Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1905-05-10

bloodShed, etc. But did you notice
that Marx said IF" we could do
it. Well the fact is we can't do it.
Capitalism has made very cute laws
along this line in not only the ma
ton, but every state also. Nearly
every municipality, barring the
state of Missouri, is bonded 10 near
its limit, and if it is not, the money
agents are working to get in some
thing that will call for bonds. The
safe guard to the money interests in
this matter is not allowing any
place to bond for more than can be
collected through the courts. In
this state, and many Others YOU can
not vote on a bond question unless
you are property owner Now
suppose the Socialists elected with a
big majority in some of the states or
municipalities. how could they, the
proletarians who have no votes on
such matter, proceed to issue bonds.
They could condemn the property
and confscate it but they could not
issue bonds. Any other scheme of
this kind would be equally as futile.
And then granting that we have
captured the whole nation. why
stop to issue bonds? And why
issue bonds to coniscate themo
Why play the double roll to the
people? If we could buy these things
it would be very nice. but that If"
simply knocks the logic all ont of
the reason. If we are going back
to the bond proposition in the event
of the national Socialist election,
then let us join hands with Coxey
on his non-interesting bond scheme.
But if we are to educate the people
to Socialism, let MS continue the
work and when majority have be-
come to believe that these public
utilities belong to them they will
proceed to take them. Mr.. Morgan
has already admitted this himself.
As to your illustration of buying
the negro slaves, it would have been
nice if that if" had not been in
the way. But you know that was
the position only of the conservative,
the compromiser and the coward.
The church and court are fine ex-
amples of the position-always
standing as the conservatives of the
day and abiding under the condi-
+ tions of the times. Before the
slaves were freed the churches found
biblical quotations to support
slavery. and in the next breath
preached sermons 90 abolish II.
The courts stood in the same posi-
; ton, and rendered decisions accord
ingly. And after the adoption of
the 18th amendment to constitution.
courts and church conformed 10 the
new idea of things Today the
court and church stand toward pros
titution as formerly toward slavery:
on one side the street is the pros
titute of the red light district: on
the other side the court and the
church; they preaching against the
crime and voting for the system
d that perpetuates IT, the court under
the guse Of law wrings the blood
money from the poor unfortunate
Il women and use il to pay pew rent
in the church. They are both con-
servatiyes and believe in getting
things gradually.
Let me say in conclusion that
there are two distinct classes of minds
and that Socialism leads To a purely
physiological proposition ia many
. instances What | mean by that is;
There is one class of minds that will
fight, and no power can keep them
from it; the bulldog is 4 good illus
tration OF this. This is the mind
that the Hindoo occult workers
found so much difficulty in handling;
, the other is the opposite mind, and
will not fight, for the legs uudcr that
mind will run away with the body;
the former represents the opportunist