The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-07-06

Cldi y SOCltty VI Duttt.
a The old Silver Bow club. know
: from Peru to Johannesburg, had 81
; fine chess players among the old tim
ers. Its once stately home, after clul
: bankruptcy, was bought by branch
; of Union Labor This was normal
for Union Labor is the only elemen
in the state consistently, and in or
ganized fashion, fighting against "cul
tural lag"
Painful evidence of cultural lag, un
Americanism, appeared in Helena
when Miss Violet Eastman, for politi
cal reasons, was released from the
school service The ignorant board
which did this, are, themselves, vic
Tins of a force unrecognized by them
selves, controlling their actions for
the enslavement of their posterity.
This force is sustained in political
power by corruption of the press, the
year around, by corruption, of the
elections when these occur.
Mr.. Rankin's race for the senator
ship is, indeed, miracle. His ex-
pensive billboards lessened the scenic
grandeur of all our highways. His
picture beside the roads was as plen-
tiful, if not so beautiful, as the dande-
lion. Newspaper space, worth at u.s.
ual rates 100000, extolled his vir-
tues Banquets were given in his
honor. Yet, several days before his
expected election, he filed an affi-
davit with the United States senate
committee that his campaign had not
cost him a cent
Among men and women voters here
there are about an equal number of
serious minded, earnest Democrats
and Republicans. By decent argu-
ment, if left to these alone, an cleo
ton could be swayed. But there is
an element which votes with the
monied forces of cultural lag for days
pay and liquor, gambling, slot ma
chine graft, or immunities, with no
regard for future welfare. Once there
were here Democratic liquor men, Re-
publican liquor men, Democratic
pimps, Republican pimps, Democratic
corporation lawyers, Republican cor
poration lawyers, Democratic gamb-
lers, Republican gamblers, Democrat
ic flotsam, Republican etsam of So
ciety
By study of the names of contribu-
tors to, and recipients of, the Ford
slush fund of $52,40O, as filed with
the secretary of state, it is easy to
see that the unworthy element, as a |
class, voted for Ford, and comprised |
just about his majority over Erick- |
son. Here Is the balance of power |
The decent Democrats and decent Re-
publicans offset each other The riff !
raft ran the state. Among the con-
tributors, for instance, Taylor b. Weir,
attorney for the Great Northern, di- |
rector Montana Power, Pete Lambros, |
now in Missoula, once proprietor of |
Greek gambling house, East Park |
street Butte; w. L. Cliff Teddy Trap |
arish, Pete Antionoli; among the chief
recipients, William e. Rae, travelling |
companion of Ford
In campaigns the voters are insult |
ed with letters from a second-class |
rum peddler, of Clancy-postage and
printing, doubtless, paid recently from
Ford and Rankin campaign funds. Ten
dollar day heelers, men and women
travel the state, usually spreading lies,
to inspire prejudice, buttonholing and
intimacy with women and
men never seen before-names Sc
cured from company lists.
Slot machines, like other forms of
theft, are social evil. have seen
a respectable looking grandmother
teaching her 6-year-old granddaughter
to play slot machine. There were
no slot machines running in Butte,
(nor other public gambling) when,
many years ago l was city attorney.
q was not re-appointed). BY act of
legislature, church organizations may
now obtain license to run this social
evil. Another form of social evil is
more profitable; cultural lag may
inally result in licensing that one /,
llso In week the attorney general /.
Gould stop every slot machine in the
state But he is victim also of cul-
ural lag.
The leading gamblers, however, do
iOAC bON DlOopCCIlnS IOi NOW VIC
deposits than the Anaconda, or any
of commerce crowd in the !,
tate.
Pearls should not be cast before
wine. A certain level of education
S a prerequisite of democracy. 1t !,
ook As years for America to educate
he Filipinos up to where they were
eady for democracy. Montanans re-
pond much faster. The Murray bill
or Missouri Valley authority was
'efore the congress only Ia months
ghen the D'Ewart-Graybill election
ook place in the Eastern district The {
ssue was clear-cut MVA or not.
In spite of all the stupid activity !
f Ford, the paid propaganda of a !
press, the money spent by :.
he exploiters, of $4,000 votes cast, in
A months $4,000 had been educated ;
o wish for democracy, and voted for >
IVA by voting for Graybill. No such :
apid advance was ever made in the =
Soon, at least 1000 of our $4,000 =
1ontana soldiers will return to Mon !,
ana. These have learned something. 9
q Rome lately, Senator Wheeler, and q
mother, called meeting of our n
roops. The learned senators began
harrangue against Russia; the audi a
nee booed the senators finally
allied them couple of buns" These {,
Dung men have brains enough to pro-
tote the MVA when they come back
T is TO LAUGH ii