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uto R * * * * * ~ n r r Abolish the C a p i ­

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VOL. IV. HELENA, MONTANA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 1906. NO. 45

BUTTE'S THOUSANDS TO T H E RESCUE W e have jus t received authent ic new*

f r o m the social is t ic and revolu t ionary suorces of the grand demonst ra t ion in Co lumbia (iardena, B u t t e , A u g u s t 8, on behalf of the labor m a r t y r s in C a l d w e l l j a i l . N o adequate idea can be gained of i t f r o m the re luctant and t r emb l ing cap­i t a l i s t sheets who in spite of t he i r un­wi l l ingness were compelled to devote several columns each to i t .

N o other labor event i n the h i s to ry of B u t t e can compare w i t h , in po in t of numbers, i n enthus iasm, i n clasa l o y a l t y and in the unmis takab le g lor ious spir i t o f p ro le ta r ian revo lu t ion . P r o l e t a r i a n B u t t e emptied i tse l f i n to C o l u m b i a Gar­dens, surged round the speakers and rocked and swayed l i k e the b i l l ows of the ocean as the ta le of cap i t a l i s t i c outrages was unfo lded and the hopes and the aspira t ions of the pro le ta r ia t were por t rayed.

A V a s t M u l t i t u d e

8ays the p r inc ipa l speaker a f t e rwards describing the event, " A s f a r aa the eye could see or the voice could carry waa • a w a y i n g upturned sea of determined eager forces and wherever the t rue words of revo lu t ion resounded f r o m the speaker* s tand, voices to the right of us, voices to the l e f t of ua, voieea i n f r o n t of us and voices behind us vol leyed and thundered."

T h e audience waa magnif icent , wel l poised, determined. In the na r ra t ive and descr ipt ive par t of the address tbe i n ­terest waa of r emarkab ly quiet intens­i t y ; whenever conclusions were d r a w n , or r evo lu t ionary or class sen t iment ex­pressed the applause was spontaneous, thunderous and prolonged.

I never before saw in the upturned faces of a mul t i t ude such a quie t in ­

tense de te rmina t ion ." Great Prepara t ions .

T r u e to that large and generous scale upon which B u t t e uniona a l w a y s do things the event waa advert ised i n a most l av i sh manner. ' H i e M o n t a n a State band waa employed the day of the event at a cost of $150. T r u e to their inter­ests the A m a l g a m a t e d and the pet ty business interests a t t empted to keep the Si lver B o w Trades and Ijshor assembly f rom engaging C o l u m b i a t lardens and ao successful were they t h a t i t waa only two or three days before the event that the place waa secured and the v ic to ry was the t r i u m p h rather of the business cup id i ty of the street car l ines than any other cause.

E n t h u s i a s m Conquera Weather .

T h e day broke s to rmy but the storm of elements o n l y presaged that greater human storm which was to sweep in to (Vihsmbia (Jardens. In spi te of the weather the c rowd begun tn gather in the v i c in i t y of the place of meeting shor t ly a f te r noon and f r o m 1 o'clock un t i l n ight the street cars were taxed to their fu l les t capac i ty to carry the throngs to the meet ing . The storm seemed to gather ra ther than to dis­perse the crowd. Thousands of men. women and chi ldren were packed around the speakers s tani l and al though as the meeting progressed the s torm increased un t i l the ra in came d o w n in torrent*, the hrave c lass - loya l women preferred a drenching to a desert ion of their colors snd remained to the las t .

The E v e n t S igni f ican t . The event was s igni f icant in a score

of ways. It was the greatest lal>or de­monstra t ion B u t t e has ever seen. The women were unusua l ly i n evidence. A l l

EIGHT HOUR L A W SLAUGHTERED J u d i c i a l anarchy has juat commi t t ed

i t s greatest cr ime against the eight hour cause in the sweeping decision of Judge H e n d r y of the dis t r ic t cour t a t l i v i n g eton. In the case of the L i v i n g s t o n Trades counci l against the U v i n g s t o n Concrete company f o r v io l a t ion of the eight-hour cons t i tu t iona l amendment . Judge Hendry has rendered a decision declar ing the eight-hour l aw uncon- t i -t u t i o n a l . cover ing m u n i c i p a l , county and state works , mines, m i l l s and smelters. A n appeal w i l l be t aken to the supreme court , but i f unsuccessful , labor w i l l have sustained i ts severeat defeat f r o m the hands of Montana ' s off ic ia l law break-era.

The C l i m a x of A n a r c h y In i ts wholeeale des t ruct ion of l aw ,

i n i ts over r id ing of the expressed ex­p l i c i t w i l l of the people's at the ba l lo t box, th i s act, which the d a i l y papers scarcely ment ion , ia the c l imax of J u d i c i a l anarchy and scarcely has a para le l l in the hia tory of M o n t a n a . I t sets aside a l aw embodied by amendment and referendum in the cons t i tu t ion of the state of M o n t a n a . T h i s amendment passed Isdh houses of the leg is la ture by t w o th i rds m a j o r i t y , waa signed by the governor and when referred to the people waa adopted by a vote of 28,631 aa aga ins t a negative vote of on ly 3,958. N o w this pe t ty judge in his servi le pros­t i t u t i o n to cer ta in interests dared to put his muddy feet upon this law in the dis­t r i c t court a t L i v i n g s t o n , F r i d a y .

Abjec t Too ls

The hiatory of the s t ruggle of organ­ised lal ior f o r the enforcement of the cons t i tu t iona l law reveals on the part of the foes of labor and laws aa abject alavery to the cont rac t ing interests as ever raised the blush of shame to the cheeks of Montana 's self respect ing c i t i ­zenship and this la test j ud i c i a l outrage is on ly the c l imax toward which a series o f s imi l a r h igh handed actions i n jus­t ice and d i s t r i c t courts i n He lena , L i v ­ingston. B i l l i n g s and other places have l*»en leading.

In L i v i n g s t o n T h e petty F r id l eys Judge's decision

sus ta in ing the lav. b reak ing action anil leading to the s t r i k e i n L i v i n g s t o n w i l l lie remembered as the outcome of a Ion;: - cue- of legal assaul ts on the fun­damental l aw . T h e present case has Itcen a c t i \ e l y prosecuted against the I i v -ingston Concrete company in the person of F rank Beley. a Democra t ic po l i t i c ian , and office holder, " l abor lover ," l aw br i t iker and sweater and was ably de­fended by the f a m e d labor advocate. A t to rney H . J . M i l l e r , who slops over wi th love f o r down trodden labor jus t tiefore election and s t r a i g h t w a y sells out la l s i r for a pe t ty re ta iner fee. T h e case w i l l lie carried f r o m these "labor lovers" into the higher courts .

In H t l e n a In Helena the t r i ck of delay has been

successfully pract iced by the minions of "law and order." E a r l y last winter Hces Davies l>egan the prosecution of contractors v i o l a t i n g the l aw in the just ice court . The case was appealed to the distr ict cour t where i t has lieen through the unscrupulous use of techni­cal i t ies l a y i n g since December ft, l » 0 t l . In the meant ime, the contractors protected f rom interference have cont inued their high '.landed v io la t ions of the l aw.

In B i h l n g s

Gannon and Rebe were arrested in B i l l i n g s for w o r k i n g thei r men nine hours, were found g u i l t y and were fined by Judge M a n n $100 each, and took the usual appeal, which has enabled them to cont inue their law breaking . One M c i n ­tosh, a contractor , was brought before Judge M a n n fo r v i o l a t i n g the l aw , bu t a change of venue waa secured to Just ice Krar.ier, who, upon the advice of O. O'Goddard, a t torney fo r M c i n t o s h , t h s t the law was a farce and w-as never i n ­tended by the Republ icans and Demo­crats who passed i t to be enforced, dis­missed the case.

The S t r i k e It w i l l be remcmtiered that when the

socia l i s t or revolu t ionary sent iment was immedia te ly understood and brought ou t spontaneous applause. Near the close of meet ing when Mr . O ' M a l l e y was about to be introduced, the ra ins to rm increased to a deluge and it was proposed to dis­miss the meeting. Immedia te ly a hun­dred lus ty throats roared. " N o , let 's hear O ' M a l l e y ; a l i t t l e t h i n g l i k e r a in won ' t stop us when we can hear some go«Hl arguments on the cause we have espoused."

Comrade Dal ton made the revolut ion­a r y speech of his l i f e and i t is s igni f i ­cant that a l l the socialist or revolut ion­ary jiarts of i t were censored by al l the B u t t e and Anaconda d a i l y papers. W h e n the clear, sharp and def iant resolutions were read and adopted nt the end of the meeting the human response completely drowned the, band.

W . S. D a l t o n .

Da I ton's speech was a social ist ic or

w o r k i n g class in terpre ta t ion of the sig­nificance of the crime and the s i tua t ion that conf ron ts the w o r k i n g class and had the true revolu t ionary ring to i t . " I t is the w o r k i n g clasa." he said, " that is ja i l in the person of M o y e r . Haywood and P e t t i b o n e . I ' l l • • • is not a par t i san meeting." said he. " b u t i t is unmis tak­ab ly po l i t i c a l . I note you r poli t ics f r o m your applause and o n l y ask that y o u vote as y o u clap."Thunderous applause greeted th is happy h i t .

" W e have met here today to protest as Amer ican citizens agains t one of the most das ta rd ly outrages ever a t tempt­ed in this country. W e have seen legis­latures debauched and o m i t s pros t i tu ted to serve the vi le interests of the pluto­cracy. T h e buying and se l l ing of l a w ­makers and law enforcers has become so

common t h a t it no longer arouses much commeni |>iit when the governors of t w o s t a t e * , assisted by a l*inkerton cut­throat., trample on the most sacred and neoessaiy rights of A m e r i c a n ci t izens, w i t h the openly avowed purpose of as saaainat i o n . i t is t ime we should t ake steps t o rebuke these off icial anarchis ts and re < i tabHsh the rule of law and prove to the world that the common people have certain r ights which the plutocrats must ri - p e c t . "

A f t e r reviewing the crimes perpetrat­ed agan -t l a b o r in the Pennsy lvan ia coal fields. Homestead, in the A . R . I ' . s t r ike , and Colorado and Idaho, he s a id :

" A demand is made for the re turn of these n en to their homes for t r i a l . I t is N f u s e d . A n immediate t r i a l is de­manded and lo. the prosecution is not ready for t r i a l in spite of a l l i t s boast­ing. Hail is then offered in any amount and is refused and the men now held i n pr ison m defiance of l aw and just ice."

Cont inuing , the speaker said that ev­ery when- the great struggle f o r profi ts was going on and tha t the s i tua t ion re gardi i i • Moyer, H a y w o o d and Pet t ibone was only one instance of the struggle.

In every epoch of h is tory , he said, cer­t a in m e n arose who were the real men of that time.

"What they usua l ly get," said M r . Da l ton . "are br ickbats and clubs. A f t e r ­wards they get monuments, but not u n t i l they are so dead that they don't know anyth ing a Unit them."

T h e object of those who had lieen re sponsible for the incarceration of M o y e r Haywood and Pet t i lmne, he declared, was to smash the Wes te rn Federat ion of M i n e r - They wanted Moyer , he sa id , no t because he was Moyer , but liecause

he is president of the Wes te rn Federa­t ion of Miners .

Iteforms, so the speaker stated, or any new m o w m c n t a lways was looked upon at first w i th the belief that they could not succeed.

" K i n g (Jeorge said to the revolut ion­ists, 'yon cannot take the colonies. ' But they d i i l . A n d when the northern abol­i t ionis ts said 'the slaves must lie free. ' the southern inii- tcrs - a id . 'the slaves cannot be freed ' Bu t they were."

In conclusion the speaker said that so long as the cons t i tu t ion permit ted the cap i t a l i s t class to do aa i t wished, tha t class upheld i t , bu t when i t became an ins t rument in the hands of the tailor­ing class, the capi ta l i s t s re fu ted i t . But te , he sa id , was regarded as the Gib ra l t a r of un ion i sm, and the act ion taken by i t p ro tes t ing against the im­prisonment of Mover . H a y w o o d and 1'ettibone would be a great fac tor in their behalf.

M . G. O ' M a l l e y .

M . G . O ' M a l l e y said he had been i n ­formed that pol i t ics were to p lay no part in the mass meeting, and he said he would respect the request of his hosts, but he wished to remind those present that w i t h the w o r k i n g men was the power to place men i n office who would make and enforce just and proper laws.

R i n g i n g Resolut ions .

The f o l l o w i n g r ing ing resolutions were unanimously adopted by the assembled mul t i t ude :

"Whereas, Charles H . Moyer . W i l l i a m 1). H a y w o o d and Ceorge A . Pe t t i l s ine . respected c i t i z e n - of the - tate of Colo­rado, have Iwen secretly arrested, unlaw­f u l l y and hur r ied ly deported f r o m Colo­rado to Idaho and i l l ega l ly impr i soned;

in fact and effect kidnapped and mal ic­iously held; and.

"Whereas, this brazen act, this g l a r i n g outrage, this arrogant usurpat ion of power and Magi ant v io la t ion of l aw and unscrupulous misuse and unwarran ted abuse of official executive a u t h o r i t y ; t h i s la i ld . heinous crime, commit ted agains t -ociety . against a l l law and ' V ' e r , gov­ernment, l i l i e r ty and c iv i l i z a t i on , arouse and provoke our profound denuncia t ion and most posit ive d i sapprova l : and,

"Whereas , T h i s uncons t i tu t iona l out­rage, the per form unci and tolerance of such das tardly deeds, the consumat ion of nsfe \ ic ious acts and their execut ion - t r i k e , a t the vi ta ls of organized society and destroy good government, and make safe ty insecure and l iber ty imposs ib le ; and.

"Whereas, It is apparent that Gov­ernor McDonald of Colorado and C o v -ernor C i s id ing of Idaho are not believers in l aw and order but the violaterg of th is symbol of c i v i l i z a t i o n | they are the mere servants of corporate wea l th , its confidential hirel ings, its t r u c k l i n g l a c k e y s : they have strangled justice, humi l ia ted c iv i l i za t ion , punished inno­cence, ignored law and lil ierty | therefore, be i t

"Resolved, T h a t we. the cit izens of But te , in mass meeting a—ptnbled th is 5th day of Augus t l fKKl. demand of y o u , F rank J . S m i t h , as t r i a l judge of the Seventh Jud ic i a l dis t r ic t of the s ta te of Idaho, tha t you either l ive up to the s ix th ar t ic le of the const i tu t ion of the I ' n i t ed States, which says. 'The accused shal l enjoy the r ight to a -peedy and publ ic t r i a l by an impa r t i a l ju ry of the

(Continued on p age 3.)

JUDGES ENTERTAIN A PRISONER M o n t a n a was recently disgraced by the

p i t i f u l spectacle of judges, l awyers and

a prisoner a t the bar charged w i t h whole­

sale s tea l ing and since convicted, mingi

i n g a t an enter ta inmet given in honor

of a v i s i t i n g judge. E q u a l l y as bad the

event was heralded to the publ ic in *

d a i l y paper apparent ly w i thou t any

sense of the shamelessness of the s i tua­

t ion .

Judge Bran t l ey according to this pa

per, gave an enter ta inmet i n honor of

Judge W o l v e r t o n and w i f e and among

the guests present besides a number of

lawyers , w e l l k n o w n to the publ ic , was

W . J . W a l s h and w i f e . M r . W a l s h at

tha t t ime was be ing t r i ed f o r fencing

11,000 acres of pub l i c l and in Meagher

county before the same judge w h o was

his fe l low guest and who la ter found h i

g u i l t y of the cr ime charged and gave h i m

a m i n i m u m fine of $600 and t w e n t y five hours i n pr ison.

I t is a l l an in te res t ing commentary on cap i t a l i s t mora ls . M r W a l s h was a cap i ta l i s t of great " inf luence" and "re­spec tab i l i ty" and w h i l e i t was regret-able that the evidence waa so clear tha t in order to ' s a t i s f y the " p u b l i c " a sac­rif ice would have to be made, the cr ime was ent i re ly "respectable" and general regert was shown b y honor ing the 're spectable" c r i m i n a l a t a b r i l l i a n t social func t ion .

H a d some member o f the w o r k i n g class commit ted the cr ime, he would not hare been considered "respectable", and i t i * possible the offender would have missed the b r i l l i a n t en te r ta inmet bu t wou ld have had an oppor tun i ty to pay a l i t t l e heavier fine-

There is no th ing l i k e being "respect able."

street employees of L i v i n g s t o n could not

get just ice in any courts and finally

when Judge Black, a t Kr id l ey . rendered

a decision adverse t o the eight-hour

cause l eav ing the men no other prospect

but an increase of work f r o m nine to

ten hours at 12.50. a s t r i k e and the or­

ganiza t ion o f I 'n ion No. 27 fo l lowed.

W e are advised f r o m L iv ings ton tha t

thei r union has gro\ 11 to a membership

of I- and that the s t r ike is being pushed wi th determinat ion. Several conferences have been held w i t h the construction company but no definite de­cision is yet reached. So f a r the unions have gained several advantages which promi-e well for the outcome.

Our correspondent at L i v i n g s t o n wr i t e - . "The unions are l ined up so l id ly 1100 strong in the fight - they propose tp hang together or bang separately."

IDAHO CAPITALISTS DEFIANT

ASTOUNDING JUDICIAL VENALITY N e w Y o r k . Aug . 3.—The state labor

law of N e w Y o r k r e s t r i c t i ng the labor by

women and children to ten hours a day

and s i x ty hours a week i n fac tory was

declared today by J u s t i c e Olmstead in

a decision handed d o w n i n the court of

special session to be s n unwarranted

invas ion of cons t i tu t iona l r ights . T h e

r u l i n g was concurred in by Just ices M c -

K e a n and Dewel l . J udge Olmstead de­

clared that the law was class legis la t ion.

Jus t ice Olmstead sa id i n his decis ion: " T o lubor and employ labor are i n

herent and inal ienable rights of our c i t i ­zens and cannot be t aken away in whole o r in part unless upon the broad ground of publ ic go,,d. which m u s t be predicate,I upon legis la t ive d i c t u m .

"I t m a y be stated as a we l l sett led legal proposi t ion t h a t the r ight to labor and cont rac t for t h a t labor is both a l iber ty and a proper ty r i g h t ; when therefore, the legi-l.it are enacts a stat­ute such as that under considerat ion, it mus t be admit ted t h a t i t has in f r inged , i n the enactment, the r igh ts which are very c lear ly accorded by the cons t i tu t ion to the ind iv idua l c i t i zen . One of those r ights ce r ta in ly was the r igh t to contract f o r her l abor and to work

when and where she pleased w i t h o u t reference to the posi t ion of the hands upon the d i a l of the clock. It was not un t i l f o u r years a f t e r that the l awmak­ing power sought to place the l i m i t a t i o n under considerat ion upon them. W h a t ua* the legis la t ive intent in doing th is?

"The a t torney general finds and urges no other reason than that the general welfare of the state demands tha t the progeny of women of the factories sha l l have mothers w i t h heal thy bodies, to the end tha t the state may have s tudy citizens. Does the state look merely to the chi ldren of the factories for men fo r i t - f u t u r e good ci t izens? W h y should not the housewife, the woman who to i l s at home, in mercant i le houses, in offices, or she who toi ls not a t a l l—the society woman—be exempt f rom legislat ive in ­terference or mandatory , for the same reason? Some of them may be mothers of f u t u r e ci t izens and it should be of great interest to the state that thei r progeny should have proper b i r th and bleeding to conserve i ts welfare. If th i s

I nest ion of fu ture c i t izenship is the only excuse f o r the assumpt ion of police |siwer, what lieeomes of the r ights o l the n o n - c h i l l l iear ing woman, a eonsid-I I able c l a s s?" Press Dispatch .

LOOK OUT FOR DISFRANCHISEMENT ' T h i s is the t ime fo r M i d a H s U to be

v i g i l a n t regarding r eg i s ' r a t ion and tbe

new elect ion l a w ; otherwiso the laws

made f o r us by our po l i t i c a l and indus

t r i a l bosses con eas i ly lie used to dis­

f ranchise us. It i s safe to predict thou­

sands of citizens w i l l *ie d isf ranel 1 . 1

th is year through ignorance of the tech

nica l requirements of l aw and we fear

t h a t many of these w i l l be socialists.

F i r s t , a l l c i t i i ens i n those counties that adopted the new p r i m a r y election Inw must register before or on Augus t 15, l!KHI. or they cannot vote this year.

The counties t ha t have adopted this vicious measure are Yel lows tone , Sweet Grass , R a v a l l i , V a l l e y . Meagher , ("hoi can and Rosebud.

Second, i n a l l those count is* tha t did not sdopt the p r i m a r y election law a l l ci t izens m u s t register a t the t ime m reg is t ra t ion before the Novemlier < Ice t ions. T h i s is i n compliance w i t h the state cons t i tu t ion , which requires that in a l l t owns of 1,000 voters or over the c i t i zens must regis ter every year i"»d in a l l towns or d i s t r i c t s of less than 1.000 voters the c i t i zens register every eighth year . T h i s is an eighth year.

Third , regardless of what happens: So­c ia l i s t s ' don't f a i l to register. Register i f you are in a county tha t does not put up a socisl is t t i cke t for we are going to have the state t icket in the field and w i l l want your support. Register i f you are in a county that has adopted the new pr imary election law even if no socialist county t icket is put up f o r the p r imary election. Register fo r under such cir ­cumstances s o c i a l i s t s w i l l be put up for the Noveml ier elections in spite of the p r imary election laws.

A t t o r n e y General ( lalen rendered an opinion las t week to the effect t h s t \oters regis ter ing in counties that nave adopted the p r i m a r y law w i l l have to register between J u l y 15 and A u g u s t II for the p r i m a r y election September * T h i s makes the p r i m a r y law unconst i tu-' i o n a l for i t descriminates between voters in Montana . T h a t is. whi le a man in one county w i l l hsve to lie in the s tate twe lve months pr ior to the Sep­tember election before he can vote, a man i n the next county w i l l have to be in the s ta te only twelve months pr ior to the November election.

Therefore whatever you do don't for­

get to register.

The republ ican par ty of Idaho is M

f a r f rom the w o r k i n g class in i t s in ­

t e r e s t s and sympathies that a l l the re­

velations of tbe socialist and la l s i r pres.

exposing the conspiracy against the

Western Federat ion of Miner ' s officer-,

s l l the Mood of pro te- t . pour ing f rom the

u n i t e d labor of Amer ica , the shameless

conduct of governors and judges, t h e out­

rageous denial of ba i l and t r i a l , the dis­

appearance of the pr inc ipa l confesso;-

wi thout regular pris-edure. have had ab­

solutely no effect upon i t except t r

arouse i ts cap i t a l i s t i c spi r i t of defiance

to the final c l i m a x .

A t the republ ican convent ion in I laho last week the temper and intent ions of the republ ican par ty was shown by the nominat ion fo r office of those t w o arch-conspirators ami law-breakers Gooding and Borah . F r a n k R . Gooding was re­nominated f o r l ieutenant governor and W i l l i a m F.. Bo rah fo r I ' n i t ed Sta tes sen­ator.

In p u t t i n g up these two men, for the highest offices in the state, the cap i ta l i s t class has squarely and f a i r l y answered the challenge of the w o r k i n g class in pu t t ing up H a y w o o d in Colorado. The issue is squarely d r a w n now between capi ta l and labor there can lie no back­ing out—the fight is on to the finish, "and damned be who cries enough."

The w o r k i n g man so near the seat of ba t t le a- Idaho. M o n t a n a . W y o m i n g or

Colorado, who is so menta l ly enslaved,

so mora l ly degraded so cowardly in spir­

it thn t he w i l l cast a vote for t ha t

party that has nominated Cooding and

Borah is unwor thy the name of the

w o r k i n g class and should be spurned l ike

a leper. Kvery one knows (iooding's record.

How he condemned the prisoners when the arrest was first made and directed publ ic opinion a long channels calcula ted to arouse popular prejudice against the miners union, how he threatened tha t they would not leave Idaho alive, how he appealed to the bankers for money to prosecute them and his many ferocious and culpable acts and it w i l l be remem­bered that Borah is the man. who du r ing the legal battle to rescue the prisoners f rom the clutches of the kidnappers, re­m a r k e d :

" Y o u quote the cons t i tu t ion against us. The cons t i tu t ion cuts no figure i n this court. Yes , we took tbe prisoners by unconst i tu t ional means. It was the only way we could get them. Here they are and what are y o u going to do about i t ! "

In that republican convention we heard of no voice raised in protest against the candidacy of such men.

A resolution was adopted pledging sup­port to Cov. f lood ing in the enforcement of alw ami public order in Idaho.

W i l l the work ing men vote fo r such a par ty ?

BOMBS OF THE REVOLUTION I>»t you r bal lots lie loaded w i t h dyna

mite this f a l l .

Cza r i sm . au tocracy and cap i t a l i sm are

the t r i n i t y of i n fe rna l i sm.

W e s t w a r d f r o m Russ i a to Colo Russ i a

i - the trend of revolut ion.

Bal lo ts f o r A m e r i c a ; bombs f o r Russ ia ,

are the weapons of the world ' s revolu­

t ionis t - .

F v e r y Isimb in Russ ia should be •

ballot ; every ballot in A m e r i c a should

Is- a bomb.

W e are go ing to blow up the Amer ican

Bast i le a t C a l d w e l l , Idaho, th is f a l l w i t h

loaded bal lo ts .

W h e n the mun i ty broke out in Cron

stadt th is w i c k , l 'eterbof near by "Got

damp q u i c k . "

"I see m y F n n n i s h , " exclaimed the

czar when the m u t i n y broke ou t in F i n ­

land l a s t week.

There were signs this week that the czar was about to change his mind about not going abroad this year.

Premier S to lyp in ' s method w i t h the

revolut ionis ts of "s t rong handed r e f o r m , "

is a Russian adapta t ion of Roosevelt 's

"b ig - t i ek" pol icy.

I n t i l the bal lot f a i l s , the advocacy

of revolut ion by violence in A m e r i c a is

treason to the w o r k i n g class and preme­

di ta ted murder.

The struggle that begins w i t h the

death oi czarism can end only w i t h the

death of c a p i t a l i s m ; this is Amer ica ' s

as well as Russia 's fight.

The republican and democratic parties are about to subject us to a pol icy of "s t rong handed re fo rm" , which indicates that the revolut ion has spread to A m e r ica.

The problem of the hour is to make enough icvolu t iou is t s i n Amer i ca to be­gin the revolut ion here before i t ends in Russ ia , and to complete. Is-fore a truce is signed, what R u s s i a has liegtin.

The capital is t class of Amer ica has a l -ready lined up in the world 's r evo lu t i on ; i ts papers already tag the czar 's hired murderers, " l o y a l , " th i s is a t once a notice and a challenge to us; how w i l l we auswer on ele. t ion day ?

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t o a n d f r o m t h e i r w o r k . N o t o n e o f

t h e s e f a m i l i e s t o o k a n e w s p a p e r o r m a ­

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a n o n - d u e s p a y i n g e m p l o y e e e i t h e r p a y

u p o r be d i s c h a r g e d t h e s e m e n w e r e d i s ­

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o f c o m m i t t e e . T h e c o m p a n y n e e d e d t h i s

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m e n w i t h m o r e c o u r t e s y i n t h e f u t u r e .

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i n t o l i n e w i t h s w o r d s , " s a i d a H e l e n a

m a n l a s t w e e k d e s c r i b i n g t h e t r e a t m e n t

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a c r o s s t h e c o u n t r y a f o o t T h i s m e t h o d

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t h e c o n v e n t i o n l a s t w e e k t h a t t h e e x ­

tension o f t h e s o c i a l i s t i c p r i n c i p l e o f

g o t e r n m e n t o w n e r s h i p w o u l d p l u n g e t h e

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i n t o p l a i n E n g l i s h t h i s i s a n o t i c e f r o m

t h e c a p i t a l i s t c l a s s t h a t i t w i l l r e b e l

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t h e r e i g n o f l a w a n d o r d e r .

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b e g i n n i n g t o r e a l i z e t h a t t h e i n j e c t i o n o f

t h e l a b o r u n i o n s i n t o p o l i t i c s i s p r e g n a n t

w i t h t r e m e n d o u s p o s s i b i l i t i e s . T h e m o s t

s i g n i f i c a n t t h i n g is t h e a v o w e d d e t e r m i ­

n a t i o n t o e l ec t u n i o n m e n t o c o n g r e s s

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i n c e p t i o n o f a l a b o r p a r t y i n t h e U n i t e d

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w h e n t h e r e w o u l d be a n o t h e r t h i r d p a r t y

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r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s , b u t n o one h a s v e n t u r e d

the p r e d i c t i o n t h a t t h a t t h i r d p a r t y

w o u l d l ie a l a b o r p a r t y .

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u n i o n m e n p u t f o r w a r d w i l l m a k e t h e

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a n d i n t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n o f t h e n e x t h o u s e

t h e y w i l l c o - o p e r a t e w i t h t h e p a r t y u p o n

w h o s e t i c k e t t h e y w e r e e l e c t e d . H u t i n

s o m e c o n g r e s s o f t h e n e a r f u t u r e t h e r e

m a y l ie e n o u g h m e m b e r s e l e c t e d o n

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d e c i d e d t o c o - o p e r a t e w i t h t o e lec t t h e

s p e a k e r a n d o r g a n i z e c o m m i t t e e s . W h e n

t h a t c o m e t o pass , i f i t e v e r d o e s , a

p e a c e f i r b u t n o n e t h e less e e c t i v e r e v o ­

l u t i o n w i l l h a v e been w o r k e d . S h e l d o n

( " l i ne , i n ' T h e H e l e n a I n d e p e n d e n t . "

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r i g h t s o f w o m e n a n d c h i l d r e n t o w o r k ,

w i t h o u t r e f e r e n c e t o t h e h a n d s o n t h e

d i a l o f t h e c l o c k . " T h e l o n g d a y b e a r s

n o r e l a t i o n t o t b e d e s i r e o f c a p i t a l i s t s

t o g r i n d ou t t h e b i g g e s t p r o d u c t p o s s i b l e

f r o m t h e i r v i c t i m s . O n o ; t h e w o m e n

a n d l i t t l e c h i l d r e n a r e so f o n d o f l o n g

h o u r s o f w o r k t h a t t h e g r a c i o u s j u d g e

l i a s r u s h e d t o t h e i r d e f e n s e .

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p u l i c a n c o n v e n t i o n a n n o u n c e d t h a t t h e

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assessed t h e m s e l v e s f o r t h e c a m p a i g n .

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c o n c e n t r a t e d u p o n t h o s e c a n d i d a t e s i n

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t a l i s t m i l l i n s t e a d o f t o t h e s o c i a l i s t m i l l

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m o v e m e n t a n u n m i s t a k a b l e p r o m i s e t h a t

t b e e n t i r e g r i s t w i l l c o m e t o t h e s o c i a l i s t

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f a c t i s , u n i o n l a b o r h a s b e e n f o r c e d o u t

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it w i n k s a t t h e r e a l s o c i a l c r i m e s .

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H u n d r e d s o f M i l l i o n s W o r t h o f C o a l P r o

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n e w s p a p e r t h i s w e e k . T h i s i s c a p i t a l i s m

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r e a d e r s .

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m e a n t b v t h i s d e f i n i t i o n .

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f r o m d o i n g t h i s !

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b e s u b m i t t e d i n t h e t r i a l a g a i n s t t h e

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a h a r d fight a n y w a y . "

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h a s d i s c o v e r e d t h a t o a l y a l o n g d a y s '

w o r k is c o n s t i t u t i o n a l .

Special Yellowstone Park Excursion

Exceptionally low rate tickets covering rail transportation to Gardiner, M o n t , and return, stage transportation through "Wonderland.., and meals and lodgings at Park hotels for a period not exceeding five and one-half days, will be on sale for trains arriving at Livingston the even" ing of July 8th and the morning of July 9th.

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Great Falls THOMAS McGRADY

of CINCINNATI, OHIO Author, Lecturer, Lawyer.

V Will Speak c t j »

Luther's Hall Sunday Aug. 12

at 8 o'clock p. m.

Come and hear this able exponent of Truth and Justice

Admission 25 Cts. " I ^ a b o r s c a r c i t y a s e r i o u s p r o b l e m in

C a l i f o r n i a , " h o w ) t h e c a p i t a l i s t sheets

M i n i i n p a r a l e l l c o l u m n s t e l l o f three great s t r i k e s i n S a n F r a n c i s c o . L a b o r i s

n e v e r s c a r c e e n o u g h s o l o n g as the c a ­

p i t a l i s t s c a n f o r c e i t i n t o a c o n d i t i o n

w h e r e i t i s c o m p e l l e d t o s t r i k e .

The r i g h t of labor to sail itaelf into s l a v e r y i» classed by .luge Olmstead »• a "liberty." Remember this next Fourth o f July.

C a p i t a l i s m m u s t b e t o t t e r i n g s i n c e i t

i * o b l i g e d to u s e b o t h i t s p o l i t i c a l p a r ­

t i e s t o t i g h t s o c i a l i s m .

A r m o u r A C o . a r e b u i l d i n g a n e w p l a n t

a t S t . P a u l . I t w i l l t a k e m o r e t h a n

" The J u n g l a " t o h o l d t h e m b a c k .

lieu murk is advertising for an execu­tioner. Men of this kind are greatly needed by the ruling class.

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

UNCLE IKE ON 0RAFTERS.

Geo. McA. Miller.

60 you think last Sunday's sermon, gril-lin' grafters left and right

Ort to stop ihy grouchy grumblin' 'bout your never sbowin' fight?

Look here, Parson, 'taint to fightin' that you preachers have your call;

If you'd give yourselves to rightin', you'd not need to fight at all.

But when preachers with no pulpit and no sal'ry to collect

Say as how landlord's is grafters you immediately object;

In the face of Moses teachin' that the land should be for all,

That it is the I>ord Almighty's—all this great terreschil ball.

And when pilgrims, robbed and plun­dered on the road to Jericho,

Tell how bankin's only graftin', you insist that it ain't so;

Makin' out as how old Moses was a talkin' through his hat,

And when he abolished intrust didn't know where he was at.

And when pleadin' soap-box prophets with no where to lay their heads

Bay as how all profit's graftin'—you shout "Anarchists" and "Reds."

Makin' out as how the Christians for the fust three hundred year

Well deserved their persecutions for their act in' up so queer.

For they called noobdy master and ac­knowledged but one lord;

Wouldn't work nor trade for profits, heedin' Jesus' blessed word;

Workin' only for each other, from the ills " graft secure,

Havin' all their wealth in common, so there wasn't any poor.

Then, instid o' fightin, grafters, lettin' temptin' graft alone,

Or defendin' it with Scripter as you heretofore have done,

Just apply the Holy Scripter for to sweep the graft away,

And by rightin' stid o' fightin' help bring in the l>etter day.

IN THE FIELD.

Lena Morrow Lewis' Dates.

Havre. Aug. 8-9; Chinook (unorgan­ised), Aug. 10; Helena, Aug. 11; East Helena. Aug. 12; Fergus county, Aug. 14 to Aug. 20.

T. M. Grady's Dates. Great Fulls. Aug. 12; Missoula Aug.

13.

Ben Wilson's Dates. Helena. Aug. 0; llutte. Aug. II, 12.

T. E . Latimer's Datea. Virginia City, Aug. 7; Ruby, Aug. 8;

Sheridan, Aug. 1| Twin Bridges, Aug. 10; Butte. Aug. II. 12, 13, 14.

For a Greater Montana News.

Latest Report in Press Fund. Local Hamilton. $4.00; J . W.

Goodson. Stevensville, $1.00; Com­rade Wolford, Victor, $1.50; W. J. Teidl, Darby, $10 00: L. Roberts. Clancy. $5.00; A. Carlson, $1.00; John Brack, $1.00; M. McKenzie. $0.50; Comrade McGraw, Mike Foley, $0.50; P. W. Koellitz, $2.00; Fort Benton, $400; George Bull, $1.00; Fred Coehn, Livingston, $15.00; Ewald Hofman, Chico, $10.00; Arthur Congdon, $6.00; James F. Lyons, $10.00; John Fod-ness, $2.50; Mike Langford, $5.00; J. W. Roach. $2.50; Eva M. Wells, $1.00; Ro bert Penman, $2.50; J. E. Scott, $2.50; Cruse Black. 2.50; Albert Snyder, $1.00; J. F. Mahie, $1.50; I/oeal Baxendale- $8.00; I>ocal Stevensville,$6.00; J. H. Onval, Roundup, $5.00; James and Arthur Mor­gan, Ihetz, Wyo.. $2.00; B. B. Ryan, Havre, $1.00; Total, $111.50; Former Cash received, $234. 50; Total cash $346.00.

Pledges.

Jessie D. Selby, Great Falls, $6.00: Louis Dilna, $6.00; George Dickinson, $6.00; J . P. Dyer, $1.00; A. Friend, $2.00; J . B. Soma, $1.00; M. Mathews, $1.00; S. 8. Ford, $1.00; E . O. Miller, Havre $2.60; Rev. Paul Cattle, Central Park, $6.00; Herman Schnick, I ewUtown, $6.00; Herman Brown, $6.00; W. H. GreaUon, $5.00; Albert Brooks, $2.60; 1 J. Christ!, $6.00; T. H. Woody, $100; Dutch Barrows, $7.00; A. J. McDonald, $8.00; W. I.. Cragg, I/swistown, $100.00; H. TTarelton, Boieman, $100.00; I-ocal Lewistown. $100.00; T/ocal Chico, $25.00; I»cal Helena, $50.00; H. Leuhman, Hel­ena, $10.00; J . W. Rose, Helena, $10.00; Dr. Willett, $460. Total in pledgee, $406.50.

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Women's Clubs \S * Socialist School Boards. As the socialists are beginning to elect

their nominees to various official posi­tions we find we have many school dis­tricts where they now have a controlling voice. The editor of the "News" is fre-(|ii.nllv asked as to the proper method of procedure of such socialist school boards.

Then- should be no attempt to reduce taxation according to the socialist line of procedure. Taxes are levied on prop­erty, and it from property that the rev­enues must he drawn to improve the condition of the whole people. Taxes should be levied sufficiently liberal to insure the children proper training and surrounding. Grounds should be made as attractive aw possible and shade trees planted. Outhouses should receive the closest attention. A janitor should be provided for country schools whose busi­ness it is to keep the premises in a con­dition of the utmost cleanliness. Win­dows, floors, cloak rooms should receive most careful attention. Surroundings have a great influence over the growing mind of the child. Means of ventilation are too often neglected in the country school. As the socialists are the most intelligent partisan of the proletariat, and the only ones that stand for a higher civilization, they should give evidence of their higher ideals in their manage­ment of whatever public affairs come into their hands. Proper and scientific ventilation can l>e attained in any house. Good air makes good blood, and good brain power. It is indespensable to sat­isfactory results in the school rooms.

Where a district is strongly socialist we might as well tackle the problem of education squarely, by putting in well-posted socialist teachers, if any such can IM» obtained. Reports show that social­ist teachers give superior satisfaction when employed. They should, because they have a superior basis from which to teach, and do not fill the minds of the children with senseless traditions and parrot-like repetitions that make up the bulk of lwmrgeois instructions, (me of the most important conditions is that one teacher should not have the care of too many children. I'ostilo/.zi, the father <>f the public school system, said that fifteen children were sufficient for one teacher. Twenty-five children should be the maximum. When there are more, an addition should be built and another teacher hired. Fifteen little children, just learning to use their fac­ulties and employ themselves, will keep one teacher busy.

The school books in Montana are pro­vided by law. The capitalist class have legislated in the interest of the school trust, so vvc are obliged to put up with the dope they ladle out to us until the -oci.ilisU can control the lcgi-lature. But supplementary text books can be provided by the lsiard. and the library fund is :i prolific source of opportunity for providng correct material in science, history and literature. The Kerr Pub­lishing company has excellent works for a school library. The following list is given of liooks that may be profitably -elected: ("lass Struggles in America, A. M. Simons; Germs of Mind in I'lants; Kvolution of Man; The Triumph of Life; The Knd of the World; The World's Re volutions; Science and Revolution; Who the Socialista Are and What They Stand for. John Spargo; The French Revolution, Belfort Bax; The American Farmer, A. M. Simons; The Origin of the Family, Private I'roperty and the State, Fred­erick Engels; Oratory: Its Requirements and its Rewards, John P. Altgeld; A Reliel at I^rge, May Reals; The Record­ing Angel, Brenholtz; Civilization, Its Cause and Cure, Carpenter.

A School thus equipped with whole some reading matter is a fair way to start the young generation on the road to a correct interpretation of life and the facts around them.

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The S>cialists of l'orto Rico are pre­paring for the next election. At a con­vention held at Gtiayama City, an Exec­utive Committee was elected to carry on a vigorous and systematic campaign. The election takes place in Novemlier. Nominations have already been made for ••SJBeillor in every district, and General Secretary Rafael Alonio states that a full municipal and territorial ticket will Is- placed in the field.

The Secretary of l»cal Parsons, Kas., w 1 ii<-- that as a result of the |»olice light against Comrade Ijcvvis' literature sell-in ', at the first meeting after Comrade Lewis left, 14 new' member* were ad­mitted, and there are l(i further applica-t ions for next meet ing.

English Walling, the well known wealtl iv young Socialist, and Miss Anna M i unskv . a well known Russian Social i-t of San Francisco, were recently mar­ried in Paris and are collecting data for 11n- hUtoty of the Russian Revolution of I'xx;.

The National Secretary's financial re­port for the month of July shows re­ceipts from ilues $1,372.05; total receipts •S2.227.!»l: expenditures $2,158.49; bal anee <>n hand August 1st $120.83.

The Socialist party contributions to tin- Western Federation of Miners' de-|Vn>e fund from July 1st to August 3d was $38711.24.

The Socialist party contributions to the San Francisco relief fund from July 1st to 31st was $534.20.

The entire city of Philadelphia was canvassed August 5th by Local Pin la delphia for the one-day wage fund.

Arrangement* are being made to or­ganise a Finnish Branch of Socialists in Pittsburg.

I/ocal Batesvillr. Arkansas, la raising campaign fund* by unloading ooal cars at $8 per car.

J. Stitt Wilson is holding great meet ings in San Diego, California.

Comrade A. D. Peugh reports Ben Wilson's meeting at Uvingston as fol­lows:

"Comrade Ben Wilson was here Friday and Saturday nights of last week. Ow­ing to our advertising matter not ar­riving in time the meeting of Friday night was poorly advertised and the evening was rather oold so that some were wearing their overcoats. But never­theless, the crowd was fairly large and was very attentive while Comrade Wil­son arrnigned and impeached the present capitalistic system in a masterly man ner.

"Saturday night's meeting was well advertised and a large crowd was in at­tendance, in fact, the largest and most enthusiastic crowd that we have ever

hnd here. Comrade Wilson took off his coat and for two hours ho had the best of attention, while in a masterly man­ner he drove the oold, unvarnished facts home in the minds of the wage slaves on the present economic conditions of today. Last night's meeting was the best attended and all around the beat meeting we have ever had here. Com­rade Wilson's manner of delivery is magnet ie and entertaining.

"He offered to divide the time with

either of the old party speakers or de­fenders, but they did not accept it. Com­rade Wilson carries a government license along on his trips to prove all the state­ment* he makes about the condition of wage slaves. Comrade Wilson will al­ways be welcome whenever he comet to Livingston, and we hope to have him here again this fall and want arrange merits made to that effect."

Comrade Arthur Morgan of I)i. 1 / W yo., writes concerning Wilson's Wyom­ing meetings:

"I just arrived home in time to hear Comrade Hen F. Wilson speak, in fact, I arived home in time to hear him speak twice, once at Oictz it ml once at Carncv villi- and Monarch.

"Comrade Ben hud to speak ngaitist time at Cainevville as a storm was Mwriag and the meeting was out in 111 «• open, in addition to the 75 or 80 people who attended the meeting at least :i,00<> 000 mosquitoes w ere there, but re gardless of wind, rain, lightning and mosquitoes, he was listened to with a close attention that was more eloquent than the noisy applause that greets many speakers.'

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National Secretary Barnes sends out the following regarding Idaho as a battle ground in t he present campaign:

"I have suggested to the Colorado State committee that in the event of a special fund being raised, it should also include Idaho.

"Idaho stood sixth to the top in the roll of states, eonsiring the percentage of socialist vote* cast in the year 1904.

"A new situation presents itself in the political history of America, and links these states together in equal impor-tim -e. We find Comrade Haywood, a marked victim by the capitalist class, as a candidate for the gallows in Idaho, and the chosen representative of the working class, their candidate for gov­ernor of Colorado.

"I suggest the advisability of sending a letter to every Trades and Uibor or­ganization, calling attention to the pass­ing of the liberties of American citizen­ship, with the Colorado-Idaho conspiracy unrebuked, and for definite resolutions protesting against this crime committed in the name, and by the officers of the law. An opportunity should be pro­vided to secure contributions to the cam­paign fund. The issue i* clearly marked. The political line-up is the capitalist class against the working class.

"The importance of this campaign should tie presented to every organiza­tion of working men.

"The arrangements thus far made in the national office have been with a v iew to equalize the assistance rendered to the states of Colorado and Idaho, all of which is submitted for your consid­eration.'

An International Crime. •RternatioMl socialism was condemned

to execution by international capitalism a lav weeks ago in Europe. Infanticide has l>een decreed by the ruling class of the world against the working class al­most at the hour of its birth. The so-eiali-'ic Douma was dissolved by the or­der i i the international capitalism to g'V1' • for a capitalistic Douma. The revolution was prematurely precipitated in 1 to strangle the infant of labor just is the light of the glad new day was dawning on its young intelligence. Here H the story of the international crime told in Studdert Campbell's Lnnd.a. letter of last week:

•The momentous ukase issued last Suncl iv morning over the signature of Nicl las II, did not come as a surprise to perhaps a dozen men outside of Ku- 1 Now (hat it is all over, I have it on the very highest authority that (he foreign ministers and the rulers of (ire.* Britain, France. Germany and Vustna unanimously advised in favor

of the ukase and advised on the hour of the • —.j.- <simday morning at 3 o'clock thus cleverly avoiding a sudden panic in any one of the world's money mai kets ami giving every financial center in Europe and America a chance to re­cover its poise.

"Necessarily, therefore, some basis of an a _'i cement has been reached. The wor U ol Witte quoted in my letter last week, v. ere prophetic, and Witte knows. Think voa that Witte's 'retirement' was not 1 part of the plan? Think you that Witt. ~ presence in Europe has no con­nect ion with the relations between Russia ami France and Germany in the pre-eut crisis? Think you that Witte, the big, forceful patriot the man re-spon-iUe has been idle, dreaming anion.' the vineyards in some obscure corner of Europe, while Russia trembled ••Cween chaos and order, lietween peace and war?

"Think you for one foolish moment that I lam e, the ally of Russia; Great Britain, the friend of France; Germany and \11~tria. whose frontiers are the frontiers of Kussja; Japan, the defens­ive ind off sarin ally of Crcat Bri(ain: lioth with vast interests in Russia— think yon that these knew nothing of nor _'ive counsel concerning a step that bron.ht civil war into the forecast of the week?

"What. then, is the inevitable con-riMioal I give wm the argument be-caiik I cannot quote my authority. I lead you along the lines of logic to the conclusion a~ I was led by one who ought to know, who smiled but said nothing, as my questions came with its own answer.

"An agreement, sir?" "After all. higher politic- is , science,

and while not always one of the exact D leiu-es. there are certain combinations that bring certain results.

"This. then, i* one of these combina­tions, and the result can lie counted upon with almost absolute exactness.

"The government of Russia will lie upheld. The peace of Europe is not threatened and Sir Henry Cainphcll-Ban-nerman voiced no casual catch line when he said: ' 1 A Douma est mort: Vive la Douma!'- but voiced the things whereof he knew, lie voiced the verdict of Eu­rope, rendered liefore the czar issued his is!ict. The verdict of Europe was, 'Let the present Doama die. and die quickly, and. in due course let another and more useful Douma reign in it* stead.'

"This was the agreement lietween Russia and the rest of Europe, and the power* of Europe will support the au­tocrat of all Russia while Nicholas II and his counselors keep faith with K u lope and do their honest best to bring older out of chaos, and give to Russia a Douma composed of intelligent and patriotic Russians, instead a criminally selfish and shortsighted revolutionary 1 •thai."

<m August 19 and September 17 the trade unionists and sacialista of Holland will demonstrate in favor of universal and equal suffrage.

In Switzerland two daily socialist pa-peis are soon to appear -The "Berner Tugwacht," (German) in Bern and the Teuple' (French) in Geneva.

Two socialist comrades Recabarren and Hear were sealed in the CJiilian parlia­ment in the recent election.

'Hie socialist cooperative society of Belgium, (he Vomit, celebrated i(s 25th l.iithday. July H,

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state and district wherein the crime -hall have liecn committed.' and give to Charles H. Mover. William I), tlaiVMS] and Ceorge A. Pettilvonc an immediate trial, or admit them to bail pending (heir trial. Be it further

"Resolved. That the chairman of this meeting l>e instructed to forward a copy of these resolutions to Frank J. Smith of Idaho."

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Boys' and Children's Suits at one-half original price.

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Fresh Arrivals in Trunks and Valises

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Scit tmnn.M ^alirrn hat bie »HMftMMI 8taat£-3ettuttfl" ununtcrbrodjen bail beutfdje 3et-tuugc'-^elb in Montana eingenom« men unb biefcr 9tuf Don 23 e ft a n-b i g f e 11 fprid)t al$ ftennjcidicn be§ ferncmt (Frfolgevl unb ftortbefteljenS biefcr glitNag. 3 ie foil in i e b c m bcutfd)cit .§aufe in Montana auflie-aen—lonale iWontanaer haben fie be-reits?, abcr n>ir luollen nod) tnet)r tja-ben. ftfir $2.00 ptt 3at)r luirb bie« fclbc portofrei on iraenb cine Wbreffe tm Staate obcr Canbe gefonbt. 9iad) Tcutfd)Imib $3.00. Ter obifle $rei8 fdjliefet ben „3onntag8-fflaft" in fid), mit anberen fflorten eine jrublf @ei-ten ftarfe Heitung fiir $2 per 3ol»r.

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Japanese socialist^ are about to start a social democratic daily in Tokyo. Comrade Totoku haa been recalled from California to serve aa editor.

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Attention Missoula!

Thomas McGrady Will Speak in Missoula

Monday Aug. 15 Admission 25 Cents

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

^ State Department

CALL FOR STATE CONVENTION

The State Convention of the Socialist Party of Montana is here­

by called to meet in Helena August 22nd 1906 at 2 p. m., for the

purpose of nominating a candidate for congress and associate

justice and the transaction of such other business as may come

before the convention.

The representation will be as follows: One Delegate from each

Local and one additional Delegate for every ten members In

good standing in month of July. T. J. ROONEY, Chairman.

JAS. D. QRAHAM, Secretary.

E r r a Olson, of K e n d a l l , wr i tes ask ing concerning Wi l son ' s meet ing there, " B e n

far more speakers.

Comrade Brunner of Ovando sends in Tt cents fo r dues.

Comrade l 'ennicot t , of L i v i n g s t o n , s«nds i n t w o subs fo r the News .

W . E . Craggs 6ends in a check fo r f ive sabs and says " E v e r y t h i n g looks good fo r the pa r t y in th is county fo r Soc ia l -

' M r s . Margare t Palsgrove sends i n $6 far due stamps. She in fo rms us the i W a t F a l l s subscribers are hav ing con­siderable trouble ge t t ing thei r paper*.

Comrade Rector sends $10 for organi­zat ion work , $1 f o r press f u n d and $2.50 far l i t e ra tu re for George Du tch . 1 Com--ade D u t c h is enqui r ing for papers and l i t e ra ture i n Hunga r i an and Slavonian .

Comrade H i r a m P i a t t of I>ocal Como orlers ten subs f r o m now u n t i l election, vhich he is going to put in a box on the

-oad w i t h a sign f o r the travelers, " T a k e >ne." W e commend this as an excellent lea and wor thy of im i t a t i on .

Comrade H . L l o y d , of Pony , sends in a aub and relates the f o l l o w i n g :

" A b o u t ten days ago I shipped 2.075 •ound- of ore to the Helena sampl ing vorks. I weighed m y ore a t the depot nd i t weighed jus t 2.075 pounds. T h e y

•eweighed it at the works a t Helena and harged me $2.50 f o r reweighing my ore.

How is t h i s ! Y o u r s f o r honesty."

Comrade E . 0 . M i l l e r , of Havre , wr i tes «*.ying that they w i l l make an effor t *t tha t point to get M r s . l>ena M o r r o w ' ewis in to Chinook. He in forms us ' h a t an effort is now being made to get •p a county t icke t , and tha t they are >rresponding wi th the Social is ts of the

'•ounty w i t h the v iew of hav ing a county <«mvention soon.

P r o m f a r off Manatee. F l o r i d a , comes a •oibecription and a letter f r o m K . D . Marker.

Comrade Barker l ived in Mon tana dur-• i g the regime of Marcus Da ly when he was a staunch Democrat. He says :

"1 am now a Soc ia l i s t and my only 'eaire is to live long enough to see a • •cial ist occupying the presidential

-ha i r . "

We juat heard an interes t ing incident onnectcd with one of Ben Wi l son ' s

"•eetings in (!ilt Edge. There was a how in town that n ight and Ben took ia place near the Opera house before how t ime and opened up w i t h a l l his oeial is t ic guns. Show t ime came and •ie people gathered in a great crowd, but

-ot fo r the show. Ben proved a bigger - i l ter ta inment than a whole mins t re l

how and soon had a l l the show people l i s ten ing un t i l he got through.

Comrade .loe F r i e l l , of Chestnut, wri tes

W i l s o n has been here and the slaves a l l know i t . H a l l was packed f u l l and everybody listened a t t en t ive ly . Ben is ce r ta in ly a l l r ight . W o u l d l i k e d to have had h im two nights. The movement is g rowing in Chestnut. W e are m a k i n g Socia l is ts every day. The col lect ion was $8.55.

I » c a l F r i d l e y is a new branch added to the g r o w i n g M o n t a n a organiza t ion . Comrade Mabie sends in app l ica t ion for the charter signed by twelve men and women and says, " F r i d l e y s ta r t s off w i t h twelve members and good ones, too. H a d a good meet ing ; better than I expected, considering i t is hay ing t ime. M r s . E v a M . W e l l s was elected secretary and J . W . Roach organizer, and we w i l l meet at the W e l l ' s ranch Sunday , Augus t 12. and complete organiza t ion ." B e n W i l s o n was the speaker at the mee t ing and his insp i r ing address helped make the or­ganiz ing a success.

\ Comrade Rector of M o n a r c h , who has

jus t returned f rom an eastern vacat ion, is in the harness again and the plans he is pu t t i ng in to execution to raise funds for the " X e w s " and par ty are wor thy of i m i t a t i o n . H e s ays :

"I have s tar ted a press f u n d l is t w i t h Comrade E n g l i s h in the K i b b e y distr ict and I have one here. E a c h of these l is ts are headed by $50. W e want to give a l l the Comrades and sympathizers a chance to donate in the great cause. Soon as the l is ts are i n w i l l f o r w a r d to y o u . "

Comrade Hector had quite an experi­ence in the east at Canton , I l l inois , and v i c i n i t y , w i th the Socia l i s t organiza t ion and assist ing in propaganda work. A t Smi th f i c ld he introduced Soc ia l i sm apd the speaker, and a remarkable meet ing f o l l o w e d

A Comrade sends us in the election re­turns f rom Stevensvi l le upon the Stev-ensvi l le water franchise, which la as f o l l o w s : W a r d one, 16 agains t and 15 f o r ; W a r d two, 2* again t and 2 for . So we lost, or rather Stevensvi l le lost , a* i t w i l l learn later. N'othing but ex­perience w i l l educate people who w i l l vote away a franchise which has no st ip­ulated price and prohibi ts the people f rom runn ing open ditches, and grants an exclusive water monopoly fo r a lmost nothing. The Stevensvi l le Register grew hys te r ica l over our unexpected ad­vent in to the field and wrote a column < s l i t m i . i l which consisted p r inc ipa l ly of gulps of surprise and chunks of astonish­ment a t our audaci ty, but not a single denial of our assertion tha t the editor of the Regis ter had l ied. T h e N o r t h Wes t T r ibune says this about our ar­t i c le :

"The only w a y Steve could keep that schathing ed i tor ia l by the editor of the Montana News down was by t a k i n g a • 11 ink on it . She knocked his two-sided statements in to spl in ters ."

So, a f t e r a l l , we feel m i g h t i l y l i ke crowing.

Savings Accounts Opened from $1 Upwards - — — - - *

TE R E C E I V E D E P O S I T S B Y M A I L on <•*•

actljr tha same farms as though made in

person at the Bank. The mails are entirely

safe and are convenient. People in all parte

of tha country transact banking in this manner,

"-posits may be sent by registered mail, money order, or by bank check. Whan

»he first deposit is received it will be entered on our books, and a pass book re-

tamed by mail as a receipt for the money deposited. We have issued a small

•v^ok telling of the simple way in which an account can be opened by mail

< .d we will send a copy free to anyone asking for it.

I H E L E N A , - - M O N T A N A .

w&mm TRUST

M r s . Haz la t t ' a Report .

F r i d a y . .July 27.—I went f r o m M i l l i o n to W allace, Idaho.. A t Wal l ace there is a good bunch of comrades. Comrade Stache is secretary of the local, and county treasurer o f the pa r ty , and his tmrher shop is the revolu t ionary center in Wal lace . He is ab ly assisted b y Com ra<l<> Piper , the other man in the shop, who extended me the hosp i t a l i t y of his home. A crowd of five or s ix hundred people were gathered on the street in evening. I had been t a l k i n g h a l f an hour when a l l the l ights were c u t off. and the c i t y remained in darkness t i l l a f t e r I got through, when the l ights were turned on. One of the comrades stated that he saw Sher i f f Suther land speak to the mayor , and then step in to the hotel and telephone, when the l ights imme­dia te ly went out. I was due t o speak next night a t Bu rke , but of course we were in no mood to be crushed b y dark­ness in t ha t way, so I postponed the B u r k e meet ing one night. Sa tu rday night W a l l a c e is filled w i t h miners f rom the sur rounding camps, and I was anx­ious to see whether they would leave the town and their trade in darkness in order to shut out a socialist speaker. E v e r y t h i n g was peaceably though, the l ighta shone undisturbed, an immense crowd was i in atendance. and social ism had i ts innings in the Coeur d 'Alene once more. Wa l l ace collections, $2, subs Bold 13, hooks $6.75.

Sunday night the meeting was held at B u r k e . Secretary Hutch inson o f the miners ' union there had the m a t t e r in charge. T h i s is the union that Vincen t St . J ohn is president of. He and H u t ­chinson, through earnest and persistent work, have succeeded in m a k i n g i t one of the most aggressive organizat iona in the northwest . Tt disseminates social is t teaching and stands pat on the proposi­t ion, and the vote shows that these west­ern union men are not socialists w i t h their tongues merely. The off ic ia l elc-t ion re turns stood second in per cent of i ts socia l is t vote i n the 1'nited States, Cook Coun ty , I l l ino is , (Chicago) s t and ing f i rs t .

W e had a fine meeting in the union hal l , collections. $21.55. The comrades entertained me l i k e a princess, and i t is l ike a long-drawn breath of f reedom to know tha t l ibe r ty is not yet dead in the hearts of the workers of the Coeur d'Alene. T h e next point was l-anc. a country point in the mids t of a f a r m i n g

Imnds to be deterred by a l i t t l e t h ing l ike that , and we proceeded to the end wi thout interference. I never saw such craven cowards as the men are in th is camp. W h e n I go t through and went to take a col lect ion they turned i h e i r hacks, and ac tua l ly ran l i k e a drove of sheep, they were so a f r a i d M M one would see them g i v i n g money. I re­ceived 85 cent*, and one man bought a M M M package of books. W h a t else could one expect though. E v e r y one tha t works > forced to jo in the mine owners ' ' indus t r ia l un ion" , to t ake out cards, prac t ica l ly i n the mine owners ' associa­t ion, and are compelled to a t tend the meetings once a m o n t h . Wages are $.1 and $3.50 instead of being straight $3.50 as in union camps.

The next day I was astonished at see ing the evidences o f good w i l l tha*. were e xtended to me. Dr . Machet te , one of the men who forced the Biarsha l to que l l disturbance, a democrat and one of the delegates to the convent ion that meets at Coeur d 'Alene C i t y , A u g u s t 6 i nv i t ed me to his home to luncheon, and to meet some fr iends, drove me to the t r a in and saktJ h is w i f e to go to Ha r r i son v . i th me, i n v i t i n g me to stop w i t h them i f I - l iou ld ever come to W a r d n e r again . |"he democrats seem f r i e n d l y to tin, ea-

I ecial ly the ladies showed .great interest , ind when they learned o f Mu field of subjects tha t the soc ia l i s t movement covers, expressed a desire fo r woman's nf ternoon meetings. M y dates pre - tided n.e f rom t a k i n g advantage of thesp invt tat ions, but should I ever be able to go there again, I feel assured of a t least an inte l l igent hear ing to the doctr ine of socia l ism.

M r s . L e w i s ' Repor t .

"I on ly held one m e t t i n g in B e l t as

I fe l t the need of a day 's rest ; so I

came to Oreat F a l l s and was present a t

the meet ing of the W o m a n ' s c lub W e d ­

nesday. M y sales in S tocke t t came to

$5. M y sales i n G r e a t F a l l s Sa tu rday

night $12; Sunday $17.55; Monday $6.ft0.

M y sales fo r five days i n Orea t F a l l s

were $52.75. I f I have good points fo r

the next twelve days I w i l l be able to

go over the $200 m a r k in sales fo r the

month ."

Mrs . L e w i s sends in the f o l l o w i n g re­port of her sales of l i t e r a tu re i n B u t t e and Anaconda |

L i te ra ture sales at eight consecutive and logging communi ty . Here word had meetings in Bu t t e . M o n t a n a , J u l y 17-24. not l>een received in t ime, no adver t i s ing had been done, and the meet ing was parc t iea l ly a fa i lure . Comrade Reed, a ranchman, did what he could, r igh t in the midst of his harvest, and Comrade Sl izer . a merchant of the place, d id what he c o u l d : but the general a t t i tude to­wards the social is ts is one of d is t rus t ami an imos i ty , and we need to do vig­orous work there. Comrade Reed <aya they need ten days at least to advertise through the count ry among the faroicra and the logging camps.

W a r d n e r was the next point. So so­c i a l i s t has spoken here since the dread­f u l days of the s t r ike , and since the sys­tem of peonage has Iveen established among the miners. I t is the banner scab town of the northwest. S impkine , the las t secretary of the union, la branded and advert ised l i k e a felon, and a price set on his head. H i s description hangs i n the post-office. T h i n k of i l i a t , w o r k i n g men, you who think y o u rim the government. The comrades feared for m y sa fe ty in go ing in to this place, and a conference took place as t o whether armed men should go wi th me. prepared for emergencies. I to ld them we w mid stand upon cons t i tu t iona l r igh . • nd make a test of the case i f necessary.

Comrade Hutch inson camp over f r o m B u r k e though. The proprietors of the Ho te l Spokane, where I stopped, showed me every possible courtesy. W h e n even­ing came I mounted my chair in f ron t of the hotel and stated to the crowd tha t soon gathered around me, that I was there to speak in behalf of one of tha three part ies t ha t had t ickets in the field f o r the f a l l elections. I had i ia rd ly got s tar ted t i l l a deafening d i n came up the street proceeding f rom a platoon of boys armed w i t h b ig horns. I called upon the marsha l to protect the meet ing as i t was held under r ight guaranteed by the s ta te law. I was to ld that he said he would not interfere, but roatfl let the boys go on. A groveling cur named Johnson, who keeps a cigar ' to re , and a side l iner fo r the underworld, a Spanish war veteran, one Ford, long since lost to al l s ense of what consti tutes a man, were the inst igators of tha dis­turbance. Johnson furnished the iiornn ami Kord was caught red handed pitying the Isiys. The p lan was, as we i for­wards learned, to march down on a*tt side of me. ami jerk the chair f rom mder me. B u t I had f r iends in the crowd who were a w a i t i n g developments, and th is t ime i t was the democrat*. Several prominent ones went to Decker, the chicken hearted marsha l , and t o l l him order and decency had to lie prsssrvoj <»r they wou ld preserve it themselves. So this m i n i o n of " l a w and order" u.ld tha boys to "cu t It out ." A band played i ts most strenous f r o m that on. W e learned that th i s l>and practised twice a \ve«-V, and t h i s was an off night , hut many i n ­sisted t ha t tha t in ter rupt ion M M not planned. Tt m i g h t not have been. So­cia l i s ts sre too used to ta lk agai i iM brasa

106 Lewis-TTarr iman Deliate , 16.00; 7 • iernis of M i n d in P l a n t s , 3.50; (55 Soc ia l ­i s t Movement , 6.50; 100 M i l i t i a B i l l . $5.00; Rft Science and L i f e . (Fe r r i ) $4.45; 14 Day Judgment . 1.40; 2 Intro, to So­c i a l i s m . 20; 53 E v o l u t i o n of M a n , 26.50; 5 Science and Revo lu t i on . 2.50; 13 W o r l d ' s Revo lu t ion , 6.50; 1 E n d of W o r l d , 50c; 1 T r i u m p h o f L i f e , 50c; 36 Car toon Postals . OOe; 11 Pocket L i b r a r y 55c; 45 sets of 6 Pocke t L i b r a r y (.25) $11.25. To tAl $02.54. N u m b e r of pieces sold 80.1.

Anaconda street meetings J u l y 26-29: 33 L e w i s - H e r r i m a n Debate. 3.30; 20 D a y of Judgment , 2.00; 6 W o r l d ' s Revo­l u t i o n , 3.00; 5 E v o l u t i o n of M a n , 2.50; 1 Science and U f e , 5c. T o t a l 12.25. N u m b e r of pieces sold, 75. T o t a l sales f o r 10 meetings $104.70.

W i l s o n ' s Repor t .

Closed a successful tou r in and around Diets , W y o . . where fo r a week I had goo,) crowds, a l l of whom were deeply inter­ested in the meeting.

I a r r ived at Red Lodge F r i d a y J u l y 27 The meet ing was announced for the street but brief and l i t t l e adver t i s ing prevented many f r o m k n o w i n g about the meeting, besides several of the local workers had an engagement out of t own that night—these together w i t h other circumstances were qu i t e against the success o f the meet ing. However , a f a i r ­l y good crowd assembled and deep inter-eat was manifes ted . W e have severs] good comrades in the Red Lodge move­ment who are ac t ive ly a t work , but a t present the atmosphere of the town Is qui te depressed because of the recent sad catastrophe in the mine, where sev­eral of capi ta l i sm's slavea lost their l ive* i n their maater's mine , and many were seriously wounded and maimed possibly fo r l i f e . T h i s is but a l i t t l e addi t ion L» the record of c r ime and murder of t ha devi l of cap i ta l i sm.

Sa turday night I spoke a t Roberta. A good crowd of interested people were present and Sunday n i g h t I returned to Red T/odge where we had a second street meeting. Th i s meet ing was qui te largely attended and deep interact was shown. M a n y of those who l is tened were F ins — probably a l l of whom are good loya l com­rades. T h e i r l o y a l t y and incessant agi t a t ion together w i t h t h e i r uni ted s tand at the bal lo t box are such t h s t many of the "na t ives" of free (?) A m e r i c a m igh t wel l take a lesson f r o m them.

M o n d a y n ight I had an excellent meet­ing at the V a l l e y school house, s ix miles below Red Lodge. Comrades Nor thy and M a r y o t t advert ised the meeting w e l l amongst the fa rmers who , al though they were very busy hay ing , attended the meet ing and filled the school house. Tt wou ld be easy to effect a new organiza­t ion there la ter .

Tuesday I re turned t o B i l l i n g s and had another good street meeting. T h e ci t izens ' al l iance is p r o v i n g an added s t imulus to our movement in B i l l i n g s . If the al l iance continues i n ita good w o r k y o u need not send many more speakers there as a l l B i l l i n g s p rac t i ca l ly w i l l be members in good s t a n d i n g i n the social­i s t pa r ty . L i s t en s n d y o u w i l l hear something drop in B i l l i n g s election day.

I a r r ived here l a s t n igh t . Comrade Mabie met me at the t r a i n . W e drove to his ranch—Oasis R a n c h - a n d by tha way i t Is well named. I f we had more of such places to lead the socialist agi­ta tor to occasional ly , the l i f e and sp i r i t s of many a weary speaker would he great ly renewed. M a b i e is a host i n himself .

Our meet ing at F r i d l e y las t night d id no harm. W e organized a local of twelve memliers. So here's one more l ink i n the chain fo r the eo operat ive common­weal th .

I am leaving now f o r Aldr idge . W i l l re turn to L i v i n g s t o n tomorrow.

Lat iner ' s Report . T h i s has Keen a strenuous week. There

was no meeting advert ised a t Bozenian. no Social is ts to be f o u n d and no work -ingmen in s ight . In the average t o w n a person can find some tha t w i l l ad­m i t tha t they are work lngmen, bu t w i t h Boceman, i t is d i f f e ren t ; there are tonsor ia l ar t i s ts , construct o ra l a rch i -knights of the brush, a n d s imi l a r profea-tecta, operators of engine es tabl ishments , s ionals , but no workingmen. A t 8 p. m . w i t h Comrades Cor r lgan , F ras ie r and another Comrade, I wen t to the p r inc ipa l corner and found a deserted street, aa quie t aa a cemetery, not a person i n s ight . Boseman is l i k e B i g T i m b e r ; there is no th ing to hammer a t , no pro­le ta r ia t to work on. A t Belgrade I got out some hi l l s and advert ised a mee t ing ; had a pre t ty f a i r c r o w d ; considerable interest was evinced bu t no one t o go ahead and push the work aa Comrade Chelgren is a w a y a good por t ion of tha t ime and w i l l leave f o r the Iale of P i n e s in a month. Sold 85 cents w o r t h of l i t ­erature.

A t Nor r i s and at t h e M a d i s o n r i v e r P o w e r Company 's dam had meetings o f considerable interest. N o t many f r o m Nor i s were present F r i d a y evening aa they are out i n the h i l l s and on t h e i r ranches. Receipts were $3.45. A t P o n y I advert ised meeting a n d had an a t tend­ance of 150; sube. $ 1 ; l i t e r a tu re t an cents. N e x t evening a large c rowd was w a i t i n g when I came up t own . B e t t * -attendance and good a t t en t ion . M a n y declared they had vo ted the o ld p a r t y t i cke ts the las t t ime, b u t ma te r i a l f o r a good sol id local is scarce. K n u d s o n Ber ry is prominent i n the un ion and a declared Socia l i s t now. Theo Mi l l i a rd , b l acksmi th , is another, together w i t h Comrades L l o y d and P h i l l i p s .

A m stranded at Sapping ton w i t h aome 25 other passengers, n o t k n o w i n g when we w i l l get away. Hope to get t o W h i t e h a l l today. V i r g i n i a C i t y , T u e s ­d a y ; R u b y , Wednaaday; Sher idan , T h u r s d a y ; T w i n Br idges , F r i d a y . The r e is a b ig dredging crew a t R u b y , so w i l l t ake them i n .

Comrade Jesse Se lby wri tes f r o m (Jreet F a l l s to the effect tha t they w i l l t ake Comrade McC.rady a t Luther ' s h a l l . Sunday . Augus t 12th. a t 8 p. m., snd or­ders more l i te ra ture f o r the local meet­ings at I ' n ion h a l l , Sunday evenings.

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