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Farmer-Laborites Will Hold Convention at St. Paul March 26-27
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politics in gopher state t
NOW ASSUME TANGIBLE FORM
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fonvention Will Nominate Full Slate of Candidates—Repub
tans Will Follow Suit-Primary Law Going Into IWd
Where It has Proven Dismal Failure—Ten Years Since
Lindbergh Headed Farmer Ticket In Violent Campaign.
Politics in Minnesota is beginning to take on tangible form.
The state committee ot the Farmer-Labor Association last week
: ssued a call for the holding of a state convention on March 26
and 27 at the Labor Temple, St. Paul. The Republicans will hold
a convention on March 24 and the Democrats, it appears, are going
to make merry by holding at least two state conventions.
ML CONFERENCE FOLLOWS CONVENTION
The Farmer-Labor convention will* 1
endorse candidates for state and con
gretional offices,
marks the tenth anniversary of the
holding of the first convention of the
Farmer-Labor forces of Minnesota.
It was in March 1918 that the Non
partisan League named Charles A.
Lindbergh, former congressman from
the sixth district, as its standard
bearer at the republican primary of
that year. A full ticket was named
This
convention
1918 and 1928 in Marketi Contrast
The campaign of 1918 was a bitter
Mr. Lindbergh was attacked as
■ no candidate in the state of Minnesota
■ hao ever been attacked. The honors
9 heaped upon "Lindy" these days,
I stand in marked contrast to the meth
I ods of violence that were resorted to
I by the republicans of Minnesota
■ against the father ten years ago.
I Congressman Kvale on January 11
■ last related on the floor of tha House
I at Washington, how many of the peo
I pie who are singing young Lind
I bergh's praises today were those who
I advocated tarring and feathering C.
■ A. Lindbergh, Sr., in 1918.
■ Many of the delegates that will at
■ tend this year's Farmer-Labor con
■ vention were among those who attend
■ ed the first convention in 1918. It is
I worth recalling here that A. C. Town
I ley, president and founder of the Na
■ tional Nonpartisan League, originated
■ the idea of holding pre-primary con
■ 'entions. He contended that to se
■ ture the best material for public of
■ fice it could not be done by first go
■ ing into an open primary. Lynn J.
H Frazier, senior senator from North
■ Dakota and the first Nonpartisan
9 League governor of that state, was
9 picked to make the run for governor
9 by a convention of Nonpartisan Leag
9 Jj ers at Fargo before he was even
I known outside of the boundaries of his
9 own county. No one acquainted with
9 d\at situation would contend for a
9 minute that Frazier would have had
9 chance whatever in the primary
9 had he entered it that year before be
9 drafted by a convention.
I Lepublioans May Endorse
9 D seems that the republicans are
■ also planning to take some action in
9 regard to candidates at their conven
9 * 10n to he held on March 24. Of
9 c , ou rf this has not been definitely
9 gelded upon but it seems probable
1 ç endorsements for United States
Senator A. J. Rockne and Governor
heodore Christianson, respectively,
M pi' •
[ . Rockne filed for the republican
I wpT la T 10n fwr S. senator last
hr n- In doing so he announced that
J 1 j ln S came as the result of a de
J™ on Die part of the republicans
t s *ate.
as ^ r - Rockne announces
tedrT 4 x . pects to make the run on his
ls only that the
one.
Dip t M
t l ^ nesota ^ould know some- !
thmg 01 that record before thev have i
jn opportunity to vote for him in the ;
th' M kmT k o n ta h t S t b r n - t mem f er 05 b
gî MÂ r îeî^
L house in 1903 and finished up in
ç h e house m i9°9 by serving as speak
the Senate 11 ^ ha§ ^ 3 mGmber
In lont, V.-,
»&• »PÄ Än°Ä büi
r a e n c î"l
% J.T Johntn." At al
most every session Rockne consistent
Ä Woman ' s suffrage and was
p d a . ,, an opponent of the st ate -wide
GS \ L> 1 ? \ 919 It wil l bo remem
the TW, be ^ ed the fight to unseat
Wilcox u T r ' I u abor sena tor, W. W.
trust's 'l W j° had debated the steel
SulUvL ha Ä m ,? n in tbe senate, G. H.
v igorn i f Stillwater. Rockne fought
van a S y and effectively for Sulli
Wilcox ! 3 result of Rockne's efforts
the Jt 0Uste d from the senate on
c °rrSt 0l ïï * bat he had violated the
his pi! prac tices act by referring in
"attoiSf 71 literatur e to Sullivan as
ÄÄ "IT.
men coudbet^ to
«ti 3 e1ected member of ^a
Ru 'h a Sl c b ° dy of membership on
^ads the ll ar f u T nt as this « but 80
donate f nr r t e . cord °f the Minnesota
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LOU1SIANA PR ISOM POP
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ULATION MULTIPLIES
New Orleans.—FP—The population
of the Louisiana state prison at An
gola, which was 325 inmates in 1926,
today totals 1743 prisoners, with the
percentage largely whites. Supt. H.
C. Pitcher admits that the strap is
still used for punishment.
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Cudhie for District Judge
Is Bennett-Stephens Slogan
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Scobey Barrister Is In Lead Amongst Candidates for Paul's
Bench. Marron and Nyquist Willing But Not Considered
Strong Enough to Make tbe Grade. Onstad Regarded As
Joke. .
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Scobey—There is much speculation here as to the lawyer that
will be selected to fight for the Judgeship of the three counties
against Judge Paul, the present incumbent. It is felt that the
Plentywood Judge will be a hard man to beat and for this reason
his opponent must have the unqualified endorsement of the bar
as a man fitted by temperament, education and training to fill the
everybody was tagged. 1
was a dog raf He and every person!
1 who could be persuaded to buy
j chance on a full blooded bird pup of
j fancy and rare breed. There was din
ner and supper served all afternoon
and evening at the Farmer-Labor
Temple, which was followed by
; dance, at which White's Orchestra
furnished the jazz music and Forrest
! Goodman and Miss Laura Hein the
Last Saturday was Hospital Day in
Plentywood
All of the members of the Sheridan
County Memorial Hospital Association
put on their war bonnets and went to
work to raise money for that institu
tion. Every trick that fertile mind
could conjure was resorted to outside
of burglary to raise money to make
up the deficit of this institution.
The result was $1200 cash in the
treasury when the day was done. The
raising of the money was due largely
to the initiative and enterprise of the
ladies.
There was a tag day feature and
Then there■
HOSPITAL DAY
NETS $1200 FOR ME
MORIAL HOSPITAL
old-time muic.
Before the dance the dog was
raffled, the pup being won by Miss :
b nck"iamb™^as n raffled f and won^by ;
ed d ^vn to S d Erickson !
Th e d av was a red letter day in
Plentywood. Many outside
were in town and. all enjoyed the fes
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MRS. WILLI AM MOREY
SUFFERS BROKEN WRIST
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Last Sunday evening, Mrs. William
Morey of this city slipped on some
ice while going over to visit at the
Jack Molden home, and in the fall,
broke the bones in her wrist. Robert
Robke a near neighbor of the Molan s,
was called, and he took his car and
brought her to the hospital, where a
doctor was called and an examination
found the bones in her wrist had been
broken by the fall. The fracture was
immediately reduced and Mrs. Morey
is getting along as well as can be ex
pecked, foUowing such an unfortunate
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rumely tractor and
FARMING SCHOOL
The Rumley Farming and Tractor
ScWol more"elaborate more m
structive, more interesting thanev
er before * wil1 °T XT Dnd ^ he /^d
pices of Kavon Garage, Friday
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Raymond Farmer
I s Found Dead
Ole Bjurklund, single, and about
forty-five years of age, was found
dead at his home on his farm home
stead about six mil es northeast of
SSfÄS*»M.
[day, Thursday, afternoon, by Chärles
Strubeck, who had called there to see
him on business.
Qv? Ir -W St « U r e K k immedia * ely noti 5 e , d
Shenff , Salisbury and Coroner Nel
son and they went immediately to the
Bjuikiund farm to investigate.
J" iep0lts no evidence oi
; °01got > Bjurklund came to Sheridan
1 county, Montana, about 18 years ago
I and t® ok up the homestead, where he
ba d bv . ed # eV ® r ®S
! abiXr toMr^WmHeglund 5
this city, and John Bjurklund, who
homesteaded in the north Raymond
f™ ^ R and , n0 c W l e ^ es T a
ar u at Broomhead, Sa.sk., Canada.
, " thought to have succumbed
, to heart failure. It is not known how
1 W3§ ' e3< bef ° re he W3S
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1 Elias Sorvig of Antelope drove up
j to Plentywood Tuesday evening to
1 take in the entertainment of the Sons
! of Norway lodge.
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1 , bls , Wlde and handsome in the
1 b ™ a< î he . tW +u° f them
a ? n ^ en t e<1 in tbe
♦high office of District Judge.
Marron Considered
Fort that reason the leaders of the
Bennett-Stephens gang who still pre
sume to dictate the republican politics
of this county and who control the
only newspaper published here are
looking into the records and the speed
of possible candidate for the Judge
ship. County Attorney Marron of
Wolf Point, who claims that he sent
a moron to the hangmans' noose even
though it cost Roosevelt several
thousand dollars, is an active candi
date. He thinks he has the vote of
Roosevelt county in his vest pocket
a " d is now looking with longing eyes
| towards the mythical wad of votes
which is supposed to repose in the
i keepir- of Bill Stephens and Sid Ben
; n ett in this county. But Marron does
j not seem to be able to make the "rade
i )vb b the bosses of Daniels county,
j They say he is a "good fellow" but
Just can t cut the mustard in this race
f° r the Judtreship which calls for
b °th speed and endurance.
And "John Sam" Also
Burley Bowler is said to be urging
the claims of "John Sam" Nyquist on
the bosses but without much success.
"John Sam" was so inseparable from
"Dumb Al" at the time Berry Steph
ens run the "Bucket of Blood
so
T 1
SS Ä ^ that
h does not always give the same
"" of perfume which one is accus
^Bo^d^ Æ ^t'
legaF' U as^
slstalice * Tbe F 1Tmg of outside at '
torne / s cast the taxpayers of this
Sam Udl ThS
• ^ t t 1 * . u, ' uer . L ms
&& voters
*,^e° pÄTouW p "„veto" much
of a handicap to John Sam,° ™ UCn
though he had the support of
jJJ 1: J? r f ache J' 80
e la ™ s ot John Sam have been passed
^hens Irowd 7 TTHo th ^ Bennett '
_ , p « ' 18 disposes
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Î d looked Upon as a Dud
Old Lew^Onstad is known to look
on the Judgeship as the be-all and end
j a11 9 f bls existence. Although the
PjJlic ignorance of
the existence of the Hon. Lew, that
^nUeman ^ ke8 bimself rather
ously. n the long and vacant mom
i h ® faTfro ntïrfyl* S* at , the
SK S?. "Ä Ä s
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and ermined. in the "Corpus 'juris"
. ? e
«""g 2*5«** and in
' nateher voice of dl /7,
I "Overruled" while the
t »-. EoUMn
even
a cer
of
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MRS. LEO ZEIDLER
SUCCUMBSTO HEART
Prominent Plentywood Lady Found
Dead In Basement of Home By
Son Upon Return From School
Wednesday noon—Death Is Shock
To Whole Community.
Jennie Zeidler, wife of Leo Zeidler,
* d hardware merc hant and
1 ^ f thig cit and Sheridan
bounty, succumbed to heart failure at
2* e idler residence in this city some
* in ? e , before ? ocn .Wednesday. Mr.
Zeidler was none in er lome v. en
v mj^dead lady was found by her
youngest son, Barr, upon his return
at noon. The boy did
the"house and wem down in
. ^ asemen t where he found her
dead at the foot of the steps. The
frightened and grief stricken lad gave
{ he g ™ larm and ca lled his father.
| Dr Campbell and Dr. Robb were
! summoned and pronounced the lady
'dead as the result of heart failure,
The deceased had suffered considéra
bly of late with her heart.
| Mrs. Zeidler had evidently gone to
j the basement on some errand when
the call came.
i The death was a shock to her fam
! and her friends in this com
munity where she has been active in j
civic and community work and where ;
she has a host of friends.
The funeral will be held at the Or- j
pheum Theatre Saturday morning at
eleven o'clock. !
Jennie B. Gibson was born at Rock
well, Iowa, on October 8th, 1885,
where she resided until her marriage
to Leo G. Zeidler, at Rockwell, on
June 22nd, 1909. She was a graduate
of the Rockwell schools and taught
in the pubile schools in the same city
for several terms prior to her mar
riage. j,
Immediately after her marriage, she
and Mr. Zeidlar went to Dogden,
N. D., wheré they resided until Aug
ust of the same year, when they came
madÄÄJ 1 " 16 they have Sincc
Mrs. Zeidler passed away very sud
denly on the 15th day of February,
1928, at her home. Unfortunately,
no one was in the house at the time,
but her death was unquestionably
caused, by heart failure. She was
found lying on the basement floor by
their children when they came from
school at noon. Both Doctor Robb
and Doctor Campbell were summoned
;
but found that life was extinct and
both agreed as to the cause of her
death.
Mrs. Zeidler leaves to mourn her de
parture, besides her bereaved hus
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-^ s ^ be l p ^ ess
the middle of the road calling for
noticed Alfred Kurtz
(Continued on page Klgt»t>
DONALD MOORE
VICTIM OF AUTO
Thrown Into Middle of Street and
Leg Broken By Unknown Driver
Who Rushes From Scene Without
Stopping to Help Victim.
Last Monday evening as Donald
Moore, 12-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Moore of this city, was re
turning to his home from a visit with
a friend in the south part of town,
he was struck by a large auto at the
end of main street near., the.. Grand
View Hotel, at about 6:00 in the even
mg.
ho ^ sl ^ d t ? J hlS as81stan f and also
by Otto Donaidson who had driven by
in his Buick. Mr. Donaldson backed'
his car up and with the aid of Mr.
Kurtz rushed the boy to the hospital
Donald s parents were then notified
of the accident and Dr. Robb was
called who immediately made an ex
amination of the young lad's body
and found the main bone in the left
leg broken and splintered. The leg
was set at once and Donald was able
to return to his home the following
day, where he will be confined to his
bed for several weeks. At this writ
ing he is getting along nicely although
suffering considerable pain from the
injured member.
In giving an account of the acci
dent the lad said that he was coming
the street to get onto the side
across
walk and was looking up Main street
when suddenly he felt himself hurled
in the air and started crying for help
when he tride to pick himself up and
found himself unable to do so.
Indignation over the city is quite
intense over the fact that the motorist,
whoever it was, did not have the
courage to help his victim to
place where he could be treated, af
ter having committed the deed.
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local markets
Thursday, Feb. 16, 1928
Dark Northren —
Winter Wheat —
Amber Durum —
Mixed Durum —
Flax, per bu.
Rye, per bu.
Oats ..
Barley —
Creamery Butter
Dairy Butter.
Eggs, per doz. -
..$1.03
.. 1.02
.. .96
.91
1.83
.82
.40
.63
.60
.50
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Ed Weiss Fugitive
From Justice
Word has been received from Min
neapolis by Sheriff Salisbury to the
effect that Ed. Weiss is a fugitive
from justice from the jurisdiction of
the courts of Hennepin County, Min
nesota.
It seems that Mr. Weiss was ar
did not appear to plead, when a bench
warrant was issued for him charging
him with contempt of court. Upon in -
vestigation it was disclosed that he
had fled to some unknown place. The
Sheriff of Hennepm^ounty^ ha^ been
has asked Sheriff Salisbury to report
if he knows anything of his where
abouts.
Weiss got into this trouble in con
nection with his sale of the Radium
Laboratories Incorporated and fraud
he is alleged to have committed in
disposing of that Companys assets,
Weiss is reported-to have gone
practically flat broke in his Ra-Aid
■ venture, and involved a number ot ms
friends, when the supreme court en
joined his company from the manutac
! ture and sale of that product, in se
vere losses,
rested by parties in Minneapolis who
swore out warrants charging him
with having secured money under
false pretenses. He gave bonds but
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Peter Collins Lectures to Large
Audience at F-L Temple Sunday
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Famous Knight of 'Columbus Propagandist Delivers bame Lee
for Fifteen Years—Once Attacked Socialist Now Turns
i a
muc h-advertised Peter Collins appeared in Plentywood,
Sunday, February 12th, Lincoln's birthday, and delivered his lec
ture, "Subversive Influences in Ameiica , to a veiy S1Z
audience considering the time of the year and the condition ox
roa( js, at the Farmer-Labor Temple. There were about three
rtnf fn Vipnv Hip fflinoiis lecturer
bundled OUt to heal tne lamous lecturer.
ture
Battery of Words on Communists.
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Fights Principles of Socialism
Peter Collins' main object in his
life and his lectures is the fighting
of the principles of socialism that
are fast gaining ground over the en
tire civilized world. He speaks under
the auspices of the Knights of Col
umbus, a Catholic secret order, an
j order that stands in the same relation
j t 0 the Catholic church that the Ma-
sons do in reference to the Protestant
churches. The Catholic church as an
organization is an implacable enemy
to Socialism. It carries on its cam-
paign against socialism by and thru
the Order of the Knights of Columbus
in America and thru other secret
Catholic orders in Europe. Many
years ago Peter Collins was a social-
ist. During that time he done some
reading of socialist literaure, and
made some study of the theories of
Karl Marx. He became quite a noted
speaker. Then he renounced socialism
and became a bitter opponent of the
theory and later entered the employ
of the Knights of Columbus being the
principle lecturer of the organization
against what that order is pleased to
call "Subversive Influences in Ameri-
ca." When it comes to socialism _ or
communism, or the related theories,
"that the people should own the
means of production and distribution
and administer them for the interest
of a]] of the people " the Knights of!
0 i und) us are as intolerant toward the ;
adherants of these theories as the
^ ^ of t he Ku Klux Klan are i
tole * ant to the adherants of the Cath
olic faith> It is obvious that this
or g anizat i 0 n is the avowed enemy of
goviet Russia .
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Same Old Lecture
A member of the audience who
heard Mr. Collins reports that the lec
turer delivered the same lecture Sun
day that he heard him deliver at Be
midji fourteen years ago, only chang
ing the word "Communist" and "Com
munism" for the word "Socialist" and
"Socialism" with some modernization
by way of references to Russia and
Mexico, where separation of church
and state has occurred during the last
ten years to the injury of the Catholic
church. He opines that Mr. Collins
should know his talk by heart by this |
time.
No Applause
When Mr. Collins was introduced
there was no applause. The audience
made up of members of the Knights
of Columbus, members of the Catholic
church, and members of the Ku Klux
Klan and common citizens who came
to hear the lecturer, listened with rapt
attention, as Mr. Collins discoursed
the subversive forces at work un
dermining the citadel of capitalism in
America, which he referred to as our
sacred institutions," and attacked the
socialists and communists and their
theories of political and economic de
mocracy for all the people, and when
he retired no one clapped, which indi
cated that he did not make too deep
Hw» members
en
u
an impression on even
of the Knights of Columbus.
Compliments Plentywood
After he finished his lecture he paid
a great compliment to the people of
Plentywood, to Sheridan county and
(Continued on page Elgnt*
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INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT
HEAD IS DISORDERLY
Governor Erickson Sidesteps Main Issue of Clement's Malad
ministration of His Office—Refuses to Request Officer's
Resignation—Lawyers Say Clements Disobeys Compensa
tion Law and Refuses to Follow Plain Ruling of Supreme
Court, in Servile Serving of Employers' Interest.
ATTORNEY HARLOW PEASE PRESENTS CASE
The presentation of resolutions passed on February 2, 1928, by
the Silver Bow County Bar Association to Gov. J. E. Erickson,
calling for the requested resignation of J. Burke Clements as the
chairman of the Industrial Accident Board, have stirred up the
company press of the state to an unusual degree. The high spots
of the affair are these, that the governor sidestepped the main is
sue of Clements' maladministra-*-
tion of his office and «id noth -1
in response to the request that
he suggest the resignation of that of
ficial, and merely disclaimed power to
'remove' the chairman of the board,
which was not the form of proceed
that none of the company papers pub
The second point of interest is
mg.
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BASKETBALL
TOURNAMENT
IN FULL SWING
As the Producers News goes to
press, the Basket Bali Tournament
is in full swing. Seven teams are
participating, being Froid, Culbert
son, Plentywood, Outlook, Bauiville,
Westby and Scobey. The first
game took place Thursday after
between Froid and Culbertson
and resulted in a victory for Froid
the score being 24 to 21.
Thursday evening Plentywood
plays Outlook and Bainvule plays
Westby. The Producers News goes
io press too soon to be able to give
the results of these games.
The losers of Game No. 1 will
play the losers of No. 2 and the win
ders of games No. 1 will play the
winners of game No. 2 Friday morn
ing.
noon
Scobey will play the winner of
Game No. 3 and the losers of game
No. 3 will play the losers of game
No. 4 Friday afternoon.
The loser of Game No. 5 w ill play
the loser of Game No. 6 and the
winner of game No. 5 will play the
winners of game No. 6 Friday even
ing.
The winner of the last two games
will be the champions of this tour
nament.
The farce <*>medy, "Ann What»
Her Name" was presented to a ca
parity house at the Orpheum The
atre Friday night and afternoon, a
week ago, by local talent.
The play was given under the
•auspices of the American Legion
and betted quite a sum for that or
ganizatkxi.
The farce was prepared under the
direction of Miss H allie Wheeler,
ably assisted by Mr. Roy Debing.
Some of the acting was especially
Plentywood Council Prog.
Farmers Hold Special Meeting
The Plentywood Council of Pro
gressive Farmers held a special meet
ing at the Farmer-Labor Temple Mon
day night in which plans for an ac
tive organization campaign were laid.
A large number of the membership
were present. There will be another
special meeting later -for those who
did not attend when initiation work
will be put on.
Local Talent Play Makes a
Hit to Capacity House
good and some was not so very
good but all m all it was passable
and furnished an evening's enter
tainment well seasoned with laugh
ter.
The singing was very good, espe
cially the special numbers. Prob
ably the feature of the evening was
the comet solo by Mr. Bruce.
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against Clements, and adding to this.
a straw-man bogey, charging the
Butte attorneys with complaining of
the lack of "lump sum settlements.''
Even the Butte Miner failed to pub-
lish the resolutions, indicating that its
declared hostility to A. C. M. politi-
cians is overshadowed by its economic
position as an employer of labor.
Before the Governor
At the hearing, held in the execu
tive office at Helena on the morning
of Februray 7, Lowndes Maury and
Harlow Pease ,two members of a com
mittee of three appointed by the Sil
Iver Bow Bar Association, the third
member, J. J. Bourquin, being absent
owing to sickness, the first stage was
(the reading by Mr. Maury of the res
olutions. At the conclusion of the
read j n g ) chairman Clements, who
with members Porter and Bowman of
the board, was present, jumped to 1 |
feet without allowing Mr. Maury ß
proceed to address the gover I
plunged into a raving talk, accu f
the attorneys appearing of beinf • 1
sole authors of the proceeding,
ticularly Mr. Maury, and asserting
that the only grievance they had was
the refusal of the board to grant lump
sum settlements so that they could ac
quire large fees. After this interrup
tion the committee was allowed to
proceed with the presentation of its
case.
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Mauïy Gives Facts
Mr. Maury spoke to the governor
at some length on the subjects dealt
with in the resolutions, particularly
the tactics employed in cases arising
jin the Butte mining district, citing
numerous cases of disregard for the
law and its construction by the state
supreme court. He was incessantly
interrupted by Chairman Clements,
w jj 0 interjected denials and repeated
his accusations in a seeming effort
CO nfuse the speaker. The gover
nor p i ac i c lly listened to the disorderly
conduct of the accused official, and
was throughout the entire hearing the
m ost silent person in the room,
jyj r Maury charged that Clements
a i one i s the Industrial Accident Board
other two members, Stat^ Audi
U or Porter and Commissioner of Ag
riculture Bowman, being mere rubber
stamps. Both of these persons, who
were present, admitted that they nev
er read the evidence or the briefs in
compensation cases, but merely signed
the orders prepared by Chairman
Clements.
Charges Delay
The speaker further charged that
in numerous cases decisions were de
layed for months, in violation of a
section of the law which requires de
cisions to be made within thirty days.
caused an outburst of interrup
tions from Clements, who explained
various reasons why he had delayed
decisions, but did not deny the fact.
He admitted delaying one case from
July to December. Attention was al
so called to the fact that two vital
decisions of the supreme court were
constantly disregarded by the board's
decisions, in defiance of that court
and in obedience to the operating
mining companies' wishes. These
cases were Dosen v. East Butte Cop
per Co. and Nicholson v. Roundup
Coal Co. The first held that in cases
of lump sum awards, all payments
made during the "healing period
must not be deducted from the final
award. It has been the common prac
tice of the board, both before and fol
lowing that decision, to make these
deductions, and instances were cited
of such practices. The Nicholson
case decided that where there are sev
eral causes of death, one being the
conditions of the employment, com
pensation is not to be denied because
the killed or injured workman had a
weakness or disease which hastened
jthe result. Instances were given of
the disregard of this ruling of the
highest state court, to which the ac
cused chairman made no response ex
i cept to repeat his talk about lawyers 1
j fees being at the bottom of it all.
This brought some pointed retorts
j from both Maury and Pease, who re
i called to the governor that the em
! ploying companies are always repre
! sented by high-priced lawyers, as well
as doctors, and inquired why the
Chairman of the Board was so
anxious to have claimants for compen
sation kept in ignorance of their
i legal rights.
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Pease Presents Case ric
Attorney Pease brought out a pe
(Contlnued on page Eight)