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•Uta IhstorUat Ml rsry O W N E D AND P U B L I S H E D BY T H E SOCIALIST P A R T Y O r MONTANA

VOL. V I . H E L E N A M O N T A N A , T H U R S D A Y , M A R C H 19 IMS. NO. 20.

SOCIALISM SCARES ENGLISH RULERS

Representative of Nobility Sees Socialist Spectre—Desires House of Lords

Retained as a BulwarK

Spies In the Union

T o judge f r o m L o r d Roaeberry ' •

pres ident ia l address before the L i b e r ­

a l league at one of its meet ings o f

recent date in L o n d o n the more wide

awake d e f e n d e r ! of capi ta l i s t i n s t i t u

l i o n s are b e c o m i n g , it appears, p a i n ­

f u l l y a l i v e to the increas ing menace

of soc ia l i sm. It is v e r y r e f r e s h i n g f o r

social ists to see soc ia l i sm raised f r o m

obscur i ty i n K n g l a n d to a quest ion o f

nat ional concern . T h e Kng l i sh soc ia l

ists are to be congratu la ted upon the

great success which has a t tended the ir

efforts a n d the resistance they have

a r o u n d a m o n g the o w n i n g class w h i c h

ins tead of r e t a r d i n g the movement ' s

g r o w t h w i l l g r e a t l y fac i l i t a t e i t .

T h e most r e m a r k a b l e part o f L o r d

R o s e b e r r y ' s speech is his re ference to

the movement d irec ted against the

House of L o r d s , the non-elect ive sec­

o n d ehamlicr . also to the veto of the

sovere ign of w h i c h the sovere ign has

l o n g since been d e p r i v e d . M a n y L i b

erals are a d v o c a t i n g the abo l i t i on of

the House of L o u i s ; the noble L o r d

a n d ex -premier severely cr i t i c i zes the ir

a t t i tude a n d considers it the height

of absurd i ty on the ir part . T o him

the spectacle of L i b e r a l s i n a r c h i n g un

der the beBSetl of ' ' no second chain

b e r " is t r a g i c imperia l ly at a t ime

' w h e n a second c h a m b e r is most n< •

sarv to combat s o c i a l i s t i c " " T h e

veto of the sovere ign has long disap

p e a r c d . " said L o r d I tose lx irv , " a n d

now it is sought to do away w i t h the

second c h a m b e r . Contrast this with

the cond i t i ons in the I 'ni ted S t a t i * .

in the mint democrat ic c o m m u n i t y in

the w o r l d . T h e r e you find a wri t ten

cons t i tu t ion not one syl lable or letter

o f which can be al tered without grave

a n d l engthy const i tu t iona l process

V o n find a senate of ovcrpowi r i n g an

thor i ty a n d y o u A n d a veto in the

hands of the president not a veto that

has fa l l en into desuetude but an ae

t i ve ami v igorous < lement in the con­

s t i tut ion . H e r e we have n o t h i n g I HI ;

the feeble b a r r i e r o f the heredi tary

second c h a m b e r w h i c h it is now sa id

ought to be ent i re ly a b o l i s h e d . "

" I honest ly s a y , K-onsid**ring t h e

menace o f soc ia l i sm, w h i c h has reared

its head in this c o u n t r y d u r i n g the last

y e a r ami w h i c h is prepared to rear

i tse l f on every occasion aga in that

it s tr ikes me as a m a z i n g that the gov

eminent at the present t ime should

e m b a r k on the pol icy of a b o l i s h i n g the

only b a r r i e r r e m a i n i n g between it a n d

t he p e o p l e . ' '

W h a t a sat ire the above a l lus ion to

the A m e r i c a n ins t i tu t ions are on the

assumpt ion of A m e r i c a n people that

they are the best governed people in

the w o r l d ! H e r e we have an K n g l i s h

L o r d , one of the heads of K n g l a n d ' s

p lu tocracy , sugges t ing that monarch­

ica l B r i t a i n should incorporate into its

government inst i tut ions a M M elect ive

body wi th the power ami author i ty of

the non-elect ive I'. S. senate, backed

up by the v e t o i n g power of its attic-

is! head, the monarch , such us pos­

sessed (by the off ic ia l head o f the

T n i t e d States , the president . A n d f o r

what purpose, solely to protect the

r u l i n g elases against tile people. Mere

the mask is t h r o w n off. The shallow

ness of the r i l l i n g c lasses ' pretent ions

of love f o r democrat ic methods of gov

eminent is apparent .

We leai u c lear ly f r o m L o r d H U M

berry the true purpose of modern gov

u r n n u n t s . T o preserve the interests

of property is the real object . T h e

r u l i n g c lascs never fai l to make this

clear when the ir inti rests are threat

ened.

K v i ' v persi n possessing an average

amount of common sense know that a

non-elect ive b o d y , l ike the 1'. S. ecu-

ate, the K n g l i s h House o f L o r d s or the

power of veto possesed by the presi

dent of. the I 'n i ted States , iu undemo

erat ic . T o g ive a man or a body of

men a r b i t r a r y power in government

( C o n t i n u e d on Page 4.1

Report that Scab Phone Is Endeavoring to Purchase Judases to Work Inside

Unions to Raise Boycott

Corporation Beaten Unless they Secure Hirelings—Beware of the Man who

Calls Quit—Strikers Firm

N A T U R A L PRODUCT OF THE S Y S T E M

H a v i n g been beaten at every point

i n the s truggle against i ts employees,

the R o c k y M o u n t a i n Hel l Te lephone

c o m p a n y is now t r y i n g a new move,

a l t h o u g h an old t r i c k by corporat ions .

K r o m reports that have come to this

o f f ice we are lead to bel ieve that the

scab phone of f ic ia ls are e n d e a v o r i n g

to br ibe union men and union of f ic ia ls

by h i r i n g them to do the ir d i r t y work

ins ide the union lodge rooms.

F r o m var ious p a r ! - of the state come

reports of one or two i n d i v i d u a l s who

a r o a t t e m p t i n g to have the locaJ

T r a d e s and L a b o r Assembl ies raise

the boycott again-t the scab phone

a n d desert the operators and l inemen

who are now on s tr ike .

T h e r e is no necessity f o r such act ion

on the part of the unions at this t ime.

T h e s tr ike is on as f irm as ever and

tin

tin

ib i s Iscariats and f r o m reports rece ived

lore , it seems that the company have

located a few, or else they have a f e w

union men unconsciously p l a y i n g into

t l n i r hands.

The Te l ephone c o m p a n y is in the

maikot to purchase spies to operate

inside the un ion . I f any man who de­

sires to be a J u d a s let h i m a p p l y to

H . V . L a n e , pres ident of the R o c k y

M o u n t a i n Be l l T e l e p h o n e company ,

:md ( heap labor skater .

K v e r y union man must be w a t c h f u l

it ttie present t int* i f any union man

advocates the r a i s i n g of the boycot t

at the present t ime and thereby desert­

ing the s t r i k i n g l inemen and opera

tors, ask h im how much he is receiv­

ing f r o m the scab company f o r his

spiel f

SHOPMEN STRIKE ON RIO GRANDE

Railroads Lengthen Work Day and Re­fuse Extra Compensation for Over­

time—Strike Will Spread

No union or trades assembly can

scab phone company is beaten a n d | « " " l e the s t r ike , when a sett lement is

corporat ion ofHcia l s know it, a n d » ' " b it must be sa t i s fac tory to the

way they can defeat the

is by h a v i n g spies in the

the only

st r ikers .

un ion to w o r k for the interests of the

c o r p o r a t i o n .

In But te the operators are only

linemen of Idaho, M o n t a n a , W y o m i n g

and I'tah and the operators of M o n

' tana, a n d the s t r i k e w i l l not be de-

j glared off unt i l the agreement has

been rat i f ied bv s t r ikers of tin 1 above

w o r k i n g f o u r hours a d a y . as t h e e i s . above named states.

l i f e that

In the e a r l y m o m of F e b r u a r y 23d,

K M the o r b o f day was f a i n t l y s treak

i n g the eas tern hor izon, there r a n g

out in th<' c i ty of Denver the report

of an assass in's pistol . W i t h t in 1 re­

port of tlmt pistol went

was consecrated to the

A s it f e w of the f a i t h f u l ga thered

in the sacred edifice, known lis St .

K l i z a b e t h ' s c h u r c h , there was seen to

the porta ls a smal l , sinewy man with

beady eves, h a g g a r d face a n d the

swar thy c o m p l e x i o n of S o u t h e r n K u

rope, l i e w is a dejected l o o k i n g crea

tore, a n d a p p e a r e d as though he had

ben a b a n d o n e d or isolated f r o m tin'

coiiL|Htuionship o f h is fe l low m e n . H e j

seemed to be a s t r a n g e r — a w a n d e r e r |

upon tin* face of the earth -and his

threadbare clothes ind icated that he

M I L S no s t ranger to want a n d poverty .

T h e services proeeeded unt i l the sac

rament was be ing admin i s tered to the

communicant s , mid then, this despond

cut wretch from 11 fore ign s lum- was

seen to wend his steps towards the al

tar, and when he reached the commun­

ion r a i l , | MI rt i 1111 y kneel , in order that

he might par take of the sacred host,

which is looked upon b y every devout

Catho l i c its Hie body anil b lood of

<'hirst. N o sooner did the sacred host

tout h the tongue of the moi l , than lie

became an i n f u r i a t e d , maddened mon

ster- pul led the wenpon o f m u r d e r

f r o m his pocket and pressed the t r i g

ger t h « t sent a bul let on its pi t i less

mission of death.

F a t h e r Leo , as he was f a m i l i a r l y

cal led, s taggered and f e l l , a n d iu u

f e w b r i e f moments his earth ly career

wiut at an end.

T h e a i m of the assassin was true.

T h e bul le t had pierced his heart , and

the pr i s t that was loved f o r his piety

and k i i idnea sunk into au eternal sleep.

T h e r e were two b r a v o men i n St . KM

z a h c t h ' s e b u r e h that m o r n i n g , who

sprang to the ir feet and rushed f o r the

maniac . A r a i l w a y c o n d u c t o r a n d n

pol iceman g r a p p l e d with the m u d m a n

ami wrested the s m o k i n g p i s to l f r o m

his grasp. Hut whim the dehumanized wretch

was overpowered ami in the hands of

an o f f icer of the law, the exc i ted eon

gregat ion seemed to forget the patient

spirit and forbearance of <'hirst, ami

rushed l ike an ava lanche upon the soul

less creature thirf had reddened his

Catho l i c c h u r c h , i hands iu human blood.

M r was k i c k e d mil spat upon, and

tunny o f the congergat ion , who but a

few moments before had knelt in pray

er and l i f t e d their eyes towards the

heavens, became crazed , and under the

shadow of t in - temple III had been

ded ica ted to C o d . demanded that this

wretch should b lynched . These I ' l ir ist

' inn people iu the ir wrath and f renzy

had f orgo t t en that t in re was a com

ii iamlment which says: " T h o u shall

mit k i l l . "

These C h r i s ; inn people became crazed

in a moment a n d their thirst for b lood

of this poor, homeless, dejected and

f r i e n d l y wretch was no more excusabh

than the passion in the heart of thi

degenerate who assassinated the pre

late o f the F r a n c i s c a n order .

T h i s man , who imbrued his hands iu

the blood of a mil l i l i ter of the gospel ,

was ;i till me with the l i r i s of wr;ith and

hatred , and his bl ind nige took away

that which he einibl not g ive back.

T h e members of this congregat ion

who rushed upon the assassin w i t h

murder in the ir hearta, but who were

prevented by a cool, de t ermined , b r a v e

man, were bereft of reason, l ike the

miserable creaiture who took the l i f e

of F a t h e r Leo .

It was a cruel m u r d e r ami every

mini a n d w o m a n , rcgard l )** of r e l i g

ions be l ie fs , w i l l deplore the sitcrilice

of a man who had won the love and

confidence o f a l l who know h im.

But s ince that memorable S u n d a y

m o r n i n g in I louver 's history, the pen

artist of almost every journal of the

state have been w r i t i n g stories that

could httvc o n l y emanated in v i v i d M M

agiiimtions.

T h e assassin, A n g c l o ( labrieJe, has

been p ic tured as the member of almost

every organ iza t ion that has ever been

no w o r k f o r them to do. In Helena,

it is sa id , that the c o m p a n y has stop­

ped p a y i n g in checks a n d now pays in

cash , so that the publ ic wi l l not know

what wages the gir ls are receivii io. in

fact it is h inted that the scab opera­

tors have rece ived a reduction iu

wages.

T h e scab company is in a bad fix,

t h e y cannot g « * l inemen and tin ir

l ines and poles throughout the states

of Idaho. M o n t a n a , W y o m i n g ami I'tah

are in a deplorable condi t ion ami

would be in a much worse state had

the winter m«t been so mi ld as it was.

T h e ent ire o f f ic ia l crew of tin » : i h

company are now at w o r k i n g t r y i n g to

b r e a k the s t r i k e ; judges , injunct ions

a n d j a i l s have been put into service to

no effect as the s t r ikers stood firm in

the face o f e v e r y t h i n g inc luding gov­

ernment i n j u n c t i o n * . H a v i n g fa i l ed

the o f f i c ia l s are w o r k i n g with the

most contempt ib le methods that cor

porat ions can use, prospect ing fur .Iu

T h e B e l l c o m p a n y has done a l l i n i i t

power to cr ipple the unions of M o n

tana . E v e r y union man in this state

has an in junct ion on h i m , p laced by

J u d g e Hunt of the f e d e r a l court at

the request of the rorpor . i t ion . T w o

A n a c o n d a union men have served a

sentence in Helena j a i l f o r v i o l a t i n g

the in junct ion . Kd wards, Cut t s and

S h a n n o n are now in the Helena hast i le ,

placed there without a tr ia l by j u r y ,

sentenced f o r b e i n g true to the cause

of un ionism and d a r i n g to d e f y gov­

ernment by injunct ion .

The Bel l company s tarted a one man

made law in this state, o v e r t u r n e d the

law of our fa th i rs, therefore every

union men should be de termined not

to sec the boycott raised unt i l the

company makes a settlement w i t h its

s t r i k i n g < mpl >y • es.

I temcmbcr the boys who went to j a i l

for d e f y i n g government by in junct ions

when t in 1 question of r a i s i n g the boy­

cott is brought before y o u r un ion .

T h e machinis t s , b o i l e r m a k e r s and

members o f k i n d r e d trades e m p l o y e d

i n Ifie R i o .Grande shops went on

s t r i k e . a f t er a final c o n f e r e n c e at

which M a n a g e r A . C . R i d g w a y , of the

r a i l r o a d refused any concess ion.

T h e a t r i k e w i l l u l t i m a t e l y s p r e a d

to every r o a d in the G o u l d s y s t e m , a n d

affect roads all over the U n i t e d States ,

sa id G r a n d M a s t e r M e Q u e n n y of the

l a b o r men. " T h e r e is e v e r y indica­

t ion that the s truggle w i l l be a long

one and f o u g h t h a r d on b o t h s i d e s . "

T h e s t r i k e is the result of an order

posted by the road a m o n t h ago abro­

g a t i n g a l l contracts w i t h the unions.

S i n c e that t ime numerous conferences

have been held between the men a n d

the c o m p a n y , b u t i t was imposs ib le to

reach an agreement .

In a d d i t i o n to the B u r n h a m shops in

D e n v e r , where 300 men s t r u c k , the fo l ­

l o w i n g cit ies are e f fec ted: P u e b l o ,

G r a n d J u n c t i o n , S a l l a . A l a m o s a , I^ead

v i l l e , M i n t u r n , G u n n i s o n , C h a m a . R i d g ­

w a y , in C o l o r a d o , and Sal t L a k e , O g -

den, He l lor . T h i s t J a , H i u g h a m . T u c k e r ,

a n d G r e e n R i v e r in I ' tah.

AU Employees Walk Out. M a c h i n i s t s , boi lerm:iker% b l a c k s m i t h s

a n d helpers in a l l of these trades , pipe-

men and apprentices , went out regard

less of whether they W i r e a f f i l i a t e d

wi th the organizat ions or not . Some

of the c a r men went out a n d it is ex­

pected tha t al l of them w i l l s t r ike

later.

In a l l . about 2,."><m men w i l l be i n ­

vo lved , it is sa id . T h e B u r n h a m shops

M M prac t i ca l l y t ide up today but the

c o m p a n y ' s of f ic ia l s say they wi l l fi l l

the places of the s tr ikers as rapidly . i s

possible .

Oeputy sheriffs were sworn in and

wi l l g u a r d the shops in D e n v e r an I

be sent to other points on the road.

T h e un ion leaders assert that t in re

w i l l be no violence of any k i n d by the

workmen .

R e f u s e to Recogn ize U n i o n .

B r i e f l y , the new shop rules wil l re

suit in the abo l i t ion of the S* hour rule.

the d o i n g a w a y with a l l over t ime f o r

S u n d a y s a n d hol idays , a g r a d u a t e d

scale of wages, re fusa l to recognize

men as union men or members o f or­

ganizat ions , the p a y m e n t o f a l l e m ­

ployees a c c o r d i n g to i n d i v i d u a l m e r i t ,

regardless o f m a x i m u m or m i n i m u m

scales, and the r ight to change the

shop rules at w i l l . A l l of the G o u l s l

roads p r o b a b l y wi l l be i n v o l v e d in t h e

s t r ike before it is ended. A t a recent

m e e t i n g )f the machin i s t s of the C o u l d

roads, held in K a n s a s c i t y it was u n ­

an imous ly v o t e d to c a l l out a l l the m e n

on the M i s s o u r i , Pac i f i c , the I r o n

M o u n t a i n , W a b a s h , and the T e x a s P a ­

cif ic, i f the D e n v e r k R i o G r a n d e o f f i c ­

ials d i d not deal with the men as mem­

bers o f the organ iza t ion . T h e u l t i ­

m a t u m of the company was posted o n

IV b r u a r y 12, and s ta ted that a f t e r

M a r c h 14, the D e n v e r & Rio G r a n d e

road would conduct its business u n d e r

s tr i e t ly " o p e n s h o p " condi t ions , w o u l d

refuse to recognize any commit tee o f

union men and would p a y the men o n

a s t r i c t l y i n d i v i d u a l basis.

T h e shop men have fought f o r y e a r s

to h a v e the w o r k d a y reduced f r o m t e n

to n ine hours and p r a c t i c a l l y succeed­

ed last summer in h a v i n g the nine-

hour d a y un iversa l ly es tabl i shed on the

ra i l roads throughout the country , a n d

it seems that the ra i l roads are g o i n g

tn m a k e an attempt to get b a c k to the

longer w o r k d a y aga in .

T h e union men contend that in spite

of the repea led dec larat ions of t h e

c o m p a n y of f i c ia l s that wages were not

to be reduced , that is the main m o t i v e

beak of the trouble . H a d the s t r i k e

been cal led last September . ."i.ilOO m e n

w o u l d have been cal led out. but n e a r l y

.'U'O men have been laid off s ince tha t

t ime.

T h e shopmen have been on s t r ike o n

the Santa Ke fur a l ong tune a m i w i t h

the t y i n g up of the G o u l d l ines this

wi l l g ive the union a chance to w i n

the Santa F c str ike, as the s t r ike w i l l

take a w a y s t r ik i breaker* f r o m of f

that road.

SOCIALISM AND THE RACE QUESTION

(Continued on Page 2.)

TbO*v

A Long Time Since the Dinner Pail Was Full

T h e cap i ta l i s t almost i n v a r i a

takes a d v a n t a g e of any one in the ir

in terpre ta t ion o f s.s 'a l i s in . 1 f % Ir dr

ly us ing the idea of p r i v a t e propptty .

W h e n y o u are told that tli socialist

wants y o u to d i v i d e up. y o u then i l i ' i ik

I would d i s l ike very much to labor

h a r d a n d accumulate a f e w 'housand

dol lars ami then have to d i v i d e op

with some worthless i n d i v i d u a l th.it

had spuaudered his money in d i s « , p .

t ion. W h e n the idea of p r i v a t e prop

erty associates with soc ia l i sm in the

f o r m that the capi ta l i s t m i n d inst i l ls

it in y o u r make up. there is only one

a l t erna t ive and that is f o r soc ia l i sm to

become loathsome to y o u . F o r those

that wish to s tudy soc ia l i sm in an un­

biased manlier, must r e m e m b e r that

the idea of p r i v a t e p r o p e r t y that the

masses enter ta in is only n o m i n a l , but

it is nut nomina l wi th the capi ta l i s t ,

it is qu i te l e a l . T h i s idea is perpet

u.ited f o r the purpose o f a l l o w i n g n

few to mainta in the o w n e r s h i p of

things that we are c o l l e c t i v e l y depend

cut upon, a n d thereby e f f ec t ing the

ownersh ip of us also. T h e idea is in

j u d i c i o u s for our benefit , mid very

wise f o r the cap i ta l i s t . W e are also

taught that social i sm is opposed to re­

l ig ion, but not so, socia l i sm is no more

opposed to re l ig ion than any other ps>

l i t ica l par ty , its business is confined

exc lus ive ly to the equi ty o f m a t e r i a l

things that we are dependent upon for

a l ive l ihood .

T h e system we l ive under , knows

v e r y wel l what ideas are most potent

to b r i n g pressure in the ir f a v o r . T h e

only medic ine for human injust ice a n d

su f f er ing is wisdom, a n d i f we as a

race do not c o o p e r a t e w i t h those that

are w o r k i n g for that med ic ine , it wi l l

only mean the procast inat ion of justice

and a l l e v i a t i o n of our pred icament .

We wi l l now consider the spir i t that

permeates the system of society that

we are f o r c e d to l ive under in its con­

struct ion.

T h e f i ini lanient . i l pr inc ip les of our

society is luised upon antagon i sm, one

man p i t t ed against the other, f r o m that

in some ways one race against another ,

and at t imea it is not as presentable

as an o r d i n a r y p r i / i ti^ht. we just

s t r ike every place ami with a n y t h i n g

in th i s tooth and claw system we l i v e

under .

W e w i l l say, as it is genera l ly sup­

posed, by some, that sol idarity exists

in th i s struggle under cap i ta l i sm f o r

an existence, etc. W h i t i ra n one

side, the negro race on the other. l*n-

der a system of antagonism, and the

two races against each othtr, is it not

p l a i n that things would be more anta­

gonis t i c t oward us than the white race

on account o f the negro race be ing i l l

the m i n o r i t y !

We wi l l now look at an 'tin r phase

of our society and the negro a con­

st i tuent that const i tutes this phase.

T h e incept ion of the negro in the pres­

ent system of society was that of a

s lave and the spirit cont inues to exist .

T o demonstrate the existence at that

s p i i i t , we wi l l c o n s i d e r the way t i ie

f o l d i n g of society i f toward a m g r . *

when a n y t h i n g is ment ioned t o w a r d

this problem. T h e first t h i n g is s a i d ,

" W h a t shal l we do wit' i Co N e g r o f "

Kl ' inember the word '- 'shall " is a l w a y s

used instead of somct i on s " W h a t w i l l

we do wi th hi n i t "

F r o m that you can see we are si i l l

cons idered as the property of some

one else in the abstract , by not con­

s i d e r i n g our wi l l in this prob lem.

Soc ie ty works in the abs trac t ac-

c u r l i n g to t h e csniKti uct ion o f the

spirit of it, just the same as the con­

crete machine a c c o r d i n g to its mechan­

ism, it must be operated in one part ic ­

ular way f o r harmony to exist . J f t h e

way I have portrayed society a n d o u r

relat ion toward it, is true a n d it ap­

peals to me, as one that has been a

close and di l igent s tudent of its w o r k ,

to be perfect ly true, how are we go­

i n g to ex tr i ca te ourse lves f r o m i t s

tenacious mesches unless it has b e e n

revo lu t ion ized toward us! A f t e r care­

f u l medi tat ion a n d be ing caut ious i n

c o m i n g to conc lus ions ! imbued soeial-

i C o n t i n u e d on Page 2.)

8 M O N T A N A N E W S , H E L E N A , M O N T A N A .

THE MONTANA NEWS.

wned and P v j b l l a S * d by t h s Soc ia l i s t Pa r ty tf M o n t a n a .

I S S U E D W K E K I Y .

nrriCB 15 P A K K A V K . P . O. B O X 908

txtarod at tbe Pom Offii-e for iransm .••!<>* through the mail at wy-oiul clam rate*.

Addraaa all communU-atloa* and make a l l •acinar parable to the Montana News.

Sua lnasa Manager . Jame>» D . G r a h a m . Strvte S e . r o i . v t v

I D A C K O V C H H A Z L E T T E d i t o r

J . F M A B I E . A - 01 late E d i t o r

S U B S C R I P T I O N S : '.laa Vsar Soc H i Month* *Se

One cent per copr in bund lei up to 500

Nattuaal tfeadqaarter*. Mahlon Harass. Sec-•etary. Room 300-302. BorUton Bld( . . Dear­born St.. Chicago, III.

State Headquartera, Jaa. P . Graham. Secre­tary. 15 Park Arcane, Helena. Mont.

S T A T E C A B I N E T .

George Ambrose John Home J. F . Mabie George Wesleder T. J . Rooney

Butte Billings

Chico Great Falls Livingston

M O N T A N A S O C I A L I S M A N D T H I 1

W O R K I N G C L A S S .

foo l i sh statement* a n d most w i l l f u l m is represe n t ait i o iu».

Iff were reminded o f this tbe other n ight whi l e l i s t en ing to B i s h o p Car­r o l l ' s address in the W o r k e r * ' C l u b , l i e represented the m>ei:ili*t* as people who be l ieved i n " d i v i d i n g u p " and i l lus t r a t ed the i m p r a c t i c a b i l i t y o f the d i v i d i n g up theory by that hoary obi atory about he I r i shman and h i s two pigs. The bishop assumed tha t his au­dience was of such low order of i n ­tel l igence that they w o u l d aeeept this f o r argument . P r o b a b l y f o u r out o f Ave out o f the w o r k i n g people present were sorry f o r h i m .

A n d this reminds us of good joke . I>rot year H e n r y C l e w s , the banker , and George K i r k p a t r i c k met i n joint debate. In his open ing remarks K i r k p a t r i c k s|M>ke about the f o o l i s h objec­t ions that used to be advanced ngainst soc ia l i sm and s p e a k i n g about the story of Pa t and his two pigo, he sa id thsjt no man of any in te l l igence or educa­t ion would t h ink of us ing that as ar­gument in th is en l igh tened day a n J age. M r . C lews , who had been busy w i t h his notes, had missed th i s part of K i r k p a t r i c k ' s r emarks and the firat t h i n g he d i d when i t came his tu rn , was to re late this s tory of P a t and his pigs. O f course the audience roared, and M r . C l e w s , not k n o w i n g tha t he was be ing l aughed at, ins tead of be ing laughed w i t h , thought he had made a tremendous h i t .

Mon tana is l ead ing a l l the states o f

the union in i t* social iat percentage.

Yet f o r the sake of the cause we wi sh

the other states were away ahead o f

us—that is, of where we are now.

We have a great number of encour­

ag ing letters f r o m unorgan ized places,

and eve ry th ing points to one of the

greatest campaigns th i s year in M o n

tana that the soc ia l i s t s ever carr ied

on in any state or i n any c i ty out­

side of M i l w a u k e e . T h a t may Masai

big , but the l i t t l e pre** is goinif a l l the

t i n e when there is no job work on—

p r i n t i n g campaign leaHelts. L i v i n g s

ton wants f 'omrado ltuzr.ell fo r one

month in the county . Cascade county

wants a speaker f o r two months a f t e r

the hot weather is over , and various

other appl ica t ions are in suff ic ient to

iMvcr two months at least. The so­

cial is ts throughout the atate are roused

up on the campaign f u n d , and a mini

lier of farmers are go ing to g ive dances

and charge $1.00 a t i cke t to help out.

Tedi lv r e f u v i l to pardon tIn- union men who are in j a i l , and it appears that the policy taken by the Montana socialist patty ha* taken wi th union men everywhere . When any­th ing special in the l ine of cotnmuni cations is read in the unions a motion is made to send it to the News. We have received many such comnmnica tions recently.

We have the old part ies buffaloed here. A teacher in the high scho.d irave the youngsters | lecture on so­cia l ism the other day, and she gave thesn a good clear t a lk . She discussed anarchy and social ism. She said that every man and woman who worked f o r a l i v i n g was d i v i d i n g up wi th the ca­pi ta l is ts and tin- s o c i a l i s t s wauled to put | stop to such d i v i d i n g . One cor­respondent wrote us, ' ' H u l l y for the schoolmarm. ' '

Senator Car te r ' s , " O i l y T o m ' s , " ward lieeb rs are showing an anxious and pi t iable a c t i v i t y . The Helena In­dependent printed thousands of copies of b a r t e r ' s " Labor D a y " speech at Missou la (the Independent is a dem­ocratic paper, while the " s e n a t o r " is republ ican) and one henchman was de­tai led off to mai l the same to every union man in tbe state.

The state is be ing flooded wi th a pamphlet c l a iming that T a f t is not the fa ther of the i n j u n c t i o n government, but is f o l l o w i n g Teddy in his opposi t i on to in junct ions . The bunco steer-ers that are detai led off on this cor­porat ion " p r o p a g a n d a " work are very i r r i t ab le . They have a hard job and they k n o w i t .

The old par t ies recognize that they are up against a harder fight w i t h the social is ts tins year than they had an­t ic ipa ted . W i t h a man w i t h a strong labor record a* candida te f o r congress we w i l l pu l l a very b i g vote.

We aro hav ing request* f o r exchange w i t h a great aumhec of paper* in the •tate, and frees labor papers through­out the country.

In s t r i k i n g contras t to the act ions of the court* i n the T h a w case is the summary manner in w h i c h the Denver anarchis t i s handed over to the execu­t ioner. A f t e r months of l ega l qu ibb l ­ing H a r r y T h a w is t ender ly cared f o r i n an a sy lum u n t i l a f o r g e t f u l pub l ic insures his f r eedom. In the case of Giuseppe A l i a no p l ea of i n san i ty is enter ta ined a l though he was p robab ly the more insane of the two . H a r r y T h a w was r i c h . Giuseppe A l i a was poor—and that cons t i tu te* his real c r ime.

Is it any wonder the w o r k i n g class are l ea rn ing to have contempt f o r cour ts that deal out t h i s k i n d of " J u s ­t i c e . "

In r<ss]srmje to f requent i nqu i r i e s coming f r o m comrades i n var ious parts of the count ry in re la t ion to socia l is t plays appropria te f o r p roduc t ion by par ty members when enter ta inments are g iven f o r the benefit of the par ty . .Tubus H o p p . the socia l is t d ramat i s t and organizer of the social is t thea t r i ca l movement in N e w Y o r k , has decided to issue a month ly pub l i ca t i on devoted to the drama and soc i a l i sm .

The purpose o f th is magazine is to pr in t , besides essays and a r t i c l e s on the drama in re la t ion to socia l ques­t ions, p lays that he comrades can pro­duce in any town. P l a y s w i l l In- trans Lated f r o m Kuropeau languages and p i i n t ed a* t ime progresses.

The first number o f the m a g a z i n -w i l l con ta in a reprint of a one-act play by <'lara Huge, the dramat ic c r i t i c of the N e w Y o r k Y o l k s z e i t u n g . (the G e r m a n Soc ia l i s t |>:i|M-r) ca l led " O n tbs R o a d . "

The second MHaaWf of the magazine w i l con ta in a new one-net socia l is t play by J u l i u s II , ; wr i t t en f o r and ;*t the requt st of the social is t Sunday School of N e w Y o r k , ca l led " T h -I M I s . " Tl i i j t play is exce l l en t ly sui ted product ion under the auspices of the Socia l i s t Sund ' iy School*, W , m a n ' « Branches a* well as locals. It ap peals to c h i l d r e n and grownups . The characters ate a rich man, his c h i l d , a poor woman and her ch i l d , and it shows the contrast b e t w e i n weal th and pover ty .

In order to enable the first number of tbe II agazitie to be pr in ted wi thout financial loam, comrade* a l l over the country , who are in teres ted, are re quested to send their names and ad­dresses to .Tubus l l ' f p p , publ i sher of The Social is t Theater M a g a z i n e , 131 W e t t T w e n t y T h i r d street, N e w Y o r k C i t y , N . Y . The firat number w i l ! cost 10 cents. Loca l s or i n d i v i d u a l s wish­ing to f o r m a dramat ic d u b in thei r own town are requested to com­municate w i t h J u l i u s Hopp.

Money should be f o r w a r d e d in cash ; inclose the money in a smal l envebque, close the same and place in the envel ope which is addressed to J u l i u s Hopp.

C h i c a g o , 111., M a r c h 7, 1908.

T o the L o c a l s and Comrade* : G r e e t i n s g : — T h e Soc ia l i s t P r e s i d e n t

i a l c a m p a i g n i * now on. N o t h i n g l i k e i t eve r happened in A m e r i c a . T h e par ty member sh ip f o r the yea r 1907 num­bered 29,270 f o r the three months end i n g F e b r u a r y the number is 37,973; an increase o f 8,705 members . T h i s i is not the t ime f o r ta lk, but f o r ac t ion .

The re a re f o u r things to do be fo re the N a t i o n a l convent ion assemble* in Ch icago , M a y 10. Comrades , i t is Im­pera t ive that y o u and y o u r l oca l lend a band.

No. L M e m b e r s h i p R e c o r d Cards , supp l i ed y o u r loca l through the of f ice of the s tate secretaries shou ld be dis­t r i b u t e d t o each member, a u d each member should fill his c a r d out care­f u l l y . The i n f o r m a t i o n o b t a i n e d w i l l be put to good use d u r i n g tbe cam p a i g n . and may determine tbe methods to be employed in o r g a n i z a t i o n ami agtitation 'work f o r s eve ra l year to come. T h i * is important da ta f o r the c a m p a i g n .

No. 2. S o c i a l i s t P l a t e M a t t e r . T h i s s e rv i ce was s ta r ted last J u l y w i t h Of subscr ibers . The re are now e igh ty -n ine on the l i s t . G e t a l i v e commi t t ee to w o r k on th i s . It is w o r t h w h i l e . Some locals pay the subscr. jpt iou pr ice —35c a w e e k — t o secure is use i n loca l papers. T h i n k of the o p p o r t u n i t y f o r p ropaganda . I f we get but t w o hun dred papers u s ing our plate w i t h an average c i r c u l a t i o n of l/JM f o r each paper , our message w i l l reach 600,000 readers every week. It i * l i k e start i n g a number of social is t papers w i t h ­out cost, and reaches the p e o p l e we need, and who may not be reached by any other mean*. A b i g l is t shou ld be made up now, then it goes on a* a ma t t e r of rou t ine , out of the w a y f o r c a m p a i g n w o r k .

N o . 3. T h e Spec ia l Asses smen t to pay r a i l r o a d f a r e of delegates assures equi tab le presenta t ion in the N a t i o n a l conven t i on to a l l d iv i s ions o f t h e par­ted, regardless o f the i r s t r e n g t h or weakness i n numbers or financially, or d i s tance f r o m the c o n v e n t i o n c i t y .

L o c a l M e s a , Colo . , r e p o r t s : — O u r lo­ca l met last Sa tu rday a m i the com­rades a l l c h e e r f u l l y responded to the c a l l f o r specia l 35 cent assessment f o r conven t ion expenses. There are 14 members i n good s tanding, a m i every one p a i d up p rompt ly , m a k i n g S4.90 that I f o r w a r d e d to our atate secre­ta ry th is m o r n i n g .

L o c a l A u g u s t s , Ga . , repor t s : Re­c e i v e d the spec ia l assessment s tamps a f e w days ago, and w i l l no doubt dis-|M>»e of them v r y easi ly , a* we find that even outs iders arc w i l l i n g to pur­chase them. Kxpo< t to c a l l f o r more sho r t l y . T h e coming of the N a t i o n a l

• inven t ion seems to have s t i r r e d new l i f e i n the comrades h e r e . "

W h i l e the phenomal increase in mem­bership the number of delegates ex-

e e d s by 43 the n n m l x r es t imated at the t ime the 35c assessment was de­c i d e d upon. In v iew of th i s and the f u r t h e r f a c t that a number of par ty ti iemtwrs are now unemployed, and the re fore unable to pay the assessment, i i n b s * every member responds whose f inaneia! c i rcumstances w i l l a l low of i ts payment the income f o r th is pur­pose w i l l f a l l f a r short of the sum re­qu i r ed , and w i l l leave the N a t i o n a l or­gan iza t ion w i t h a cons iderable debt at the ve ry b e g i n n i n g of the N a t i o n a l

• ampj i ign . Y o u r local w i l l dispose of its quota , w i l l it not t

l o c a l S a n I)iego. C a l . , repor ts : — M e m b e r s h i p J a n u a r y I, 190H. 1.38 new members rece ived dur ing J a n u a r y , " s ; lesj members received d u r i n g I'ebru-try, 3v , f o u r members r emoved f r o m the c i t y . N u m b e r of m e m b e r * last I ty of F e b r u a r y , 230.

If you wunt to get the f u l l measure •I P i e c e s * , the local mee t ing w i l l not ad jou rn u n t i l e f fec t ive ac t ion is taken on each of the above propos i t ion*. The hosts of the w o r k i n g class are f o r m ing f o r the greatest po l i t i c a l ba t t le on A m e r i c a n so i l .

F r a t e r n a l l y you r comrade,

J . M a h l o n Harnes,

N a t i o n a l Sec re t a ry .

BUTTE SOCIALIST TICKET

One of the most s t r i k i n g proofs of the weakness of cap i t a l i sm U the ex­tent to which it underrate* i ts Me*** The ignorance of the average capi tal­ist a p o l o g i s t concerning the w o r k i n g -lass la s imply amaz ing . He assume* hat the average w o r k i n g man or work ng woman is uneducated, i l l i t e r a t e and tup i i l . w i t h nn ambi t ion above a job nd a f i l l stomach, and wxseots them

to s tand i n aw* before aoy man who own* a diploma and accept without question sad wi thout proof the moat

The Cathol ic church in G e r m a n y is i n the midst of a hot controversy wica the L i b e r a l s . A m o n g other occasions which have g iven rise to this, was tbe candidature of a priest * • a L i b e r a l . N o w the Archb i shop of B a m b e r g has condemned thatt, much to the ind igns-t ion of the L ibe ra l s , who point out that the archbishop has not prevented any of his c l e rgy f r o m s i t t i n g as mem­bers of the Cent re or C l e r i c s ! par ty pure and s imple . T b e archbishop makes s d is t inc t seore against the L i b ­erals when he points out that tbey approved of his c , „ i d u c t when, du r ing the last elect ion, he fo rbade cer ta in of the clergy f r o m suppor t ing t h e So­cia l is ts .

B y recent referendum Geo. B . K l i n e of MsMwhea, W i s t V s . , and t . W . Gi l l e*p ie . sj Husi t ington, wers re-elected state secretary and member of tbe N a t i o n a l committee resp.- t i / e i y .

JOIN T H E PARTY

Socialism and the Race Question (Oostismed from Pag* 1.)

ism f o r my nearest so lu t ion f o r th is p r o b l e m that is so dear to my heart.

Some w i l l aay that the same w o r k of B o o k e r T. Washington w i l l solve the p r o b l e m , now I have the greatest respect for Mr. Wash ing ton , also 1 t h i n k be is d o i n g a commendable work , to be honest, i t look* to me that be i * do ing more t o w a r d sc ient i f ic i ndus t r i a l t r a i n i n g f o r the race than any man tha t ever l i v e d , and taken a n y serious in teres t in t h i * problem. H e is mak i n g e f f i c i en t worke r s of the negro that is tu tored b y h i m . F.ffieient w o r k s un­der the cap i t a l i s t system sim7.lv means tha t the p roduc t ion w i l l be greater f o r tbe cap i t a l i s t J a there any more ca­pable w o r k e r i n the wor ld than the A m e r i c a n w h i t e laborer, , the social unrest w i t h thetn verif ies my conten­t ion alc.ot i n d u s t r i a l f reedom per ta in­i n g - t o the negro.

Jus t i ce in the i n d u s t r i a l w o r l d w i l l enable us to protect ourselves in many way* in t h i * problem wh ich is *o great to eve ry negro.

J . T. D O W K L L

(T* be nontinued.)

1st W a r .

J O H N J . P O L E /

3rd Ward

J A C O B J A C O B S O N

4th Ward

F R A N K C A R R O N

5th Ward

J A C O B H A R K O N E N

6 t h Ward

F R A N K O H A R E

7th Ward

J A M E S J . F A U A N

M h Ward

J O H N O ' B R I E N

Natura l Product of the System. .Cont inue . ! from Pag* 1.)

a ra ig 1 upon tht charge o f t a k i n g human l i f e . H e has been cnarged wi th be ing a member o f an ant i -c ler­ical soc ie ty , a member of the anarch­ists, a member of the G i o r d a n o Bruno c lub and other societ ies that are ar­ra igned w i t h s a n c t i o n i n g murder as a means to ban ish w r o n g and oppression. Th-ese w r i t e r s are mere ly bas ing the i r s tatements upon suppos i t ion . They re i l i / e • . , • , \ ; ,st number ot p e o p b

w i l l devour a n y t h i n g o f a s cn t iona l character , a n d modern j o u r n a l i s m has d i scovered tha t in c a t e r i n g to such an appet i te , itbast i t b r ings in the do l la rs and cents.

Who i * th i s A n g e l o G a b r i c l c , who has been denounced a* an anarch i s t , a priest hater , and b y a f e w a* a so­cial ia t t

A n g e l o Qabr i e l e la a C a t h o l i c . H e was born beneath the sunny sk ies of I ta ly . H e is the son o f C a t h o l i c p a r ents.

He was bap t i zed in the C a t h o l i c church .

H e was reared a n d t r a ined i n the C-aitbolic school* of bis na t ive coun t ry .

H e worsh ipped G o d at tbe a l t a r of a C a t h o l i c church , and now, that be has s l a in a pr ies t , F a t h e r O ' R y a n brands h im as an anarchis t and a s o c i a l i s t .

T h i s F a t h e r O ' R y a n , wh i l e d e l i v e r i n g his eulogy o v e i the remains of the dead pr ies t , should have remembered thavt commanlmenrt w h i c h says : ' T h o u sha l t not bear f a l se wi tness against t h y n e i g h b o r . '

A n g e l o Gabr i e l e is not a soc ia l i s t , nor w i l l the soc ia l i s t s be silent under the s t i g m a that the germs of murder were p lan ted in th is man ' s heart th rough the doctr ines promulga ted by s o c i a l i s m .

A n g e l o Gabr ie le wu* born under the shadow of the spi re* of the C a t h o l i c c h u r c h , t r a ined in the Ca tho l i c schools and f o r almost hal f a cen tu ry , breath ed the atmosphere o f a count ry where the C a t h o l i c church has been m i g h t y and p o w e r f u l . N o w , that th is man reared i n the Ca tho l i c church ha* com in i t tcs l murder and s la in a priest , O ' R y a n d i sowns the member of his creeil and endeavors to place h im i n the membersh ip o f the social is t pa r ty .

T h e soc ia l i s t s , w i t h a l l the i r pit . a n i l generos i ty f o r f r a i l human i ty , w i l l r e fuse to accept th is demented mur­derer , who ha* been t r a ined i n the c a t h o l i c creed and educated i n the C a t h o l i c school*.

B u t F a t h e r O ' R y a n , in c h a r g i n g th is m a n ' s c r ime to the teachings of so­c i a l i s m , insu l ted t f l i e i n te l l igence of e v e r y U U M I and woman iu whose b ra in are l ighted the tapers o f thought and who have read the s tandard works of s o c i a l i s m . — M i n e r * M a g a z i n e .

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You Socialists Just Can't Win! You harea't got the organization to win, and that's a fact. W I M O you sap the resources of the enemy by making socialists

tmd party members of working men who now support capitalisa* N O wril h are some chance.

Dreamers, rightly named, are those who give no thought to •jrganizatioii, and imagine the enemy will fall before their individual knowledge and effort.

The Socialist Party started the last Presidential campaign with lavfTf members, made some noise, and had iu'.t,i'..u Socialist votes

nted. The party membership now numbers about 30,000; it can be

40,000 before the end of the year. If the vote in the next cam-p a i n is proportioned, as previously, to the membership, America wall take her rightful place in the international procession and S T A N D A M I L L I O N S T R O N G .

Are you a member? If not, then do something worth while, joia (B* party and have the President of the United States talking about pasj in his next speech. Here is an application blank. Below you will find your State Secretary. Do it now; today.

Application for Membership in th*

SOCIALIST PARTY.

I, the u n d e r s i g n e d , r e c o g n i z i n g the c l a s s struj<Kle b e t w e e n the c a p i ­talist class a n d the w o r k i n g c l a s s , a n d the necess i ty of the w o r k i n g c lass eaosutuhng t h e m s e l v e s into a p o l i t i c a l p a r t y , distinct f r o m a n d o p p o s i t e so all parties f o r m e d by U M p r o p e r t i e d c lasses , seres)* dec l a re that I have severed m y r e l a t i o n * with a l l o t h e r p a r t i e s ; that I endor se the p l a t f o r m and constitution o f the S O C I A L I S T P A R T Y , a n d h e n by a p p l y l o r ad-

i o n to m e m b e r s h i p i n s a id p a r t y .

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Street Address.

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LIST OF STATE SECRETARIES

Alabama Tfeos. Freeman... .Fairhope. Arizona J . G. Kroon Box 510. Globe. Arkansas Oan Hogan California H . C. Tuck Colorado Thos. L. lluie Connecticut Alfred W. Smith. Florida . . . . .Hen ry L Lrake. Idaho T. J. Coon red. Illinois James S. Smith. • Indiana S. M . *Uya«Ms. • Iowa Edw. J Rohrer . Kansas A. O. Grigsby . Kentucky Frank H. Streine L o u i s i a n a Maine Maryland Massachnsetts Michigan Minnesota. . . . Missouri

Huntington. 52J Seventeenth street, Oakland i«4 Champa street, Denver.

,746 Chapel street, New Haven. Box 1033, St. Petersburg. Emmett. 163 Randolph street, Chicago SOS'-j Ohio street, Terre Haute. Nevada. Fifth and Scnera streets,Leavenworth 327 West Tenth street, Newport.

. 1022 Orange street, New Orleans. yV. E. PeUey 1 M Lisbon street, I.ewiston. H . C. Lewis 41" Kqtiitable Building, Baltimore.

.Jame* F. Carey. . .6^9 Washington street, Boston. . 1018 Eggleston avenue. Kalamaioo ,41 Smith Fourth street. Minneapolis ,SM Chestnut street. St. Loui*. . Rox W)t, Helena.

Geo. F. Wellcr.

G. H . Lock wood. ... .. . .J E. Nash

Otto Pauls Montana J*»- ** Graham -. Nebraska J - P- Roc Room SS, Crouse Block. Omaha. New HampshiVeV.V. VV. W. Wilkins Box M l , Claremont New Jersey W. B. Killtngbeck ..«? Williams street. Orange. New York .'.'.'.'.'....John C. Chase ! l » East Mth »t., New York, N. Y North Dakota.... . . A. M. Brooks Box SIS, Fargo. Q h i o John G Willert. . 3 4 M West Fifty-fourth it., Clevetaod Oklahoina'.!'.'.!'.'.'.'.'.Otto F. BranstetterNorman Oresroa Tho*. A. Sladden S09 Davis street, Portland Peansvivaaia Robert B. Ringler «M Walnut street, tUSslMf, _ Rhode Island Fred Hurst 1 * " Westminster street, OlnevHUe. Son th Dakota M. G. Opsahl Sioux Fall* u

T^ssaee J T. MeDill •!« Blackmore avenue, Nashville. Tennessee V j Bell. IN West F.rwin street. Tyler. U ™ ' ' ' : : : : : : : : * ' J O . MacLaehlsa. n**. IMkmi ^ B«M.n«. Ogde, Vermont Alexsnder IronsideS2 Ayers street. Barre wZ5SZgto..:. Richard Kruger. Pacific avenoe. T.e—a. . . . . . ~ ,_«. fVn s> Kline M< Merhen. 2£* l l S T - 1 ? H Thomas •«« Sixth street. MHw.-kee. W h e o n r f " W m . L 0*rfeln.. ft>4 South Fourth street. Laramie

Speaking of Presidents, (rather in t h ' ™ m * ™ ' " ± "'"T^ s wfll eject one of oar very own. Every new party member

rarer the dav of delrverance. . # , -toots reanrsrd for the fob »re * Red Csrd for voejrwelf and

Jtaatfon blank f*r your friend and fellow worker.

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MONTANA NEWS, H E L E N A , MONTANA.

T H E B U L L A N D T H E F E O O

B y W . E . Hanson, Lewistown, Mont.

H a v e you over heard, tho story absurd, Of tho frog who wanted to bo A a big aa a bull he saw one day, And that t ickled his Vani ty! So he studied all night, till broad day

light And came to thia conclusion, T h a t he'd stretch and swel l , and a l l

would bu w e l l I n frogdom ho ' d m a t e . . i n f u s i o n .

80 at it he went , with good i n t e n t A n d he labored long and w e l l T h a t finally he grew to such vaat ex­

tent , But he ending—ah, sad to t e l l ! F o r s t range to say, the ve ry last day, T h a t wou ld make h i m as b i g as the

b u l l , He lost his poise—he burst w i t h a

noise F o r the e f f o r t coat h i m his l i f e .

Now Terrible Teddy , who a lways is ready,

With h i * b i g stick and advice, la pretty much like tho frog on the

bank, For bis words neither f o o l nor entice. T o sum up his sinning, from the very

beginning, He was much cursed with an Ego ex­

alted. T h e r e is nothing on earth, that ever

had birth, T h a t is not by Teddy assaulted.

He is aping the Kaiser , the Pope and the K i n g ,

A l l rolled into one are nothing to him. I t used to be I—then it was Me—now

it is M e and my people, O wi th an insignificant p—Me in let­

ters as tall as a steeple, O Ter ib le Teddy—the worm at last

turns, Reca l l to your mind that couplet of

Burns, When he penned to Jeannie his bright

little sonnet About the stray louse on her Sunday

bonnet.

National News i Charters have been g ran ted by the

N a t i o n a l o f f i ce to locals i n unorgan­ised states as f o l l o w s : Empi re , Nev. , • i mi 1 mIters; Alamagorde , New M e x i c o , 10 members; A v i s , 6 members; Cloud c r o f t , 6 members ; L l o y d , 14 members.

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The special assessment o f 35c to pay the mileage i o r the delegates to tho Na t iona l convent ion should be pa id w i t h i n the present month . The Na­t i ona l Commit tee mot ion p rov ided f o r i t s payment w i t h i n the months of Feb. and March . F ina l re turns o f unused stamps and cash should be made to the N a t i o n a l o f f i ce by the state secretar­ies not la ter than A p r i l l o t h . Ea r l i e r remittances,, am f u n d s are ava i l ab le , w i l l be apprecia ted.

I D A H O N O T E S

T H O M A S J. COONROI) , State Secretary, Emmett, Idaho.

Boise C i t y comrades donate $7.50. T h a n k s .

Comrades o f A t l a n t a donate $30.00. T h a n k s .

L o c a l K i g b y sends i n f o r due stamps.

Inquiry of " H o w to O r g a n i z e " and how to become members-at-large are becoming quite frequent. Oood sign they say.

Comrade Ben Janson orders $7.50 w o r t h o f due and ^fslU stainJ»S f o r I joca l Melrose.

T . F. MeClure of Bel levue donates $2.00. Thanks .

Kuasel C. Massye o f ( i r a n d V i e w sends in the largest i n d i v i d u a l dona t i o n so f a r , $10.00. M a n y , many thanks .

Comrades, get i n to a local organiza t i o n an help us put up a t i c k e t i n the fluid in every county th i s e lect ion. Do i t n o w ! <Jet busy!

Comrades o f N o r t h Idaho are ask ing f o r the s tate convent ion up t h a t way t h i s year. W e l l , I believe they are e n t i t l e d to i t , at least as i t wou ld be t h e i r first.

Comrade E . Untermann is a member of L o c a l Florence which sends in $51.00, $11.00 donations an.I balance for due and special stamps.

W e are entitled to three delegates to the National convention. L e t all comrades get the 35c special stamp whioh is to raise the railroad fare of delegates. Let us co-operate that much, Hull'

J . Maalon Barnes, Nations* Sec 'y. w r i t e s me that John M. Work wil l close hisi engagement in I'tah 22nd of M a r c h . We expect him then to come to Idaho for a few weeks.

W e hsve secured a typewriter and hope to be able now to get out our monthly reports on time and make (hern so you can read them.

J a y Bawl Sanburn of Coeur d'Alene sends in report of county meeting and $20.00 for dues and supplies.

C . 8 . Newkirk is n«w secretary of Ner. Perce and reports two new mem bers in February and orders $10.55 worth of due and special stamps and supplies of red and application cards.

Heard from three points in Elmore county this week that are ta lking or gianization. Oood prospects for a conn ty t icket there.

< . m B. R. Shimp of Hliss writess " I ' d like to go to Chirago May 10th but too busy as well as to poor unless I eould go as delegate. Of course you wi l l go. (Which of course is not prob-sb l s as I was act somiasted for del-

The state conven t ion of M a i n e w i l l be held A p r i l 20th, i n the c i t y of L e w is ton. The conven t ion ha l l f o r the s tate conven t i on o f I o w a has been changed. The conven t ion w i l l meet i n Homesteaders ha l l , corner of 4 th and M u l b e r r y i t . , Des Moines, M a r c h 23.

The price l i s t o f p a r t y supplies is p u b l i s h e d i n the Feb rua ry issue of the O f f i c l i a l M o n t h l y B u l l e t i n , besides the p r i ce l i s t i n pamphle t f o r m has been mai led to a l l locals. A l l persons or-l e r i n g supplies are requested to con­

sul t the same, and r emi t w i t h order*. B y obse rv ing th i s request, much use­less and unnecesarw bookkeep ing w i l l be avoided.

Comrade L o u i s Ooaziou, o f Charle-r o i , Pa., ed i t o r o f L ' U n i o n Des Tra -va i l l eurs , w i l l fill a number o f lecture dates i n N e w Eng land , b e g i n n i n g about the first of A p r i l . The l e c t u r e j w i l l be in the French language, and locals de s i r i ng dates should file ap­pl ica t ions .

O. B e r t e l l i , ( I t a l i a n ) o f Chicago, ed i to r of L a Parola I)e Soc ia l i s t i , be­g i n n i n g A p r i l 1st, w i l l fill a number o f dates i n I n d i a n a , I l l i n o i s and M i s souri . Locals des i r ing an assignment should file a p p l i c a t i o n a t on r e .

I t is r epor t ed tha t two thousand ga rn i t e c u t t e r s are on s t r i k e i n Bar re , V t . , and v i c i n i t y , and many persons in the var ious depar tments o f the g ran i te t rade M e i d le i n consequence The issue turns upon the demand o f the bosses f o r an open shop. Detect ives and thugs are a l ready appear ing on the scene.

Nomina t ions f o r members of a sub­commit tee o f the Na t iona l commi t t ee to arrange the rules and order o f busi ness f o r the N a t i o n a l convent-on closed M a r c h 10. Acceptances and decl ina t ions w i l l close March 20.

I ta ly .

The t r i a l o f the f o r m e r M i n i s t e r o f Pub l i c I n s t r u c t i o n , H igno r N a s i , has at last concluded. I t is near ly f o u r years ago t h a t two Socia l i s t dep­u t ies—Bissola t i and Cocco t t i—ca l l ed a t t en t i on to the excessive expendi tu re i u his depar tment . Several a t t empts were made to b r i n g h im to t r i a l , bu t w i t h o u t success, u n t i l i t was f o u n d that the Henate were competent to t r y h i m . A State t r i a l — o n the l ine* <•! .111 Engl ish " i m p e a c h m e n t " — s t a r t e d in November, and on Monday the Sen­ate o f 350 members condemned h i m to eleven months ami Jo d a y s ' impr i s -oni t ( w h i c h w i l l mean h i * ear ly

release), excluded h im f r o m publ ic of ­f i c e f o u r years, i n f l i c t e d the r id i c ­ulously small fine o f 200 l i r e , | pounds, and ordered h i m to pay the costs o f the t r i a l . The greatest c r e d i t is due to the Social is t Par ty f o r h a v i n g brought t h i s gent leman ' s peculat ions to l i g h t .

The I t a l i a n senate was to have read the measure f o r p r o h i b i t i n g n igh t w o r k in the bakeries before they par ted f o r the hol idays, bu t because the report ­er f o r the measure was not there the reading was pospoued t i l l a f t e r the hol idays. Th i s delay is so much the more serious because 200 towns have already put the Ac t in f o r c e by com­munal decree, and these are subjec ted to the compe t i t i on o f towns where the Ac t is not in fo rce . Hut i t is a good example of the contempt f e l t b y the p lu tocracy f o r the r igh t s o f the people.

Hungary.

Wisconsin Notes^ The f a c t o r y campaign in M i l w a u k e e

is now in f u l l blaze. Vesterday Com raile J o h n C o l l i n s o f Chicago spoke at the g a t e s o f the Harves ter w o r k s to about Ml men. C o m r a d e Col l ins says i t was the best open a i r mee t ing he ever addressed and that the men 1 is 1 ened w i t h such a t t e n t i o n tha t " i t was l i k e a g r a v e y a r d . " Today he S | s » k e at the gates of the V i l t e r M a n u f a e t u r i n g company, and t omor row he w i l l address the men of the Power M i n i n g company in C u d a h y .

The candidate* o f the var ious par-t i c* spoke at St. James church M i l ­waukee last Tuesday. A i d . Seidel , So­c i a l Democrat ic candida te f o r mayor, said among o ther good th ings tha t the absence of anarchis ts in M i l w a u k e e was s imply due to the educat ional ac­t i v i t y of the M i l w a u k e e socialists. " W h e n we began our w o r k in t h i J c i t y , " said Comrade Seidel , " t h e r e were a good many anarchis ts here. N o w we have educated them out of a n a r c h i s m . " Th i s f a c t is a good reply to the e f f o r t s of the cap i t a l i s t press to hold social is ts responsible f o r an­archis t ic ou tbreaks .

45,000 copies of the leaflet e n t i t l e d " Social-Democracy Destined to Ssve C i v i l i z a t i o n , " and 10,000 copies of the Social Democrat ic Hera ld and the W a h r h e i t were d i s t r i b u t e d i n M i l w a u ­kee last Sunday. The leaflets were in five d i f f e r e n t languages.

The H u n g a r i a n Trade U n i o n Con­gress recent ly made a s t r o n g appeal t o the i n d i v i d u a l t r a d e un ion* to aban­don the hab i t of m a k i n g the i r head­quarters i n some public-house or other , p o i n t i n g out t ha t i t is h i g h l y desir­able t h a t the movement should have i t s own home f o r a l l the purposes o f the social intercourse of i t s members, t he i r mutua l i n s t r u c t i o n and en t e r t a inmen t , as wel l as f o r c a r r y i n g on the business arrangements of the unions. Passing platonic resolut ions against alcohol has no value, when i n the i r d a i l y l i f e as t rade unionis ts or members o f the pa r ty the workers are fo rced to consume al­cohol in order to pay the rent f o r the premises which they requ i re to c a r r y on t he i r business. W i t h o u t go ing in­to the question o f the p r o h i b i t i o n of alcohol i t w o u l d be a g rea t advance i f we could get r i d o f the p rac t i ca l compulsion that exists f o r large classes to . i t ink a l c o h i j . F u r t h e r m o r e , the Hungar ian t rade unions are about to issue spe. - ial l i t e r a t u r e p o i n t i n g out the special dangers of a lcohol ism.

Switzerland.

A most i n t e re s t ing debate was held in the Zu r i ch Cantonal Counc i l on the question of s t r ikes . A member o f the employers ' p a r t y hail moved a mot ion demanding ex t ra p ro tec t ion f o r black legs against unionis t i n t i m i d a t i o n , and he presented a w o n d e r f u l and a w f u l p ic ture o f blacklegs and employers go i n g about i n f ea r o f t he i r l ives on ac­count o f the violence of organized la bor. The a t t ack b rough t our pa r tv veteran, the aged H e r m a n n Greu l icn , on to his feet , who in a l i v e l y speech ( .which showed M sign o f any o ld age, but r a ther a l l those of a renewal o f the f i r e s o f y o u t h ) absolutely to re to tat­ters the whole arguments o f the em­ployers. He showed t h a t the w o r k e rs ' o rganiza t ions had educated the workers and made them d isc l ined to a l l f o rms o f violence. On the other hand, he p o i n t e d out that many t imes in his l i f e had he been exposed to the violence o f the employers and t h e i r pa id hire­l ings on ly because he represented the workers . Then both he and other com­rades made t e l l i n g replies on the ques­t i o n o f employe r s ' t e r r o r i s m , black­l i s t i n g , &c. I f the law is to be made so severe against the so ca l led t y r a n n y o f the unions, wha t , they asked, is to be said o f the t y r a n n y o f the black l i s t s f

egate so my name will not be listed for delegate and few wi l l vote for any not on the list, although they have that right.

Comrade Hhimp says, furthermore: " T h e capitalist courts are doing the

b e s t possible thing for us, however un­wittingly. B l u e t Not on your life! Js>y to Cremate! "

Charter was granted May 5 th to Ijo .til Stites, six members. Comrades Doyle, Harder and Chenoweth of Lo­cal Kooskia are responsible for this. Th i s makes two locals besides their own this year to their credit snd they threaten st i l l more.

Is there no work near your local you can dof T r y getting your neigh bor to .join the local. I ex- excuse me! I thought you belonged to a local. Beg your pardon, bops ysu wi l l soon.

Denmark .

Comrade Chr i a t i an Knudsen has been, since 1882, cha i rman o f the Social-Democrat ic Federa t ion o f Denmark . Then the f e d e r t a i o n was very smal l , now i t numbers 30,000 members, a great achievement f o r such u small count ry as Denmark , besides that there are 80.0Q0 t rade unionis ts . The " S o c ­ial is t D e m o c r a t , " our d a i l y organ, had thn on ly 3,000 subscribers , and now has 50,000. Then only 1,000 socialist* votes were cast, now in lttort, 77,000 votes were g iven . I n Pa r l i amen t we have 24 representat ives, and i n the Upper House 4, ami in the M u n i c i p a l Counci l o f C o p e n h a g e n m council lor*, 2 magistrates , and 1 mayor . I n a i ld i t ion there are in a l l p r o v i n c i a l towns and d i s t r i c t s a large number or repre­sentatives. Ci imrsde K n u d s o n was born In 1848, and in 1872 when the m i l i t a r y were cs l led out against worke r s he foughit w i t h the worke r s . He has sat i u the Upper House as s social-Democrat f r o m 18&0-&8, and In the Lower House f r o m 1897 on. He has been s most ac t i ve member s f the par ty a l l U s U f a .

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A l l communications f o r th is depart­ment should be addressed to Jessie M . M y e r , Editor,

How Is I t W i t h You?

Somehow it has been ordained that every movement l i t t l e or b ig has i t s bosses. The boss holds the prescribed code of action and uses the greater p o r t i o n of his energy fighting r i v a l s ; e n f o r c i n g re*trictons and l i m i t a t i o n s ; and in casting out and s t a r v i n g out non-con formists . Almos t w i t h o u t ex­ception a* - ">u as a movement becomes thus const i tuted, i ts g r o w t h as an or­ganizat ion ccaacs. I t may serve as a sort of l i sc ipl inady guide f o r those who have not ye t mastered whatever of value it lias in store, bu t aside f r o m t h a t i t is a menace to progress.

I t is absolutely n« ssary to the sue cesa of the boss, tha t a l l who prescribe to his d'M-trines be smaller than he. He w i l l take care tha t y o u do not out­g r o w him, that you do not possess a n o t a b l e qua l i ty but w h a t he could lay c l a i m to. He wishes t o impress you w i t h his d i g n i t y as benefac tor of the movement, and in so d o i n g he becomes so in f la ted as to obscure tha t f o r wh ich be stands.

La t e ly I hail occasion to ca l l upon the Met lnxl i s t min i s te r here, a f t e r a bookle t , " T h e Axe at the R o o t , ' b y Rev . W i l l i a m Thurs ton B r o w n , which I had asked h i m to read. He h a d n ' t read i t , and said he d i d n t have t ime to read such bhings. He i n f o r m e d me t h a t he knew al l about the social pro­b lem, and my only a l t e r n a t i v e was to sit at his feet w h i l e he discussed i t , or else be ejected b o d i l y . He entered i n t o what he would have me believe was a masterly so lu t ion o f the subject —said he would repenerate the i n d i ­v i d u a l , t u rn the cap i t a l i s t f r o m a w h i r l pool in to a f o u n t a i n . He discoursed l a rge ly upon wha t he bad personally done—chari t ies; w a i t i n g on the s i ck ; g e t t i n g jobs f o r poor wretches, etc. W h e n I ventured to suggest that those acts were all very good aa temporary r e l i e f , but i t was not g e t t i n g at the source of the mat ter , he arose and sul­l en ly escorted me to the door saying " Y o u socialist* come to my church and you w i l l learn s o m e t h i n g . " Dis­gusted and amused I w a l k e d away— t h a n k f u l that I was not one o f h i * 800 subjects.

W h i l e i n college as a first year stu­dent , I entered a class i n e locut ion . F r o m mere chi ldhood, I bad possessed more t h a n o rd ina ry a b i l i t y i n tha t l ine , and had been received by the publ ic as an a r t i s t f o r years. I knew my power, bu t ' f o r a l i t t l e whi le I gave no evidence of k n o w i n g , and my professor s imply marveled . He be li< ved tha t i n me he w o u l d t u r n out a pup i l who would accomplish much in adve r t i s i ng his f ame as an instruc­tor. One day the class were each to give a reading. Such w o r k in class is general ly monotous, but my r e n d e r ing was greeted by my mates most hear t i ly . I noticed that the professor 's f a c e clouded, and in commanding tones he stopped the applause short , say iug " N o member of th is class is supposed to know enough to deserve c h e e r i n g . " Later , I t o ld h i m such demonstrat ions were not uncommon to me, I was used to i t . He had previously been i n t i m ­ate ly conf ident ia l w i t h me. He had made me fee l he was my f r i e n d . Bu t f r o m this day he ignored me, and what more gave mo no f u r t h e r opjMirtuni ty to recite. I t w o u l d n ' t redound to his credi t , y o u see. Whatever a r t i s t s he turned out must have been awakened and shaped by h im, or at least i t must so appear to t h e publ ic .

Tha t same year our college paper published a character sketch of mine, which so enraged h i m t h a t I t r i e d my hand again, t u r n i n g out a s to ry f a r bet ter than the f i r s t . The college ed i to r i a l s t a f f were eager f o r i t bu t according to custom i t s pub l i ca t ion must r e c e i v e sanct ion o f the head o f the I . pat! no nt o f r e thor ic .

She knew I was i n no class of hers, wss jus t a f reabman, so she l i 1 no t countenanse p u b l i c a t i o n >f the s tory , g i v i n g some smal l excuse, I do not re member wha t . However , iher orders were s t r i c t t h a t i t must not be pub Imbed I f the s tory had had her brand upon i t , she w o u l d have been elated at the eagerness o f the staff . She would have p robab ly have said " S h e is my p u p i l . I t aught her h o w . "

Itossism prcvades e v e r y t h i n g . Hearst i n his e f for t s to become an

t iona l bom, is spending mi l l ions to buy support . H i s method* are so open, none of us f a i l s to see t h a t i t is his a m b i t i o n to pose as the Benefactor " f r o m whom a l l blessings f l o w . "

I f an ambi t ious would-be benefactor happens to be beading an ac t ion in the socialist movement, he te l ls you h i * is the only r i g h t concept ion, the most comprehensive, const ruct !* ., e i •., and s t r a igh tway procedes to give you les­sons; ami to warn you against others of his co-workers who labor i n the same cause independent o f his approv­al . I f you rebel and declare you don 1 wish t o f a l l in behind a boss, you know i t ' a up to you . E lber t Hub ba rd says " ( l e t i n l i n e or get o u t . "

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a r i t f l i t to Ui.it w h i c h he produces so i l

tha t we must own our mat r i a l support

before we can o w o ourselves. There

is no difference on these points , and

i f these are not of su f f i c ien t impor t

un.'.-t i blind; us (together and for.-e

lesser considerat ion* i n t o the back­

ground, we 'd be t te r leave social ism to

evolve, unmolested.

!>arwin was not responsible f o r the o r i g i n of species. He s imply looked in to nature and read the re in organic evo lu t ion .

Just so w i t h M a r x , he d i d not o r i g i n ate th i s great movement . He, too, looked i n to na ture and put his finger upon the one t h i n g indispensable to l i f e — a ma te r i a l basis, and through tlinrt theory he traced the destiny of

I t he race. A social is t o ra tor says to ' t h e p r o l e t a r i a t , " y o u uiuwt bow your I head i n g r a t i t u d e . " He wou ld inspire j awe in us, by t e l l i n g us t h a t M a r x was

no p ro le ta r i a t , he was a classic scholar ' und a geut lemtin. O f course, we open . our eyes wide and t h i n k to ourselves I—"more cha r i t y , aud i t calls fo r more

h u m i l i t y . " Ho much benefac t ion dazes us. For my par t I care no th ing about M a r x ' s pedigree. 1 wou ld ra­ther ke hadn ' t any. Pedigree* are coHtly n n d Don p roduc ing . Hut the p ro le ta r ia t is led to bel ive t l i . i t he

| must pay homage. Numberless are thn gods that extract t r i b u t e f r o m him.

| Three hostile socialist gods in Beat t ie , e » d i has his ticket out and his lii t l . i baad of adherents. T k « enemy

need have small fear o f us so long as our l e a d e n spend the i r t ime fighting over wh ich shal l have the spoi l t .

W e ' v e bad enough o f th is bossism. Wo ran away f r o m church, we r an away f r o m school, we ran away f r o m home—because o f too much benefac­t i o n , too much boss. To much appro­p r i a t i o n of wha t is ours. I remember when I was a l i t t l e g i r l about 7 or 8 years old , of hav ing w o r k e d long and hard and l o v i n g l y to make a b i r t h d a y present f o r a playmate who l i v e d not f a r off. When I got ready to take the g i f t t o her, a b i g g i r l who was v i s i t i n g us tu rned mv j o y into tears. She took the treasure away from me and gave i t to my chum as a present fnom herself. M y parents laughed at the t r i c k and d i d not correct the in­j u s t i ce , because the g i r l and her f o l k s were regarded as w e l l to do, and it was considered unwise to incur their displeasure.

T h i s circumstance was one of the ear ly influences wh ich went to the m a k i n g of a r.•!>.•! out o f me. The other g i r l , I learned later, became a mission ary among the heathen Chinese.

We d o n ' t want auy boas. We wan t t o -be let alone. Wo want peojplu nei­ther to g ive t o us nor to take f r o m us. A n d let a l l wise ph i l an th rop ic , social­ist orators who t raverse ths c o u n t r y c l a i m i n g each to be the fouata ln -head of socialism, and sighing because of the i n g r a t i t u d e of tke proletariat, 1 beg of them leara of the lowly Ma-

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$1,000 can be raised by the above method for the purpose of putting our organization in shape to carry on the fight.

Here is your target, $1,000. Can you hit the mark?

Plains members.

organized with ten charter

Saleaville makes application for charter with eight names attached.

Bjornby of Kalispell sends in $10.00 for twenty due stamps, $3.50 on t f t t ial aMeMtnent and $2.50 for subs.

Missoula sends in $3.50 for conven­tion assessment and reports progress in that part of the state.

Local Kendall is back in line again, having re-organized. Dick Jones and Herman Brown are at the bat. Com­rade Brown sent in $8.50 for due •tamps.

Have you purchased two convention stamps from your local secretary? The National office needs assistance to pay the delegate* expenses to the convention.

Manhattan sends in for organizing material and makes it known th:it IM socialists there consider themselves strong rnough to have local. Tin rjT also desire a speaker and I visit from Mabie.

Comrade Buzzell's Report.

I was o n the road 13 days, but spoke only 0 times, traveling M f l miles, 75 of this by mistake.

Butte. The auditorium Which seais 1,000

was filled with a very responsive au­dience. Rev. Duncan o f tin 1'nitarian church introduced n i r . 1 regard him as one o f the ablest socialists in the country. <'o>nradc O'Mallev followed me with a very effective speech. Butte should have a socialist meeting every night in the year. When the mines are in operation, a city of that size could afford it, and they have so much local talent that they wouffl not have to depend wholly on outside help. But when a speaker conies to them who is able to systematically develop the philesopyhy of socialism, he should stay there from a week t o a month. Portland, Oregon. In- speaking and the selling of literature every night in the year in four plaeei in the city, and llutte is nearly a s large a s Port­land. Htitte i s in the industrial centre of the state. Mut Untie i s a hell of hunger now, for the l<i,00(l men who have in the last quarter of a century developed more wealth i n that o n e little S | K 4 than has been created in all the rest of the state, a r e poorer now after six months of forced idleness, than they were when they began. Their surplus product has gone To build ten million dollar residi nces, buy $ 2 I ' , I M M I poodle dogs a m i pay f ir d i

vorces ainl buy titled husband* for a handful of people down i n New York and Boston.

Chimney Rock. Spoke here twice, t h e i n u here

live by digging coal. P u t there i s so little doing there, that the people are hard up. They gave me a royal recep­tion. The comrades have just organ ized a local and several men added their names to the list while I was there. About forty attended the meet ings, several of the ladies attended. Bor. Jones, an old populist, who owns the stage, made Livingston the earli-

est since he has been on the road, and this in honor of Comrade Graham, his pal.

Livingston. The socialists here are boiling over

with seal. Mrs. Comrade Bauman has interested a large number of ladies, who were present, and I think several of tbem belong to the local. Brother Brown, pastor of the Congregational church there followed me with a good speech. That was his first appearance as a speaker at a socialist meeting in Livingston. He is a man with brains and I believe it will not be five years till every minister of independent thinking will be interested in our movement for humanity. The had was full, all standing room taken.

Red Lodge. This is a much larger and more beau­

tiful town than I expected to find. The mayor. Mr. Austin, is a socialist, he spoke in the Finnish church to IM men. The people did not know I was to Ke there till the day before. There was a sihow, revival^ special lodge meeting and meeting of the city coun­cil that night. But the comrades said that | | they t»s j | | thoroughly prepare and I could spend a couple of weeki with them we would have a great time.

Helena. The audience here was small but

composed of a very thoughtful com pany of men. There was one woman in the capital city that knows the significance socialism has for her . ex and she was not afraid to accompany her husband to the leeturc.

At every place they sent up a large number of good questions that gave me an opportunity to make clear many points.

I could not help oliserve that every wlore it is the most intelligent work­er- that are interested in socialism which is most encouraging.

On the train or stage, in the hotels and everywhere socialism is the one general and live topic.

I w:w encouraged by having the l o c a l s nearly everywhere I went nsk me if 1 could not come back later and spend from a week to a month with them, which I hope to do the next winter.

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The following is the speech delivered

at a s c h o o l debate by Edwin 8. Dew

of Belfry.

We |five it to show bow young

Montana is growing up. This boy is

a socialist student and takes subscrip­

tions for socialist papers, secures halls

for lectures and advertises socialist

meetings.

Fellow countrymen, the question that

is before us tonight is perhaps the most

vital of any question that the Ameri­

can people have ever been called upon

to consider.

The question of unlimited foreign

immigration into On* country. I think

the first question to be considered is

this: Is the foreigner as far advanced

as we are? Second, if he is not, will

his coming to America hinder our pro-

gressf And lastly, have we any moral

right to prohibit him from comingf

To the first question I would answer

no. He is not as far advanced as '

are. Of course theTe are men who

think that the foreigner is as far

advanced as we are, but from our point

of view, and that is all we have to

judge from, he is not as far advanced.

The next question, will his coining to America hinder our progressf Is the most vital of them all. Can the lower injure the highert Can lower beings than us drag us down to their levelf I think they can. The higher can be injured by the lower, but there is one thing sure that the lower has never M S I injured by the h i g h e r .

We must tight on and on for our noblest aH^rtition (J. We muM C a s t aside those who hinder our progress.

Put, have we any moral right to prohibit the foreigner from coming to America f Admitted that he is inferior to us and that his coming to America

injurious to us, what can we say, that he should be excluded. If I willingly admit that this it nor

M S J f M that we would like to pur-

wiped from the face of the earth, and

even the names of their countries

changed, by an overwhelming flood of

barbarians

And now my brother coutrymen, that is what is apt to become of your own beloved Republic. If not prohibited, the great captains of industry wili con­tinue to i m p o r t the cheap labor of the Asiatics and use them along lailroadi, in mines, mills and factories until the American workingmen cannot get a job at living wages. Then he will rise from the oppression of the iron heel of poverty and try to down the Asia­tic* out by force. Then the great cap­tains of industry wiil call on the blue-coats to protect their sacred rights of property. And then Japan and China

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We stand for America for Americans Edwin 8. Dew, Age 14.

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but wil the sue but we are living in the age of industrial slavery and. although we are trying to rise we have not yet risen, and we cannot welcome anyone to our shores who will prolong the present condition. It would be like a man in a battle giving hi* sword to the enemy.

When the fight is over and victory is ours then we can welcome all our foreign brothers to our great country.

The laborers of the old country are undoubtedly benefited by immigra­tion as it thins out the ranks of the laboring class and leaves more work for those remaining. Statistics show-that immigraiton is always followed by a heavy increase in the birth rate of those who remain at home. And they also show that there is just as surely a decrease in the birth rate of the country to which they go.

We have found that the foreigner is inferior to the A m i rican, and now we find that he is detei iov et ing the old Ami rican stock. I then lore say that he should be prohibitcil from coming

The standard of living of tin foreign ers is so much less that that of the Americans that lie can afford to work for a much less wage.

The class of immigrants that came to America in the first fifty years of the republic were 11 n 11 • >u lit >-• 11 v a bene fit to the country, being the most enter­prising people of (ireat Britain, France ami (iermany. They were influence I by two causes. First, to get awav from oppression, second, to get to a

intry when' they could better their c-conomic conditions.

Hut those that havi c o m e of later years are the irjsal—ll unl dregs of society from South eastern I'.nrnpe and Asia. They are brought here by the trntt srteai.|ship eon ipnns *n , | tilie

captains of industry, to tatUsf* their gn 1 d for gold, through an ignorant people, used to a low standard of liv­ing. So we say again that they should be prohibited from coining to our shores.

While a merchant or 1 banker might be in favor of unlimited foreign im­migration, a laborer in mine, mill or shop cannot lie if he knows his Bam inten sts.

The foreigner should be excluded from America, until he gets the full product of his toil in all cuutrics and then will lie established, peace, plenty prosperity and the brotherhood of mail.

We are h< re in America engaged in that mint fearful of all struggles, the struggle for existence. If it were not for the Capitalist cb.ss with their greed for gain we would not have such a f i t M S foreign iumi igrat i n n ipiestion to • leal with. Hut it is big business that imports these foreigners, they want cheap lubor and it isn't going to be their fault if they don't get it. They are thinking about filling their own pockets ami not the stomachs of the workers. Therefore we say once more put up the bars at the (lolden dates ami all other parts. We like our for­eign brothers but we cannot let I I H U I

in at the expense of the lives of the American workingmen and their chil­dren.

Nearly all of the ancient empires have been destroyed by barbarians, Oka] <lea, Assyria, Media, Macedonia, Syria, Habylonia. Persia, Kgypt, Greece and many more ancient countries have been utterly destroyer], their civilizations

affairs is the very opposite of people rule. I'nder a true democracy the will of the people would be final and could not I K - set aside.

The proposal of Lord Koseberry should be an eye-opener for the Amer­ican workers. It gives the lie to the assumption that we. are a democratic­ally governed people.

The people of England are clamor­ing for their rightful inheritance. They are giving expression politically to the demand that F.ngland should be the property of its people and Lord Koseberry, a member of the class that have deprived the people of what is rightfully theirs, favors the adoption of the political machinery of America to resist that demand.

England, in spite of having a mon arch, is democratic. The king has practically no power, the House of Lords is weak. The sooner the Amer ican worker gets rid of the notion that he is freer politically than any other nation, the better it will be for him. Freedom is impossible to any country until the people really own it.

The socialist movement is the move inent of the creators of the world's wealth to obtain possession of that wealth, ami the attainment of that object by them, Koseberry or any of his class can not prevent.

We of the socialist movement may meet with reverses but we can never be In 1 ! ' 11. our ultimate triumph is assured.

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LOCAL GREAT F A L L S , of the Socialist Party.

M e e t * e v e r y S u n d a y at U n i o n H a l l at N p . m

W i n . I ' A L S I . K O V K . Sec -y .

HIS "tli A v e n u e

GOT EM ON THE RUN \ N holesale merchant" ard narufact urers s t l l i i g direct to consumers and ihersv

by ftavinit to tlit purchaser the profits of the middleman and the wonderful txpense of advertisinK can gi%e to I heir custon ers

A HIGH G R A D E C L A S S O F G O O D S A T L O W E R P R I C E S

than others i l u m ft r inferior goods Satisfaction i» guaranteed with every purchase. The pure food law has forced hundreds of dealers in trash out of business. The Meldrum goods have not been affected by It, as their goods are exactly as represented

—~30 Per cent Cheaper*— Than Any Other Deader

Prove the truth of this. We sell anything and everything from a sewing machine needle to a threshing machine, and our goods are all of thw ?ame high grade as our groceries and all bear the same guarantee. M o n e y c h e e r f u l l y r e f u n d e d on a n y g o o d s riot sa t i s fn topy

Will iam L. C r a g g Lewistown, Montana

REPRFSENTINGG^O. MELDRUM 6C CO. 0 F C H I ^ 0