Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-01-17

for a few explanations" OF votes
from ohe recalcitrants, there was
hardly a ripple on the waters. Sen
ator keely. a very able law practi'
TONER. dramatically faced the veneer
able body and declared he would re-
sign before he would vote for any
such scheme to disfranchise his
party. Ray Shannon, fiery member
advanced from the lower house In
this session, said he felt he owed an
obligation to men like Wheeler and
Roosevelt, who were largely respOns-
ible for his success at the polls last
November. to stick to party lines.
Sparkling retorted sharply, when cast
ing his vote with the fusionists. He
would not have his loyalty to lead
ers OF his party challenged by any
member" But he placed American
ism and the Interests OF Montana"
above everything else, and 1t was be-
cause OF hds desire to give 'construc-
tive service to the people Of the
state" that such a plan had been
agreed upon. Peculiarly enough,
our w senator from Sheridan coun-
ty, Lars Angvick, who held his seat
in the upper house by a narrow mar
gin over Andrew Iceland in Novem-
Der last year, swung into line with
the Coalition ticket" at Helena
with wholehearted approval.
And 80 both houses wasted little
L fiYnNS IN nAftn~ orx 70 AstNoo1
Although there is talk Of impeaching
the Governor again this session, per
snnally l doubt seriously II much
| Will come OF 1t. Picture to yourself
the Governor having had his own
personal liquor store appointee can
didate named Speaker OF the House
by an overwhelming majority, and
his loyal supporter senator Jim
Sparkling walking off with a clean
cut victory in his Fusion-control plan
In organizing a deadlock Senate.
Then, to sweeten the political leav-
en-, add the chief executives clever
suggestion In his message providing
for a THIRTY-PERCENT boost In
the attorney-generals salary, and
his friendly gesture to the Supreme
court to stabilize justices salaries
at $500. Add to the mixture the
general knowledge that Cooney is
much more amendable to the advice
Of his political satellites than he was
during the last session-then try to
figure out a mixture that would re-
semble anything but a well-perfected
and mooth-running machine. Whe-
Their you or / like 1t or not, the ma
chine dominated by Governor Frank
H. Cooney is in complete control at
Helena right now, and the chief ex-
ecutive is the commanderinchief.
Through the efforts Of Sheridan
county legislators. two persons were
able to secur employment for the
length Of the session. Miss Arlene
Johnson Of Medicine Lake got a
stenographic position in the Senate,
and George Simmons, old time Demo
crat and resident OF the Plentywood
country, was given a position In the
House. One OF u members was al
so instrumental in securing a place
for the Rev. o. ]. Hagen OF Culbert-
son who during the last term served
as chaplain of the House, but was
unsuccessful in ~resecuring the post.
| There seemed to be much fewer
| candidates seeking jobs at the open
| ing of this session. This was believ-
| ed due to the fact that many had Sc
| cured employment In Relief offices
the past year.
Worthy OF mention is the fact that
no one could be more gracious or
| thoughtful OF a visitors welcome
than our own senator Lars Angvick.
II you are from Sheridan county, you
| don't have to worry about being
made to feel right at home In the up
per chamber by the Repubbcan-Fu'
sionist senator. He goes out Of his
way to see that you are accorded
all the privileges possible and II you
don't meet every colleague OF his, II
won't be any fault Of his.
Our new representatives from this
county In the lower house were not
long In bringing their names into
prominence. They not only received
appointments on important commit
tees but joined in the framing Of 9
Bill that would propose to place the
election of district and supreme
court judges on a ~nonpartisan ballot
This is very likely to he one Of the
most important and holly contested
proposals that will come before thu
present session. 1t comes chiefly a.
an aftermath of the Primary ant
General elections Of last year whel
II seemed plainly evident that mem
bers OF our highest state trfbuna
were subjected to political chicaner.
from which judicial officers SHOULD
be far removed. Many states nov
have taken the Judiciary from reg
ular Party control in elections, ant
there is much popular opinion t
have Montana follow suit.
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