Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1904-06-22

Montana on june 9th, 1904, there
were in attendance four women del
egates from seve,al Of the locals.
This seemed rather an unusual show
ing in state where women are not
allowed full suffrage with man, how
ever it is not surprising when you
take into consideration that the So
cialist's party is the only political
organization in this country that
recognizes woman as equal co-work-
ers in all branches of honest occu-
patton and education worthy of
mention. Socialism stands for uni
versal and individual freedom. and
wherever voiced is the sworn friend
of woman, for this reason with the
great advantages it offers to human
ity in general, if woman could but
realize what this means for all con-
cerned, how the yoke of oppression
would be removed, and a thousand
advantages over old and present un-
equal conditions established through
the perfect system of cooperative
commonwealth, she would waste no
more valuable time and effort endea-
yoring to promote useless reforms,
that are in fact no way reformitory
in principle. She would take the
stand for liberty, right and justice,
where the greatest good will be Sc
cured for the greatest number in
stead of the dominating few, where
the wealth producer rather than the
wealth abuser may enjoy equal op-
portunities.
The following are the names of
the women delegates; Mrs. l.. IL.
Pierce, wife of acting state secre-
tary. Mrs. w. II. Pierce is president
of the Woman's Socialist Guild of
Butte, Montana. and was nominal
ed for clerk of the Supreme Court
on the Socialist state ticket, but de-
clined in favor of Juo. Peters of Car
bon county. Mrs. Pierce is small,
elderly woman with a pleasant face,
which is highly intellectual, splen-
did type of the true American wife
and mother.
Mrs. Ruth Scurlock was the dele.
gate from Canyon Ferry, Lewis 4
Clark Co. She is a Montana ranch
woman, quoted as a stock raiser,
she is large, rosy checked and
good looking woman with the whole
some appearance of one who has
been a close associate with the
purity and freedom of out door
farm life, she is slow of speech and
retiring in manner though serious
and thoughtful and displays a clear
practical knowledge of right and
Justice when she does speak. Mrs.
Scurlock's appearance at the con.
yention afforded the observer, who
was fortunate enough To- know the
circumstances a glimpse of the good
old DAYS when both men and women
attended state gatherings for the
purpose of promoting better condi-
tions for the country and their fel-
low men. for honor, and not wholly
for the sake of the almighty dollar.
This brave woman told the writer
that in as much as she had not ex-
pected to be elected to the state
convention, she had made no prep
arations for the care of her three
children during the several days abb
senCc from home of which her trip
to Helena would necessitate, and in
consequence there was no alterna-
tive left for her but to bring the
little ones along and true to the con
victions of duty both to- home and
humanity, she loaded n camping
outfit into the prairie schooner and
with the babies comfortably slowed
therein, she drove to the outskirts
of the capitol city and pitched her
tent, thus making it possible to look
after her household as well as at.
tend the convention.
Mrs. +. Maggie Jackson was del.