Montana labor news., 1938-07-14
CAPITALIST PAPER!
.EMA5(ULATE ES5EN( !
JERRY'5 (HALLENes

Jerry j. O'Connell submitted :
gram to the Montana Standal tn
instructions for that newsp to
use it as an advertisement on
nection with his challenge to / Ayne
Templeton of Helena for a debate.
The telegram which Congressman
O'Connell submitted to the capitalist
newspapers of Butte is as follows:
Payne Templeton,
Care of Senator Burton K. Wheeler,
and Governor Roy E. Ayers,
Helena, Montana:
Your telegram challenging me to
debate your qualifications for Con-
gress certainly comes at a late date,
probably because Bounding BERTHE
Wheeler has just recently arrived
in the state to conduct your cam
paign. AS you undoubtedly knew
when you sent your wire, my speak
ing schedule and itinerary are COM
plete up to the day of election, it
will be impossible to debate you at
all three places suggested but l shall
be more than happy to debate you
in Butte at the Broadway theatre
Wednesday evening, July IS, at $3.50
p. m. However, I do not propose to
confine the debate to the subject
you suggest, Capitalization of a Good
Congressman" but as well to the
issues in the campaign. I have heard
you make your n speech, "Qualifi-
cations of a Good Congressman"
many times but suggest we also de-
bate the issues, your record and
mine, the reason Wheeler and Ayers
put you in the race at the last min
ute, and all the other various mat
tiers involved in the campaign. Be-
cause you r a Republican, you
naturally suggest a Republican as
umpire. l propose to make the audi
ence the umpire, as they will be the
final judges anyway. I realize how
impossible it is for you to get an
audience but l shall be glad to per-
you to speak to the thousands
who will be there to hear me, for the
few minutes it will take to recount
your qualifications. l sincerely trust
that you will obtain the same pub
licity for this telegram in the Ana
conda company's newspapers as you
secured for your own wire in their
papers. I sincerely hope you will
reply, and accept this offer to afford
you your first audience in Montana.
Congressman Jerry j. O'Connell.
After the advertisement came out
it was completely altered, much of
the essence of the original telegram
had been deleted. Apparently the
capitalist organs of Silver Bow Coun-
ty are trying to protect certain peo-
pie in certain industries and, there
fore, eliminated part of the essential
substance of the advertisement. I'm
doubtedly Mr.. O'Connell could at
least be exempted from paying for
the advertisement that he had sub
mitted. What other recourse he had
is best known to Mr.. O'Connell him
self. Here is how the advertisement
appeared after it had been emascu-
lated by the agents of the company
in the Standard office:
Payne Templeton,
Helena, Mont.
Your telegram challenging me to
debate your qualifications for Con-
gress certainly comes at a late date.
AS you undoubtedly knew when
you sent your wire, my speaking
schedule and itinerary are complete
up to day of election. 1t will be
impossible to debate you at all three
places suggested, but I shall be more
than happy to debate you in Butte
at the Broadway theatre, Wednesday
evening, July 10 at $3.50 p. m. How
ever, | do not propose to confine the
debate to the subject you suggest,
Qualifications of a Good Congress
man." but as well to the issues in
the campaign. l have heard you
make your one speech, "Qualifica-
tons of a Good Congressman" many
times but suggest we also debate the
issues, your record and mine.
l propose to make the audience
the umpire, as they will be the final
judges anyway. / sincerely hope
you will reply and accept this offer.
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