Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1904-10-05
VOL. Ill.
Socialists Active
In Carbon County

Editor of The News, Helena.
We have met the combined en-
emy, "the twins" known as fhe
demo-republico, capitalistic polit-
ical aggregation, owned by John
ID. Rockefeller, and appointed by
the regular bell-sheep-Moyer,
Glidden and Reno. who are sup
posed to ring the bells attached to
their necks. and Lave the poor,
deluded voter follow them into the
hy-trap of capitalism.
Mrs. Ida Crouch Hazlett has
made a hurried tour of Carbon
county, speaking hrst IT Fishtail
one night, and at Red lodge two
nights. The only suiiabic hall in
Red Lodge for speaking was de-
MED us, presumably by ard
through the designs OF our oaDo-
nents, who thought by 81 doing
we would be discouraged, but
they must have surely uuicrc~ti-
mated the resourceiulneSs oi thcir
only opponents-,he dc y r'rinei
exponents of equal opportunity 10
all-the Socialist party ui tire
world
I'm Red Lodge Comradc lioz,e'
spoke in the county court hou.
two nights. Monday and rucSia.
and the court room WAS fillci
oyerhowing by the most attcnti""
audience that | ever had the plca
ure of sitting amongst The Sm0 .
would-be millionaire was there,
and the hot Sl'ut oi trn,h W.
poured into their ranks IN such
manner that their iortifcaicns
were soon in a depleted condition.
The crustcd few who caWe there
thought perhaps something would
be said hy the speaker whereby
they might make some political
capital out Of it. hul the shots
fired by the woman behind The
modern gun of truth-Socialism
and directed with uncrring aim.
left them no loophole to- escape
from, and not one who heard her
refused To acknowledge that it
was the best and only true dis
course ever heard i'm this county
on the political situation which |
now confronts the American peo-
pie. From here Comradc Hazlett,
in company with Comrade G.. Nj.
Burke. the Socialist candidate for
county attorney. went To Rridgcr
to awaken the ranchers OF the
Clark's Fork valley 10 a realization
of the industrial conditions which
are fast overcoming them. We
sent bills announcing her To speak
there on Wednesday and Thurs
day. and had a Socialist post bills
around the town and surrounding
country. but Immediately the hire
lings of plutocracy, obeying the
orders of their masters. DESTROYED
them. Consequently very few
knew anything about the first
meeting. a fair was in progress
on these dates, held by the farm
ers and business men of Bridgcr
and vicinity. a special train was
run from Red Lodge with cxcur-
sionists. including your humble
servant. About FIVE o'clock in
the evening the democrats-the
left wing of capitalism-an-
nounced that there would be
speaking by one of their spellbind-
ers from the corner of the bank on
Main street, commencing at 7
o'clock. 1t was their intention to
offset the Socialists, whom they
thought would endeavor to hold
their meeting in the hall. But
they reckoned wrongfully. AT
6 go Comrade Burke and myself
placed large dry goods box in
the middle of the street. imme-
diately adjoining where the demo-
Gratis were to speak. When the
time arrived | mounted the inn
promptu platform and drew the
of the people and made ,
the announcement that ! was
about to introduce a person who
was here with view of educating
the masses. who produce the
wealth of the world, on the eco
nomic and industrial conditions
now before the people of this
country; that inasmuch as all the
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