Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1905-10-25
Arthur Morrow Lewis
Leads Strenuous Life
Theodore

eG"do oe5 Ssyond M the Sea- @ is 4 gfen3 % 5b3 np
through " ,e rbuations of Arthur Morrow Lewis of San
Franc mee he arrived in Canada week ago, he would
Dor q nobserved
> nrade Lewis arrived in Vancouver Wednesday, Oct
+ Id spoke that evening from the soap box the
Iot ordova and Carra streets amid many interruptions,
among which those furnished by of little Bour-
geous, who displayed photographers shnge short way
The p r. also contributed its quota of noise by running
putting engine back and forth the crossings at Corova
eaop sG rn6 6oWsva e PeSH rdSde ringing of @ @ bell The
which some irreverent wag alluded to the Dominion
Government wheels and before closing sold number of
copies of Socialist literature
On being persistenty interrupted by particular indi-
vdual who trying hide his sinister motives behind the
preense of nebriety the lecturer finally appealed duly
lapponted and appropriately uniformed officer of the law"
the nusanse But his reply consisted of sneerng
marks which showed him to be well qualified for his job Of de-
fender Of capitalist interests.
minister after first viewing the Exhibition Some of the pro-
ducts of the b. G. workers (which exhibition at that
place. and returned to Vancouver that night
On Friday evening Oct 6h the secretary of the Local
attending the commercial interests of various patent med
icine men, Magic soap vendors and lightning cacuators,
the same locality has occasionally served the battle-ground
between the Salvation Army and the Prince of Darkness
Conade TO try that place and the innocent soap box
cordngy carried to the aowed pavement in front of the
Owl drug store at eight o'clock that evening.
Everything went all right here until the speaker made
some reference the movement in Germany when of the
rants and other tough places asked why he did not conne his
remarks to the British Empire
The lecturer informed him that Socialism interna-
tiona and worldwide Capitalism itself and that
prepared to recognize genius and scientific advancement
wherever il may he found and that despite the fact that the
rulers of Germany are doing al they dare to suppress the
scence of Sociology and practical advancement the people of
that country foremost in those sciences That German
was man. as we'll EnglShman. American, any
other descendent of the and that they
entitled to the name than most of the inhabitants of other
countries from the fact that they already had egone
preSenatves of the useful class of society in the parliament
of their country.
At this iuncture ParoIman Deptford evidently consider
ling time to show that he faithful servant of the cap
tas class nterered with the meeting informing the speaker
that he would have to desst
Being asked for reason, the officer Informed him that
he was obsructng the street but being questioned further
seemed to be unable to point out the location of the OBJ
strucOn and walked away.
Comrade Lewis, ''who is an Englishman hmseIf then
Informed the ysanders that he always insisted whatever
rights the working people We're still supposed to have unden
tinen where such thing likely to and that if he
had to stop speaking there that evening would be to to
the local gaol
it in seattle '' ''''
Yes can" answered the speaker '.tley did try to
suppress us there, but we beat them in the courts
The speaker then again took the thread of his discourse
ford again appeared elbow accompanied by another Of
icerwhom he undoubtedly meant to keep between himself
and the comrade who carriers the dynamite and again in
formed him that he could not speak Comrade Lewis
could not the proposition from the point of vew
peace of mind of capitalism that he could only stop if
placed under arrest and getting further that
with the officer.
Arriving at the station, he turned to the tender
care of the somewhat celebrated Mr. OGrady whose
flowing of virtuousness compelled him express his
regrets that the prisoner had been foolish break the
law hearing of which, of the comrades who feared
that the "wind- iammer laying off the c. F. r. dock
might be short of able bodied seaman decided
him at all hazards On ascertanng that there pract
cal of blowing the gao without nurng the object of
their soicitude peaceful adopted and
cordngy the secretary of the Vancouver Local. noted
for his meekness sent negotiate for his release while
the explosive" element under the command of Comrade
Sbbe (who had sealed orders kept eye the