The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-05-17
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
Party Wrecking Progressing !.

historians spun many gaudy
about senatorial struggles in Montana the long yeser
days new crop rhaspodical will have fresh
bath of pn by all the signs and portent when the
1916 senatorial campaign comes to an end
Above all they can recte that the contest
candidates the Democratic ticket whom the Demo
Gratis who still honor the codes and traditions of their party do
not consider Democrats at ALL
them Wheeler far the right that when
he makes speech statement for publication Republicans
in the Tory mold the Bob Taft mold rub their and pinch
themselves and wonder they hearing Alright Especially
this true of the older Republicans those who remember way
back to 1920 when Wheeler flaming radical and
backed in his aspiration to be of Montana by Town
leys radical Nonpartisan league.
The other candidate Left Erickson so to the left
aegedy the left that dogmatc Democrats shudder
their sleep shake their heads doeuly when awake and
some of the radionass cry bitter anguish they
wander in the Wilderness looking for leader of their own
kind
The wel-nurtured legend that Left is red revolution
list who has dark designs cherished institutions isn't
borne any of his declarations He supporting the
United Nations direct loans to Veterans 1Oyear floor
under prices advocate of the Missouri Valley Au-
thoriy Personally he's big and genial and harmess-looK
ing His speeches have the ring of welfed Rotaran or
of the top command of the National Association of
Manufacturers
Republicans too are bothered the business Their
fear is that Wheeler prevai-and he can only prevail with
the help deuded mesmerized Republicans of
decay and decentralization of party integrity and solidarity IN
this state will continue apace and eventually there Will De
neither Republican Democratic party only personal
lied party ruled over by small number OF satraps VINO VII
the names of the two major parties as the
sreetcar to haul him to his place of dest
nation In reality this is pretty much the situation now
While many Republicans all hynotized
torpid the Wheeler great majority OF the
members of the party the smarter and discerning
who of his ability his astuteness his
stiffness his cavalier disregard of political regularity
have greater of his continued dominance than they
have of Left Ericksons emergence.
Their reasoning realistic They know that Left will not
Republican support and votes they know that his play
will be to liberal and the eftst elements and that he
will never attempt kdnap the Republican party To Repub-
cans it's fight and that survival best be
b1 of
than by the nomination of pretender to Fellowship
who goes through all the motions the motion OF joining
the Republican party actually backing its program and sup
porting candidates for national and congressional Offices
Wheeler reelected to the senate in spite OF his low
ing frtatons with Republicans, he will help to organize
the upper body, which that majority on every
senate committee will continue to be Democrats In 1879
the vote organizing the senate teand was brok-
en- when Minnesota senator, member OF the Farmer
Labor party swung to the Republicans Wheeler OF
course with the Democrats Have assurance
that he will not do it again?
Let's assume that Republican is elected president IN
948 and on platform dedicated to cleaning up the g-
nomnous mess about which Republicans make such loud
this what you people of Montana to think you
ider co-ordinated development Is
to he