T H E M O N T A N A NEWS. VOL. III. HKLENA, . M O N T A N A . WEDNESDAY, OCTOBKH :,. \m.

Socialists Active In Carbon Count)

Editor of The New*, Helena. W e have met the Combined v\\-

etny, *'tlie twins," known as i h e gumo-republico, capitalistic polit­ical aggregation, owned by John I). Rockefeller, and appoint ed bj the regular hell-sheep—Mover. (Hidden and Kg WO, who arc - im­posed to r ing the belli attached to their necks, and I ave the pour, deluded voter follow them into the fly-trap of capitalism.

Mrs. Ida Crouch l l a / l e t t lias made a hurried tOUT of Carbon comity. speaking fir.-, t l i s h t a i l one night, and at Red Lodge two Right*. The only wit ' 'al l in Red Lodge for -peal i ; IVM de­nied tis, presumably by a m 1

through the designs of i ur ojmo 1

ncnts. who thought by so doing we would he discouraged, but they must have surely underesti-j mateil the resourcefulness of their only opponents- the de ir.nl •.•! Exponents of equal opportunity to;

Socialist psrtv ui t1 a l l - tlu w< did.

in Red Lodge Comrade II' spoke in the coin> v court hOttf two nigfatB. Monday and l ues la anil the c m r t room WSS Riled overf lowing by the BtOSl attenti s •udiencc that I ever had the plea art of si t t ing amongst. f*hs sm would-be millionaire was tb< r ami the hot phot of tenth W1 poured into their ranks in such manner thai their fortifies were soon in a depleted condition. The trusted few who came there thought perhaps something would In- said bj the speaker whereby J they lUight mak<' some political capital out of it. bin the sho 's fired by the woman behind the ' modern gun of truth—Socialism j —and directed with unerring ai:n. left them no loophole to escape from, and sot one who heard her refuse] in acknowledge thai H was the best and only true dis course ever heard in this county on the polit ical situation which now confronts tin- American peo­ple. Prom hem Comrade Haatett, in company w ith CoiUHlds I >. If. Bnrfce, the Socialist candidate for county attorney, wen! to Bridget to awaken the rancher* of the ( lark's Fork valley to a realization of the industrial conditions which are fast overcoming them. W e sent hills announcing her to speak there on Wednesday and TbufS-day. ami had a Socialist post lulls around the town and surrounding country, hut immediately the hire­lings of plutocracy 1 obeying tin-orders of their masters, destroyed them. Con set] uently very few knew anything about the Irst meeting. A fair was in projjrc-s on these dates, held by tin- fann­ers and business men of Bridget and vicinity. A special train was run f rom Red Lodge with exenr sionists, including your humble servant. About five o'clock in the evening the democrat!—the left wing of Capitalism—an­nounced that there would be •peaking by one of their spellbind­ers from the corner of the bank on Main sireet. commencing at 7 o'clock. It was their intention to offset the Socialists, whom they thought would endeavor to hold their meeting in the hall. Hut they reckoned wrongful ly . A t 6:30 Comrade Burke and myself placed a large dry goods box in the middle of the street, imme­diately adjoining where the demo­crats were to speak. When the time arrived I mounted the im­promptu platform and drew the attention of the people and made the announcement that l was about to Introduce a person who was here with a view of educating the masses, who produce the wealth of the world, on the eco­nomic ami industrial conditions now before the people of this Country* that inasmuch as all the giants of the two old parties in the county were present, invitations WOUM be extended to debate the political questions confronting the American people at die present time. When Comrade l l a / l e t t Concluded and stepped from the platform. M r . I.. II. Reno, an old-time democrat and leader of de-

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The Double Hee^ded Octopvis mocracy of the county, mounted the box, for the presupnoscd pur­pose of replying, M r . Reno, in­stead of making reply, slated that he was not there for the purpose of replying to the lady, but to in­troduce one of the ablest debaters of Carbon county, w ho is a repub­lican, and an advocate of the pres­ent system, who might be able to reply to her. The party in mies-tion was Mr. \ \ . I \ Meyer, re­publican candidate for state sen­ator f rom Carbon county. This shows which way the political wind is blowing—- a democrat in-troducing ;i republican to debate the political questions with a So­cialist. Mr. Meyer made a feeble attempt to reply, l i e endeavored

Crowds Gather to See E . V. Debs

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Speaking of his New York address. Comrade Debs says: "In New \ ork Citv then' was a line seven blocks long f o rme! to enter Carnegie I all to avoid a crush at the doors, and a detail of 100 police­men to prevent a jam. The grea' auditorium tilled to the roof in a few moments and thousands could not gel in . \t the same time v. hauncey I >epevv. the played- out Vanderhilt court jester, talked to J00 people. The New York paper- even commented on it. and said old ChaUltCCy had lost his grip at last. The fact is the people ire tired of l is old jokes and stale -lories. They hunger lor something that has substance, and so they are deserting the old political auction* n r- and nocking to the standard of Socialism. This incident of Depew'l meeting of _>oo and our- of 10,000 is a -traw which shows h iw the wind blows. ' '

\ \ hy does not M r . Hein/e's personal and political organ - the ButtC Evening News—place the democratic ticket at its masthead? Its man servants and its maid servants and its oxen and its asses partici­pated in the state convention at Helena, alleging themselves to be

to hoist the ticket. Why?— democrats, but it steadfastly refuses Butte Miner .

1 he Chicago Socialist says: "Last Wedi e«lsy, In tl t ml ls< 1 I 1 large crowd of strikers and newspaper representatives, I rcsi M Donnelly of the Butchers' union drew a Socialist lm ton fro< 1 hut pocket ami called the attention of those present to it and boldly tinned it OA the lapel of his coat. He is said to have then pointe 1 ti) the button ami exclaimed : Hoys, we w i l l win tais strike.' *'

c omrade Geo, Henry, a member of the Jefferson count) cen ral committee, made us a pleasant call a n d snttOUnccd thai the CO nmittCC vill list Comrade Mart in Rudolph for district judge, a m i t omrade viiss Gouty for superintendent of schools, t omrade Gout) has been

A teacher for a number of years, is now clerking in the New York Ftore in Helena, and is well qualified lor 1! e position if elected. Spesk-ing of Comrade Rudolph, Comrade Henry give- out the information that he is the oldest Socialist in the State, but we have one in mind

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2 T H E MONTANA NEWS.

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J. H. W A L S H E d i t o r • m d P u b l i s h e r

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Jmm. Eugene V. Debs Ben Hanford

Socialist National and State Ticket For President—

Kugene V. Debs of Indiana.

For Vice President— Hen Hanford of New York

For Presidential Klectors— W. N . Holden, of Silver Bow. J. F. Mabie, of Park. Joseph Hoar, of Silver Bow.

For Governor— MalcombG. O'Malley, Silver Bow.

For Lieutenant Governor— John W. Frinke, of Deer Lodge.

For Congressman— J. H . Walsh, of Fergus.

For Chief Justice of Supreme Court— C. M . Parr, of Silver Bow.

For Clerk of Supreme Court— John Peters, of Carbon.

For Secretary of State— Henry Lynch, of Fergus.

For State Treasurer— Erik Olson, of Cascade.

For State Auditor— W. C. Phelps, of Lewis & Clarke.

For Attorney General— E. O. Jackson, of Silver Bow.

For State Superintendent of Public Instruction—

Mrs. R. Anna German, of Silver How

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The reports f rom Capitalist paper* show that Debs is ta lk ing to great crowds wherever he goes, which is only a sign of the times and indicates how fast the people are turn ing f rom the old poli t ical corrupt parties to a cause that means their absolute emancipation f rom the present wage condition.

Down in Red Lodge, when the plutes learned that the Socialists desired to engage the opera house for a lecture. thev advised the agent not to rent i t . The man in charge informed the Socialists that the opera house was engaged for the date desired, which proved to be a ruse, as the place was unoccupied on that night.

Republicans in this state are already conceding the Socialist ticket in the neighborhood of 12.000 votes. That U more than the average Socialist is claiming, but when one (DM BVU the state and sees the awakening that is coming among the working class you only have a guess coming as to how large a vote the Socialists w i l l poll .

A l l the shares on the press for The News have not as yet been sold, comrades, and we urge upon you the Importance and necessity of assisting to the tune of one share at least. It is up to you, com­rades, to assist in placing The Montana News in a position to stand the approaching panicky times, and continue its mission in the So­cialist field.

The state democratic ticket that received the endorsement of the labor party and the populists in Helena the other day. we are reliably informed, has recently received the secret endorsement of the Helena Citizen's Alliance. You laboring union men are all r ight , eh? l ight the t ' i t i / e i i s ' Alliance 304 days in the year an<l then on election day vote them into office.

Didn't notice many labor delegates f rom Carbon county to the late labor convention in Helena. I )own there they don't need any capitalist to put a r ing in their noses and lead them to the polls. Ain ' t it funny that the labor delegates all sprung f rom corrupt po­lit ical centers, where boodle and booze are all powerful—Helena and Butte, for instance.

The greatest error that workingmen make is in believing that by keeping the mining corporations at legal loggerheads they are reaping the benefits. W h o suffers on account of the mines being closed by litigation? The workingman. W h o suffered the most in the fight when the Amalgamated mines were closed last midwinter t h rowing .to.ooo workingmen out of employment in the state? The work­ingman.

Writing from Red Lodge, a comrade says: "There w i l l be some­thing doing here on election day. Mrs. Hazlett goes to Bridget to­morrow, the 2Kth. during the I ' r idger fair, and a challenge w i l l be issued to both old parties to meet her in debate; Meyers and (i l idden now have the chance of their polit ical lives to make a name for them­selves \ \ ill land you the addre s s e s of both Finnish papers as soon as I get them."

Comrade J. I I . Walsh, Socialist nominee for congress, w i l l make the fol lowing dates, subject to slight changes : Anaconda, 14th and 15th; Butte, 16th and 17; Basin, t 8 t h ; Bonner, 21st; Missoula, 22nd; Stevensville. 23rd: Hamilton, 24th; Stark, 25th, Kalispell , 26th . Havre, 27th Boz.eman, 29th ; Cokedale, 30th; Livingston, 31st; B i g Timber, Nov. 1st ; Bil l ings, 2nd ; Carbon county, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th. I t is possible that the Coeur d'Alcne branch wi l l be included, speak­ing at Frenchtown, Lathrop and St. Regis.

The wage worker likes to fool himself into doing everything but the right thing. The average excuse of the "pure and simple" union man for aligning wi th Joe Toole democracy is that "as long as we have Joe Toole for governor we won't have any I'eabody or Feabody-ism in Montana, in case of labor troubles." Won ' t we? How about President ( irovcr Cleveland driv ing national troops into the state of Il l inois over the head of John 1'. Altgehl, then governor of I l l inois , at the behest of the railroad corporations, in order to destroy the American Railway Union and break the strike. Surely Governor Altgehl of I l l inois was as able a man, and clothed wi th as much authority as GoveTBOf Toole of Montana. Work ingmen! Vote your own party into political power, wi th a view of eliminating the classes, the cause of all strikes and labor difficulties.

R E P U B L I C A N S D O L E OUT SLUSH TO T H E I R A U D I E N C E A wage earner who has given the political patties of the past

any great amount of consideration, and who has delved into the economic question to any ex-.ciu. on witnessing the late republican rally at which Mr. Fairbanks, the millionaire candidate for vice presi­dent on the republican ticket, and Mr. Dollivef, republican senator from the state of Iowa, were the centers of at t ract ion, ought to be susceptible to a siege of mulligrubs. Those prominent in tlis-ranks of the republican party in Lewis and Clarke county, and who have waxed fat off the emoluments of office, found it necCSStl*] to bring out the brass band and the proverbial "republican club.'" wi th its usual variety of color and caste, in order that the necessary amount of pomp show be displayed. The republicans, in connection with their more erratic brethren, ti e democratic party, have engaged in this sham play for well nigh th i r ty years as a means of wheedling Into line the wage slave vote. \s to Mr. Fairbanks being an orator, be is a rank failure. H igh platitudes, high sounding and meaningless generalities, are in strict accord with the stock in trade slush of the republican and democratic spellbinders. Down in Indiana the re­publican state central committee formed what is known as the "re­publican jollv club." Thelt part in the campaign was to send po­litical mongers and grafters throughout the state equipped with hot air. whisky and boodle, and by these influences line up the unso­phisticated. To this latter class Mr. DoHivCT r i g h t f u l l y belongs. His speech in the Audi to r ium was a conglomeration of hot air specialties, sweet•scented verbosity and glaring anarchroniama. Mr . Dollivef takes up considerable t ime in Indulging in the threadbare prosperity gag. pretty women, fine open streams, lo f ty mountain peaks, beauti­ful scenery and a degree of intelligence in the great state of Montana unsurpassed anywhere in these United States. Mr. Doll iver . who is considered a real w i t t y speaker, was k ind enough, to in form the

intelligent"' audience that out of seven political parties in the state of Montana there were but t w o real parties—the republican and the democratic—ami that all others were ramifications and would soon come into the fold. He was liberal enough to admit there was no essential difference between the republican and democratic parties other than the republican party was a l i t t le better than the latter. The audience cheered. Referr ing to the improvement in the Ameri­

can navy from the tune of Washington unt i l the t ime of "Terr ible Teddy, the Great." the American navy had increased f r o m "one steam battleship" to a matchless and mammoth navy of fighting vessels. The audience cheered. They cheered notwi ths tanding the fact that Washington died eight years before Robert T . Ful ton launched the first steamboat on the Hudson river ever floated on American waters. They were there to cheer as in days or yore, not to th ink . Dolliver 's bunches of f lat tering rhetoric and Fairbanks' wad of "prosperity" nags are not especially appealing to the wage slave w i t h a family , and no job, or the man who works a very small port ion of the year. And this polit ical rot w i l l be short-lived, and cannot long prevail

• .inst the eye-opening features of Socialist education.

WISCONSIN S O C I A L I S T P L A T F O R M HAS T H E POPS F A D E D If the Wisconsin Socialists don't take first money on a pla t form

of sentimental opportunism rot . then we ' l l give up the ghost. W hy. P puts any platform ever adopted by the populists to shame. In fact. Bryan w ith his crown of thorns and cross of gold would repudiate it as being too wish-wash. I t appears that the comrades have gone into the bonding business to pay for stolen franchises, grants, mer­gers, trusts and other capitalistic combines. They declare for a

just and equitable taxation." and for an old age pension to the amount of S12 per month, about the laborer's product fo r one day's toi l . A m i added to this they declare for the payment of the railroads, telegraphs, telephones, etc.. etc.. at their "actual value." The party that approv es of s U ch a p la t form as that is not a Socialist party, but a rank bourgeois, and w i l l soon be found in the polit ical office dicker­ing and dealing business. In fact i t is already f l i r t i n g in no unmis-takeabJe terms with capitalism when it declares for such rot as above. What does the proletarian have to do wi th taxes? The government pays rent for the mail cars which equals the price of the cars three times a year: how many more times does Vic tor L . I5erger—Gompcrs' s.ilarv booster—want the proletarian to pay for them? Labor buil t all the railroads and has paid for them time and again and over and over, and still the Wisconsin comrades want the proletarian to buy through the bond proposition, which is next to perpetual slavery, and tlu n conclude by te l l ing the worker he has nothing to lose but his chains. It w i l l be nccessarv for the laboring class to keep their*eyes 1 pen to such matters as these and to see in the future that Socialist principles are declared and men named who would carry them out if elected.

D E B S S A Y S A O R E AT D E A L IN A SAORT T I M E Comrade Debs stopped in Helena on his way to Liv ingston en

route and made a speech lasting 17 minutes. Probably there is no man on the public p latform who can wrap up as much thought in as few words as N r. I )ebs. He spoke to an audience of twelve hun­dred and demonstrated that it did not take h im long to grapple wi th ;iu labor situation in this state. Among other things, M r . Debs tetnarked in his own peculiar way was the statement that there are two republican parties in the field this year—the Parker and the Roosevelt parties. That the t w o old parties have been ta lk ing about the tar i ff on wool for the last fo r ty years for the purpose of ensnaring the wage worker into voting against his interests, but that the time had come when the wage slave had realized that the wool referred to was of the grade that was pulled over his eyes to keep him in political ignorance. He stated that the workers bu i l t the Pullman cars and walked. They had made the guns and were always at the wrong end of them. He made reference to the fake labor party or­ganized in the state and led by the nose by capitalistic corruptionists, assisted by labor decoy ducks, whose breeches pockets are bulging wi th the price of their treason and perfidy toward organized labor. Mr . Debs stated that recently he received a telegram f r o m the New York W o r l d asking which party the Socialists would pul l the most votes f rom ; to which he replied that this matter was of no interest to the workingmen who had awakened to the fact that as far as they were concerned there was no difference between either party. M r . Debs is given ovations wherever he speaks.

A copy of the election laws can be secured at this office free of charge. Comrades should post themselves on the requirements and details of the election laws, so as to leave no loopholes for the foxy lawyer—the fe l low who makes wrong right and vice versa for so much per.

T w o incendiary fires at the home of Mrs. Upgard, a poor woman ..ho died a few weeks ago, goes unnoticed by the officials. The reason is evident. The home was a miserable tumbledown shack, situated among the beautiful residences of the well-to-do respectable people. It was an eyesore to the members of that swell community, ami the torch was put to it . The crime ofarson was committed in order to maintain the elegant appearance of the neighborhood. As soon as the poor old woman had laid down and died, the good "so­ciety" people on the h i l l swooped down upon the place wi th a fire­brand. And these are the people who howl about respecting the rights of property, and regard for the law. What if a palatial resi­lience in the poor section, standing among tenements and shacks, was burned wi th evidences of incendiarism? The well-to-do para­sites would shout: "These low people have 00 regard for the law and property. Search out the criminals and make them an object lesson to the common herd." The officials would break their necks to br ing the gui l ty ones to justice. The crimes of capitalism go un­noticed by the public, and are ignored by capitalist officials.

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C O R N E R M A I N A N D 6TH

I f any comrade has come into the Socialist movement wi th the thought that all should be peace and tranquility, he had better get cut . No revolutionary movement can be peaceable ; i t is trouble f r o m start to finish; it is born amid t rouble ; if there were no trouble there would never hav e been cause for the new organization ; out of trouble and str ife i t is born and such w i l l continue to be the case unt i l So­cialism becomes an established factor. Therefore no man should enter the revolutionary movement and expect peace and flowers to strew his path of Socialist agitation. No other party has ever taken the economic stand that the Socialist party has. I t is natural to see many who come to our ranks f rom the old par ty school of tactics, to begin to preach—let's have peace in our own ranks; but they must learn that "peace" cannot prevail where a great revolutionary change is taking place. Peace in the old parties exists because capital, through its political lickspittles, directs all the affairs of the organ­ization, but in the Socialist party the collective w i l l of the people is supreme, and to effect this supremacy must necessarily precipitate mental disturbances.

You wage slaves should remember that whi le Socialist candidates and other speakers w i t h their union cards in their pockets, are get-l i n g f r o m place to place the best they can, sometimes walk ing even, to preach the philosophy of Socialism to their own class that they may establish a system of government wherein every man shall re­ceive the f u l l product of his to i l , yea while they are standing all these hardships and sacrifies, the demo-republican candidates are being whirled across the country in special trains at an unlimited expense. And while the railroads are doing all this f o r these old party candi­dates tlie wage workers are paying the bills, and after they are elected they w i l l return the courtesies by making laws f o r the railroad cor­porations and against the laboring class. I t is a nice system, isn't i t , union men? That is what you have been v o t i n g for and that is what a great many of you w i l l vote for again this fa l l .

The special t ra in car ry ing Fairbanks and a few other republican pothouse polit ical grafters, who are Hying through the country at the present te l l ing the poor dupe who has just purchased a sweatshop suit, about the great prosperity in the country, stopped at a l i t t l e town in the east last Sunday that the poli t ical humbugs might attend church. ( )f course the preacher in the l i t t le place felt so swelled up that he said nothing to harm the feelings of the parasite visitors. I n h d he forgot to compare the luxurious style in which these special visitors were t ravel ing wi th the bare-footed Carpenter that walked along the shores of ( ialilee some two thousand years ago; neither did he tell them anything about the parable of the rich man entering the kingdom of heaven and the camel passing through the eye of a needle, or the poor woman g iv ing the few pennies, etc., etc. No, i t was not in order for the canting and capitalistic gospel monger to tell any of the truths as taught by the C arpenter of Nazareth.

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CORRESPONDENCE (iilt Edge, Sept. 20.

J . H. Walsh, Helena. Dear Sir ami Comrade: Find

enclosed check for $2.25 renewal of subscription, and send paper to Jos. Hendry. Diamond, Park county, Indiana. I notice you are •forming the enemy's strongholds. Give it to 'em, old hoy. Regards to Mrs. \ Y . and yourself; also Hank. Yours fraternally,

R O U T . H F N D R Y .

B u t t e , Sept. 22. Editor Montana News, Helena:

Dear Comrade: In your issue of the 21 st inst. you blame the na­tional headquarters for the dis­position of Mrs. Ida Crouch-Haz-lett in Montana. Let me say for your information and that of your readers that the national head­quarters had no control over her movements. She is here under contract with the Propaganda Club of the Socialist party of BtlttC, which is a private club. Although members in good stand­ing of the Bntfl local, this club has nothing to do with the local quo­rum, and the local quorum has no jurisdiction over it. YYe have al­lowed her to lecture under the jurisdiction of the local quorum to accomodate those outside the "boundary lines of Silver How" when we could have used her here. W hy does not Helena do as we are doing and I might say the same of other Montana towns. They ask this club to go down in­to its jeans to pay their fares here and return and then complain at our not sending them around the state for the accommodation of those who ought to have speakers of their own. About twenty of us class conscious Socialists com­prise this club and as we not only pay for literature, hall rent, etc.. but pay a salary to each speaker. Comrade- Kennedv and Hazlett

have both been brought here tin­ier contract and they have done

good work and more than met our expectations. Yours for Social­ism, D R . J . CALDER, Secretary BtlttC Socialist Propa­

ganda ( lub.

Plossoni, Tex.. Sept. 18. T . P. Hughes, Helena.

Dear Comrade: I notice in the Appeal of Sept. 10th. under cap­tion, " \ Montana R e s o l u t i o n , " a resolution adop ted by the com­rades of your county, similar in every respect to one Adopted by BloaaOftl local something like a year i g O , a copy of which I en-close for your c o n s i d e r a t i o n .

( htr state committee spoke must favorably of it ; also Comrade F . D. Warren of the Coming Nation p r o m i s e d to investigate it and spoke f s v o m b l y of it. I have tried without success to get it before the national committee prepara­tory for r e f e r e n d u m vote. One other local in Texas adopted it and others in different states tabled it. In other states it stirred Hp the bats and brought forth un­favorable criticism. I do not claim the resolution to be perfect, but was merely making a hunt for the right thing for the purpose of getting it before the party for consideration. We must have some way of protecting the move­ment from the office seeker and professional politician, and any man or set of men who may op­pose it, according to my opinion, you may look after them. He who is not willing to labor in of fice on the basis of pay of those he represents is no representa­tive of theirs. No, I would be glad if we could perfect these res­olutions in some form and get a national referendum on them. If we can be of any mutual benefit to each other in this matter please let me hear from vou.

the average wage of the working man and that all residue accrued from said salary over ami above said wage and expenses shall be turned over to the national secre­tary of the Socialist party for pur-l>' ses herein stated.

Yours fraternally, J. EL CARTER,

Chairman Local -><>. Hlossom, Tex.

Hillings, Oct.. 3. The Montana News, Helena:

( l o m r a d c f l : Y o u r card of < >ct. 1 at hand. Please find enclosed list of members, o f f i ce r s and Ycllow-•tone county candidates, We had r. crowded house Sept. 30 for Mrs. Ida CrOUch-Hszlett; collection $12.05, and sold B5 cents worth of literature. On Oet 1 John Spargo of New York was with us; collec­tion So. 10, and sold 55 cents worth of literature. Total of collection, | a t .75; total of expense $33.50. We will have Ban Kanford of New York with us on Oct. 21, i<)04. and we are looking for a red hot time. The old parties don't like it: we are growing: all we want at present is finances; we are about $30 in the hole, but we will ptdl out and be on top some day and very soon. As soon as we can get around to it we will have some by-laws; it will be about I )ecember next, if not sooner. The county candidates want a good card, with the Socialist county, candidates collectively; can you give us something of that kind? If so, send me prices per thou­sand, and if you can send sample. We want something that women and children will have for sou­venirs. The local regular meet­ing is every Sunday afternoon at 3 in the Labor Union hall of this city. Fraternal! v yours,

'](>HN POWERS, Organizer.

J . Stitt Wilson? Print about a week before he comes into the state and then a day or two be­forehand; circulate in every town in which he speaks. Let us know what you think about it. Am sending you the Alliance with W ilson's letter in it in case you do not have it. Fraternal!v,

J AS. D. G R A H A M . Per MAIM F .

W hereas. The Socialist party of America is handicapped for want of funds for propaganda and other purposes for the advance­ment of Socialism, and whereas, there should be a test of loyalty to the cause of Socialism; and whereas, the great foundational doctrine of the Socialist party is that of justice and equity to all men without discrimination.

Therefore he it resolved, by Lo­cal 2ft, Blossom, Tex., that we p r o v e by example our sincerity and faith in these truths, and that we discourage office seekers and politicians who may wish to enter the fold for selfish motives, by re­moving the temptation for gain in office.

Be it further resolved, that no candidate who shall be elected to office on the Socialist ticket shall receive in pay for services OVSff and above expenses more than

Livingston, ()ct. 3. J . H . Walsh. Helena:

I )ear Comrade : Before an over­flowing audience at the opera house last night Comrade Debs delivered what is acknowdedged by all who heard him to be the greatest political speech heard in Livingston. Shortly after seven the people began to gather and long before the speaker stepped upon the platform standing room was at a premium, the stage and the wings at both sides were well filled, and many people turned away. Socialism is all the talk on the streets this morning. For some time we have had the poli­ticians guessing our strength, but since hearing so much favor­able comment this morning we are guessing about our own strength. It does look as if the vote will run ahead of our former expectations

W e hear that Bryan is coming to campaign Montana. How would it do to print in The News that "< )pen Letter to Bryan." by

Red Lodge, Sept. 29. Montana News.

I ear Sirs and Comrades: Yours <'i tlu J4th at hand. About that letter which the Heinze layout wrote to one of the comrades of this place. I went after it, but the party who ought to have had it can't find it at present. The gist of it was that the anti-trust man­agement wanted to know how much '•dough'' it would cost per head to cinch all purchasable rotei of the foreign element in Carlton county, and the party who received the offer, on the advice of a friend of his. sent an estimate of a lump sum of $14,000. W e did not want him to be cheap. They dropped him forthwith, and 110 more offers have been made. Fraternally vours.

A L E X F A I R G R I B V E .

< bear d'Alenc, Ida., Sept. 28. J. H. Walsh. Helena.

I )ear Comrade : I received sam­ple copies and like it and send 25 cents to try it. I am taking 19 papers and magazines, which is ft bout all I can afford at present Fraternally vours,

LAY RAND SANBURN. The following donations have

been made to the state campaign f u n d for the week ending Sept. 24: Local Canyon Ferry, $1.85; Local Chico, $5; Clarence Bishop, I3.25 ; total. $10.10.

M. J . Kennedy will tour Jef­ferson county commencing Sept. aft. W ill fill a few dates in Lewis and Clarke county and speak on the streets of Helena during the state fair.

There are a few hundred pamphlets on hand at headquar ters. "Farmers and Socialism,' by Simons; Hanford's reply to llavemeyer. good for union men, which w ill bo closed out at seven copies for *g cents; 50 for 75 cents ; 100 for $1.25, postpaid. There are also a few hundred par­

ty buttons on hand that we want to turn into cash for campaign purposes ; send 25 cents and get a dozen buttons.

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Missoula. Sept. 25. Editor News : Our county con­

vention took place on the 22nd. Chairman F . Firchau called the minting to order and announced the ejection of a temporary secre­tary. I. F . Cast was elected by acclamation. After the call had

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been read J . W. Kecley was placed in nomination for temporary chairman and was elected by ac­clamation. The committee (Ml credentials consisted of Fuller. W o o d s and Streeter. ConunSttSS on permanent organization and or-der of business consisted of C r a - j ham. C layton and l abert: com-I mittee on resolutions and plat­form composed of Caulticld. Ting-ley ami Cubbage. Committee on 1

order of business reported the i

temporary organization be made permanent.

The following is the list of can- I didates: Sheriff. W. 1'. Gfnhant, carpenter: clerk and recorder. T . I) . Canlneld, agent: county treas­urer, Jas. Lyons, carpenter; as-M'v-nr. J . \ Y . Reetey, storage warehouseman; auditor. J . F . Case, carpenter; coroner, Martin Tingley. laborer: members of leg­islature. Ceo. X. Cubbage. car­penter: E d . I'agby, carpenter; J . X. Woods, agent; T . Fred Fabert. miner; clerk of district court. R. A. Fuller, carpenter; justices of peace. Hell Gate township. C. A. Clayton and Geo. Howell, carpen­ter; constables Hell Gate town­ship. Ed. Young, lather, and Win. Hall, carpenter: constables Cedar township, Jas. Rogers, miner, and Henry Keslip. present incumbent; justices of peace Cedar township. W. If. Streeter. present incum­bent, and F . Rogers, farmer : coun­ty central committee. W. D. Gra­ham. T . Fred Fabert ami T. D. Canlneld. Respectfully vours.

J . F . C A S F .

Storrs, Sept. 2g. Fditor Montana Xews: E n ­

closed find <me dollar, for which send me 50 copies of the 28th and 1 will scatter a little seed. I was in Boceman the other day and the earth began to tremble, the sun stood still and the curtains of heSven were rent asunder, and lo and behold Fairbanks stood forth and told the benighted peo­ple of Boseman that they lived at the head waters of one of the greatest stieamsof water on earth and that they could raise as good barley as they could in all the world. The earth quit trembling, the curtain reunited .the sun shone again, and the people went home, weaker but wiser.

C. T. MONROE Missoula. Sept. 2".

J. ft. Walsh. Helena. Dear Comrade: Fncloscd rind

post office money order for SX.00 for subscription cards sent in since Sept. 12. Comrade Tingley sold ten cards given him by Com­rade Lynch, and 1 gave him ten more. Send me some more pa­pers; got to have them to get subscribers. Fraternally,

W. 1'. GRAH \ M .

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Ind an order for $5, for which send us 250 copies of the issue containing the Dick military law.

Say. Walsh, everything is com­ing our way. RvSfythlng the en­emy docs to kill Socialism seems to put more life in it.

C. C. McHUGH.

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The Mechanic's Lunch tfoes all the better with a bottle of beer the work of the after­noon noes all the better, too. Capital Meer in case lots of 24 bottles costs only $3.00 delivered at your home, and your wife will enjoy a (flass or two at her noon day meal. Capital Meer is a fine beer for lunch, dinner or supper.

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Debs Tour Is a *J Fine Success

Repor t s of C a m r a d c K. V . hchs" c a m p a i g n t o u r have been re­ce ived as f o l l o w s :

T h e Cha t t anooga N e w s ga vc a long r epo r t o f the m e e t i n g on Sept. 13, prefacing i t by s a y i n g : "Eugene V. Debs, candidate f o r p j e s i d e n t on the Socia l i s t t i c k e t , and one of t h e mos t e loquent speak­ers i n the c o u n t r y , spoke t o a large and v e r y en thus ias t ic audience at the A u d i t o r i u m last n i g h t . H e is possessed o f a v e r y earnest d f livery and had his hearers w i t h h i m f r o m t h e s tar t . M r . Debt en­t e r e d the A u d i t o r i u m at 8 o ' c lock and was gree ted w i t h c o n t i n u e d c h e h c r i n g . The speaker was i n t r o d u c e d by M r . R. I?. T a g g a r t . So­c ia l i s t candida te f o r congress f r o m th i s d i s t r i c t . F r o m the m o m e n t Mr. Debs began t o speak his every w o r d reached his f a r t he s t hearer a n d f i l l e d easily the e n t i r e A u d i t o r i u m . 1 le spoke f o r t w o hours , deal­i n g w i t h a lmos t e v e r y economic ques t ion at present before the p u b l i c . "

T h e day before the A t l a n t a m e e t i n g on Sept. 14. t he local c o m ­rades rece ived no t ice f r o m the pas tor of the W e s l e y tabernacle , w h i c h had been sccurd a m o n t h p r e v i o u s , tha t the m e e t i n g c o u l d not be h e l d there , because " M r . Debs was not g o i n g to d e l i v e r a l ec tu re , as was first supposed, b u t a c a m p a i g n speech f o r h i m s e l f as candidate of the Socia l i s t party." A s a resul t t he loca l comrades h a d t o get per­m i s s i o n f r o m the g o v e r n o r t o use the h a l l o f representa t ives i n the s ta te c a p i t o l , w h i c h w a s secured a f t e r some q u i b b l i n g o v e r an obsolete law. The late no t i ce o f change p r even t ed a l a rge m e e t i n g , bu t Com­rade W i l k r e p o r t s : " W ' e e n j o y e d a p r e t t y g o . x l audience . The h a l l was w e l l filled and a good m a n y people c r o w d e d the gal ler ies . N o d c u b t we c o u l d have done be t t e r h a d we not been so s h a m e f u l l y i n ­t e r f e r e d w i t h . "

" C o m r a d e Debs ' speech was g r a n d and m a s t e r l y . The r epo r t o f t h e m o r n i n g paper w a s a v e r y u n f a i r repor t o f t he m e e t i n g , b o t h as t o n u m b e r s am! u t t e rances . "

C o m r a d e W a l d h o r s t w r i t e s f r o n t B i r m i n g h a m , A l a . , about the m e e t i n g o f Sept. 15: "1 have to r e p o r t t h e greates t success w i t h C o m r a d e I k'bs" m e e t i n g in t h i s c i t y . The h a l l was c r o w d e d t o i t s u t m o s t capac i ty and h u n d r e d s were t u r n e d a w a y unable t o get i n the h a l l . The cons t an t t op i c i n t he streets is the speech of Debs. Y o u can hear abou t i t on t he cars and e v e r y w h e r e . Talk about e n t h u s i a s m ! I had t o p u l l C o m r a d e Debs a w a y f r o m the people t o let h i m ca tch the t r a i n . M a n y f o l l o w e d to t h e depot t o shake hands w i t h h i m .

" T l i e comrades o f a d j o i n i n g count ies made application f o r a special t r a i n and c l u b rates, but the ra i l roads w o u l d g ive ne i ther , r e p l y i n g " N o c l u b ra tes f o r a speech b y R. Y. Debs . " The C n i t e d M i n e W o r k e r s band came f r o m Brookside, f ree and uuso l i c t ed . a l ­t h o u g h on s t r ike s ince J u l y . "

T h e Birmingham da i ly papers gave n n e x c c p t i o n a l l v good repor t s . C o m r a d e l ' e r r i n r epor t s the L i t t l e Rock m e e t i n g on the l o t h :

" T h e house was packed and j a m m e d , n o s t a n d i n g r o o m even ou t i n t h e c o r r i d o r . D e b - was l u s t i l y cheered to t he echo. M a n y f a r m e r s h a d come t o the m e e t i n g f r o m a dis tance . Debs spoke fo r t w o hour s a n d he ld his audience in rap t a t t e n t i o n . "

A t Fort S m i t h . Sept. 18. C o m r a d e Dan H o g a n says : ' A V c had o v e r 5.(K)o v i s i t o r s t o t o w n on tha t day , and WOMld have had at least h a l f t ha t many pa id admiss ions t o the park except f o r a heavy r a i n w h i c h begn t o f a l l s h o r t l y be fo re the m e e t i n g , w h i c h was a n y w a y a great success. C o m r a d e Debs was at h i s best, a n d many people w h o had been t o t t e r i n g near the b r i n k of su r r ende r d i d so. I t was a great day f o r the cause."

C o m r a d e L o w r y w r i t e s t ha t " t h e m e e t i n g was a success, despite t he fac t tha t t he p o l i t i c i a n s f u r n i s h e d f ree l i q u o r and used t h e i r u t m o s t endeavors t o keep the masses a w a y f r o m the pa rk . I . ven the " D r u m m e r s " at the hote ls say it was the greatest that they ever board."

Ben M a n f o r d has been also m e e t i n g w i t h m u c h success o n his t o u r through C o n n e c t i c u t and N e w Y o r k a n d he r epo r t s en thns i a s t i -c a l l v about th<- gfOWtll of Social is t sen t iment apparen t eve rywhe re .

A t lames t o w n . N . Y . . H a n f o r d spoke t o one o f the best meet­ings o f the t r i p and the press r epo r t s were l e n g t h y and f a i r .

I t is definitely decided tha t a f t e r the C h i c a g o m e e t i n g on ( Ic tober 17. H a n f o r d w i l l go through to the Pacif ic coast b y w a y of W iscons in . M i n n e s o t a and M o n t a n a , c l o s i n g the last e igh t days o f the campaign i n C a l i f o r n i a .

R e f e r r i n g to C o m r a d e Ka i rg r i ev c ' f l e t t e r under t h e head o f " C o r ­respondence" w i t h r ega rd to the a m o u n t of " d o u g h " tha t c o r r u p t i o n i s t H e i n z e was to pay par head f o r wage >lave votes , w i l l some con­sc ien t ious ! 1 l abor f a k i r i n L e w i s and C l a r k e c o u n t y rise up and i n ­f o r m us. in these t r o u b l o u s t imes , h o w m u c h " d o u g h " per head they ( the l abor f ak i r s 1 received for t he i r w o r k in c o n n e c t i o n w i t h the Heinze m o v e m e n t at the w o n d e r f u l " l a b o r " c o n v e n t i o n .

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J» F r u i t s a n d C o n f e c t i o n e r y J» W e have refitted up our frui t and confect ionery depart-

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Crowds Gather to See E. V. Debs ( C o n t i n u e d f r o m page i )

over i n M i s s o u l a c o u n t y tha t w i l l give h t m a r u n — C o m r a d e F, A , I ' abc r t . w h o has heen a Socia l i s t f o r Over -'4 years and t i m e a n d Bgain has voted a lone ly Soc ia l i s t t i c k e t f o r lo . these nn inhe r of yea r -m that neck o f the woods. B y the w a v . C o m r a d e H e n r y is not m u c h of a s p r i n g c h i c k e n h i m s e l f , h a v i n g heen in the state since "04.

C o m r a d e Scur lock of C a n y o n F e r r y local came a l o n g T u c s d a v . N o t h i n g o u t o f h i m hnt S o c i a l i s m .

Debt says the only m a n w h o i> consc ien t ious enough to t e l l h i s brother u n i o n m a n that i n v o t i n g the o ld p a r t y t i cke t l ie is i g n o r a n t , is the Socia l i s t , ( iuess he is a b o u t r i g h t . The o the r f e l l o w g ives h i m 'he glass h a n d and the r u b b e r a r m before e lec t ion , and the c o l d s h o u l ­der t h e r e a f t e r .

T h e three Capitalist paper! had something to t a j r e g a r d i n g Debt' meetings in M o n t a n a . C l a r k ' s responsive D o (or) b e l l of the I ndepen­dent conc ludes , i n an u n g r a i n t n a t i c a l hemor rhage , tha t " D e b s is h o n ­est, b u t u n p r a c t i c a l . " H e f a i l s t o g i v e reasons w h y he is u n p r a c t i c a l . W h a t t h i s g a l l a n t d idac t i c doesn ' t k n o w about Soc ia l i sm, or a n y t h i n g else, f o r tha t ma t t e r , w o u l d fill a b o o k seven h u n d r e d l i m e s m o r e v o l u m i n o u s t h a n the Encyclopedia P.r i tannica. The p o p i n j a y o n the M i n e r made a b i g g e r f o o l of h i m s e l f , in sli >rtcr space, t han the wi se one o n the S t a n d a r d . F o r w h a t Debs stands w o u l d make i t poss ib le f o r these l ackeys t o make an h o n o r a b l e l i v i n g , o the r t h a n b y w r i t i n g s lush in r e t u r n f o r t he i r d a i l v b read .

C o m r a d e Maine ' s le t te r , s u g g e s t i n g a special issue t o s t r e w i n the thonry p a th o f the m o d e r n c o n t o r t i o n i s t . W i l l i a m Jenn ings B r y a n , i n h is w o n d e r f u l ex t r avaganza s t u n t i n the interes t o f W a l l s t reet de­mocracy , w i l l i n a l l l i k e l i h o o d be giv en ear to . I n f o r m a t i o n r e g a r d i n g the " c r o w n o f t h o r n s ' vvhat- is- i t and his dates here w i l l first have t o be secured a n d a r r a n g e m e n t s w i t h due no t ice w i l l f o l l o w la ter .

IViovemnts of Socialists Nat iona l Headquarters .

Socialist l ' a r tv . W i l l i a m M a i l l y . N a t ' l Secretary,

The following contribution! have been made t o the n a t i o n a l Campaign f u n d since the last re­por t : Regular c o n t r i b u t i o n s , I807.IO; p r e v i o u s l y acknow ledged , SV70.47 ; t o t a l . S i -7*.V57- I IaH clay-f u n d . S<)o.ji : p r e v i o u s l y a c k n o w l ­edged. S2.S07 .J4: t o t a l . S_>.o«6.45. Total f u n d s . $4/>oi).o_'.

The d o n a t i o n of S500 vo ted t o the Socialist p a r t y c a m p a i g n f u n d b y the C n i t e d B r e w e r y W o r k e r s ' na t iona l c o n v e n t i o n came at a t i m e w h e n i t was g rea t l y needed, as b i l l s f o r l i t e r a t u r e f o r the c a m ­pa ign were p res s ing the n a t i o n a l o f f i ce .

( >f the c o n v e n t i o n ' s act C o m ­rade Eugene V . Debs expresses h i m s e l f as f o l l o w s : " 'The a c t i o n is i m m e n s e l y s i g n i f i c a n t . I t i - a s ig ­nal g u n tha t sounds the new de­p a r t u r e i n u n i o n i s m — t h e break­i n g up of the o l d and the building u p of the n e w and progres s ive m o v e m e n t . This w i l l be g o o d news t o o u r comrades and an ex­ample tha t o the r s w i l l have to f o l ­l o w . The p lu t e s w i l l SCfl i n th i s an answer t o t h e i r c i t i z ens ' a l l i ­ance. S h e r m a n Bed, Colorado and injunction p r o g r a m . "

I n a c k n o w l e d g i n g the c o n t r i b u ­t i o n the n a t i o n a l secre tary said t o the BroWCry W o r k e r * ' secre tary . C o m r a d e Z o r n : " I suppose i t is almost needless to say tha t we ap­precia te deeply the d o n a t i o n made b y y o u r c o n v e n t i o n . I t came at a most o p p o r t u n e t i m e and w i l l assist m a t e r i a l l y i n f u r t h e r i n g the c a m p a i g n f o r Soc ia l i sm. Y o u r d o n a t i o n was a l l the m o r e w e l ­come since i t was unexpec ted , a l ­t h o u g h the generosi ty o f the C n i t e d B r e w e r y W o r k m e n in a l l t h c ' s t r n g g l c s o f the w o r k i n g class was a sufficient guarantee that t hey w o u l d not f a i l t o do t h e i r d u t y th i s year. I t is to be regre t ­ted tha i t he re are not m o r e t rades un ions i n t h i s c o u n t r y so consis t ­ent ami energe t ic as the B r e w e r y W o r k m e n i n u p h o l d i n g b y word and deed the principles o f so l idar -i t v of the w o r k i n g class and the

SMITHERS

SHOE

STORE

HELENA

Prom a small beg inning twelve years a^o, th is store has grown, and is recognized today, as the largest, and c a r r y i n g the best var ie ty of shoes in the state of Montana.

< >nr po l i cy has been to give the best of service, deal honestly w i th a l l , and give good S H O E values f o r the price paid. Ve issue every year a catalogue of shoes, the largest be­tween Chicago and San Francisco.

I f you have not received one send f o r i t ; they are sent free to any ad­dress.

I f four feet hur t come to us; we can fit hard to f i t feet.

SMITHCRS THE SHOE MAN

i n t e r n a t i o n a l l abor m o v e m e n t . " Comrade H e r m a n C r c u l i c h , So­

cia l i s t member o f the Swis s sen-Ste, is v i s i t i n g the C n i t e d States IS one of the delegates f r o m Switzerland so the Inter-Perita mentary Peace U n i o n . Comrade ( ireulich has addressed p a r t y meet ings i n N'ew Y o r k . St. L o u i s , ( h icago. M i l w a u k e e . C l e v e l a n d . Detroit, Kansas C i t y a n d o t h e r large c i t ies . H e has also a c c o m ­panied the o the r delegates, to the Peace Union o n t h e i r t r i p s to d i f ­ferent par t s o f the c o u n t r y . While i n C r i p p l e Creek a recep t ion was g i v e n by the c i t i z ens ' a l l i ance , but Comrade C r c u l i c h s i g n i f i e d h is class consciousness by r e f u s i n g to participate in the r ecep t ion . H e w i l l r e t u r n to I ' .urope in I (c tober .

Incomple t e r e t u r n s f r o m the Nrkan-as state e lec t ion , h e l d Sept.

<>. show the Social is t vo te t o be ov er 1.000 against 2~ i n 1900.

The printed o f f i c i a l b u l l e t i n f o r September con ta ins f u l l i n f o r m a ­t i o n about campa ign supplies hand led by the na t iona l headquar­ters. C o p y sent upon a p p l i c a t i o n | t o the na t i ona l secretary.

N a t i o n a l C a m p a i g n Speakers . Dates f o r na t iona l c a m p a i g n

sneakers t r a v e l i n g t inder the d i ­r e c t i o n of the na t iona l headquar­te rs f o r the week e n d i n g ( >ct. I are a r ranged as f o l l o w s ;

Eugene V. Debs—< >ct. 2, L iv i n g s t o n . M o n t . : J, B u t t e : 4 . en r o u t e : 5. Salt L a k e C i t y . I " ta l i : 6, en r o u t e : 7. Denver , C o l . ; S. en r o u t e t o O m a h a .

Ben Hanford Oct 2. BaJti* m o r e : J, en r o u t e ; .). H u n t i n g t o n . W . Y a . ; 5. en r o u t e : 6. N e w p o r t , K v . : 7, Cov i n g t o n . K y . ; 8, N e w ­a rk . ( ).

John SpargO—Oct. 2, S h e r i d a n . W y o . ; en r o u t e ; 4. L a m o t t r e . N . D . : 5. Fortnaa, N . D . ; 6, Cay* nga, V D . : 7. en r o u t e ; s. Minne­sota.

J o h n W . B r o w n — O c t . 2. W i l -merding, Ps.; J, Butler, Pa.; 4. Franklin, Pa.; 5. < »ii City, Pa.; & N e w Cast le . Pa.; 7, C h a r o n . Pa.: 8. T o l e d o . O .

M . W . W i l k i n s — O c t . I , S t am­f o r d , C o n n . ; 2, D a n b n r g . C o n n . ; V W a t e r b u r y . C o n n . ; 4. S t a f f o r d , C o n n . ; 5. W i l l i m a n t i c . C o n n . ; o, P u t n a m . C o n n . ; 7. M e r i d e n . C o n n . ; 8, N o r w i c h , C o n n . C o m ­rade W i l k i n s w i l l en ter Massa­chuse t t s on Oct, 10 under the d i ­r e c t i o n o f the state secre ta ry .

E . E . C a r r closes h i s w o r k i n I n d i a n a at M a r t i n s d a l e Sept . 20th and w i l l en ter W i s c o n s i n O c t . 1. A n o t h e r speaker w i l l fill I n d i a n a dates contracted f o r C o m r a d e Chase G . T o w n e r , w h o w i l l be unable tO speak because o f sick­ness. Dates a r r anged are as f o l ­l o w s : Oct. j , W e s t p o r t . I n d . : 5.

,K' i h m o n d . f n d . 5 6, M a r i o n , I n d . ; 7 8 . Kokomo, I n d .

John M . Kay O c t . 2, L u t c h e r , L a . ; J-4, Mew L i b e r i a . L a . ; 5-6, Lafayette, La.; 7-8-0, Mermen ton. La.

Ida Crouch-Hsxlette begins her w o r k O c t . 2 at S o u t h B e n d . I n d . , speak ing en rou t e t o Pennsy l ­vania . I »ates a r r anged are as f o l -l o w s : O c t . 2. S o u t h B e n d . I n d . ; 3, Elkhart, [ad.; 4, Toledo, o.; 5, L o r a i n , O.; o, C l e v e l a n d . O . ; 7, P i t t s b u r g . Pa.

Chas. Pcrg le r . Bohemian O r g . —

Mew V o r k C i t y O c t . i - u .

E n o u g h a p p l i c a t i o n s h a v e been secured f o r an I t a l i a n speaker t o w a r r a n t p l a c i n g one i n t he f i e l d . C o m r a d e T e o p i l o P e t r e i l l a , o f N e w a r k , N . J. , has been secured f o r t h i s w o r k , w h i c h w i l l i n c l u d e O h i o . I nd i ana . I l l i n o i s , M i s s o u r i and Pennsy lvan i a . Da tes w i l l be a n n o u n c e d nex t week .

A p p l i c a t i o n s f o r a T rench speak­er w e r e ve ry f e w a n d no t s u f f i c i e n t to j u s t i f y the expense of filling the f e w dates app l i ed f o r .

Old Party Politics in V Fergus County

The Republican m e e t i n g h e l d in LewistOWB last Thur sday even­i n g was a great d i s a p p o i n t m e n t t o even the gayest hea r t ed o f the r i n g . A b u n c h of k i d s a n d a f e w c le rks , whose j o b s depended o n the i r presence at the m e e t i n g , t o ­ge ther w i t h the loca l b a n d , met the ho t a i r peddle rs at the t r a i n and escorted t h e m to t he b a l l , w h e r e a large bu t not c r o w d e d audience l i s tened t o the speeches. N o n e of the local cand ida tes ap­peared o n the stage, a l t h o u g h re­quested tO do so b y L i n d s a y . , the n o m i n e e f o r g o v e r n o r . T h e sup­posed reason is the o l d h u n c h were ashamed t o be seen at a p u b ­l ic m e e t i n g toge the r , f o r " c o n ­science makes c o w a r d s o f us a l l . " L i n d s a y is a t i r e some speaker and his mess of anc ien t platitudes was •Of, d i shed u p in the a t t r a c t i v e m a n n e r that M r . BoUTQttfa pre­sented i t . H a t h a w a y a m i Bour -quln spoke o f the mythical p ros ­p e r i t y w h i c h t hey a t t r i b u t e d t o the r e p u b l i c a n p a r t y , a n d u r g e d the people t o "s t and pa t , " a m i . as they expressed i t . " leave w e l l enough a lone ." T h e r e p u b l i c a n s have come t o tha t p o i n t i n decay whe re they are a f r a i d t o meet the real issue and , d y i n g f r o m i t . t a lk o f Standing pa t . T h e y have no re­l ief f o r the I^OOyOOO m e n id le du r ­i n g the busiest t i m e o f t he year , but s t and pat . They t e l l the s<|ualid. o v e r w o r k e d m i n e r s t n s tand pa t . w h i l e they he lp Bacr to n i b t h e m . The w a i l o f an ­gu i shed c h i l d r e n s l a v i n g o u t t h e i r l i ves i n the u n w h o l e s o m e c o t t o n m i l l s o f the d e m o c r a t i c s o u t h is hushed b \ the s i ren s logan , s t and pat. Gannt f o r :n> of m e n and WOmen, salves in the sweat shops

of t he r e p u b l i c a n n o r t h , m a y pause

I second in t h e i r a w f u l d r u d g e r y i n d cast a y e a r n i n g l o o k t o w a r d t h i s once great p a r t y to have t he i r budding hopes sha t t e red w i t h the how l o f s tand pat. A n d the t o i l e r s of f a r m and r anch s e e k i n g some escape f r o m the l o n g h o u r s o f u n ­r e w a r d e d labor , are t o l d t o s t and

at. y o n are p rospe rous . TheSS men dare not cons ider the c o n d i ­t i o n s o f the people , so d i s m i s s the s u f f e r i n g millions by s t a t i n g that al l are prosperous bu t t he u n w o r ­t h y , and that i t is i m p o s s i b l e t o have w o r k f o r a l l . A c o w a r d nev­er w o n a c a m p a i g n a n d the covv-ardlv tac t ics o f the r e p u b l i c a n s is the surest -~ign o f the e a r l y de­feat a m i dissolution o f t h i s politi­cal c a m p a i g n o f wage s l a v e r y , ra ­p ine a n d w r o n g .

F e r g u s c o u n t y has a B u l l pen s i tua t ed at the sapphire m i n e near I ' t i c a . T h e m i n e is inc losed by a b a r b w i r e fence, and i f any of the u n f o r t u n a t e m i n e r s w a n d e r outside the indosure he promptly receives his t i m e . T h e reason f o r t h i s is tha t t he o w n e r s are a f r a i d some o f the m e n m i g h t d i s cove r a n o t h e r deposi t o f sapph i res i f t h e y were a l l o w e d t h e i r f r e e d o m ; s o t hey , k n o w i n g tha t the d i re necess i ty o f the men fo rces t h e m t o b a r t e r t h e i r f r e e d o m f o r a p i t ­tance , have f enced i n t he g r o u n d s and w h i l e no no t i ce has ever been pos ted w a r n i n g the m i n e r s t o s tay w i t h i n the inc lo su re , e v e r y m a n t h a t l e f t i t was fired, so the l a w is es tab l i shed j u s t the same. T h e c o m p a n y is also g u i l t y o f an open a n d Hagrant v i o l a t i o n o f the state l a w b y c o m p e l l i n g a l l the men . w h e t h e r m a r r i e d or n o t . to board I I the company b o a r d i n g house.

WORMS " I had fo r rears suffered f r o m whet medical meg

oellad brsprps la ami Catarrh af the Btomarh. In A u f t i a t I purchased a bos of eaacarrU and was car • M N »O And that I "had ' • • " - » • • • * l | | l l n i , squi rming maaa l a f t Bit>. Judca our doc tors aur. prise whan 1 showed him t h t r t r f a r t , a n d In another day the rental mlorl about th» aame I rna th lo f a tape-rorm that had been aapplnc mr T l t a l l t j r f o r Tears,

hare enjoyed the beat of health erer elnre. I t r a i t able tes t imonial w i l l appeal to other aufferers ."

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Hut laws are made t o b i n d the p o o r and amuse the r i c h w h i l e t hey rob labor , so n o t h i n g is ever done about i t .

Socialists Active in Carbon County I Con t inued f r o m pane i )

t o r a m a lie d o w n the t h r o a t s o f the f a r m e r s by tolling t h e m tha t they l i v e d In mans ions , and tha t the hankers were the f r i e n d s of the t i l l e r s of the so i l . ( Hbcrs made a t t e m p t s to r ep ly t o her . bu t they •vera a l l o f a k i n d .

Oh f They a te c o m i n g ! T h e w o r k e r s w i l l let the advoca tes of t h i s accursed sys t em k n o w tha t they cannot he longer f o o l e d b y the voice o f the s i r en , b u t f r o m now on they w i l l l i s t en a n d f o l ­low the voice o f reason, w h i c h w i l l t end t o place t h e m i n t h e i r p rope r pos i t i on soc ia l ly and indus ­t r i a l l y , b y w o r k i n g co operat iv elv a m i col lect iv ely as a class f o r t he i r o w n b e t t e r m e n t .

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