "new deal" but
more accurately a "raw DEAF and
was pure ''barter and sale Of pub
lie office"
Linked with this despicable
trade is the name of United States
Senator Burton X. Wheeler, who
not only condoned, but advised
and encouraged the deal. For this
alone he merits defeat at the
hands Of Montana voters" declared
the platform of the Republicans.
That the next state assembly
explore and correct the present
system of liquor sales, prices and
appointments of personnel was al
so recommended in the platform,
which further declared that the
Democratic administration should
be indicted for building up a me
farious political machine" through
the state liquor stores.
Efforts of the acting governor
to place the administration Of re-
lief on a political basis by over
throwing the administration and
replacing it with one of his own
choosing and "dictatorial interior
ence" with the affairs of the state
game and fish commission were
protested and deplored by the
party.
Judge George M. Bourquin Of
Butte, who was nominated on the
Republican ticket for the six-year
term of senator at the July prim-
aries, sounded the keynote at the
opening of the session Thursday
with a fiery address.
Bourquin's name was placed in
nomination by 0. H. P. Shelley,
editor of The News and opponent
of the former federal jurist for
the senatorial nomination. ut
gives me great pleasure to an
nounce that | am back of my for
mer opponent 100 per cent" the
Red Lodge publisher told the as
sembly.
Asserting that the new deal has
smothered individual initiative, in
creased the national debt, threat
ened national insolvency, repud-
lated the just claims of its credi-
tors and that congress has abb
jectedly surrendered its right to
the executive, the convention
moved forward to take national
issues in its fold.
The platform favored the St.
Lawrence canal project, advocated
high wages and collective bargain
ing for labor and parity of prices
for farmers, old age pensions were
endorsed and water development
and irrigation to the fullest ex-
tent was pledged. At the same
time it condemned the present adj
ministration for its unappreciative
policy towards war veterans and
purged the A. A. A. for its policy
in allowing Montana to be robbed
of its hay crop for the benefit of
other states.
Short addresses were made be-
fore the convention by Chief JUS
ice L. L. Galloway, Associate JUS
tice A. H. Angstman, Charles H.
Rasmussen, candidate for railroad
commissioner; Leonard c. Young,
j. Ward Crosby, clerk of supreme
court; Mrs. Gladys Heinrich, vice
chairman in charge of woman's
work in the state party; Mike
Reynolds of Billings, organizer of
state Young Republican clubs;
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton Elizabeth ireland, Joseph d.
Seaman, editor Of the Miles City
Star, and others prominent in
state Republican circles.