Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1905-04-12

city recently which created a gen
uine sensation. His subject was,
THE Anarchy of Wealth" He
said:
81 can not shut my eyes to the
dangers that threaten our re-
public. The greatest danger that
| can see now is the anarchy of
wealth. The union was saved
and slavery abolished by an army
of poor men from the generals
down to the privates, who risked
their lives for the flag. Now we
see the wealth of the country in
the hands of few men. The
agricultural and mineral re-
sources of our magnificent coun-
try have been cornered by few
men with money, and every bite
of meat we take is doubly taxed
by the beef trust. If our govern
ment is ever changed from a re-
public to a monarchy, or empire,
it will be done by the men of
wealth, not by the poor working
men. In pagan times the man
who would corner provisions to
raise the price of living would lie
put to death. That was good.
natural pagan justice. The mil
lionaires who have cornered our
provisions and raised their price
on the working people deserve
the same fate.
Veterans, let us pray that Col
preserve the work that the Grand
Army has done, but if our Off
cials and legislators do not relieve
from the unjust and unlawful
burdens imposed on us by the
trusts the time may come when
we will be obliged to take the law
into our own hands and demand
our rights at the point of the
bayonet. The American work
ingmen are patient, but will not
submit to the tyranny of wealth
forever.
MAY God avert for us the
horrors of war, and may the
whitewinged angel of peace con-
tinue to hover over our beloved
land"
Father O'Brien is likelv to be-
come decidedly unpopular if he
persists in his course of CRITICS.
ing the hog combine, coal barons
and other best citizens" But
why talk about bayonets and
pagan justice, which are incon-
venient, vulgar and unscientific
weapons nowadays' We have
never yet made serious attempts
to smash the oppressors with the
ballot. Let's vote against the
capitalist class and overthrow
their system by legal and sane
methods
Still another priest, the we'll
known Rev. Thomas ]. Ducey, of
New York, will find himself
cordially disliked by those who
receive their inspiration from the
sources that furnish the almighty
dollar because of a recent sermon
that he preached.
Father Ducey took for his text
from the sixth verse of St. Paul
TO the Thessalonians, That no
man over-reach or circumvent his
brother in business, because the
Lord is the avenger of all these
things that we have told you be-
fore and have testified" and said /:
TO circumvent is the policy
of the trusts and monopolies of
the twentieth century. Let them
beware, for the crushed will rise
against them, for truth, justice
and honor can not be destroyed
by the powerful.
To-day, when this country has
become a power, let the trusts,
monopolies and tha robber
wealthy be assured, the people
will not stand much longer their
enslavement by the combinations
of corporations founded on in
Justice and an attempt to crush
the rights of the people promised
by the Lord of justice.
Public monopolies by the gov
ernment for the benefit of the
governed are to be admired and
commended. Private monopolies
are danger to all the people. In
this country there exists a mon
opoly and trust that threatens
the safety of the government,
truth, justice, freedom and edit
cation and purity of soul in re-
ligion and in religious profession.
This paramount trust of the
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