Word: montana
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Montana Senator has refused to sit. idly by, for his interest in the conviction of the oil men is perhaps even greater than theirs. He is fighting for his place in history. What will his face?"the most evenly proportioned, the best balanced face" in the Senate of the present?mean in the history books...
...Democratic party is still leaderless. Last week, Senator Walsh, successfully defending Senator Wheeler (see above), further endeared himself to the people of Montana, and added to his prestige throughout the country. Three years hence, his party will pick a leader. It might pick a Montana hero who got his man, but scarcely one who shot and missed...
...following his election to the U. S. Senate but before he was sworn in, Burton K. Wheeler accepted $2,000 from one Gordon Campbell, Montana oil man. On Feb. 16, 1923, he accepted $2,000 from Mr. Campbell. Were these fees for services rendered in advancing the Campbell oil interests with the U. S. Department of the Interior? Or were they fees for services rendered in litigation in Montana...
...penalty will descend upon Senator Wheeler for having served his client in Montana. But if he appeared before the Department of the Interior on behalf of his client, he can be fined $10,000, or imprisoned for two years, or both...
...Government case was conspicuous for the absence of two witnesses and the presence of one. Neither George Lockwood, former Secretary of the Republican National Committee, nor Blair Coan, sleuth, was present. A year ago Mr. Lockwood sent Mr. Coan to Montana to "get something on Senator Wheeler." The U. S. District Attorney in the present case simply said : "There is no reason to call them...