Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-03-21

Campaigns
Montana Socialists Nominate Tickets
Throughout State-AggreSSive
Work Being Accomplished

The Helena socialists held an en-
thusiastic convention on Saturday
night, March 10.
Herman Juchmsn was elected chair
man Of the convention and II. Norton
secretary. The committee on patform
and resolutions, which was composed
Of Hans Prenost, II. Norton, Fred
Mundt and ]. LorenE, drafted the fol-
lowing platform, which was adopted:
Platform.
We, the socialist voters of Helena,
in mass convention assembled, renew
our allegiance to the principles Of in
ternational socialism and present the
voters Of Helena these same principles
worked out in detail, to be applied to
municipal rather than national issues,
as our platform in this campaign.
We believe that the workingman
should get the equivalent of all be
produces, and we demand that he get
it. As the only means Of realizing
this demand, we declare that the peo-
pie who get only small share Of
what they produce (teh working elass),
should peaceably, at the ballot box,
take possession Of the government and
convert this and of trusts, capitalists,
oppression, tyrrany, "bull pens"
child-murder, graft-starvation for the
poor and extravagant luxury for the
rich II into cooperative common
wealth.
In the campaign recently closed, the
two old parties stood for the same
principles, there was practically no
difference in their platforms, they
were both pledged to the moneyed in
terests, or as we say, the capitalist
class.
As a majority we would put all our
principles into operation; but as a mi.
nority we favor all measures for the
benefit of the working class and such
as will lead to the establishment of
the cooperative commonwealth.
We therefore favor the following
measures:
Municipal Ownership.
Municipal ownership of street rail.
ways, lighting plants, water works, ice
houses, coal and wood yards and such
other industries as are necessary to
the life of our citizens.
The establishment of a free city
hospital.
The establishment of public play
grounds and city park.
The establishment of a free labor
and employment bureau.
The establishment of all useful
works and extension of public func-
tions so as to give work to the unem-
ployed.
Abolition Of contract labor on city
work.
Rigid enforcement of all labor and
factory inspection laws, and laws for
the protection of women and minors
Citizenship.
Equal civil and political rights for
men and women.
The socialist. when in office, shall
always and everywhere, until the pres
ent system of wage slavery is utterly
abolished, make the answer to this
question his guiding rue Of conduct;
"Will this legislation advance the in.
terest of the working class and aid
the workers in their class struggle
against capitalism If il does, the so.
rialist party is for IL; if it does not,
the socialist party is absolutely op.
posed to it,"
Warning.
But in advocating these measures We
warn the working class against the So
called public ownership parties and
planks in old party platforms in ia.
vor of public or municipal ownership
Of certain utilities. Let the worker
beware. These parties and planks
spring from dishonest designs, caleu-
lated TO catch and better fool the un-
wary.
Aldermen are the officers TO be
elected this year in Helena and the
following are candidates;
First ward-Louis Arnold.
, Fourth ward-Albert Westlund
Fifth ward-E. Thetge.
Sixth ward-I r. Eidell.
: Seventh ward-John Wandelt.
The city central committee was au-
: thorized IN apnoint candidatea for