Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-04-04

owners live by interfering with the
property rights of the workers.
Meyers Constitutional.
stepped out on the broad walk,
and in an adjacent enclosure, with an
ordinary lawn fence, Meyer was taking
his morning walk of two hours in the
fresh air. The wind was sharp, and
he was walking briskly, with his over
coat on. No coercion was in sight ex.
cept guard sat at each end of the
path. ] was glad to see that he was
accorded such human treatment On
asking permission to walk with him
few moments, which was cheerfully
granted. we paced up aud down the
to mo that he looked better and more
vigorous than | had seen him for a
long while. On leaving he asked me
to tell Mrs. Meyer TO keep quiet in
the hospital for n week or more till
she was perfectly well.
Mrs. Meyer Improving.
Having intended to call and ask as
90 Mrs, Meyers condition, walked
over TO ST. Luke's hospital. The ma.
tron told me ! might go up and sec
the patient, and l availed myself of
the opportunity. Mrs. Meyer is doing
nicely, nothing serious the matter what
ever; all she needs is rest and care.
She said she was so glad the papers
stated that she was i'll from an opera
tion, and not broken down from worry
aud anxiety. She said the nurses would
tell her not to worry. when, ms n mat
ter of fact she was not worrying at
all. OF course, she said, there was a
certain uneasiness inseparable from
the long suspense. But she went on
to speak hopefully of how the trial
would soon be over, mud the boys
would be free. "Thcy havn't n thing
against them," she said. "Their in
nocence will be proved without any
trouble. We have nothing TO worry
about
Without wishing 10 cause her an
xiety, ] very lightly touched upon
those inocent champions of the work
ing man s cause, who were SO foully
murdered by legal form in 1857, when
Parsons came back from safety and
gave himself up, feeling confident in
the security of his innocence, but how
innocence availcd nothing when the
disturbers of capitalist security were
to be sacrificed
"Oh, but. she said, "the world is
thirty years further along now. La.
bor is better organized. and cannot
be oppressed 50 openly. We have moth
ing to fear"
How devoutly ! wished that her con
ddcuce might be justified. To those
of ms, however, who know the dark and
bloody history of powers crime aud
cruelty, there is nothing too monstro-
us to he unlocked for
The Power Behind the Law.
In the aftcrnoo Comradr Shonf aud
myself wandered out whore the real
governors of the working class are
the fort nj Boise Boise Post is with.
in stone'st hrow Of the city, TO the
north. You step Off the walks and
through the gates of the barracks.
The place is crowded with troops that
are massed here at the present time.
All the old buildings are full and they
have brought in company after com.
pany until large number Of tents
had to he brought into rcquisition. On
either side of the flag stan heavy eau.
mons are mounted, trained directly on
the Jail. A fifteen barrel gatling gun
stands near, ready for deadly action,
We prowlcd around, sizing up these
instruments Of death,
Verify, Christian prosperity" has
much of which 10 vaunt itself,
The socialist sun is rising. IL is
our only hope.
IDA CRoUCH.HAZLETT.