Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-05-23

| The drunken Collins OF the - NILSSON
lian," in his zeal for Congressman
Joey, has broken out in a new place,
Boise, and is making several different
kinds of a fool Of himself over the re.
ports Of the Western Federation trials
Here is the way he is ladling out the
dope at present for the credulous read.
ers of his great Joe Dixon graft en-.
lightener:
Important labor organs have cor
respondents here. Among the noted
socialists are Herman F. Titus of Seat.
tie and Ida Crouch Hazlett of Helena
They and four other tear starters com
prise those journalists who, convinced
in their own minds that the defendants
are innocent, are bitter against those
who would rather hear the evidence
before passing upon the guilt or limo.
cence of the accused.
Titus and Mrs. Hazlett came to
Boise prepared TO make the street cor
ner speeches and were much ineensed
when the mayor prohibited them from
so doing. They claim that this is an
other blow at labor by capital. These
people have been eating at Chinese
restaurant since here, though the claim
is made they are abundantly supplied
with means"
What purports to be a statement of
facts in this communication from the
editorial pervert representing the
of utterly foundationless fahrications
In the first place Mrs. Hazlett held
street meetings for eight nights in
Boise preceding the election day. The
lectures were attended by large and
respectful crowds of seven OF eight
hundred people, and Mrs. Hazlett was
not molested in any shape or form
The addresses were educational in
character, advised peace, justice and
Investigation and contained nothing
whatever of an imfamatory or violent
character. They were remarkably well
commented on throughout the city.
Ii was on the advice of Mrs. IIaz
lett, in which the rest of the socialists
now present in Boise, concurred, that
street meetings were deemed inadvis
able during the trial. This was in
order that no excuse might be given
that the socialists were in any way
contributing to any disturbance that
might occur in Boiss from any cause.
Debs wrote from Girard, Kansas,
expressing the same opinion. Dr. Titus
had no idea whatever of speaking in
Boise, and the mayor never attempted
to prohibit anybody from doing so. as
no one had any such intention. He
simply had quiet talk with DIR. Titus,
asking him IL the rumor were true that
he was to speak. Upon being informed
that it was absolutely without foun-
dation and the socialists did not favor
street meetings at this time, the inter
view terminated very amicably and
with mutual courtesy.
So far as eating at Chinese hop
joints is concerned, the socialists are
gathered principally at a very modest
boarding house where number of com
mercial college girls also make their
home during the school sessions. As
for DIR. Titus, his wife is with him,
and they are engaged in light house
keeping.
This one lurid account of things that
are not so Is most excellent sample
of the means and methods that the ca
pitalist press is taking to throw utter
ly unfounded odium upon the socialists,
and prejudice the public against Hay.
wood as a socialist. Even a cursory
investigation will show upon which
side are the lies, the misrepresenta-
tions, the innammatory and the defam
atory assertions.
But not content with such baseless
ISLANDERS in the issue OF May 12 or May
IA, this conscienceless tool for what
ever the capitalist class demands of
him, comes out with another irrespons
ible TRADE against Mrs. Hazlett. This
time the accusation is made that "she
has circulated pamphlet condemning
the prosecution, especially Senator
Borah and Governor Gooding, the Ian
guage Of which is violent, profane and
obscure"
AS Mrs. Hazlett never wrote q pam.