The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-01-11

A little thing like the neutrality
act provision barring United States
ships from trading with the bellig-
erents-or going into war zones near
them-bothers the cotton folks no
more than the law OF supply and de-
mand did last year, OF the year be-
fore that.
They have been educated by their
politicians for years to believe that
by voting for the right people at
primary time, they could be sure
to have men in Washington who
would crack down on the wicked in
dividuals in New York, or else
where, who were keeping the price
of cotton down. Thus-though nat
urally their mode of correction had
not been notably successful until
Triple A benefits began to pour in
they have come to look to Washing
ton for everything. And they are
looking right now.
Get this cotton to England" they
demand.
Some OF the people who were
shouting loudest Of all to keep the
arms embargo ONT was murder
to sell munitions to belligerents'-
are now just as vociferous in their
demands that the United States gov
eminent must get around this leash
and carry thing somehow, and get
that roffny, ahrnad
1t was always this way. When
Britain was interfering with cotton
shipments to Holland-on the theory
that the cotton was really going to
Germany, back in l915-much Of the
cotton country wanted to break of
diplomatic relations with England.
All of which is just human nature,
and politics. But look out for re-
percussions. A lot OF senators who
are openly sneering now at the idea
Of hosting the Panamanian flag
over United States line ships will
be singing a very different tune in
January. Especially Southern sena-
tors.
The White House knows all about
this, and is much less concerned
about the criticism OF the Panama
deal than one might think. Some
way will be found. That cotton
MUST get to England-to please
New Orleans II not Manchester.
Indiann's State Pride Makes
Republicans Favor McNuft :
There may be no way OF proving
it, but certain neutral observers
who have been watching the political
mill for many years believe that
Indiana has more state pride than
any other subdivision Of these Unit
ed States.
What makes this OF interest right
now is the general talk about Paul
v. McNutt, former governor Of In
diana and the favorite son Of the
Democratic Hoosiers for President
next year. One might well expect
the Indiana Democrats to speak well
of McNutt. After all he is still the
head Of the Democratic organiza-
ton there, and 1t is about as solid
and efficient an organization as
there is in the country. So an Indi-
ana Democrat speaking unkindly Of
McNutt's presidential qualifications
had better take care who hears him.
II might interfere with his own polit-
ical future.
But the Indiana Republicans also
speak well Of McNutt. Not that
they actually want to see him in
the White House. They want Re-
publican, naturally, but If there has
to be a Democrat they would like
it to be McNutt, and even If q
Republican is going to win the presi-
dency they would like to see McNutt
have the honor of the Democratic
nomination.
Moreover, they will talk at length,
will these Indiana Republicans, OF
the charm of the man, his good
looks, his political appeal, and his
oratorical ability. Not to mention
his political astuteness, which they
all profess to admire, some of them
even to the extent of saying he is
the one man in the country who is
probably a better politician even
than Franklin D. Roosevelt!
McNuft's Nomination You'd
Help All Local Candidates
This being true, the outlanders &c
on, it would seem obvious that Nc
Nuts candidacy for the presidency
assuming he gets the nomination,
would help every LEGAL Democratic
candidate for Office in Indiana, and
by the same token hurt every local
Republican candidate. -.'.s'----'---
That is the way the favorite son
business is viewed In other states,
and it would seem to any one not
born and raised in Indiana that the
more state pride there is in Indiana,
the more true this effect on the local
tickets of nominating a Hoosier for
President would be. Actually the
favorite son thing has not worked
out that way in some other states.
In fact in some states it has almost