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

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goal, and that goal at least must not
be confused by counter issues.
The Baby's Curl.
At this point he took a suit ease
from under the table, and handed me
from it large photo of his wife and
two daughters. 1t was the one which
has been widely circulated through the
papers, of the invalid wife propped
up in a chair, with a young daughter
on either side. Pointing to the young
er, Henrietta, he said, "That's the
very incest baby in the country"
He then laid across my hand soft,
clinging auburn curl, tied with dain-
ty heek Of ribbon started to speak, but
checked and turned away. II was the
first hint of the terrible suppressed
undcrcurrent that must be there, /
ever saw him show.
AS 1 looked at the soft bright ten
drills of the helpless tragedy Of that
baby life, and of all babies lives that
find their awakening within the work.
ing class, passed quickly through my
mind. Was this one to be darkened
forever by the memory Of dangling
rope and broken neck of her fathor'
Her artless question-"Are they 60
ing to hang my faSer9"-is now
world famous.
Haywood said, "They a-e making a
great ado about the kidnapping of
the Marvin boy from New Jersey.
The papers throughout the country
have proclaimed Che Nervousness Of
the crime. The president has made
special pronouneement on the subject,
and stated that the crime of kidnap-
naping must be visited with the sew
crest punishment. The governor of the
state has offered every aid to ferret
out the criminals. Now, what | would
like to know is, which is the worst, 10
kidnap children from their parents, or
parents from their childrenG The
children are left in a worse position
without parents to care for them than
parents are, robbed Of their loved
ones"
As this was one of the inexplicable
anomalies Of our beautiful Christian,
capitalist civilization, there was moth
ing to be said on il.
Constantly Guarded.
Theguard, big RasBemur, had been
present during the interview. lie has
been confined with the men also for
over a year and these guards are on
very friendly terms with their noted
prisoners. IL is pleasant to be on
agreeable terms with ones eompan.
ions. But when you know that your
kind and considerate associate carries
an ugly weapon to kill you with in
stantly aud unhesitatingliy the mo-
ment you did not abide by orders, the
pleasure Of the eompanionship must
be considerably mitigated. But "Ras"
is only a part of the machine. Let US
be thankful that he is good part.
7 rose to 60 promising to send some
books and papers. As / passed out
of the doors glanced behind, and the
real horror Of the situation seemed
most overwhelming when saw Hay
wood looking out at me behind those
checkered bars. It is an outrage that
men in pursuance of their legitimate
aud avowed duty, arrested merely on
a conspiracy charge, should be locked
up like felons in this way for over Il
year. II is an insult to humanity and
the working class, and particularly
atrocious when merely a class inter
est is at stake.
Nobody hates n Jail like n socialist,
us only socialist knows that they are
monuments TO the greed and power Of
property interests. They are relics Of
brutality and barbarism with no ne
cessity OF excuse for existence. Our
men are locked up here because they
interfere with the property rights Of
the mine owners, while these mine