Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1905-09-13

peated on the highways and in the
dark corners here about that Tom
| Carter had the only big yoke of
oxen on the trail, we meant to say,
pike, that should the Heinze-
Amalgamated-Jim Hill combina-
ton send him to the senate, he
would lengthen the growing season
to 20 hours a day and II months a
year; that great floods would spray
from the hands of government over
the fair face of Montana, and there
would be no one without great
riches and gobs of happiness. That
the Madison, the Sun, the Milk and
many other canals, would immed-
lately join the lists of accomplished
things and around Tom Carter's
head would finally circle the halo
of saint-hood. The News has been
looking for these here doings all
summer but none have hove in
sight so we are constrained to be-
lieve that Carter's pull has to do
only with the back door of the u.
S. attorney generals office. But not
withstanding Carter's failure to more
than protect few of his friends from
condign punishment Washington
is the center of pulls" but the pulls
are never in the interest of the great
producers, no stree, not much. those
pulls are all pulled by the capitalist
class, aud if any Montana pulling is
done it is done by the corporations
pulling logs off of public lands or
lands out of the public domain.
Under Socialism the people would
retain the lands, they would own the
railroads, the factories, the coal
deposits and forests. everything on
the face of this earth would be owned
and enjoyed by all the people.
Glasses and class wars will be wiped
out-even Tom Carter's pull. and
his whispering pals will be closely
looked after.
Tom Carter VS.. Weinstein.
Tom Carter, Weinstein and
others own buildings with banisters,
steps and other distractions pro-
jecting into Main street. John s.
NJ. Neill owns, what is not generally
known as a newspaper-the Helena
Independent. Weinstein quit ad-
vertising his business in John Neilps
paper because its circulation of
about 100, does not Justify the labor
of preparing copy" not to men
tion the charge for space, so John
Neill full of retaliation, sicked his
dog of war upon Weinstein and
induced the city council to have
Weiustein arrested. The latter in
a burst of curiosity, asked why he
alone was selected to bear the odium
and expense attending such proceed
ing? Why Tom Carter, who is lust
as guilty, was not also arrested and
compelled to face, as a criminal.
the awful phiz of Justice, Justice
Grogan, and thrown into the dark
and noisome dungeon of the city
Jail.
While the News is not shedding
whale tears over the sorrows of
Weinstein, it would like to know
and il now demands of the council
men, why they did as they did?
They did wrong, and as men, SUD-
posed to be imbued with a sense of
justice and alien to civic and pri-
vate prejudice, they should be
called to account for their action,
they should feel the hot flame of
shame roasting their callous mugs.
Sam Weinstein has no political
following, Tom Carter has, therefore
Tom Carter can commit crime
and spit in the face of the law,
while Weinstein is compelled to
emit bills of exchange to escape
Jail. The purpose of this comment
is to call attention to the rottenness
of system under which favoritism
is shown to the plug-hat fraternity
and the common people are kicked
and cuffed hy ear,ita ,,,I;.. -