I was not elected. but it happened that soon after my opponent took office the great depression of 1921 fell upon the State. The mines were shut down. the factories were closed. and the farmers of the State were in dire distress. About that time a young Immigrant came up to get his naturalization papers. Among other questions. they asked him who was governor of the State of Montana. He said. " WHsLn Is governor." They said. "What makes you think WHEELER is governor? Dont you know he was defeated in the last election?" The young immigrant replied. "All I know is that they told us during the campaign that if WiHEELER were elected the mines and factories would shut down and we would all be out of a job. Well. that Is Just what has happened. and I can not help but believe that W11EELER must be governor The same thing happened during the last presidential campaign. They told the people that we must have a big business executive for President who could maintain prosperity and they intimated. although they did not dare to say so openly. that If Al Smith was elected. a panic would surely follow. If we reasoned like the young immigrant that I told you of. we could not help but believe that Al Smith is in the White House today because we have had the panic which was threatened and the President is having a hard time maintaining a show of prosperity. What are the dreadful thingo that the progressive Democrats and the progressive Republicans in the Senate are trying to do that have made their reactionary opponents mad enough to cause them to denounce the progressives as " wild Jackasses." " bolshevists." and " worse than communists?" Let me tell you In a few words. We are determined in the first place to put an end to "Grundyism" and "Vareism " by securing If possible the enactment of a real corrupt practices act that will have teeth in it.
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