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HISTORICAL SOCIETY
OF MONTANA,
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<r^peTof Sheridan County and City of Plenlywood
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a p aper of the people, for THE P EOPI F by the people
PLENTY WOOD, SHERIDAN COUNTY, MONTANA^
Continuing P lenlywood Pioneer Press, Vol. 9, No. 31
Continuing the
VOL
FRIDAY, MARCH 21. 1924
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Y "3 # w --—--—— .__ Sherida n County New s & Dooley Sun
Wunston Gr and Ju ry Indicted M. L Wilson
Far mer-L abo r Na tional Convention June 17th
tacipal Stockholder Bank of Antelope
Indicted By Grand Jury at Williston for Frauds In Con
nKlion Wilh His Dakota Bank».
ID. GRAND JURY
: sT: .,»*■ .f
. M E. Wilson, of Minneapolis,
.W« Ä
■ in a bank known to be *
" :
the master mind
State Bank of
lined to be ve
il. E Wil
behind the Citizens
and is cl
ible for som*
swindles alleged to have
vf- perpetrated at that place.
il DGF. LOWE CALLED GRAND
JURY
M
f the alleged
The Grand Jury called by order of
j*ipe Jno. C. l.owe of Minot con
rsuant to the order last
morning at t<-n a. m. at the
The Special term of
was called to order by Hon.
H. M (Hiring, who proceeded to
the jury sworn and to instruct
and attor
or Minot and
L Burdick of Fargo have
• appointed special prosecutors by
. CLUrt to prepare and present the
nee that will come before the
-7 and aid them in their délibéra
tion;. The law requires that the
frand jury inquire into the case of
«ry person imprisoned in the jail
rf the county on a criminal charge
ad not indicted. It also provides
tk the condition and management
i the public prisons in the county
4*11 be inspected anti investigated.
must inquire into the wilful
ad corrupt misconduct in office of
plie officers of every description in
» county.
Antelope
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■r.(
xp*. OU
T»;
use.
Gee
then as to their duties.
twenty-three was drawn but
excused leaving but twenty
A
jury
sei ot
(G f H
tie >erving.
v ;nkler and Burdick Prosacute
IT jury then went into secret ses
äon as provided by law
rev E. R. Sinkler
y
, ,
Burkuv 0Ml'cKpn77Z S r ate t At
frl UGfi fn« C t° Untv
. xtrabit on V a to ^cure
■»iirw.n* W i* on , of Adam Hannah,
t at n '\Vi'Vi er, , W ' ha V s , un -
of the ls at the re
«ities. He is a1W ( Vi Cuun t y autb -
ttfted deposits in th F ^ bav ® a f
at Charbonen C
■March i>V' : ' otalm S ?2,000
fcik i.s aikwii' tn H ., i e when , he
Tbe ciminl-.iriQ % 1Gen 'S 80 i -
knsch Of Chi rhnne^n^ 18 b rank
Hannqb io „1
S hit, d,. vf° °T the Farm
« Medicine Lake,
^Phint V 11 ierc cousiderable
fttal anti ^ 10sldt of alleged
h the office- Main t , act8 committed
'" iCh T Ä
the 'bank'wbn he former
t„ 4 )'., t k ;. wh ,° wa ^> a P
^ Hie dis tri, ", b ° Mtlon , hy the judge
* ^ maki- ° 1 ' who ks re Ported
.
BANKER
GETS IN BAD
0»wr of Fanners
M .. , State Bank of
MHjctRe Lake Must Stand
w Kwming Money In
wL
Trial
Brokthi
W
an
Russia Coins Metal Money
^ Si Night Fires
ions RU! Bu ï. n A» Depreciated Paper Currency—
D . ' "»»ions, Quadrillions Going Up In Smoke As
ussian Marks Another Milestone in Frnnomir Re-Es
ta blishn ^«omer milestone in nconomsc iac-i^s
1
« ^ A --
, '«MM.000 GOLD RUBLES BY 1925
—Todav I
î
^ milestone in anotb ^r
"ouiic rc-estnhli î, Phenomental
iixi nionev ;. ni ^ n . °T Rus
j, coins S H,ng . * ssut> d4
»if«. 1 tir »e sinV .«Plying for
i »d7k is Tallin u tr .i , he .P 3 ^ 1,
Ud . hme int a ,u a ast time —
die fir ■ U ' " am ^ s * Bay
*fûa San< l trillio,, 1 s ar T K °* n S» and
1*^1 rubles ar a,la quadrillions
All the '* , yoin 8 U P in
Wd® 01 D* in cir Un ,T ked P 0 ^* 1
^ a« Heli Vs n at ' on is be ' n K
"htrh is , , tbe use <i
Tk n ff om cirrnhftiA,? y
- stable ( h lallon *
rubles j f V0l ? etz > equal to
1 Jgen in circula
>y.
GRINDING OUT GRIST
FARMER-LABOR
j DANCE AND BASKET
SOCIAL AT COMER
I TOWN MARCH 29
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The Farmer-Labor boosters^ cf *
Comertown have arranged for a *
j * Farmer-Labor revel at the Hall *
* of Comertown, Saturday evening, *
March 29th. The best music *
possible has been arranged for *
and a program of entertainment *
* has been prepared. *
* Editor Charles E. Taylc.r will *
* speak on "Why the Farmer-La- *
* bor Party."
* There will be a danee program
! * and the committee on arrange- *
* ments announce that Sheriff Sal- *
j * isbury will jigg; that Editor *
* Taylor and Coiinty Supt. Crone
* will cakewalk, that Miss Pading
ton will perform a step dance, *
i * besides readings and other stunts *
* of a musical nature. *
ladies are invited to *
: * bring baskets and the general *
■ * public is invited. Everybody is *
* urged to come out and have a*
* good time. One of the best*
* dances of the series is promised. *
* The proceeds of this under *
* taking will go to the financing of *
* the Farmer-Labor party of the *
* State of Montana.
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DISCOVER VEIN OF
BRICK CLAY NEAR
MEDICINE LAKE
High Grade Deposit Found on Fort
Peck Indian Reservation—Will Ask
A deposit of high-grade brick clay,
four and one-half feet thick and cov
ering an area of at least a quarter
section, has been discovered on the
Fort Peck Indian reservatio«, near
Medicine Lake, b v R. P. Jones, a
coal mine nneratnr
Mr. Jones took * samples of the
clay t0 Gl ' eat Falls for analysis and
i;s qualities have been declared to
bo first class
The clay was discovered immedi
a tcly beneath an eight-foot vein of
lignite coal, w^hich Mr. Jones is de
veloping. The clay is gray in color
and easy of access the top of the
bed lying 60 feet below the surface.
Since the deposit is on the reserva
tion, it was necessary to make some
arrangement with the government
before it could be developed. Mr.
Jones is now negotiating with ihe
government on this
transaction.
Mr. Jones is expecting some men
from Great Falls in a few days to
look over the field and make the
for Xkinl
br " k *. , , , x
It is hoped that the cla v will be
found to be desirable and in com
mercial quantities as it will be a big
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Permit for Development.
part of the
tion for some time. During the last
year the railroads have issued 5
ruble notes which have been used to
some extent throughout the republic,
and for the last few weeks 5, 3, and
ruble treasury notes, exchangable
a t iheir face value in gold, have been
in circulation. A further stage of the
money reform is reached today with
the issue of small metal coins—1-j
ruble pieces, and 50, 20, 15, and 10
kopeks in silver money. The reform
will be completed by May 1. when 5,
3, 2, and 1 kepeks in copper will be
is8U „ ed * . .
The state mint is working at top
speed coining the money, so that j
(Continued on page 8) i
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F ätu6T TT IUKIM AllSWCFS
local ford manTSSSnaSt or the
"Ä reŒST
ON A THIST1 F
STEPS
The Producers News is in receipt
o f the following letter from Father
Wilhelm for publica; ion, which is a
; copy of the letter which he sent to
! ttay Lang, the local Ford agent, who
seems to be taking an extraordinary
interest in ihe life and welfare of
the two local medics and it gladly
publishes the same: y
Diamond Crossing, Sask
Dear Mr. Lang:
Can you tell me why the de
claration of the sworn statement
or affidavit in the Ehrmann
traut case, signed by Mrs. Ehr
manntraut, Joe Mack and Mrs.
Joe Mack,
ENCE,
IN YOUR PRES
doesn't compare with
their declaration in the Produc
ers News on th e 11th of Janu
ary.
Did they tell before all what
they signed in Plentywood?
Who has written this
ment in Plentywood. Did they
read before they signed?
Mrs. Joa Mack tells now that
hey didn't sign all
written in their declaration which
I
sta ? e
:
what was
,
c;_ Y«« fk„ D C Ci y n u ,
Six Years HI the Pen for Stealing a 6-Months-Old Chicken;
$250.00 Fine For Stealing $700,000.00—the difference
d . I .• \\n *r> I i, n
Between Justice When a Person IS Poor and When He
Is Rich.
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PRAISES STAND OF PRODUCERS NEWS ON GRAFT
DDAmirCDC MC1UC DDAHCD UJDÎTTC
1 I\U1 /ULLi11iJ lltWu KÜjÄDlK WKlltj
. nATT _ mmmTfmnrmi /m.Tmim«,..,/**.««
AROUT TWENTIETH rEMTIIDV IIICTIfC
lUJUU I I VI Lill I IJü III vLiil 1 Ul\ 1 JUuilvLi
j
Last summer a man 78 years of
age, deserted b v his friends and left
to die, but too proud to beg, stole a
common ordinary 6 mcaiths old scrub
chicken which he cooked and ate to
satisfy his hunger, was caught and
sentenced to serve 6 years in one of
! tb e penitentiaries in one of our
? outher n States. This sentance was
in ? p08ed by one , of \hose dignitaries
which uhe people elected as District
Judge, m the State. .
Besiseker succeeded m fraudmg
the people of Sheridan County about
; Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars
™ caught with the goods and
I P. lstn £ J " dge ,n . Montana * handed
him th e tremendous penalty of
, fine of Two Hundred and Fifty dci1 '
ars *
| judge.
000.00 by another district judge. The
! difference was one was poor and the
other had hundreds of thousands of
dollars back of him for defense and
a
a
Six years for s ealing a six-naonths
old scrub chicken by one district
$250.00 for stealing $700,
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Known As the Coulter Bilb, Which Carried An Appropria
tionof$50,000,000toPromoteDiversificationandRes
cue Bankrupt Bankers. .
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MEASURE DEFE ATED BY A VO TE OF 41 TO 32
Rejects Burtness-Norbeck Bill
j
Sen. Shipstead, Who Supported the Bill, Called It a Sop and
Said He Voted for It Because It Might Help Some Farm
ers, Even Though it Did Not Touch Vast Majority.
of ^2"«fTteAenafe ha,
jec'/ed the Burtness-Norbeck
biU which wouId have Prov»« 16 « 1
$50>0 oo,ooo to be loaned to farm
; ers in the wheat states of the
northwest in order that they
! wheat production. This adverse
vo t e does not mean that the
sena'e will reject the McNary
bill providing credits for the
marketing abroad of surplus
farm products. The latter bill
w jn command the votes of sena
tors from most of the agricul
tural s'ates.
SHIPSTEAD WARNS STAND
Senator Shipstead, who pointed out
re peatedly in the debate that this
Norbeck measure was a mere drop
farmers' needs, warned the stand
in the bucket as compared w T ith the
pa tters that even if they adopted it
they must not imagine that they
could use his measure as an excuse]
PATTERS
appeared in the Producers News
on the 11th of January.
Mr. Stoner of Outlook told
tha' h e went with his brother to
the home of Joe Mack of the
26th of December, that his broth
er wrote in their house only
what they said and hat they
have signed all what in the Pro
ducers News appeared.
After you called me in your
letter of 8 February to report
about m v article in the Producers
News. I can ask you how it
comes about the declaration in
the sworn statement, made and
signed IN YOUR PRESENCE,
doesn't compare with their decla
rations on the 11 January?
I have nothing to retire or to
correc' in my article as far as I
know.
I love the truth.
me
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The producers News has received
a couple of letters from Fr. Wilhelm
Yours truly,
F. WILHELM.
Cath. Priest.
(Continued on Page Four)
PROTFcrinv f u
, J" ï ears , f0r ,!?■
« 9 ^n h nn ng T y KK y ng sustai j 1 ^fe.
fffmprQ înH £?i Ï thousands of
farmers and bank depositors, while
wornen^d^one* Wlth Wme>
The Producers News was the one
Viis banker C1 \vhile SC Jop d D a r d
this banker, while Joe Dohn and the
P?pnnfwnmî r «at n Lîk al r ftrceters of
S envfed .his baXr n an,i
pnre»! tRo Vom / .
imr tn S h r
mg to vilify this Seven Hundred
What h dl i
fhfe Pra^tn 0 say . about
M.w flpn I t y 0thin A
an i d hl r
u kt PCr c ®, n t? rs and cro Y d . . ,°t
back biters and knockers and kick
ers were getting away with o;her
n h n? and8 "l il 01 ? 811 ? ° f
tl?
Y'. tbe ^ eW P ubbsb ed
this m full for the benefit of the
Ihibhc, charging Dohn with perjury,
(Continued on page eight)
mg
cause,
few of the farmers even though it j
did not touch th e vast majority.
for denying fundamental relief
the whole industry.
PRE-ELECTION SOPS
"Always before a campaign," ..
said, "some kind of legisaltion is
ffThe Petrie" l t ike Sa ™ f Lr"of mCjli '
ty the people, nxe an ear of corn
inake°theni^start^DUJHno* S tl "f
make them start pulling the wagon.
ne^naiL' sïmetSfês 'wmfw d t
< P .,' , Q .. ,, ey of
'He° S S «s ouHf "a?' lomrtléé
they ca P ll U 'Look out for t aT
cais in the U. IMt' It makes
"wSJ*tSr»S old'Sr'S éoU" 1
always th e same old ear of corn. I
Vo^ake more 1 than that to ^et^^the
neonlp to vote with vou thi^
We wallt a Till that wilPgive* the
farmers a fair price for their pro .
ducts. They cannot borrow them
selves out of debt."
MIGHT HELP SOME FARMERS
Shipstead voted for the bill be
said it W'onlfl n
to
he
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TAYLOR ANSWERS
CHARGES THAT HE
DREW SALARY AND
MILEAGE AS SEN.
Upon my return to Plentywood, |
my attention is called to the state
Countv Farm
an $ County Leader to i
the ettect that during the recent spe
cial session of the Legislature, that
Lnn^wL % ry fu d ^l lea * e -
•Luv i. oeny it, for the pictures are I
published and also a reproduction of
my signature. Every member of j
fn? « C .° l !u Cte , d - his S rS. ary a !
tar as 1 know at this time. They did
«înn Sai A+ *w g .. at t,he re&ti^r ses
to ion. At that time some of the
"Tn,* 10 ** in th § ir S r at - I ? ore
than halt of the time. Sen. Leighton
was absent because of illness the
f,? tif , sp ,f cial session and it is like
-y thät he got his pa v too, I am
not sure. Most members of the leg
isiaiure need their pay and their
mileage as it c °sts a lot of money
,, at Helena. It is true that 1
lett the senate chambers and went to
f'«mver where I represented Montana
îioiüÜff a T 1 ^u' La T >1 l Ca ? V f? tif i n as a
(eiegat, or this state, held at that
city. i spoke before that convention,
i persuaded that convention, aided by
IZtufctp . th „ D ? ota ' to en - 1
aorse the bt Paul call for a nation
JiiS? ^v} 0 ?, Pclare for a
an,ted front With all progressive
pWntarvTTé™ ,„T»n5' ,^7. C T'
P^mentary_ telegrams and letters for
the wo £. k 1 assisted in doing at that 1
convention. The reason I left Hel
f r ^ a - was that tbe ( ' at f, of the con
ention wäs set and the call issued
& was call fj
and the farmer-labor forces would
n l unt " a more conveni
f nt 1 ,me for ma to «.me and I had
to give up my desire to make a
speech denouncing Gov. Dixon and j
his surrender to the copper inter
GStS 1 had pl ?- nr l ed whe ^ the pro
thé ««S end
- 1 t,hou ^ ht 1 was serving my con
stituency better by going to Denver
than by staying at Helena, in spite
° , that , 1 »?*>
about the surrender by Dixon, and as
a here were only appropriation bills
t 0 consider, Gov. Dixon for reasons
hest known to himself refusing to
submit his tax program at this time,
I think because he thought that
^ ey would P ass the senate at this
time, I do not think that it was ne
cessary for me to remain in view of
the importance cf th e Denver con
ventiori t0 the People of the State of
Montana, so I left. The appropria
tion bills wer e passed in probably the
same shape that they would have
been had I been there. The govern
or said himself that one day was
sufficient to do all that was done and
I stayed four days and the bills were |
not yet before the senate. Gov. Dix-i
on, Î am told, breathed a sigh of re
lief when I left. 1
My checks were mailed to me at ;
Plentywood by Auditor Porter before ,
I got around to call for them, in the
( Continu 3d on Page Feur)
M\/m* | É 1 * y 's* | -M /HT* 1 •
U (ifadY UldlCtS layiOf DV AÉflaVlt
(Continued on Page Four)
F ADIl/im I ADAH
rAKlVlLiK"LA15UK
DANCE AT WESTBY
A BIG SUCCESS
IT >• T « j * d i
ciuntv "sJ^eyor Hans Ra'smus^
G th Main Talks of ihe Even
tag-Ùïécïî Bevel Until Morning.
s _
Last Saturday evening the W«*tby
ball was the scene of a merry* gath
ering from WesAy and üg
^ P ari " farmer
^ Ä * Rep'
A. Äsen gave™ address Æ
j: j tol( j bis experiences
at Helena while represeming the peo
ple of Sheridan county and also upon
'he present issues of the day and the
necess.t^ of thejamier^bor party.
, o* Jjarsen ' vas lonowed Dy Loun
ty Surv-yor Hans Rasmussen, who
told of lrave j in . s expen -
ences aad kep M he Crowd an Up '
roar > while at the same time he
drove home some hard facts on pres
(Continued on page 8)
CALL ISSUED FOR NA
TIONAL FARMER-LA
BOR CONVENTION
NonK»„t Cotifar.net k»
Wll.lKm, to Pro, „.„.a.
—Tentative P.o,„ m I.
Adopted and Représenta
tion Basis Defined.
DELEGATES APPORTION
ED TO STATES
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St. Paul, March 13.~The northwest
conference of various units favoring
a national third party decided on
Jun e 17 as the date of th e third par
Ity national convention to be held in
the Twin Cities. The conference clos
ed its sessions in Labor temple, St
Paul Tuesday night
Th 'e conference also recommended
that the convention leave the wav*
open for the support cf its candidates
and platform bv the conference for
P r °ff ressive political action "should
th e latter at ius July 4 convention in
Cleveland decide in favor of inde
pendent political action and not in
dorse candidates on the republican or
democratic tickets."
Th e same action was recommended
toward other groups "which declare
for such independent political action."
Invitation Issued
Charles E. Taylor of the farmer
labor party of Momana moved that
"the groups participating in this con
ference petition the Minnesota farm
er-labor movement to co-operate wi h
us in the call of a national canven
tion in the Twin Cities for June 17"
This was carried. *
The invitation for the convention is
to '' a11 . farmer o^ n i Z ation S , lo
cal trade unions, central labor bodies
State federations cf labor interna
tional unions, co-operative ' organiza
tions, labor fraternal organizations,
and all farmer-labor political organi
nations, the Nonpartisan league and
the committee cf 48, provided that
they indorse the following tentative
program: 8 tentallve
Tenta ive Program
A— Publia ownershipf B—Govern
mental banking; C—Public control of
natural resources; D—Restoration of
cWI Mberties ^ arant «< i '' ^_ the con
(Cont inued on Page E ight)
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Pf HE'D AI PA DM I HAM
ftPtKAL TAmI LUAIN
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HPIPPATIftM MPPTC
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At ULAollUW
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^m-theastern Montana Represented
By Several Well Known Ci izens
Who Report a Very Interesting
' ? ee ,n A. D * Shea Gives Prm
cl P fl l Address.
rp, ^ ~~
through the courtesy of Nels 01
t on> weI1 known Plentywood Bench
arm er, who was a delegate at the
convention, we ar e able lo present
X,, result ® held at
Glasgow by th e Federal Farm Loan
J e u r * ua, 7 22 . nd ' While we
a 5fw V î"f 'ms Btory to our readers
la . te , st, Il we feel that it will
b e very interesting.
On February 1, a call from the
( Continued c.n page 4)
Charges That Editor of Producers News Tried to Induce Him
to "Substitute Contracts," and That He Refused to Do
This Thing and Thus Won Taylor's Enmity.
COMMITS PERJURY OF "OWN FREE WILL
yj
Joh '' C ««ïrady. deputy Clerk &
Recorder, also seed gram collector of
Sheridan county, but that is another
chapter, published in last week's
Sheridan County Farmer an affida
^ b concerning the relations of
Charles E. Taylor with the taking
Jos* Ä'iSui* Twhkh
he mafcs Tn unsupP?AeAdari?t
^ effeet that Editor Taylor ap
P roacb ed him and asked him to sub
st ' tate a J 1 ®"'' contract for the Dolin
contract, that is, to change!
^nriécTto '"sui^iretT' anothe'r D ° hn
chSfgod
Gra ^ virtuouslv nrnrlaim« that Va«
^used to do tihi? MdX h
thL refusal he aneem TavW
as a resuR set out to deftmv Wm
1 .T rJr > su 7 • , L Ut ^ oestroy him.
| 7u l \ ^ rad ^ in The affidavit sets out
1 that he made the sam e of his
free will and volition.
con
one
Mr. O'
of
u
own
The affidavit
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STAGE IS SET FOR
! HUGE UNITY C0N
VENTION
5?"'
" F™»«» SU1.
J??"?
June 17 ™
LA FOLLETTE PROBABLE
NOMINEE
(From Chicago Daily Worker)
The last link welding together the
' f. arim>r ' ,abor forces of the United
! ^ tates f° r th** June 17th convention
i was when, following the for
ty ' mmute speech of William Mahon
ey ' of St - f «r the unanimous
recommendation of the resolution
committee, the convention of th e of
fîciaï Minnesota Farmer-Labor Par
t /'.j ,ssel î f bled at 4 St * Cloud, Minn.,
nday ' March 14, without a dissent
vote, endorsed the call for the
J line 17th convention, previously rati
fiedby St. Paul conference of
northwest Farmer-Labor parties
Tuesday afternoon, and the Minne
22 ta • Farmer -Labor Federation,
Thursday.
OBSTRUCTIONISTS FAIL
The cl imax cam e after a week of
c ? n ferences during which the reac
tiona ^ es in the Minnesota labor
movement, aided by Buck, Brown and
! Rodriguez of Illinois, and William V.
Mabone v of Washington, D. C., hat*
used every possible method of sow
dissension and distruct in an at
tempt thwart the formation of
mas8 Farmer-Labor Party by .
ventln K endorsement of the call and
splitting away of sections of the
movement.
T . JUNE 17TH , applauded
Th e answer of the farmers ._
porkers of Minnesota to the disrup
i t î on * sts and their hysterical denun
Nation of the reds was the unanim
0118 v °t® at St. Cloud for a call that
1J ? clude s every section of the working
class movement which subscribes to
tb e program and purposes of the
farmer-labor parties sponsoring the
June 17 convention.
William Mahoney of St Paul
constantly interrupted by applause
altho he made no oratorical efforts
* h h a f s ,"S er i )ee " e d ^ ld ? f ' be *9*
f or the St. Cloud convention, of the
failures and successes, of the hopes
and fears of thoSe Wlho had taken the
'-'J ■" the werk. -We must," he
said, "go on record here for consum
nation of our efforts on June 17
that th c millions
farmers who are watching this con
; vention will know that we want jm.
fusion with the capitalist parties,
will make no deals with them, but
i that we are trying to build a power
ful farmer-labor party,
"CANT DEPEND ON C. P. P. 1
"LaFolIette will run on this plat
form," he said, and the convention
broke into wild applause. "We can
not depend upon the Conference for
Progressive Political Action," he*
continued. "That Organization is
controlled by international officials
w ho have never been distinguished
f or progressive principles. We who
have taken the lead in this
men t in Minnesota hav e placed our
dependence upon the rank and file
an( j We believe that this confidence is
not misplaced."
When the vote was taken the dde
a
pre
and
was
of workers and
mc.ve
was published in the Sheridan Coun
ty Farmer in which Mr, O'Grady is
reputed to be a stockholder and a
regular contributor, and for which
paper Mr. O'Grady does the sleuth
work. In other words he has be
come a partner in the Merchants &
Farmers Publishing Company along
with such outstanding citizens
Leo Zeidler, Dr. Storkan, Dr. Sells,
Ray Lang, Joe Kavon, Sen. Fishbeck,
Carl West, Lou Nelson, and several
others. In this affidavit, Mr. O'Grady
lays the foundation far the supposed
break that is reported to have oc
curred between Taylor and the O'
Gradys.
The affidavit follows:
AFFIDAVIT
* State of Montana, County of *
* Sheridan, ss. ♦
" I, the undersigned, John C. O'- *
* Grady, on my oath depose and *
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