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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1928
Page
2
Montana editors critique the Democratic Party's attempt to label Herbert Hoover’s membership as a misjudgment. The piece questions the party’s stance eight years after Hoover’s rise, arguing the party once saw his abilities.
The Whitefish Pilot comments on Governor Erickson criticizing what he calls an unfriendly legislature. The piece notes that the governor has historically received courteous treatment from a Montana legislature, which in this case was largely opposed in party affiliation by two thirds of its members.
Governor Dixon in Washington stated Hoover would win the state by about 20,000, with some forecasts near 17,000. Regardless, Hoover is set for a substantial majority in this state.
Governor Erickson blasts tax policy while tracing blame to past appointees. The law created a three member tax commission with staggered terms under Dixon. He says Dixon era appointees Bergeson and Walker reworked taxes, and accuses current board of stagnation after purging them.
The governor race lines are drawn with Rankin facing a copper-owned press. Rankin refuses to reply to attacks, a restraint praised as wise by supporters who see the press criticism as an asset rather than a liability.
Chairman Work of the Republican National Committee accuses the Democratic nominee of misrepresenting the Underwood tariff act as the ideal method for tariff legislation, warning that such rhetoric harms American farmers and workers.
C. H. McLeod of Missoula Montana urged the tariff policy as the real farm problem solution. He predicted a Hoover victory in Montana and said tariff protection and wise administration would relieve farmers' burdens.
The piece argues that Woodrow Wilson's Underwood Tariff produced free trade and that the 1914 bond issue for emergency needs marked a peace-time exception. It claims postwar price declines in cattle wool and farm goods resulted from free trade, contrasting Republican protective tariff with Democratic revenue tariffs.
In Palo Alto, Mrs. Hoover and Mr. Hoover receive a warm, simple greeting from old neighbors and Stanford friends as he returns to his hometown. Mrs. Hoover recalls a Stanford campus slogan and humor lightens the moment while neighbors offer congratulations.
The speaker questions Democratic claims of prosperity, noting rising wages and falling prices, widespread car use on rubber tires, growing radio ownership, a large national debt reduction of two billion dollars annually, and taxes on small incomes dropping to near vanishing.
A brief quote from the Great Falls Tribune questions whether perceived prosperity reflects reality. The line frames concerns about economic conditions and public sentiment during a period of doubt.
The Medicine Lake Wave expresses support for the state and national Republican ticket. It calls for W. D. Rankin to become governor, ex-Governor Jos. M. Dixon to be Montana's U.S. senator, and for Hoover to take the presidency next March.
Political advertisement proclaims former Senator and Governor Jos. M. Dixon as the Republican nominee for re election to the United States Senate. It extols his record as U S Congressman Governor and Senator with credit for Montana irrigation projects tax laws and land settlement.
News review notes Assistant Attorney General Willebrandt's speeches aiding Hoover and opposing Smith sparked religious and prohibition debates. It notes her clashes with critics, the naval pact critique, and League of Nations disarmament dynamics, plus Nicaraguan election preparations and poll security concerns.
Governor Smith travels through Denver, Wyoming, Montana, and the Dakotas urging national government ownership of water power and the Boulder canyon dam. He discusses Teapot Dome, meets Sioux chiefs who nickname him Leading Star and Chief Charging Hawk, and continues to St. Paul and Milwaukee with talks on prohibition and farm policy. President Coolidge approves note dispatch to Britain and France on foreign affairs.
Rehabilitation is the great task as Red Cross workers feed storm refugees in Florida and Porto Rico. Florida death toll exceeds 2,300 near Lake Okeechobee with many bodies burned to prevent pestilence. Refugees number about 284,000 on the island. Reports note 15,000 influenza cases and outbreaks of malaria measles and other diseases.
Secretary of the Interior Smilo Portes Gil was named provisional President by a joint session of Mexico’s Congress without opposition. He will assume office December 1 as Calles’ term ends, with a national election set for the third Sunday in November 1929. Portes Gil, a civilian career figure, formerly governed Tamaulipas where he backed partial prohibition and state supported schools for children.
Opera star Me. Ganna Walska, wife of Chicago’s Harold F. McCormick, is deemed an American citizen though living in France. Port of New York collector Philip Elting ruled she must pay duty on jewelry and personal effects valued at about 2.5 million dollars. Attorney Henry Bulkley plans to appeal to the Customs court and the Court of Customs Appeal.
The air derby carried top finishers from the Los Angeles to Cincinnati course last week. Robert A. Drake of Pittsburgh won Class A while Charles W. Holman of St. Paul claimed Class B. Arthur Goebel piloting Yankee Doodle won the nonstop race in 15 hours 17 minutes.
Sir Horace Darwin son of Charles Darwin and renowned scientist is among the week’s honorees. R F Outcault veteran newspaper comic strip artist also receives recognition for a long and influential career.
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