Montana news., 1907-10-31


trouble with Local Spokane, the Kalis-
pell comrades had wired that they
would put up any kind of bond that
was required, and State Secretary Gra-
ham wrote to Spokane that word had
come in from all over Montana urg-
ing Mrs. Hazlett to continue the fight
and offering funds to support her in
it, and that on no account would Mrs.
Hazlett be allowed to be worsted by
capitalist police court in her fight in
defense of free speech.
The attorneys then wrote that Spo-
kaue had failed to put up the surety
bond, that some Of the comrades were
arranging a personal bond. In the
meantime Mr.. Kerby's money is secur-
ing the case for an appeal.
Mr.. Kerby is the young lawyer, not
socialist, who was listening to Mrs.
Hazlett speak the night she was ar
rested, and went to the police station
and was there with an offer to put
up her bond when she was brought in.
The other attorney on the case is Q.
G. Pence, a member of Local Spokane,
who has proven true blue in spite Of
the reealcitrant actions Of his local.
Judge Richardson, a man reputed to
be one of the best lawyers in the
state of Washington, was first en-
gagged on the case. He is a member
of Local Spokane and Mr.. Lichty, q
real estate man worth $4,000, in
whose handsome Offices the focal holds
its meetings, took Mrs. Hazlett to him
with the assurance that he could furn-
ish any legal aid that was required.
He very pleasantly consented to do
this, but after the locals curious ac-
tion very coldly refused to have any
thing to do with the case. Conse-
quently Mrs. Hazlett has been obliged
to pay even her lawyers so far, having
advanced $50 for this purpose already.
Judge Richardson, Lichty, Tamblin
and Mangold, all of whom have oppos-
ed assistance to Mrs. Hazlett, are In
an irrigation project with Walter
Thomas Mills. Liehty who is the DOM
inant spirit in Local Spokane, has per
sistently and insultingly objected to
Mrs. Hazlett's appealing her case,
even accusing her of seeking motor
iety and saying that the money neces-
sary for the appeal could be better
spent in literature.
This money subject has been one of
the most contemplate phases of the
action of Local Spokane, especially
since Ms. Hazlett's lectures there
netted them from $40 to $50 over ex-
penses. One could have thought that
this money at least would have been
advanced to her when the local lay
down on the case and refused to help
her.
The state secretary of Washington
Richard Kreuger, having learned Of
the action of Local Spokane, wrote
Mrs. Hazlett for information regard
ing the matter, that it might be laid
before the state executive committee.
The Monana State Cabinet held a
meeting. and after rehearsing the
facts involved, requested the Washing
ton committee to sustain Mrs. Hazlett
in her fight for free speech against the
Spokane authorities. On Ocs, 20th
the ssatq executive committee of
Washington held its meeting with the
following result, as forwarded by the
state secretary:
"a communication from the Mon.
tana State Cabinet asking the Wash
ington State committee to assist Com.
Hazlett in her appeal to a higher court
! from decision of the police court in
the city of Spokane, in which court
| she was fined for the exercise of her
, constitutional right of free speech
. while speaking under the auspices OF
D Local Spokane, and that local having
3 deserted her, the following motion wa,
s passed: That the Washington stat,
. committee give its moral support tC
a Ida Crouch Hazlett in her fight agains
. the police authorities of Spokane, an,
> endorse her action appealing her cas-,
:, in an effort to establish our constitu
y tional right Of free speech.
\, Mrs. Hazlett will be under the ne
Z cessity of raising the money for tn
Il trial, as the Washington organization
It is engaged in a strenuous battle wit
;. the authorities in Seattle. This is tn
a business of the socialist movemen,
g the watchdog of the liberties Of tn
8, working class, to see that they retail
5, those already wrung from the tyrann
]. Of the ages by constitutional enact
ment, as well as to fight the battl
d for complete political and industris
s. emancipation. iff
10 This is why IL has been necessar
G. to call for a defense fund in orde
"a that emergency may be met.