The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-11-01
1916 Election Preview

lJ4U ElcCllOn / review
Reports coming office many sections
of the state this week indicate statewide shift of public en
ment during the past few days to the support Of Left Erickson
for United States senator and to democratic candidates
ally for other national and state offices
Political observers decline
COP prestige radonay republican counties the old
guards overpayng of its hand banketng the state with the
most vicious Goebbeke smear campaign in the recent his
tory of the state Conservative voters and
peerng through the COP smoke of confusion and
asking themselves what the of the republican
pary? And they think the matter through, they lend
themselves to conclusion only The republicans have
other than undo the good acts of
In the industrialized areas the issues
pagn become the already heavily proickson
Mansfield and Holmes sentiment is crystaizing into mill
tant all powerful support OF the democratic ticket Members
organized labor particular becoming increasingly
Uttered by the antabor bias of many of the principle COP
non-partsan speakers such Larry Smith, who speech
speech has laid all of the nations economic at the
door of labor
Citizens Council Not Pooling Labor
Likewise organized members not being taken in
by the Citizens Council and its ascistne of
telling you conound and confuse
people by telling seemingly preposterous Mem
but reflect that of the guiding
lights of the Infamous un-Amercan gang B. Weir Hell
ena ACM attorney and the ACowned controlled
Helena Independent the Livingston Enterprise and the Billings
address the reorganization of the alleged nonpartsan
Montana Citizens Council told SO many fasehoods (Which have
published part in pamphlet FORM that stad
old conservatives at the meeting looked away in disgust
Many people the Missoua recently heard adj
Church League of America the communist DOGGY IN
1916 elections is not clear just who sponsored Rob
nett but in view of his close association with Edward Rum
ely Elizabeth Dling and Colonel Sanctuary may be
that he financed his journey to Montana by
similar Notwithstanding groups here in the state BY way
of information Rumey convicted and imprisoned during
World War 1 German espionage agent In more recent
years head of Frank Gannets committee for con-
stuona government exposed the floor of the United
States Senate few months back as beng the most Iasc
outfit in America Dilng and Col Sanctuary still
indictment for edtionary pronaz activities before ana
curing tne War--T
Businessmen Are Awakening
Small businessmen and professional people all over the
also showing signs of political Renaissance during
these recent hectic weeks they nave found De
drawn ever precpc economic debac and have
begun taking stock the various candidates Offer what
those candidates been and what they may
expect in the way legislation Many investigating the
Ecton legislature and finding that the GOP
nominee invariably favored monopoly control of large east
ern financial such Montana Power the railroads.
chain stores and the Amsterdam Holland controlled Ana
conda Copper Mining Co. They find little reason to peeve
that Ecton than support monopoly interests should
he by some chance senator They also aware OF
Ecton lack any platform except that he's agn it on prac
tcav every piece of worthwhile legislation which has been
approved during the past IL years In When he
review the dynamic program OF Judge e erickson Tor al
Montana peoplefarmers independent business men i
ers veterans investigate his very excellent oecl
sions while member of the supreme court they are coming
conclusion that Erickson IS the man VINO VIII rey se
things done in Washington
Vets Repudiate Fake Committee
Tn veteran circles the swing Erickson The cheap
publicity stunt outofsate COPPER Stanley Doyle III
cahoos with the ACM in trying to portray the large ma
ority disabled being in the Ecton camp mas IKE SO
many parts of the COP campaign backed with as
abed state vigorously protesting the actions OF
Mr.. Doyle. -
From all appearances next Tuesday, Montana voters will
concsvey show that they not and not being taken
by anguished republican and corporation crowu @
versye unAmerican, etc. rather they are looking oehh
the searching for the elusive republican pa
and are fast coming realization that the 1916 COZ
campaign an the intelligence OF Montana cltlzen