Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-03-28


the city Of Butte now appears to be
foregone conclusion. The registration
is about 1900, of this it is safe to say
that not more than 600 will vote.
Indifferent and the illegal registered.
In times past illegal voting was sue
cessfully carried on against the social
lists for the reason that the party never
took the trouble to place checkers in
the different wards. This time ener.
getic steps are being taken to weed out
the frau lulent vote and the scoundrels
bid fair TO 20 TO Jail when they try TO
cast their ballots.
With a vote of 500 which will be
divided between three candidates,
Gardner does not count for the reason
that he is campaigning for the repub-
licans in the hope of being appointed
to soft snap.
Accepting three, then, as a divisor,
it will be seen that less than $3.50 will
elect. The socialists cast larger vote
than these figures at last fall e elee.
tion and the socialist vote, unlike the
democrats and republicans, was prse.
tically all inside the city limits.
In addition to the regular socialist
vote the party will poll big dis
gruntled republican and democratic
vote. Independent republicans will
not stand for the Amalgamated candi-
date Corby. Old line democrats will
not stand for Mahoney. The labor
party men do not take Gardner serious
ly and most of them will vote the So
cialist ticket. Aintl-trus democrats
have been trying TO swallow Mahoney
but he has insulted them by his brag
gadocio and they are freely admitting
the election of the socialist ticket.
The prejudice against socialism is
being down rapidly in the present cam
paign. Men who few years ago
damned the socialist movement in
strongest terms are today saying that
many Of the socialist contentious are
well founded and that the Roosevelt
attitude Of today was regarded as the
height of radicalism by the republicans
of a few years ago.
The working class are getting a
better grasp of the situation, they un-
derstand that a socialist mayor if
elected, cannot inaugurate the cooper
ative commonwealth in Butte. They
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socialists would be a more effective
notice 10 the authorities who are try.
ing to hang Meyer, Haywood that the
limit had been reached than would a
cad load of resolutions from communi.
ties than continue TO vote the repub,
lican and democratic tickets The elec.
tion of the socialist ticket cannot be
accepted as a proof of Butte's accept.
ance of socialism but il can be taken
as an evidence that the working class
are waking up to the fact that the So.
cialist party is their party. II can
also be taken as a further evidence
that the community as whole has
gotten over the notion that socialist
rule is mob rule or the triumph OF
greed and injustice.
collective ownership of things col
, lectively used in order that we may
have private ownership of things pri
yately used" is taking the place OF
dividing up" as a definition of so
cialism.
Formerly only working men were
qualified to talk on the principles Of
colleetivism. Now merchants, lawyers
doctors and preachers are beginning
: to wrestle with the subject in hazy
sort OF way IL is true but they ar,
beginning 10 study nevertheless and
such is the power of truth that wher
one once starts to investigate IL he il
doomed to stay with il until he un
derstands and once understanding he
, will sooner or later fall in line.
} The future Of the socialist party
was never so bright as il is today