Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-12-02
GETTING DOWN TO
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MONTANA'S ~"MUSTANG"

d kilograms which came to the
|sk of Montana's senior senator,
hrton X Wheeler, as a result of
} stand on the supreme court is
e, was this terse comment by one
mirer from another state, ''my
|ly regret. senator, is that | do
{ live in Montana so | might have
e opportunity of voting for you"
0ntanan's - especially the close
herents of the present administra-
Pn-have seemed much ~perturbed
late over the loss of prestige by
cir ~"favorite son. who in 1894
IS reelected to his seat in the
per branch of congress under an
alanche of votes heretofore I'M
ualled in the states political his
ry.
Less concerned over any loss of
pularity than anyone else, we be-
I've, is the senator himself. If he
8 lost any ground in his home
BITE. he see ample compensation in
(ded prestige gained throughout
e nation. If his service in the sen
e during the eight years previous
the court question, if his candid
y for vice-president on the Farm
Hbor ticket with LaFollette in
(24-if these had failed to make
N a national figure. certainly the
hdership afforded on the court
Basure has. He has been headline
py' for metropolitan newspapers
roughout the nation for several
Dnths. Prominent periodicals, their
Fculation running into millions.
We carried special articles depict
& the c%rusading mustang" or the
President Tanner" He has been in
oh demand for public addresses
to occupy practically his full
ne during the Congressional re-
ss-demands that have taken him
to every corner of the country,
Id on every occasion filled audi
RUNS and public forums to cap
Fity. He has been mentioned prom
emily as a presidential possibility
1910. Yes, whether we agree or
sagree with him in public prin-
pie, whether we like it or not,
lr own Burt" Wheeler has be-
me a national figure.
So, here in Montana, it would
eem that many former friends OF
Fheeler have either failed to grasp
e Significance Of the senator's OPP
bsition to the court-packing plan
effecting his own prestige, or
ley have failed woefully in proper
evaluating the real sagacity OF
Leir senior statesman. w hatever
round has been lost could undoubt.
ily be confined within the borders
his w state, and with all the
'Connells storming about, attempt
e TO arouse Labor in bigoted and
redudicial hatred against the senior
Enthusiastically hoping to turn
he opposition to their own behalf
1940-where is the man who Sc
nderestimates the ability Of Wheel.
as to question his capacity tC
ally cope with whatever situation
hat might arise in his home state!
A most forceful instance Of thii
inclusion was afforded in Butte
ecently. There the Young Democrats
ere banqueting one evening in one
their big political rallies. Prom
nent leaders had been asked to ap-
ear on the program. Wheeler was
guest. AS the list of speakers
cared the end, the senator became
ware of the fact he had been ask
d there to be Intentionally and pub
cally snubbed and chastised. Tht
st speaker, the lawyer son Of jun
X senator James Murray, culmin
ted the attack on Wheeler with {
rade on his record in Washington
(oung Murray should have known
etter-even If arch-radical Lounde'
Iaury, who Wheeler charged wrot,
he vi%tuperation, did not. Such al
|pportunity was made to order
or the senior senator. Throwing
If his Goa as he jumped TO hi
eet and demanded recognition from
he chair, he replied to the charges
nth such effectiveness as to swins
he crowd who had so enthusiast
ally listened to his ridicule com
bletely back to his support. SO stron:
vas the conversion that, whel
Wheeler had finished, the entir'
rowd of some three hundred part.
kdherents rose to their feet with
torn of applause to assure the sen
Ator of their renewed allegiance
only goes to show that, when and !
ne time comes that the challenge
81 court reform must needs com
INTO his home state and defend hi
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