The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-20
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| 1t seems odd to me that while the
woods are really infested with candi-
dates, some of them coy and some out
spoken, the only ones who really "go
to town" in analyzing the ills besett-
| ing our land are the republicans
Here, on this fair Sabbath morning
the papers announce that Pecan
Jack" Garner has announced his can
didacy, but there isn't a cheep from
him about why he thinks the people
should vote for him. He must think
Of he can think that the people know
that everything isn't all rosy in this
country. But he doesn't say anything
about it, one way or another, so may
be he doesn't know anything about it.
He should have said something about
why he expects the people to vote for
him, though.
| hadn't thought of him particularly
as being the only hope for the Amer
lean people as president. / had
thought that the Associated Farmers
had overlooked a bet in not electing
him as their president. There's a job
he could really fill with honor to him
self. He is really handy fellow at
getting his pecans picked and shelled
for little or nothing and the same
tactics he uses could be used by the
farmers" in California. Generally,
they have been using similar tactics,
but Pecan Pack" could put some
finesse into their operations, and lend
dignity to them. OF course, the Asso-
ciated Farmers might be afraid now
that the LaFollette committee would
drag in some mention about Jack
having once been styled "a whiskey
drinking, poker playing evil. old
man." and these "agriculturists" are
getting all the publicity they want at
this time.
Then you have Mr.. McNutt and
your own Senator Wheeler who may
be labeled of the "coy" variety OF
Neither one of them has
come out with program to save
the country" as yet. | guess they
are only trying to save their face in
case some slip develops. But 1t seems
to me that some democrat should
come out with at least a seven point
program. At the present, so far as |
know, no republican has come out
with more than six point program.
Maybe the poker playing Pecan Jack"
will raise the bet a couple of blues
when he gets around to it.
| got this six point program
couple of weeks ago when | was our
in Spokane and tagged along with a
for one of the papers there
who was assigned to interview, of all
things, another newspaper man. U.s.
lally, these newspaper guys when
hey show up in some town hunt the
q 70 fho soI
md look for a chance to sneak up on
he city editor and hit him for a job,
,r else panhandle some of the news
hounds for buck to eat on-some-
lines to drink on.
But this newspaper man was one
If the big shots in the racket. Maybe
'ou've heard of him-Frank E. Gan
let is the name. He publishes IL
)apers in the east OF course that
Doesn't explain to most of US so-called
newspaper men how that makes 1t
ossible for him to own three planes
nd ride around the country in one
nth couple of army pilots ehsuffer-
ng the darned thing. The only con-
ection most of us guys has, is that
we owned IL newspapers, we'd have
hide all the time, because we'd
ave II times as many creditors lay
lg for u.s. However Cannot seems
get away with it. OF course he
as an airplane and they're hard to
atch
Well, anyway, these philosophic re-
arks aside-he is the fellow who
ave us gawping newspaper guys the
x point program. OF course, being