Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-08-29

I'm Idaho
ROuSing Meetings Are Held All Over
ldahO-SOCialiSt Sentiment
On the Increase


feels discouraged over the apparent
lack of results, but such wholehearted
work in the line of a mighty truth
that must be brought home to the
ignorant and laundering toilers, that
are exploited because of their iguor-
anee, is never lost. Slowly, the tide
of the worlds activities is diverted
into the channels that mean higher
civilization and comfort for the hu-
man race.
Over on the barren hillside was the
cottage where Haywood used to live,
and from which he carried his help
less wife to get breath Of fresh air
in the evening after his work was
done. All the old friends speak Of
what hard worker he was, and how,
from all his sickness and expense on
workingman's wage and the conse-
quent poverty, he did most of the
housework also. The girls were small,
the wife was disabled. But they said
Haywood lived up TO his misfortunss
like a giant. He was always fearless
and aggressive in union work, and was
a member of Local Silver City when
chosen as the secretary of the feder-
alton.
At Delamar.
On the 10Th 1 took the stage again
for Delamar. This is a mining camp
miles beyond Silver. Comrades FL
wod and Rideriquez made the meeting
here a great success.
The next morning l took stage at s,
o clock, rode through the clouds Of
dust to the railroad, and at Midnight
| got in to Pocatella. Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday nighss most successful
meetings were held at this point, the
whole square about the corner where
we were speaking being filed with
crowd of over 400 people. The To-
cal was recognized with ten mem.
bers. Comrade Mahoney said the un.
dercurrent surging through the work
ing class and now rising to the sur
face was most astonishing TO him.
POcatella has been one of those dead
places so far as any class spirit was
concerned. This is all the more le-
plorable as il is railroad center and
the machine shops are here. But when
the Haywood train came through the
place was transformed. Five thousand
people were at the train to receive the
citizen distinguished for his sorrows
and his wrongs. The machinists' un-
ion conducted the proceedings. As the
train pulled in the band struck up
its inspiring burst of welcome. Hay.
wood was led from the train and roars
Of cheers. He had little Henrietta
under his arm. Both were trembling
as with an ague. The chairman
mounted him upon baggage truck,
and he there addressed that thronging
crowd, and then all those working men
and women filed by and shook the
| hands of this working class brand
snatched from the burning. Flowers
were carried into the car where Mrs.
Haywood was until the coach was a
bower Of beauty. And all this came
from place where the working class
seem to have no more idea of their
wrongs and exploitation than the
mules that are battered about the
streets. But "the throb of the under
tow" is rising to the surface and will
yet swell into the mighty revolution
from the degradation that labor en-.
dures today.
Idaho Fails Alive.
Wednesday morning l reached Ida.
hO Falls, and was most gcnially en-
tertained in the comfortable and
homclike domicilc of Comrades Mr..
and Mrs H. X. Clark This little homo
has been and is the Gibraltar of So
cialism in Idaho Falls II has with
stood the storms even OF Civic League
jingoisn ms led by the wcathcrcock
| trimmer, DIR. Reesor DR.. Reesor had
started as conspicuous socialist IN
Idaho Falls for many years till the
office itch epidemic got hold Of him,
and he devoted his time 10 explaining
TO many well meaning but poorly post.
ed socialists how much good be- could
do if he were only elected TO the city
council. So he worked up Civic
League, got himself and another mis-
guided socialist, Bradley, by name
elected, and forthwith proceeded 10
be a shining example Of government