Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1904-06-29

ternational Socialist and Trades
Union Congress in accordance with
request of the secretary of the Inter
national Socialist Bureau, and had
requested and received the assur-
ance of the cooperation of Com
rades NJ. Hillquit, Alex. Jonas and
Ernest Untermann. The Secretary
also recommended that same be got
ten up in printed form in English.
German and French, for distribu-
tion among the delegates to the
Congress. The report would ac-
Cede to the request Of the Interna-
tional Bureau as much as possible
and give an outline of the growth
and development of the Socialist
and Trade Union movements iu
America since 1900.
The resignation of Comrade En-
est Untermann as delegate to tie
International Socialist and Trades
Union Congress was read, and upon
motion, accepted.
The National Secretary was in
structed To notify Comrade NJ.
Hillquit. the alternate delegate, of
Comrade Untermann's resignation.
Applications for credentials to
the Congress were received from
Comrades Nicholas Klein and Mrs.
Corrinne :. Brown, and both were
granted. The Quorum then took
up consideration Of national cam
paign matters. Cnmrade Berger
suggested that various committees
be appointed to conduct the cam
paign. After discussion, in which
Comrades Work. Reynolds and Ber-
lyn expressed themselves against the
suggestion, the matter was dropped.
National Secretary reported that
Debs would rest as much as posi-
BILE from lecturing during June,
July and August, filing only dates
that were either arranged for or
promised before he was nominated
for President. That Comrade Debs
would be prepared to open his cam
paign in September, and work un-
remittedly until election day. Also
that Debs had placed his entire ar
rangements in the hands of the ma
tional Office and would carry out
whatever plans were made for him
to the best of his ability.
Hanford had notified the National
Secretary that he would be ready
for active work in the field July Is,
and placed his arrangements under
the entire direction of the national
Office and would do everything pos
sible to make the campaign success
full.
An outline of the campaign tours
of Comrades Debs and Hanford, as
he had planned them, was then pre-.
sented by the National Secretary
Mailly. Briefly they were to route
Debs from Chicago southwark
through the southern states, ther.
the southwestern section, to the Pa
ci6c ocean, up the coast to Wash
ington, then through the northwest.
ern and central states back to Chi
cago. From this point he would
work east, returning in time to close
the campaign in Terre Haute or
Nov. 9th In the meantime Han.
ford would ill dates in Maine and
Vermont before the state elections,
afterwards going into the southwest.
He would then work in the eastern
and central states and close before
election in the Pacific states.
After considerable discussion the
general plan was approved with the
modification that Comrade Debs
should not go into any state south
of Kentucky aud Missouri. Con.
sent was given Mailly to go on rec
ord as believing that Comrade Debs
should go into certain cities of the
south, which the modification of the
Quorum would exclude.
The National Secretary's plan OF
charging a definite sum to locals for
the services pf Debe aud HnnfprI