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V VOTE F O R T H E PARTY OP YOUR < I \ MONTANA NEWS OWNED AND PUBLISHED B Y T H E SOCIALIST PARTY OF MONTANA ABOLISH THE CAP- ITALIST SYSTEM VOL. VI. HELENA, MONTANA, THURSDAY, OCT. L NO. 48. AN EPOCH-MAKING GAMPAIGN Enthusiasm for Debs Amazes Old Politicians Party We have before ua copies of m-ws- l 'U|» rs — not labor anil socialist pa- |» r», but tally n-piihlli•an ami ib mo cratlc organs—printed In cities touch- ••d l>y the "Hid Special." ami \ M - must I'unf.m our suprlsc at the uniformly lair reports of thf meeting* that are given. Whlli- thus.- r. ports an nearly all conservative In ton.-, a* though l» - grudging tin- VUIIIHIIII spue, they are compelled to waste on thla now movc- mi-nt. yi't thf remarkable demonstra- tions thut havi- taken place In M M i'f c-lt.it a anil towns betwein Chicago and tlx coast have comp. lied tin old party organs to take M i d and they ti ll pn-tty much thf cam. story. Kn rywh.Ti' thf "Ki d Sp. -dal" in gn-i ti d liy enthusiastic cheering mul- titudes. As a rulf thf halls engaged for meetings a r f t o o small to hold the enormous crowds that attempt to gain admission and gladly |>ay from 10 cents to AO cent* for tin privilege. And Deb*, thf mugn. tic. tMJWnt, fearless champion of labor that in is and always was, seems n o t n t t o have passed thf zenith o f h i s wonderful popularity and power to attract the working peoplf and charm them with hia splendid oratory. In cold print Debs' speech reads like m e s s a g e s f r o m one truly inspired by noble and lofty ideals. They com- bine the defiant, ringing words o f a Patrick Henry, the cold logic and bit- ing sarcasm o f a Wendall Philips, and the hoart-throbblng. blood-warming appials o f a Burke. Thf omaha Daily News, speaking of Debs" speech a t a gnat mass meet- ing in that city, aays: "Argument followed argument like the fall o f a trip hamin. r, a n d t h e rasping .olcc seemed Impatli n t o f t h e rafter-shaking applause. From start to tinish there w a s n o mincing of words, ite flayed his audience for let- ting r> publicans and democrats bull- doze them. He illsnct.tl mercilessly the Ignorance o f t h e wage-slave His sait asm was a In*', Ins epigruinl a spark, a n d t h e thunder o f a Vesu- vius roared a n d n verhrated u s t h e wild, st cheers rose anil fell." In Denver 4.000 persons jammed thimsilvts Into an auditorium and • weltered i n t h e h. a t a n d round upon round of applause gri I t> d Debs' bom- bardment o f t h e plutocracy of Colo- rado a n d t h e nation. As many more pi ople unable to gain entrance t o t h e hall held an ov. Mw meeting on tin- initM.le. which was adilr. ss. d b y A . M. H M M and others. In Salt Luke City and Ogd. n. Ftah. a total of 15.000 people w. r. address- ed In three meetings held, a n d t h e Mormon politicians were speechless with surprise a t t h e immense gather- ings a n d t h e enthusiasm manifested by the multitudes. Onr a,000 workers crowded Into thf rink ut Han Francisco to hear thf rn w message and thousands of others thronged the stn ets unable to secure admission Militia officers at Portland, ore., who boss the armory that was built with public funds, refused to rent the auditorium t o t h e socialist when the "Kcil Special" came to town because >. Ls had i rlticisi d t h e militia t o o s e - verely The Teds ' obtaini d another large hall, which was packed with 10,000. In S-attlc :!,000 persons, the capacity of the l>i i Hal I n K , secured . nil.in. . to tin- rink, while an overflow of 2,000 was addressed ouUiib- Five thousunil pi ople shouted and applauded at a m.onilav meeting In Tacoma a n d t h e wind.- town of Fv.r • it. Wash., s a t u p t o hear Debs speak at midnight, something that was MM heard of before In that locality. And it should not !>•• forgotten that tin | M ople who atti nd tln se meetings pay admission o f 1 0 cents to a dollar. How many people will p a y a n admis- sion to hear Taft and Hryun? Lethargy may confront tin- old party speakers, a s t h e n« wspaper* and managers assert, b u t it Is perhaps din- to tin- fact that the people are tired ot In arlng t h e o l d songs and stories and are waiting for something new. Debs and his "!<< •) Sp. cial" will fulfill their expectations. Kei p your e a r t o the ground and list. n. Y o u c an hear the approach o f t h e rumbling, roaring Knglne .if Progr. ss. A t t h e throttle stands the graduated tin man. BMJMM V. Deb*. The promoters o f t h e seventeenth t'nlversal i'ongres» of Peace a r e t o be congratulated o n t h e success at- tending their efforts last wei-k, which culminated on Saturday i n t h e Trafal- gar square demonstration. Naturally, as social-democrats. Ml IM averse to war; but w<- cannot but think that the non-socialist part o f t h e delegates at the congress scemi d t o be bravely but blindly struggling against tat. It is all very well f o r a n Knglish delegate to say "Hod I.b ss tin kaiser" because the latter has n o t y e t produced a w ar; It Is also very well f o r a French delc- gat>- to refuse the socialists' remedy aa "too simple." though we agree w i t h him " a s t o t h e folly of refusing'' to bear arms. Hut after a l l , It MM left to the socialist workman n-presontn- tive as usual to point tin- moral prop- erty, our comrade. Will Thorne. M. P., well .|init. d t h e r> solutions of tile various socialist congn ss. s in favor of tin abolition o f a l l standing armies and the establlshin. nt o f a |WM fore. H> emphasized the fact that the workers of this country bad no quarn I with tin workers of (b-rmany —tlnir quarn 1 w a s with the landlord and capitalist class in nil parts of the civilized world, a n d h e said that as long as tin r. \v. n- capitalists war M >M always b. brought about. That Is perfectly true; and M amount of pious resolutions or good intentions can sta\. o f f a w a r today i f t h e neces- sities o f t h e capitalist system require such a w a r . either as a vent to Its over-production or us a d r . a d necess- ity for deciding which of twain shall live or ill.- in a particular commercial market. So long as this cannibal sys- tem lasts, men will war upon men; until the workers M M M I the econ- omic cause of tin- mischief a n d r e - move It b y t h e establishment o f s o - cialism. Thin, a n d not till thi n, will ntilM rr.il M M M posslblf.—Justlci-. WHERE DEFEAT TEACHES VICTORY Joshua Wanhope, Socialist Candidate for Gov- ernor of New York Flays Gompers. i pondered all tins- things, and com. s turns o u t n o t t o M what tlnv in spite of tln ir d. t. a t . a n d when It bow n n n light a n d | M ttw battle, and nnaiit, and other im n hnv. to light tin thing th. y fought lor snnn about for what they meant under another M M . " ' William Morris. l',,-slbly In DM entire range o f s o - cial and Industrial struggle there is no group of Individuals to whom tin- ;ibo\. observation of Morris applies so l Mictly as it does to Hie efforts of the modern labor leader at this par- ticular Juncture. The present di- lemma o f M r . (Jumpers, for Instance, may M cited a s a suttli lent example of this truth. For years this veteran combatant In Hi" ranks of organized labor has n.ntllastly s e t h i s face against polit- ical action a s a tactic o f t h e labor struggle I ml'r his Influence and thut id his muny associates the watch- word of No polltlca In the union" be- came almost a fundamental article of faith In the creed of American trade unionism. 'I'll, member who sought to bring the claims of socialism to the attention o f h i s fidlovv unionists anil urged tin m t o political action in tin- Interest of labor was universally regarded either a s a fool who could not realize the d i s a s t r o u s e f f e c t of tin adoption of Ills Views, or It llellln rat. 'malignant who from wilful malicious- ness sought knowingly to wreck the structure of organized la Inn Judging from his writings. Mr QompON seemingly held out and still perhaps h o l d s b o t h o f t h e above views. No amount of socialist argument has been able to fihrce him to abandon tin in Socialism is still '• conomilcally unsound, socially wrong and Indus- trially Impossible." Mut one position he has been compelled b y t h e logic of events to abandon—the opposition to political action b y t h e unions. Nol only h a s h e been compelled to abandon it, but to become an advo- cate o f t h e very principle he h a s o p - posed f o r s o manv years. Direct socialist action h a s h a d lit- tle t o d o with this volte-race. It Is, on the contrary, a result o f a long si rles of losing battb s i n which labor unionism, under the leadership ol Mr. Qompi-ra, has engaged, defeats which have forced upon him th. MM* ful innovations of politics in the unions. Defeat, not socialism, has been the main n-ason for this ad- vance And vve soclallsta who have f o r s o manv veur* urgi-d political action up- on tin unions, and been apparently dfti-atfil b y M r . Compirs and his as- MClMMj VVI - a r e i n t l : e position of see- ing thut the thin.- w>> fought l o r h a a come about In spite o f o u r defeat and when It came it turned o u t n o t t o b e what we m.-ant, as Morris OIMM rves In the quotation a t t h e head of this ar- ticle. The politics for union mi n thla time, says Mr. (lumpers In effect, are democratic politics. And a s a r. p l y to thla dictum, hundreds ot thousands of workingm.-n who hubitiiully vote the republican ticket, and other hun- dreds of thousunds who r.s. n t a n y interference with their supposed "In- dependence" In mutters political, are preparing to impress upon Mr. (Jum- pers by still another defeat, that his conception of politics In tin- unions "turns o u t t o lie not what they m.-ant." It will be left mainly to those who have followed Mr (lum- pers' teachings in matters pertaining to trades unionism to convince him that the "emancipation of labor' through political action, lies not that way. All this the socialist can view with complacent satisfaction. Though he well knows that the elements o f o p- position which Mr. Conipers has raised against himself i n t h e ranks of labor b y h i s endorsement of demo- cratic politics have little o r n o con- ception o f t h e ultimate result of frus- trating Mr. Comp. rs efforts, he knows both themselves and their leaders still another step nearer the only tenable position from which the class struggle c a n b e fought t o a victorious linish—the tield of socialist political action To the socialist who has not learned path nee from a long experience c ,f lieing imp.it. int. this process may •eem somi what irritating by Its ih - lay- Hut none the less, It Is t h e rneth...| of economic evolution. It la through struggle alone that the rue- makes progress, a n d i t i s certain that defeat, even repeated defeat. Is t he most potent expi rl. n*-e that b ads to victory A n d It would s. em also that thla i vpi-rU nee must lie our own; «••• cannot profit t o a n y g n a t extent fm»n the • \p. rii no of others. Our labo- mov. m nt is going through a process almost . xuctly similar to that through which I'.ritlsh trade unionism has pass, d m recent years. They had ti tflarov.-r alliances with "liberal" and othi r . apitalist parties only rman> continued defeut—thut political ac- tion of this kind "turned o u t t o Is' not what they meunt," and that "oth-r men had to light for what they m.-int under another nam. "—and that nan I Is socialism. Mr 'lumpers and his associates ml t hi s. u ho support and those w h.. • p P'fe lh.-m. an- all working o u t t h e sane- • MMM through which tin ir British fellows have passed. Whetmr th. y r. i ognize it o r not, makes no dif feren. • i n t h e ultimate result. It was found impossible to transform the lib- eral party in Kngland t o a n tflMMM labor party or even a weapon thut a labor movement could efficiently us--. The democratic party here will he round .-ijiially useless f o r t h • -.inn purpose. A n d t h e reason in both is essentially the same. Hoth porti s ar>- capitalist parties and cannt bo any other. This fact, however ninsl be discovered by actual experlen-e. It ntay he true that it c a n b e complete- ly denionstrat.il by socialist theory, but it is equally true this alone is in- ad> .piate. Kxpi rience s o f a r h a s forced the labor leader a n d h i s associate* end followers to recast the doctrine of 1 no politics in th>< unions." It ha* Hl*| another to teach th.-m. v i z ; that cap- italist politics i n t h e unions I* tb- Identical "disrupting force" vv hi. n they ignorantly ascribed to socialism, which latter in turn must finally M recognized a s t h e only form of politi- cal action capable of being effectively iitlliz.il by organized labor.—("all. WHAT SOCIALISTS WOULD DO IF THEY WERE IN POWER We shall now tell you w h y we an- coiitnl. nt that if Kugeiic V. Debs, the *CeasWt socialist candidate for presi- dent, were elected next November, to- gether with a smialist majority of both houses of congress, the pres. nt had ti111. s w oulil be quickly succeeded by good times that would constantly hi come better. It Is n o t Intend, i to convey th>- nb a that n o o n e would recognize th, na- tion the next morning alt.r Inaugura- tion day; that miraculous changes would be wrought i n a lew hours. Happy would we bf If t h e task w.|e so slight. Hut unfortunately it is a great task. Some changes of Import- ance . mild lie Mat bit quickly others would require time. A n d il tin- so- cialist program were well started at the close o f t h e first administration no more could he expected. Mr. Debs a n d h i s associates. Imw ever, would d o t h e preliminarv work toward bringing about these condi- tions The ownership by t h e people, through tin government, of every rail- road, mill, mine und factory where men. women or children work for wages. lin pawn, nt to each worker (and Hi. iv would h e n o children wage- woii.i i s imd. r socialism I o f a s u m equivalent to tile full value of his pro- duct, b ss the vvorkii s proportion of the cost of currying o n t h e govern- ment, which would include deprecia- tion nl the tools USed. The management o f t h e industry by th- people themselves, through the government, with new laws to enable the people, by direct vote, to enact laws themselves, without the aid of Congress; to enable the people, b y d i - rect Vote, to Veto or repeal bills passed or laws ciiai'tfil by congress; to enable tile people, by lllr.-Ct Vote, to expel from olfice, at a n y time, any ottlclul w lio should vote against the wishes of his constituents. And while sev.-iul yeurs would be required In d o a l l o f these things, Mr. Debs u n d h i s associates inlgljt be de- pended upon to r.-Heve Immediate dls- li. s.- by doing, .inmng other tlnncs. any o r a l l o f these: First—Take Immediate step* t o r e - lieve the unemployed by undertaking works of Improvement and education until all s h o u l d h a v e an opportunity to work. S-cond—Fnact laws providing for tin- In tter protection o f t h e workers In the factOtiM and on the railroads Third Prevent the disposal by tin- national government ol anv propertv now owned, especially tin- public laud, mil provide that all land that may be hereafter reclaimed by irrigation or drainage shall n main public property Fourth—Abolish "government by in unction" in all disputes MCVMS • inplovers a n d . mployes Filth—t*»e a l l t h e iiow.rs of gov- ernment that might b e a t their dis- posal i n t h e interest o f t h e workers latlnr than of the capitalists, a s i s the case at present. So numerous an- the acts that an efficient gov. rnm.nt might perform In this emergency to nil, v.- the distress of the people that this list of sugges- tions Is s u c . p t i l d e of almost ind. unite extension. Hut perhaps before this point has been reach, d tin- average non-socialist i.ail.-r has thought to himself. What * t h e u s e o f a l l this ownership by the government, a n d If it were ad- l Ml III*, how could it be brought I bollt ?" Fill.- qllesti.His' ll.-rc I* the answ. t to the first one: O t W M N l ownership o f a l l the tools of production (that* the term •ri socialists us.- win n w e mean rail- roads, mills, factories, and other places o n a n d i n which men work lor wages) is necessary because the ownership must nst somewhere; it cannot rest i n t h e operative* because the machinery Is t o o expensive and th. y are too pom ; It cannot rest In Un- hands o f a few. a s It does now, with- out giving that l e w t h e power of life and death over the many who must use these tools of production if t In y are to live; and tin- only other possible ownership i s b y a l l o f tin- people, ihioiigh the government.—Allan Hen- son in Socialist Campaign Hook. WON \\ si i l'ii iUB CAM* Warren. Ohio. Sept 1H. 1»0K. My Dear Kdltor: Permit nn- to call your attention to tin- enclosed ottlcial call t o t h e sixtieth anniversary con- vention of tin- National Woman Suf- frage association, t o b e held in Mat* fain, N . Y . . October II to 1>1. Inclu- sive. Tills meeting, commemorating as it does tin- sixtieth anniversary of tin- llrst woman's rights convention ever held In tin- world, promises t o b e i most a u s p i c i o u s g a t h e r i n g . Among the prominent persons who have al- ready accepted invitation* lo be prea- . nt a r e Miss Jain- Adilam*. Mrs. Flor- ence K.-llcy. Mrs. Katharine Heed llalentlne, rharhs l-M ward Kuvsell. Kabbl Stephen S. Wise, lit v. Antoin- ette Hr.iwn lllackwell. President M. • 'ary Thomas of Hryn Mawr and Mrs Harriet Wanton lllatch. if.l/.M'Fiil .1 IIAF8F.lt. chairman Press Committee. KEIR HARDIE ON POLITICAL ACTION Parliamentary Labor Leader of England Advises American Workers K- ir Hardie, socialist and labor member o f t h e Mritlsh parliament, addressed the delegates o f t h e Cen- tral Fi di rated Fnlon. New York, at It* regular meeting recently. The hall wa* crowded a n d t h e remarks of Mr Hardie were received with enthusiasm and every sign of approval. Mr Hardie • xplained the develop- ment of labor In British politics, saying: "Gentlemen and Brother Trades Unionist*: 1 a m very glad to have an opportunity of meeting with the members of this organization. 1 hap- pened t o b e I n t h e city f o r a f e w days on a p e r s o n a l v i s i t t o m y friend. Hob- ert Hunter, a n d I thought I could not put Sunday afternoon to better u»e than to conn- a n d p a y m y re»pect* to yourself (Mr. Coakleyi a* the head of this great organization a n d t o m y fellow trade unionist* who compos.- it* membership. "I s h a l l h a v e much pleasure in con- veying t o t h e movement o n m y r e - turn the fraternal grei-ting* which you have been good enough to express, and I c a n assure y o u o f this, that no matter what the distance that di- vide* u*. no matter If y o u live under one flag whilst we live under another, we a r e a l l member* o f o n e common brotherhood, the brotherhood o f o r - ganized labor. "I remember when last I visited \'. w York, thirteen years ago, I had as a fellow passenger on board the stiami-r in which i cro»», the duke of Marlborough, l i e w a s coming out with a business purpose, (laughter i He h a d a proposition to make, which was ace. pti d unanimously I believe. But the morning after our arrival one of the New York papers announced that on th*- previous d a y t w o dla- tingulshed Knglishnn n h a d arrived in tin city; o n e w a s t h e famous duke of Marlborough a n d t h e other the notorious Kelr Hardie. i l.aught. r i Now th.- notoriety which 1 w a s supposed to possess at that time still clings to no sonn what. its chief dis- tinguishing feature being that having IM-I n born I n t h e working class, hav - ing worked In the pits of Scotland from my childhood until my twenty- fourth year. 1 have never seen reason to bf ashamed o f t h e class to which I belonged, o r t o desert its itit'-rsts . Itln r i n trad.-s unionism o r i n poli- tics, i A pplause. i Sonic Thing- In Common. "I have said that We have manv things in common. We have a great trade union movenn n t o n t h e other ild , u s you tviv. here, a n d I a n ; ;'a '. to be able to n port that never i n t h e history of lir.at Hrltaln w a s t h e trad, s union m o v e m e n t so powerful numerically a s a lighting force a s it it at this moment. < A pplause. I "We have our labor parad. s W. Inn. our unemployed proccs*lons. We h.i\. all tins, things in common' "It will int.-nst y o u t o l.arn what the organized labor movement o n t i n - other side has done, a n d o n e o f t h e n-sults—1 shall name only on.— which we have been able to achieve. Previous t o t h e last general elec- tion tin--, v.-ius ago the working i last, of Ur.-at I'.in.nn had to depend upon the good will and favor of one or oth- er o f t h e political parties. The walk- ing class vote decide* every election in tin- old country, a n d w e went on . b eting first conservatives, then lib- erals and then again conservatives, and after having eb-ctcd these we sp. nt thousands ol dollars every y.-ar In sending trad.-s union delegates to lobby tin- nn min i s o f parliament to endeavor to induce t h . - m t o fullll tin ir election pledges. The method w a s n o t very success- ful a n d s o a t last election we tried a in w plan. We stopped sending pe- titions to parliament. we stopped si tiding iliiegates to lobby in parlia nn-nt—a very demoralizing aecHM] lion. 1 may say—and Instead we sent llfty-four direct representatives of tin working class to parliament. (Ap- plause.) "Out of that number, twenty-nine Were sent under tin- auspices of tin Labor party, a n d t h e Labor party is a separate working calss political or- ganization, which is financed by tin working class. controlled by tin working class and allows neither lib- eral or tory ' t o p u t their dirty lin- gers Into our political affair*. Some of the It. oil "Now, what has been the result? I could weary your patience by telling you o f t h e results already achieved. Let me mention one, and I mention It for this reason: It h a s a v.-r> direct bearing o n t h e biggest question now before organized labor i n t h e Fnlted. Stat, s of America. Prevlou* to t h * last '.it n.n our law co.irts bad prac- tically ib clan d trades unions to b* illegal associations. "Thev didn't « a y s o i n s o many words, but that w a s t he practical out- come o t t h e decisions handed down by t h e l a w courts. We had injunctions issued against trades unions and trade* union fund* und trade union officials. We had pickets sent to prison. W ' e h a d a l l t h e circumstance* with which y o u a r e s o familiar in thla country. "The Labor party drafted a bill to n n n d r that state of affairs, a n d t h e object of course o f t h e bill was thla: That a trades union and trades union fund* should not, under any circum- stances, b e t h e object o f a suit a t l aw at the instance o f a n employer. The. object o f t h e bill w a s t o make It Im- possible f o r t h e employer* through the law court* to cripple or interfere with the work o f t h e trades union . movement during a trade dispute. "Now remember there wore only SI- workingmen in the house of com- mons o u t o f 6 7 0 . That both the lib- eral and tory parties were against our bill. That naturally the house of lords was against the bill. That practically every newspaper In Great Britain was against the bill, a n d a t the back o f a l l that w e h a d t h e r e - port o f a royal commission opposed to our hill. A significant Victory. "The liberal giwrnment brought in a bill o f i t s o w n In opposition to ours. W. refused to accept It. They passed it through it* first stage* in the h»use of common* and defied ua. We then brourht forward o u r o w n bill, a n d b y force of argument a n d b y the »tri ngth o f t h e labor v ote i n t h e country the liberal government i n . the . nil dropped it* own hill and adopt, d ours, which at this moment, is t i n l a w o f th. land. (Applause.) i want t o s a y t o y o u m e n that If. w. had nothing else standing t o o ur credit except that o n e a c t i t would be worth a l l t h e money that has been- spent in connection with our entlrsr labor movement. Why Divide Politically? "A w.-ek ngo I s a w t he great parade on th. strei t s o f N e w York organised by this central body. I admired the men a s t h . \ marched in thousanda In ranks through your streets. A n d t h e thought that w a s In m y mind a l l t h e time as thousand after thousand man-In d past w a s W h y i s it that thi s*- mi n c a n b e s o united on Labor day a n d s o divided on election day?' (Applaus. i "What i s t h e seer, t o f i t ? W h y 1 * it that labor a l l t h e world over la w. a k i n politics'.' Why f Because we allow our enemies t o s e t u s lighting, when we ought to be combined to light tin in. nut men ly during the strike, but also a t t h e more effectivw point o f t h e ballot b o x . A n d ri-nu rn b. r this, remember this: That the . in mi- s ot labor are not scired when the working class Laves the republi- can party t o g o over- t o t h e demo cratlc party, or leaves the democratic party t o g o over to the republican.; party. No matter which of those par- tie* y o u a r e under, y o u a r e undei tin in a l l t h e time But what doc* scar, tln-m ia when organized labor b ai . s both partb* to form its ow it party, t.. pplause.) The liitbo ii. e o f ( ombiiuition. "And s o a small party influence*. politics t o an .Mint a n d a d< gne far beyond its m> re numerical strength. We have won our success because Wf have touiiil a nn an* to unite the trail.* union movement a n d t h e s o - cialist mm. m. ut into one great light- ing whole. Wi no longer have the spectacle ol this, two sections o f t h e labor tin iv • in* nt. tin smialist a n d t h e trad, s unionist, lighting. Tin two are conibln- d a n d work together unitedly and vote fur > ach otlnr s candidates with th*- i. suit that I have already iiulicati it "Suppose at in xt • I- i lioll. suppose at this coining campaign BMMJB V . • D. bs (applause I pulls two million votes, as he may Well d o , t h e nr. ss- will tin II b e u p against a fact which it will be comp. II. d t o recognize umf be lair. ' Suppose. Ill lore Ili Xt . I. ctioll, foill" year* hence, the trades union move- ment w a * t o conn- out from both the democratic and tin- republican parties and Join up with the socialist move- ment to tnrm a ..unbilled labor parly, the press then would take notice o| (ConII lined on Page 2. CM «)
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t r a d e u n i o n m o v e n n n t o n t h e o t h e r
i l d , u s y o u t v i v . h e r e , a n d I a n ; ; ' a '.
t o b e a b l e t o n p o r t t h a t n e v e r i n t h e
h i s t o r y o f l i r . a t H r l t a l n w a s t h e
t r a d , s u n i o n m o v e m e n t s o p o w e r f u l
n u m e r i c a l l y a s a l i g h t i n g f o r c e a s it
it a t t h i s m o m e n t . < A p p l a u s e . I
" W e h a v e o u r l a b o r p a r a d . s W .
I n n . o u r u n e m p l o y e d p r o c c s * l o n s . W e
h . i \ . a l l t i n s , t h i n g s i n c o m m o n '
"It w i l l i n t . - n s t y o u t o l . a r n w h a t
t h e o r g a n i z e d l a b o r m o v e m e n t o n t i n -
o t h e r s i d e h a s d o n e , a n d o n e o f t h e
n - s u l t s — 1 s h a l l n a m e o n l y o n . —
w h i c h w e h a v e b e e n a b l e t o a c h i e v e .
P r e v i o u s t o t h e l a s t g e n e r a l e l e c
t i o n t i n - - , v . - i u s a g o t h e w o r k i n g i l a s t ,
o f U r . - a t I ' . i n . n n h a d t o d e p e n d u p o n
t h e g o o d w i l l a n d f a v o r o f o n e o r o t h
e r o f t h e p o l i t i c a l p a r t i e s . T h e w a l k
i n g c l a s s v o t e d e c i d e * e v e r y e l e c t i o n
i n t i n - o l d c o u n t r y , a n d w e w e n t o n
. b e t i n g first c o n s e r v a t i v e s , t h e n l i b
e r a l s a n d t h e n a g a i n c o n s e r v a t i v e s ,
a n d a f t e r h a v i n g e b - c t c d t h e s e w e
s p . nt t h o u s a n d s o l d o l l a r s e v e r y y . - a r
In s e n d i n g t r a d . - s u n i o n d e l e g a t e s t o
l o b b y t i n - n n m i n i s o f p a r l i a m e n t t o
e n d e a v o r t o i n d u c e t h . - m t o f u l l l l
t i n i r e l e c t i o n p l e d g e s .
T h e m e t h o d w a s n o t v e r y s u c c e s s
f u l a n d s o a t l a s t e l e c t i o n w e t r i e d
a i n w p l a n . W e s t o p p e d s e n d i n g p e
t i t i o n s t o p a r l i a m e n t . w e s t o p p e d
si t i d i n g i l i i e g a t e s t o l o b b y i n p a r l i a
n n - n t — a v e r y d e m o r a l i z i n g aecHM] l i o n . 1 m a y s a y — a n d I n s t e a d w e s e n t
l l f t y - f o u r d i r e c t r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f t i n
w o r k i n g c l a s s t o p a r l i a m e n t . ( A p
p l a u s e . )
" O u t o f t h a t n u m b e r , t w e n t y - n i n e
W e r e s e n t u n d e r t i n - a u s p i c e s o f t i n
L a b o r p a r t y , a n d t h e L a b o r p a r t y i s
a s e p a r a t e w o r k i n g c a l s s p o l i t i c a l o r
g a n i z a t i o n , w h i c h i s f i n a n c e d b y t i n
w o r k i n g c l a s s . c o n t r o l l e d b y t i n
w o r k i n g c l a s s a n d a l l o w s n e i t h e r l i b
e r a l o r t o r y ' t o p u t t h e i r d i r t y l i n
g e r s I n t o o u r p o l i t i c a l a f f a i r * .
S o m e o f t h e It. o i l
" N o w , w h a t h a s b e e n t h e r e s u l t ? I
c o u l d w e a r y y o u r p a t i e n c e b y t e l l i n g
y o u o f t h e r e s u l t s a l r e a d y a c h i e v e d .
L e t m e m e n t i o n o n e , a n d I m e n t i o n It
f o r t h i s r e a s o n : It h a s a v.-r> d i r e c t
b e a r i n g o n t h e b i g g e s t q u e s t i o n n o w
b e f o r e o r g a n i z e d l a b o r i n t h e F n l t e d .
S t a t , s o f A m e r i c a . P r e v l o u * t o t h *
l a s t ' . i t n . n o u r law c o . i r t s b a d p r a c
t i c a l l y i b c l a n d t r a d e s u n i o n s t o b *
i l l e g a l a s s o c i a t i o n s .
" T h e v d i d n ' t « a y s o i n s o m a n y
w o r d s , b u t t h a t w a s t h e p r a c t i c a l o u t
c o m e o t t h e d e c i s i o n s h a n d e d d o w n
b y t h e l a w c o u r t s . W e h a d i n j u n c t i o n s
i s s u e d a g a i n s t t r a d e s u n i o n s a n d
t r a d e * u n i o n f u n d * u n d t r a d e u n i o n
o f f i c i a l s . W e h a d p i c k e t s s e n t t o
p r i s o n . W ' e h a d a l l t h e c i r c u m s t a n c e *
w i t h w h i c h y o u a r e s o f a m i l i a r i n t h l a
c o u n t r y .
" T h e L a b o r p a r t y d r a f t e d a b i l l t o
n n n d r t h a t s t a t e o f a f f a i r s , a n d t h e
o b j e c t o f c o u r s e o f t h e b i l l w a s t h l a :
T h a t a t r a d e s u n i o n a n d t r a d e s u n i o n
f u n d * s h o u l d n o t , u n d e r a n y c i r c u m
s t a n c e s , b e t h e o b j e c t o f a s u i t a t l a w
a t t h e i n s t a n c e o f a n e m p l o y e r . T h e .
o b j e c t o f t h e b i l l w a s t o m a k e It I m
p o s s i b l e f o r t h e e m p l o y e r * t h r o u g h
t h e l a w c o u r t * t o c r i p p l e o r i n t e r f e r e
w i t h t h e w o r k o f t h e t r a d e s u n i o n .
m o v e m e n t d u r i n g a t r a d e d i s p u t e .
" N o w r e m e m b e r t h e r e w o r e o n l y S I -
w o r k i n g m e n i n t h e h o u s e o f c o m
m o n s o u t o f 6 7 0 . T h a t b o t h t h e l i b
e r a l a n d t o r y p a r t i e s w e r e a g a i n s t
o u r b i l l . T h a t n a t u r a l l y t h e h o u s e
o f l o r d s w a s a g a i n s t t h e b i l l . T h a t
p r a c t i c a l l y e v e r y n e w s p a p e r In G r e a t
B r i t a i n w a s a g a i n s t t h e b i l l , a n d a t
t h e b a c k o f a l l t h a t w e h a d t h e r e
p o r t o f a r o y a l c o m m i s s i o n o p p o s e d
t o o u r h i l l .
A s i g n i f i c a n t V i c t o r y .
" T h e l i b e r a l g i w r n m e n t b r o u g h t
i n a b i l l o f i t s o w n In o p p o s i t i o n t o
o u r s . W . r e f u s e d t o a c c e p t It. T h e y
p a s s e d i t t h r o u g h i t * first s t a g e * i n
t h e h » u s e o f c o m m o n * a n d d e f i e d u a .
W e t h e n b r o u r h t f o r w a r d o u r o w n
b i l l , a n d b y f o r c e o f a r g u m e n t a n d b y
t h e » t r i n g t h o f t h e l a b o r v o t e i n t h e
c o u n t r y t h e l i b e r a l g o v e r n m e n t i n .
t h e . n i l d r o p p e d i t * o w n h i l l a n d
a d o p t , d o u r s , w h i c h a t t h i s m o m e n t ,
i s t i n l a w o f t h . l a n d . ( A p p l a u s e . )
i w a n t t o s a y t o y o u m e n t h a t I f .
w . h a d n o t h i n g e l s e s t a n d i n g t o o u r
c r e d i t e x c e p t t h a t o n e a c t i t w o u l d b e
w o r t h a l l t h e m o n e y t h a t h a s b e e n -
s p e n t i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h o u r e n t l r s r
l a b o r m o v e m e n t .
W h y D i v i d e P o l i t i c a l l y ?
" A w . - e k n g o I s a w t h e g r e a t p a r a d e
o n t h . s t r e i t s o f N e w Y o r k o r g a n i s e d
b y t h i s c e n t r a l b o d y . I a d m i r e d t h e
m e n a s t h . \ m a r c h e d i n t h o u s a n d a I n
r a n k s t h r o u g h y o u r s t r e e t s . A n d t h e
t h o u g h t t h a t w a s In m y m i n d a l l t h e
t i m e a s t h o u s a n d a f t e r t h o u s a n d
m a n - I n d p a s t w a s W h y is it t h a t
t h i s*- m i n c a n b e s o u n i t e d o n L a b o r
d a y a n d s o d i v i d e d o n e l e c t i o n d a y ? '
( A p p l a u s . i
" W h a t i s t h e s e e r , t o f i t ? W h y 1*
it t h a t l a b o r a l l t h e w o r l d o v e r l a
w . a k i n p o l i t i c s ' . ' W h y f B e c a u s e w e
a l l o w o u r e n e m i e s t o s e t u s l i g h t i n g ,
w h e n w e o u g h t t o b e c o m b i n e d t o
l i g h t t i n i n . n u t m e n l y d u r i n g t h e
s t r i k e , b u t a l s o a t t h e m o r e e f f e c t i v w
p o i n t o f t h e b a l l o t b o x . A n d ri-nu rn
b . r t h i s , r e m e m b e r t h i s : T h a t t h e
. in m i - s o t l a b o r a r e n o t s c i r e d w h e n
t h e w o r k i n g c l a s s L a v e s t h e r e p u b l i
c a n p a r t y t o g o o v e r - t o t h e d e m o
c r a t l c p a r t y , o r l e a v e s t h e d e m o c r a t i c
p a r t y t o g o o v e r t o t h e r e p u b l i c a n . ;
p a r t y . N o m a t t e r w h i c h o f t h o s e p a r -
t i e * y o u a r e u n d e r , y o u a r e u n d e i
t i n i n a l l t h e t i m e B u t w h a t d o c *
s c a r , t l n - m i a w h e n o r g a n i z e d l a b o r
b a i . s b o t h p a r t b * t o f o r m i t s o w it
p a r t y , t . . p p l a u s e . )
T h e l i i t b o i i . e o f ( o m b i i u i t i o n .
" A n d s o a s m a l l party i n f l u e n c e * .
p o l i t i c s t o an . M i n t a n d a d< g n e f a r
beyond i t s m> r e n u m e r i c a l s t r e n g t h .
W e h a v e w o n o u r s u c c e s s b e c a u s e W f
h a v e t o u i i i l a n n a n * t o u n i t e t h e
t r a i l . * u n i o n m o v e m e n t a n d t h e s o
c i a l i s t m m . m . ut i n t o o n e g r e a t l i g h t
i n g w h o l e . Wi n o l o n g e r h a v e t h e
s p e c t a c l e o l t h i s , t w o s e c t i o n s o f t h e
l a b o r t i n i v • i n * n t . t i n s m i a l i s t a n d t h e
t r a d , s u n i o n i s t , l i g h t i n g . T i n t w o a r e
c o n i b l n - d a n d w o r k t o g e t h e r u n i t e d l y
a n d v o t e f u r > a c h o t l n r s c a n d i d a t e s
w i t h t h * - i . s u i t t h a t I h a v e a l r e a d y
i i u l i c a t i i t
" S u p p o s e a t in xt • I- i l i o l l . s u p p o s e
a t t h i s c o i n i n g c a m p a i g n B M M J B V . •
D . b s ( a p p l a u s e I p u l l s t w o m i l l i o n
v o t e s , a s h e m a y W e l l d o , t h e n r . ss-
w i l l t i n I I b e u p a g a i n s t a f a c t w h i c h
it w i l l b e c o m p . II. d t o r e c o g n i z e u m f
b e l a i r .
' S u p p o s e . Ill l o r e Ili Xt . I. c t i o l l , f o i l l "
y e a r * h e n c e , t h e t r a d e s u n i o n m o v e
m e n t w a * t o c o n n - o u t f r o m b o t h t h e
d e m o c r a t i c a n d t i n - r e p u b l i c a n p a r t i e s
a n d J o i n u p w i t h t h e s o c i a l i s t m o v e
m e n t t o t n r m a . . u n b i l l e d l a b o r p a r l y ,
t h e p r e s s t h e n w o u l d t a k e n o t i c e o |
(ConII l ined on P a g e 2 . C M «)
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pon by which the rulers and employer keep labor subserv lent, his deigned to "honor" two of them, Jake Werner and Harry Hal l , b y namlnK them for the legislative ticket. And these work-Inn men, one a barber and one • printer, go to the trades assembly and tell tiiem how "gra teful" they ought to be that they, the workers have b e e n permitted to sit wi th the rulers. In other words, they pledge themselves to support the program <>f capitalism, with its courts and organized power against the working class. Eu-r<i|e M worklngmcn would be ashamed of such a program. Hut American worklngmen w i l l learn.
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STATE COMMITTEE MEETING. The state committee of Montana
met nn S. pteinlier .'s in Helena and remained In session three days. A more ixtend. il n port of the proe. t i l ings wi l l be printed m xt week, as It is late to K.t the matter in type. The committee worked hard and did good, vital work.
A cublnM was elected, composed of la J. Duncan, Caulti.-M of Missoula and Krusc of Hoz. man McDowell of Hillings was elected state secretary and A . \ \ \ i lartack manager of the News.
Definite arrangi nu nts were made to finance the News, pay ofT the old debts, and meet the expenses, and the prospects an that an era of useful and active work is now ahead of the Montana Socialist party that w i l l Lad to splendid results for the party of the working class.
SOP TO I.ABOIt. American labor still enjoys the su
perlative opportunity of making a fool of its. If every time It gets a chance to have any say In regard to the machim r> o f goveminent The man who understands the motive force of history, economics and politics, which is the exploitation of labor, looks wi i l i pitying contempt upon tin-deluded working slave who, on the one day o f tie j . j . r w h. 11 be can push his power to become hi:- own mast. 1 and labor in freedom and possession of the product of his toll , stil l bows Ills head humbly to the y o k e . .1 his master's Institutions, and gives his consent to the damnable chains which enthrall h im. through his ballot
Yet Helena working men have fallen victims to the same old cheap play. The republican party, the w en
REPLY TO GO.MPEHS ATTACK ON E l ' G E X E V. DEBS.
(By A. M. Simons) Certain definite charges were made
by Samuel (Jumpers against Eugene V. Debs, presidential candidate of the socialist party These charges were published In the American Federa-tionist for Sept'-mbor. No proof ac-companii d them. None M M w i l l l>e pr. s. nt. d. for the charges arc absolutely false. The only thing which the\ p r o w is the character of Gom-pers.
Two principal allegations ar. made in this attack upon Debs.
Mr. Gompt-rs says: "He (Delta) organized t h . American Railway [Talon and became Its president in r ivalry to the organization whose official he still was. He worked and plotted for the destruction of the organization of which he was a responsible official ."
The t ru th Is that when E. V. Del>s deciibd to form the A. It. I " , he went befor- the convention of the B. of L. F. and after explaining his plans to them tendered his resignation as sec-retary-treasuri r and editor of the official organ, which positions he had h - M for thirteen years. During this time there had never liecn a candidate or a vote cast against him. The convention unanimously refused to accept his resignation, although its members thoroughly understood that he was about to undertake th. ..r-..m-ization of the A. R. I " . < >n the contrary, they unanimously rs tlsetl 1 him Hut he felt that h e should not hold the otflce and again tendered his resignation, insisting upon Its acceptance. When the convention saw that he was determined to resign, it voted unanimously to give him $2,000 with which to take a vacation. A check for that amount was sanded to him. but h e refused to accept it and the check remains uncashed to this day.
Furthermore, wi th in the last year a special otflcial invitation to renew his membership has been extended by th B. of K I*, Finally he now has in his possession an official invitation f rom the governing body of that organization asking him to become the Official mu st of th . B. of F. L. at Its n. xt grand lodge meeting. The men who have extended this invitation do not agree with him politically, and would not do these things did l i n y consider him a traitor to their organization.
Mr. (iomp. rs says of the A. I I D strike of 1S!M: "When a large number of men In the American Railway I 'nbm responded to Mr. Debs' call to strike, and many became blacklisted and victimized, he advocated and f inally secured the abandonment of th American Railway I 'nlon. and thus l. f t his no n hitch and drv without the sIlKhtest organized protection."
Had this statement be. n made by an otflcial of the Citizens' Al l l anc It might i e possible to pb-ad Ignorant as an • xcuse. It is but a variation of the f re^tnnt charge of the enemies of organized labor that strikes nr. called by union officials Hut Mr. QMAIMfg cannot plead ignorant . . | | , was In an official position during that strike and played a part which h. w i l l not care to have recalled. Therefore he will not dare to deny that when he peiin. .1 that statement he knew that Debs opposed that strike to the vi ry last, and that It was finally ilecltl.-d upon by a unanimous vote of the governing body of the organization. Far f rom deserting the men Debs stayed and fought wi th t in m even while a president elected by the political party for which Mr. (Jumpers Is now asking the support of organized labor sent federal troops to shoot down the strikers. Mr. dumpers was at the head of a great labor organization at that time. l > t him explain what assistance he gavi In this hour tt ib sp. rat. m i d, when Eugene V. Debs stood flKhting for the men who had trusted him unti l he was imprisoned and his organization disrupt.,! and destroyed. Today thousands of those old A. I t . l T . men are l ighting ami working for the success of the socialist party. Their action speaks louder than words as to whether Debs betrayed thetn In their hour of in . tl
Mr. (lumpers makes another chance He says:
"When Mr. Delis was secretary of lie r.rotherhood of Locomotive .•"ire-men and editor of Its official tnaga-zlne, thut organization held one of its conventions In Cincinnati. He had given the order for the convention printing to a concern which hud a contest on with the Cincinnati Typo-graphical union. A committee of Cincinnati union printers called upon
Mr. Debs to ask him to use the Influence of his position to urge the pr int ing company to come to an amicable agreement with the union, or, fa l l ing In that, to give the convention print ing to a union house. Did Mr. Debs comply wi th that request? Not a bit of it . He Insulted the committee and told tty m he wanted nothing to do with them or their union."
This statement is a plain malicious lie. N o such Incident ever took place. N o such committee ever came to Debs. N o pr int ing was given out by him to any non-union house. Let Mr. Qom-piTs either produce some member of that committee or stand convicted o f c . vvardlv malicious lying.
Here are some facts concerning tie actli ns of E. V. I>cbs in relation to the Typogra.U.ical union while he was editing tl.e Journal of the B. of L. F In ordt r to secure the label he re-or-ganiced the Typographical union of When he took editorial charge that .'ournal did not bear the union label Torre Haute that had fallen into decoy, and by so doing placed upon tha .ournal the first union lartel « v « placed upon any organ of any o f the railwav broth 1 rhoods. From the tlno he toi k ejMUTge of the publications of the B. of L. F., not a single piece of pr int ing of that organization was ever put out that did not bear the union la I K I
Not only did he reorganise the Typographical union of Torre Haute, but he has either organized originally, or re. rganlzcd i very union n o w existing- in Ti-rre Haute, and for years he was invariably placed In charge ol . v i r v strike called In that ci ty no mat t . r what unions might be I n -v olv ed.
It would be easy to extend In-d. finitely the story o f the services r. ndi-r. d by E. V. Debs to the cause of 0rs.1ni7.e1l labor. Hundreds of testimonials might b e presented which havi ie . n tendered him by various organizations testifying to the success of his efforts in organizing the very unions which ar. now paving >Ir. (Jumpers' salary H e has been given medals, special endorsements and ! votes of approval almost without numb.r bv local and national bodies besides for his services In these directions.
It is not for E. V. Debs to jus t i fy his c a r . e r as a unionist. I t Is for Mr. (Jumpers to prove his charges or stand lonvictod as a w i l f u l falsified and trail n o r of one whose whole l i fe has been devoted to th. cause of labor.
Sept. US 1*0*.
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The two most remarkable political meetings ever held in one night in the nt;.te ot Washington were held by th.- Socialist party candidate at Heat-tie In Dreamland r ink, und at Everett. Wash., in th . largest auditorium there on the night of September I I , 1S08. At S.attb ::,ooO were admitted to the building and L',000 were outside eager to g. t in; reserved seats sold like sweet appba to Indians at f.O cents mil t l each. whi l . gen.-ral admission was .'Scents.
1 ' 11 r 1 rless presidential candidate arrived promptly nn time and was -•1 . . ten with cheers f rom .1.000 intel l i gent h.-atls and true hearts, while the Mex4 Special band played the Mar-s.llaise, and tw.nty-f lve li t t le boys
ml girls standing upon the platform with red Hags waving ami singing Mars, liaise brought the feeling of realization of the industrial emancipation of the working class, through t h e revolt of the wage slaves, and th .-re standing amidst the tiny ones was Comrade Eugene V. Debs, the ml.oilim. nt ol a working class revolt
ing statesman, a man of the p. opl. . mil as th.- children march, d away, the gr. at audience saw Mr. Dibs tenderly kiss the cheek of a tiny maid of live v.-a.s. then proceeded with words of wisdom to elevate the working people to the consciousness of their class Interests, political and economic. I l l s words fell on the ears of his audience to be r. inemb. r. il and re fbe td l upon, his logic was unanswerable and the dictates ot his great conscience forced him to arraign present social and political evils in a manner to IM- comprehended by all . His candor was a stimulus, while his zeal gave evidence of his great lalth anil love for the working class
The Seattle USStlug closed at lOiilO p. m. and the Red Special was soon on Its way to Everett, where at 1:16 u. m. I his t n . less worker was audri ss-Ing an audience of 1,700 working men and women. Here too, the audience il.p.ared as a g n a t assembly ol conscious students fu l l y realizing what the socialist movement meant to tin in. ami b. nt on their political and Industrial liberation. Grand and magnificent as t i n y were, profound was the general verdict of the close of each mei ting, w hile all comrades look, il with satisfaction and pride upon tin- magnificent health and strength of the movement that Is challenging th . attention of the wisest and purest men and women of the world.
Thus closed the two greatest pol i t i cal meetings ever held In one night In the state of Washington.
E D W I N J. HROWN. Seattle, Wash.
State senator—William E. Htache. RepreaentsHssja—D. C. Hudson, D .
Filer. Frank iJ. Gibson. Sheriff—James Doyle. Treasurer Seth T. Scott. \sessor—Charles Hlnnm Probate Judgt—Peter O. Swanson. Superintendent of public Instruc-
tllon—John Simula. Frosecuting attorney—B. R. erec
tion. Coroner—George L. Cloud Surveyor—A. P. Relnhardt. Commissioners—First district. <». E.
Anderson; Second district. E. J. Lang-lois; Thi rd district, George M. Turin r.
The nominations for justices of he peaci and constables w. re left to the county central committee.
T h e report of the commute o n platform and resolutions uppmiit -I at tin convention was as foil iu <
" T h e Socialist part.v of Shoshone Couaty In convention assemble' l e -ai l irms Its adherence to the principles o f international socialism ami declares Its. a im to be the organization of all tin Working classes Into a political P .rty for the purpose of cotuiuering t i e powers of government and administering the Bam. for the In m i l t of t h e working classes only.
"Polit ical parties are but the ex-pr. ssion of economic class interests. A l l political parties other than the socialist party are financed, directed and controlled by t h " representatives o l the different groups of the ru l ing class. In Shoshone county tha powers ..| Ihi Federal Mining (\i Sim King .\ Refining company ar. controlling t h . republican party and the would-b. imli pi nib nt small mine ow ners are controlling the democratic party so as t o force concessions through the Judicial^ and It glslation by a political \ ictory.
"The wage workers an both parties as a catspaw the political as well as class interests
The Socialist party now calls upon th. wag.- w o r k i r s to unit, politicallv lor the betterment of the Workers conditions as their own economic class interests demand.
"Hv forcing the wage workers to submit to discriminating examinations before allowing them to toil for their m.ans of existence, thereby removing the free chance of competition, the brand of industrial servitude appears, l^-t the workers redeem themselves by voting for the control of the sources that give them the means of life.
"The Socialist party of Shoshone county demands the abolition of the contract system, the direct einplov-m i nt by the company of all labor us. d. the establishment of a labor bureau for the purpose of Investigating, inspecting and reporting upon Has conditions of labor, free legal adv ice, t h e assessing of all privately oe ned industry upon its actual selling value In the open market, the abolition of t h e deputy and blacklisting systems that are used to force the wage workers under the control of the corporations, the publication and sending of a f u l l Itemized account of al l the revenues and expenditures of the county to every voter, the initiative, referendum and Imperative mandate to be put into operation In all county affairs.
" I f the people of Shoshone county are not wi l l ing to vote for direct government, then they must submit to the graf t ing, deputy and spy systems of capitalistic representative government."
Delegate Walked to W .1II .0 . The convention was called to order
in < >dd Fellows' hall at il o'clock by Wil l iam E. Stache. and without d i gression broke right Into business. The convention was well attended by delegates f rom almost every precinct In the county, many of whom had been forced to walk to Wallace f r o m the outlying districts in order to be present. At the opening the attendance was rather poor, but the delegates continued to arrive in twos and threes all through the proceedings, unt i l the meeting had gradually swollen to very considerable size
The proi dings were unlet orderly and business like f rom start to finish. Nothing in the nature of a squabble arose at any time and al l delegates seemed to bow without i|uestion to the ru l ing of the chair. Many minor discussions arose in which almost the whole convention participated and all of these wen- characterized by the best of good humor and goodfellow-shlp.
D. H. Plfcr and Joe Hutchinson were selected temporary chairman
. 1 mI t. mporary secretary rcspoctlv.h The fol lowing committee on creden
tials was nominated by the convention at large: (ieorge 1, Cloud, W i l l iam E. Sacho and Charles HuttBer.
On the appointment of these a recess of 15 minutes was taken in order that their report might lie submitted to the convention. This report was as follows, but It is to lie noted that this does not include a large number of delegates who arrived at a later period and after the report had been submitted
D. C Hudson. Oeorge U, Cloud, D. H. Filer, F J. Helm. H. H .11J. storf, Wil l iam B Stache. Frank Gibson, O. E. Anderson. Charles Stanley, ( 'barbs Hultaer, John Simula. Ar thur P. I : • 1 nb.1 id I . PMer Swanson. Wil l iam L CHheon. D. Need ham, Qua Relatnger, Joseph Werner. Jo. Hutchinson, George Turner. E. A. iiass.tt and M \ ron Topllffe.
i ' i i the conclusion of this report t in fol lowing committees were appoint, d by the chair:
• Hi order of business—P. (). Swanson, D. C. Hudson and <> E. Anderson
Og p la t form and r Gorge Turner, Wil l iam E Charles Haltner.
On r e f e r e n d u m - l a o f g e and Ar thur P. Iteinhardt.
On press—D. H. Plfer. Wi l l iam E Stai he read
as secretary of the county committee. This report was effect that the membership body had practically quadrupled throughout the country In the last two yesrs. in spite of the fact that t in local at Government gulch had passed out of existence through the Inability of the members thereof to gain employment and the local at Hurke through the non-attendance of its in. nib. is The report was agog ted
I ' < ). Sw anson, thi only delegate at t in convention who had attended the state convention at Lewistown July 4 last, submitted his report. Mr Swanson state that everything was harmonious as possible at I^ewlston. tin-members had show n great enthusiasm and he believed that the best possible ticket had been nominated. This report was adopted unanimously.
N o m i n a l ! d h) Referendum. The nominating of the different
candidates for the county offices was, of course, by the referendum system, and the choice of the people WHS in dorsed In almost every case by tin-convention. The two exceptions wore in the case of D . C. Coates, who had
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been Bcl'-ctcd for state senator, but who was ineligible through t h e fact that h e had left t h e county, and Oeorge w . Herrtagton, who for t h e reason that In- was on tin- state ticket for supi r int inb nt of public instruc-iton. was ineligible to act on the county ticket. The second choice of the people in connection wi th tin-state si natnrshlp fel l on Wil l iam K. Stache and this was confirmed by tin-con\ entlon.
Thin* names were placed la i I> nation tor county superlnti mb nt o l public instruction, and the resulting contest was the occasion of much humor, conscious and otherwise, on tin part o f the i | . legates. The names of Joe Hutchinson, John Simula and l'*r. il J. Helm were placed in nomination by the convention. Joe Hutchinson did not want the office In view of the fact that he was about to leave the county. Fred J. Helm tried to decline the nomination, but John Simula, perhaps not understanding the nature of the proceedings, stood pat. A vote was tak. n. with the result that Mr. Hutchinson and Mr. Helm all but tied for lirst choice, while Mr. Kimela brought up the n a r wi th two votes. Mr. Hutchinson and Mr. He tn then withdrew, leaving Mr. Simula In f u l l possession of the field. Mr. Sinn.la then tried to withdraw also, on the ground that he could not speak the Kngllsh language, but the delegates refused to allow a little matter of that sort to stand in the way. They told him he was "stuck anyhow" and "stuck" he was.
On the conclusion of the nominations the committee on referendum was discharged and the resignations of each of the nominee accepted These resignations are undated and are held by the county central committee so that If any man elected to office fails to f u l f i l l his pledges to his party they can be put in force at any time during his term of office.
A report of State Organizer John ( i Wanhope of a tour through Latah Bonner and M M Perce counties was read to the convention and showed that creditable gains had gaMJ made In each of the counties named.
On the conclusion of th • reading of this the proceedings of the day came to a close and the convention adjourned.
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I I n n . 1 . Count.v Nominations.
At their convention held September '̂6 the socialists of Klniore county.
Idaho, nominated the fol lowing ticket: Senator—It. W Simpkins. Mountain
Home. Kepresentatlvi—Henry Crab, At
lanta. Sin r i fT—ltalph 8. 1 g , King H i l l . Treasurer—Oeo. p. Hal l , Garnet. Audi tor—H. I I . McWaters. Moun
tain Home. Judge of probat i—Sunn Madsen,
Mountain Home. Assessor—Henry Jacobson. Moun
tain Home. Superintendent of public instruction
—Letta A. Heckard, I'lne Commissioners—John Phlllipsen,
Albert Collins, J. N. Johnson. Justice of the peaci—H. H. Hirst. County commlt tc t—It . W. 8lmp-
kins. Win Deckard, Sunn Madsen, C e o . !> Hal l . Albert Collins. John I'hilllpsen.
K. W. SIMPKINH, Secretary.
"HOMKTHIMG H n . 11 1 AW AY."
Tin- voter who refrains f rom voting the socialist ticket because h<- wants to get something "right away" Is acting at cross-purposi s wi th his Immediate Interests. If he really wants to g e t something at once, the surest way to get It f r om a non-socialist or anti-socialist party Is to vote the socialist ticket. Cor the bigger the socialist vote the readier wi l l republican and • I . mocratlc legislators and Judges be to grant some of the things that the socialist party demands. Ynu won't get the whole socialist program f rom their hands, but you wi l l ge something. And the smaller the socialist vote the more dilatory they wi l l be to appease your ,v rungs. A big socialist vote this fa l l wi l l Insure you of getting some concessions f rom the old-part.v rulers, and the bigger the vote ( l i e greater the concessions they wi l l ma ha to you. They are experienced at the game of getting and holding office, and they wi l l flunkey to sou as t i n y have heretofore flunkled to the barons of finance If you unitedly prove l.v your ballots that something has got to be done for you "r ight away" or you w i l l do something for yourself.
HOLLA MY E f t . Eugene. Ore.
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T h e n - w a s n o t H r i f t In t l M g l o o m , T h a t e n s h r o u d e d 11»«• s l a v e , a s w e t o o
w e l l k n o w , A s In- p a t i e n t l y w a i t e d h i s d o o m .
It h a d b e e n h i s p o r t i o n f o r a g e s p a s t , M i s l i r e w a s a l i \ lug Hell ,
H u t t h . p a t i e n t s l a v e h a s w a k e n e d a t l a s t .
T h e r e s u l t ; "Let Oil f u t u r e t e l l . "
l i e h a d the M M right to s l a v e a n d t o l l , P r o m d a w n u n t i l C I O M o f d a y .
A n d s e e t h e r i c h s h a r e t h e l l l - g o t t i II s p n l l
S o l o n g a s t h e i r p o w e r h e l d s w a y . " N o v o l e e In t h e L a w " — J u s t t h e r i g h t
t o live, ' I 'o s u f f e r a n d w o r k — a n d — o b e y ,
T h e l a w s t h a t w e a l t h a n d m i g h t e \ ( r K l v e .
T o s l a v e s w h o d a n - n o t s a y " n a y ! " O h . t h e n i g h t w a s d a r k a n d t i n - c l o u d s
h u n g l o w . R u t l o o k ! F a r a w a y t h e r e ' * , a l i e a i u .
' T I s a t i n y r a y o f a l i g h t t h a t I k n o w W i l l i n t l m < — l i k e t h e s u n s h i n e
g l e a m " N o l o n g e r l i v e i n t h e m i d n i g h t g l o o m .
N o l o n g e r s u f f e r L i f e ' s p a i n s . N o l o n g e r s u f f e r , o r h a s t e y o u r d o o m ,
For y o u M n o t h i n g t o lose b u t y o u r . b a i n s . "
" 1 ' n i t e In a g n a t a n d g e n e r o u s c a n s . . M i n g t o p l u t o c r a t s h a c k t h e l i e .
R e f u s e to obey a l l u n j u s t Iowa, I ' n l t e — : i t id do o r die!"
Like l e e c h e s w h o l i v e o n h u m a n Mood, Hove tli> parties In p o w e r g r o w n
m i g h t . Cored l i t t l e , d o n e n o t h i n g f o r c o m m o n
g o o d , T h e i r g r a f t a n d m i s r u l e m a d e r i g h t .
T h e y ' v e s u c k e d l i f e ' s blood f r o m o u r f e e b l e I r a n i ' •
L i k e vampires i n h a l e d o u r b r e a t h . 1 ' n t l l l a b o r a n d w o r t h a r e b u t e m p t y
n a m e s . A n d o u r o n l y r e l e a s e s e e m s — D e a t h !
H u t t h e g l o r i o u s d a w n h a s b r o k e n a t l a s t .
" l o n e Is t h e n i g h t w i t h i t s p a i n s , T h e t i m e when are k n e e l t o i n j u s t i c e
i s p a s t . F o r w e ' v e n o t h i n g t o l o s e b u t o u r
c h a i n s "
C h a i n s t h a t R e p u b l i c a n s c h o o s e w i t h c a r e ,
\ n d D e m o c r a t s f o r g e w i t h a w i l l . F o r a l l o f u s w a g e s l a v e s e v e r y w h e r e
A t t h e n o d f r o m " I n j u n c t i o n H i l l . " N o m a t t e r w h i c h o n e a t W a s h i n g t o n
r e i g n s , T a f t a n d M r y a n a r e In t h e s a m e
n e i i t . Th> y w i l l r i v e t t i g h t , r a n d t i g h t e r t h e
c h a i n s O n t h e w a g e s t a v e s — s o r e l y o p
p r e s s e d .
S t r i k e a t ( J r a f t a n d W e a l t h a n d Q f o s i , A t s u c h R i g h t a s it p r e s e n t r e i g n s .
V o t e f r o m t h e s e t o b e e v e r f r e e d A n d u n i t . — a n d b r e a k y o u r c h a i n s
W M . HAJffOK l ^ - w i s t o w n . . M o n t .
CASCADE t o i ' N T Y C O N V E N T I O N
I n r e s p o n s e t o t h e c a l l o f t h e c o u n t y
c e n t r a l c o m m i t t e e t h e s o c i a l i s t s m e t
i n m a s s c o n v e n t i o n In t h e I j j b o r h a l l
o f G r e a t F a l l s o n t h e :'6th o f S e p t e m
b e r a t 8 o ' c l o c k p . m . O r g a n i s e r
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d e r and u p o n m o t i o n h e w a s m a d e
t e m p o r a r y c h a i r m a n . J. W . D a l y b e
i n g n o m i n a t e d t e m p o r a r y s e c r e t a r y .
T h e c o m m i t t e e o n i r e d e n t l a l s r e
p o r t e d a n d u p o n m o t i o n i t w a s a c c e p t
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t h e r e p o r t o f t h e c o m m l t t e on p l a t -
l o r m a n d r e s o l u t i o n s , w h i c h n a d a s
f o l l o w s :
W e . t h e S o c i a l i s t p a r t y o f C a s c a d e
c o u n t y . M o n t a n a , do SOtOOy ph d g c
n u r t c l v c s t o support t h e c o n s t i t u t i o n
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c i a l i s t s a n d the S o c i a l i s t p a r t s o f t h e
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t a n a . I ^ a b o r p r o d u c e s a l l w e a l t h , a n d
b e l i e v i n g t h a t a l l w e a l t h s h o u l d b e
l o n g t o t h e p r o d u c e r , w e d o h e r e b y
p l e d g e o u r c a n d i d a t e s . If e l e c t e d , t o
I. m - l a t e to t h e b e s t o f t h e i r Sbillt) t h e i n t e r e s t o f rhe p r o d u c e r .
o s i ' A R aNDIMOK W . J . P A T T E R S O N ,
W M . N . P A L S C R O V K ,
O. W . M c D H R M f ITT, C o m mlttee .
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T h e f o l l o w i n g t i c k e t w a s n o m i n a t e d :
D i s t r i c t J u d g i — J . M . R e c t o r .
C o u n t y c o m m i s s i o n e r — O s c a r A n -
d< r s o n .
S i n r i f t ~ o . H . W l n t e r r o u n d .
C l e r k ot c o u r t — J o e D a l e y
K e p i . s. n t a t i v i s — F . . W . P e c k . H . P .
J o r g e n s o i i . M J M o r r i s . O s c a r E n g -
l l s h , J a c o b S u a j n e n .
C l e r k a n d r e c o r d e r — I I I ' Neville, A s s e s s o r — I I . O . P h i l l i p
C o u n t y a t t o r n e y — J o h n C T h r u . .v.
A u d i t o r — W m . P a l s g r o v c
T r e a s u r e r — F r a n k P S. r v a s s .
P u b l i c a d m i n i s t r a t o r — J a m e s l l r a . l v .
C o r o n e r — W m . A n d e r s o n .
S u p . r l n t . n i b n t o f s c h o o l s — I d a M c -
I». r m o t t .
C o n s t a b l e s — G n a t F a l l s . K d w i n
( l i l i e s , S a m R e t t e n : R e l t . W . H . R a k e r .
J u s t i c e s of t h e p e a c . — ( J n a t I ' a l l s .
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Helena, Montana
JONES' NEW S T O N E
OPERA HOUSE CENTRALLY LOCATED
R. W.JONES. Mgr. Kendall, - • flontana
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GOT EM ON THE RUN Wholesale merchants and manufacturers selling direct to consumers and there
by saving to the purchaser the profits of the middleman and the wonderful expense of advertising can give to their customers
A HIGH G R A D E C L A S S OF G O O D S AT LOWER PRICES
than others charge for inferior goods. Satisfaction is guaranteed with every purchase. The pure food law has forced hundreds of dealers in trash out of business. The Meldrum goods have not been affected by It, as their goods are exactly as represented
30 Per cent Cheaper <= Than Any Other Dealer
Prove the truth of this. We sell anything and everythJng from a sewing machine needle to a threshing machine, and our goods are all of the same high grade as our groceries and all bear the same guarantee. M o n e y c h e e r f u l l y r e f u n d e d on a n y g o o d s rxot satisfg.topy
Will iam L. Cragg Lewlstown, Montana
H D K R E S E N T I N O GEO. MELDRUM & CO. " C H I C A G O
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