Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1905-11-29
Social Unrest
A Debate--Ida CrOuCh-HaZIett VS..
Israel Klein, Jewish
Rabbi.

Club of Helena witnessed a pitched
battle between two intellectual
gladiators. 1t was a debate, and
the subject was Social Unrest, 4"
which, before the meeting adjourned,
proved to be a veritable bone of
contention. 1t was an uneven con-
test in one way, and well matched
battle in another. 1t was logic and
fact against metaphysics. Both
generals were in splendid form, and
eloquent, elocutional, and oratori-
cal; but eloquence is not argument.
The first combatant to enter the
arena was Mrs. Ida Crouch Haz-
lett, editor of the Montana News.
Her argument was clear, and de-
livered as coming from one who
makes her home on the forum.
Mrs. Hazlett informed her audi
ence that she was a typical work
ing woman, and that it didn't need
any theory in metaphysics to make
her known to which class she be-
longed.
In fact any man can tell what
class he belongs to. The only time
a pauper believes himself to be
millionaire is when he is loaded
down with bad whisky.
Is there Social Unrest1 Who
doubts itp Then why illuminate
against it1 The Indian was con-
tented as a savage, but the moment
the pale face" came to possess his
lands, and limit his hunting grounds.
the condition of the Indian became
a state of social unrest, and many
many tribes today are enlightened
and enjoying more Comforts and
pleasures than the Jews of Baxter
Street or the Slavs of Packingtown.
What moved the Indian or any
primitive racer Discomfort. In
fact Mrs. Hazlett could have added
that if the Hebrew had been a con-
tented person all down through his
tory, he would probably today be
making bricks in Egypt. Perhaps
after sixty centuries of experience
his contentment would be so great
and his praises to Jehovah so elo-
quent that in the enthusiasm of his
contentment his bricks by this time
would be as large as bundles of
baled hay, and the Pharaohs rolling
in Injuries "sweated" out of the
Hebrew race. Is not the history
of the Jew a long series of protests
against wrong-a long train of social
unrests?
The opposition wakes eloquent
about contentment. BE content"
Don't let anything worry you.
You're business is to do the best
YOU can and be content" If this
advise was followed, the Jew would
still be making bricks, the Anglo
Saxon would still be looking through
window holes in the caves, and the
race as a whole wouldn't be half as
civilized as the monkeys that are
dined by the society degenerates OF
New York. Mrs Hazlett pointed
out that it is the periods of unrest
social unrest-economic unrest
that brought France and England
and such countries from barbarism
to enlightenment and from slavery
to partial freedom. In the speakers
mind discomfort is a divine institu-
ton. Without it civilization would
be a blank. The working class
know that they are being robbed of
large portion of the product OF
their toll and that knowledge makes
them discontented.
The capitalist does not want the
workers to know, and metaphys-
icians are hired to preach content
ment. Nobody blames the capital
ist. He knows his business. The
objection is that the capitalist does
not want the worker to understand
his business.
Mrs. Hazlett spoke for an hour
and half Her address was mas