Montana news., 1906-01-31

schools.
Teofilo Petriolla spent Jan. 7 and
s in Milwaukee. The Italian priest,
getting wind of his presence, preach
ed against him and forbade his
hearers to attend the meetings of
this Anarchist" Nevertheless,
Conrad Petriella made a good begin
ming which will mean an Italian
organization later ou.
The Milwaukee social-democrats
are now taking a referendum on the
candidate to be placed upon their
city ticket, including mayor. comp
troller, treasurer, and city attorney.
The new primary law of Wisconsin
requires the nomination of all can
didates in primaries and makes it
possible for the old parties to run in
their candidates on the social-demo-
cratic ticket.
Our referendum, although of course
it has no legal force. is intended to
obviate the danger of our party
being overpowered at the primaries.
The candidates selected by the
referendum party vote will be the
only ones for whom the party will
get out nomination papers, and will
present solid front at the primar-
:es, which will prevent all trickery
on the part of the capitalist politi
clans.
The Milwaukee Daily News says:
Nothing could better show how
thoroughly the people of Wisconsin
have been surfeited with politics the
last few years than the lack of in
terest which is being shown in the
coming municipal campaign, and
outside of the social-democrats,
there is very little work being done
by any party in preparation for the
municipal election which is now less
than three months away"
Five thousand Polish leaflets have
been printed by the Milwaukee So
cial-democratic campaign committee
and will be distributed in the Polish
districts. In spite of the fierce op-
position of the Polish priests, many
Poles in Milwaukee will vote the So
cial-democratic ticket next April.
The social-democratic aldermen
of Racine in the last meeting of the
city council0introduced a resolution
looking towards municipal owner
ship of the Racine waterworks. The
plan of the social-democrats is, frs,
that the city council appoint a CON-
mittee to confer with the owners OF
the local waterworks system and as
certain the price at which they would
sell the works at the expiration OF
their franchise; secondly, to submit,
to the people the question of buying
oil building at the municipal election
in April this year. and thirdly, tha,
two mill tax on all taxable proper
ty be levied for this purpose. o.
course, the old party aldermen op
pose the measure In toto.
The Milwaukee Wisconsin, I" Re
publican, says that two separat,
political conferences havesbeen helc
within the past few days with tn,
idea of organizing citizens move
ment for the spring campaign to op
pose the social-democrats in the cit,
: election. Democrats. stalwarts an,
halfbreeds took part in one of tn
7 gatherings. The business men O
Z the city do not want the social-dem
r ocrats to carry the city next spring
n and from the outlook at presen,
: they acknowledge that there is dan
e ger Of that result. Rather than rul
T the risk of turning the city over L
e socialists, they want to forget TO
e the time being their jealousies an,
!, differences and unite on man who's
J. character and influence will be
It guarantee against any political O
II tactional schemes and who will ad
IT administer the affairs of the city I
II a business-like way." We though
n we should drive the tvo old ,-.;.