Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-12-13
Socialist Administration of Red Lodge Enforces
State Gambling Law and the Mayor Very
Nearly Loses His Life by the Muir
derouS Law Breakers

art but vanished vision! The cream
of the whole matter though is the care
fully guarded admission that the
"common people, might possibly cri-
ticize Judge, il they did it "temper-
ately," but not as unworthy agita-
tors" Socialists, stand back, You
are agitators. You agitate Teddy and
his gang of parasites. Wen agitate
the whole social fabric on which they
stand, and they II all come down with
the rest of the debris. He don't like
that; and he has cause not to. The
very idea that he would dare to insult
the American people by presuming to
say anything about he way they criti-
cize shows that he has forgotten that
he is a servant and not a monitor.
Bluffs on Lynchings.
He makes a big blow about lawless-
ness and lynehing, but he never under
takes to establish omitted States gov
ernment in the south. With his whole
army and navy il never occurs to him
that he can restore order there. The
reasonf Because the entire capitalist
elias, north and south, have the mu-
tual interest of keeping the working
class in subsection. The form is some
what different in the south, but they
all Twink the other eye," and then
talk piously about the "square deal. T"
Yes, the blacks ought to love Teddy.
He ate with one of their half black
men once.
Warning to the Working Glass.
The section on capital and labor
though caps the climax in its threat
ening attitude towards the rising sense
of power in the working class. The
master monitor starts out with warn
ing against the preachers of discon-
tent" Oh, yes, be eontented. II
you re dying, starving, rotting, be
contented. ga thinking peasant
makes a quaking throne.'' Teddy and
his class don I care 20 have this feel.
ing of insecurity. He talks about the
"men who seek TO incite violent
class hatred against all men Of
wealth." about their opposing "wise
and proper movements" hysterieal
campaisns," 'Finhaming NO madness
the brutal passions of mankind, 4" "sin-
lister demagogues, and foolish vision
aries" who "masquerade as reform
ers." He says these people may have
temporary political success" con.
demns the "agitator' again, and Ia
bells the agitation "squalid anarchy. "
He devotes one whole paragraph to
"Beware of the Agitatorl" tries to
pat the "dear, plain people who love
their country" on the head, hyster-
ieally shrieks against all hysteria, and
goes into eonvulsions that would make
a eynic smile.
There is no question that the whole
undignifed TRADE refers to the social
, iotSt hVb pNthu0S any SaHc Hldu "uuiu
find them guilty of all the nameless
crimes he ascribes 10 this formidable
and nameless outfit, but because they
are the only opposers of present forms
of government that aspire TO, and have
acquired any political prominence.
Moreover the presidents s misplaced
ofiiciousness in sending Root to New
York to offset the Hearst boom, and
Taft to Idaho TO squench any senti
ment in regard to the Western Feder
alton officials that might crop out, al
lows no possibility or misapprehensior
as to his attitude towards the new
1 political tide that is rising TO SWEEP
him and his kind into Oblivion. Hc
is too cowardly to come out and say
what he means and takes this under
hand way Of attacking what is now
the third political party of the country
Through the entire message the same
sinister note runs. What does IL pre-
sagef Does Roosevelt think to recon
init the Bismarcxian folly' Will the
American government dare to tampei
with the shoals Of repressionH No
thing would more unity American so
cialism. In the meanwhile other gov
ernments look on his temerity will
amusement. The London News states