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Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-12-03
TWENTY YEARS AGO

Ia his paper, 'L'Union des Travail
leurs' published in Chartered, Pa
Comrade Louis GoaZiou publishes the
Following coincidence.
During my stay in Chicago (as a
delegate 10 the recent Socialist couVen-
Uon) / roomed at the Revere house
This hotel is situated opposite the
Cook county criminal court building,
where. II years ago. the trial of the
chicago anarchists tok place, the jail
where they passed the long months of
imprisonment. and the Jail yard where
tn" hanging took place Nov. IL, 1887.
III was In Parlor A of the Revere
nous" where tn" jury, selected by the
capitalists, decided that the victims of
that monstrous consplracy were
guilty.
III was also I'm the same Parlor A of
IN" ReN"r" house where. In June, 1898.
tn" Social-Dem ncratic Party was
Formed. which later became the pres,
Ont Socialist Party
when nj tho 1SgS 'Suctal-Drmoc-.
racy' conv ntion the so-called colon
lists and thu political action advocates
separated, IN. latter adjourned TO the
Brrcrr hous" and there formed the.
Social-D"mocratic Party"
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-12-03
THE MOVEMENT IN POLAND

The Polish Socialistlc Party has Just
sustained two severe disasters. lts
principal secret printing-press has
been seized i'm Warsaw 10y the police
after "A search of two years ana nan,
The press was situated I'm the cellar
of a suite of offices occupied by u
commercial agency, and was concealed
behind a tall row of enormous cases
which formed an lmproVlsed wall
For more than two years thls press
dad printed many numbers OF the
party's organs, and two compositors
were actually at work when they were
surprised by the police, who would
ncvr have discovered the hiding place
but for an informcr. The tehtral
Committee of the party has already
issued a secretly printed announce
mcnt TO the effect that Its Journals
will continue 10 appear as before
The other disaster is that week ago
one of the members of the "Flghung
Council" Joseph Mizicki. who had
boon very active as n militant rcNolu-
tionRry, was sentenced to death ana
executed I'm the Warsaw Citadel
Previous 20 he revolution OF 1905 he
had served various periods OF Inn
prisonmont and had been exiled, but
returned 10 take part In the struggle,
and was seized after being wounded.
He escaped from the hospital In which
he was confined, but was eventually
betrayed into the hands OF the secret
police.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-12-03
ARE WE OR ARE WE NOT?
BY clyde j. Wright.

From now on we may expect 10 hear
the lions roar;-to see the fur fly.
You can't fool the apitallsts.-thcy
are trained politicians-wc have got
To produce the goods
Material is not goods" In the po-
litical sense. and the quicker we
thoroughly understand the necessity
of getting our mountain of inactive
material together the better for u.s.
The capitalists look upon the So
clallsts much as they would look up
on an uncagcd lion;-kill II. II II
cant bo killed then re-cago IT, At any
rate Il is case OF fight"
There In no doubt but that the cap
ltalists are scared; but like coward
rat they have turned az bay TO fight
with death;-you know this means
fight"
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-12-03

Almost all tn" cl,yrrost writer's ana
dranatists of the day arr either So
ciallsts or men oT SoCihlistic sympathy.
Bernard Shaw and ~. q. Wells in
England; Maxim Gurky, the Russian:
Jack London and Upton Sinclair. in
America, are prominent representa-
tiN"s of this typ.. They ar, an active,
ardent spirits Bernard shaw has lust
sent letter t1 Moses Harmon in Los
Angeles, declaring that the lattcr's
imprisonment for publishmcnt high
minded articles IN IN" sex question is
"mnnstrous" ana confirmation OF his
previous statement that We are IA
nation OF Villagers H. G.. Wells i'm
spite OF adyic" from his literary
friends to 'lsay" Socialism alone" in
sists on writing Socialist hooks and
making Socialist speeches and mixing
I'm Socialist politics. Gorky, from last
accounts, Is working himself 10 death
I'm Italy Jack London has been lee
turing on Socialism In tho Sandwich
Islands. And Upton Sinclair has late
~ completed new novel, the second
of n triology of which The Mrtropo-
lis is the first. dealing with the mad
world of Wall Street.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-12-03
Division of Wealth,

Six per cent Of the people. the cap
italist class, own SO per cent OF the
wealth, 10 per cent, the middle class
own is per cent, and rs per cent, the
working class. own 3 per cent of the
wealth. The latter's share consists
of houses and personal property, such
as furniture. etc.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-12-03
Persons Engaged In GainruI occupa.
lions,

There are twonty-ninc million sew
onty-four thousand ono hundred and
seventeen persons at least 10 years
of age engaged In Eainrul occupations
in the United Statcs.-Pugo "a. 'Ab-
stract Twelfth Census"
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-12-03
y RAYS

When a capitalist newspaper speaks
III ol grhftlng corporations, that H.
merely another way of saying that the
pupASh"r has gone on strike for
higher brib.s
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-12-03

IN" man Of advanced views is al
ways charged with being a pcssimist
ana calamity howler. because he
crltCls's tn" things that now are and
ttlls IN" truth about them, Phillips
Brooks said that such man Is a true
optimist That this is indeed trup 1
tNidrnc"d by the fact that i'm order To
work Tor something advanced. one
must hay" faith In humanity and In
the tuturr. The consrrvative-tbp
fellow who hangs back and acts as a
dead weight upon society-is the gem
uinc prssimist, H. Is the man who
lacks ialth in the human race and in
It's destiny IL" II the man who has no
contld' nc" in the ultimate triumph of
right over wrong.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-12-03

T this momcnt-not a man less than
ONE MILLION. Truly. "A grand
army II this world is ever TO see one.
To this grand army of a million
Socialists. half OF whom voted the So
cialist ticket and half of whom would
have voted the Socialist ticket had
they been allowed to vote al all. must
be added not less than one million
men who today are Socialists In every
way but onr. They have fair un-
dcrstanding of Socialism. they believe
In II, and they agree with Il. But
they have not Yet learned Socialist
Party tactics-th"y expect To get So
cialism without voting for IL. or
they vote old party tickets to get
something now or in the hope of
getting half loaf. This million
men who today are Socialists, bat do
not vote the Socialist ticket constitute
the first rrscrNr of the grand army.
Every day sees more and more of
them enlightened, and as their hopes
Of better things from the old parties
are doomed tu disappointment they
will of necessity see the correctness
of the Socialist Party tactics and vote
the Socialist ticket.
Some Of these Socialists who are
not Socialist voters can get their cdu-
cation only In the painful school Of
experience. Their lessons may come
I'm the form OF a strike or lockout or
Injunction. or IL may be that the
Big Stick, the militia or tn" polio" are
To b. their teachers. Others will!
learn from hearing u Socialist speech
or reading n Socialist leHfl't or book
In any event their ultimate destination
is the Socialist party.
To sum up. the present strength of
the Socialist movement In the United
States may u" started as follows:
Socialists. but disfranchisrd 500, 600
Socialist voters. rs........... 100000
Socialists, hut who do not
vote the ticket. t..,..,.. 100000
Socialists, women.
2.0OO. 0OO
This is "A very conservative state
mrnt at the Socialist strength. TN
qucstiunably IL is greater than less
IL is difficult Ia make AN 'stimat" of
the strength of Socialism among
women. But il is considerable. II is
growing rapidly. and shall take the
subject up az a later time.
Today two million mon in thr
United States are Socialists They
constitut" the grand army, IL is not
AN army uf murder. rapinr and dcs-
tructiun. IL is a grand army OF peace
and progress ui 'nlighttnmrnt and
brotherhood, IL H. AN army that
grows With rvrry hour Of the day.
II is an army that has never known
defeat and never will, IL is an army
that with tn" certainty of the rising
and setting of tn" sun shall march
with r'sistlcss force from one victory
10 another Till every man. woman and
child on earth shall bc free.
Truly. grand army IL the world is
ever to see one. DO you belong To
that grand army, reader? II not.
why not? No man has ever been
drafted into this army. But yolun-
tccrs are always wanted. Better On
list reader.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-12-03

Dcbs' vote IN AllcEhnny county Pa
Is 1880 as against 1877 I'm 1904.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-12-03

The West Virginia vote Is reported
at 5000 as against 1913 in 1904.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-12-03

pcbs' vote in Michigan, 10000.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-15
VOX sPOPULI

Editor Pensacola journal:
Referring to the statement made 10
the city council in opposition to the
much needed sprinklinS of TarraSona
street, ask any school child who mas
ever engaged in the laudable pursuit
of making mud pies-and who has not?
how much water 1t requires to con-
vert the dry material TO the cCnSlS-
tency of a mud puddle? And he or
she will tell you that the mere dry
material there is, the more water IT
will take Now in view OF the many
and various efforts that have been
made from time to time unsuccessful
~ 10 have Tarragona street Sprlnkled,
does it strike any one as likely that
it would De finally decided to give US
more water than we needed, or enough
TO convert the street into j mud pud-
die or are We to understand that the
drivers of the city Spr1nkIerS are lii
capable of knowing when the streets
are sufficiently Sprinkled? Granting
this to be so, / think | voice the ssn-
timent of all the patient and long-suf-
fering residents and business men OF
this street when | say, give us the
mud puddle in preference TO the roll
ing, heaving mass of corruption ard
festive disease germs which enFelop
Us daily from sun up to sun down.
Yesterdays edition OF The Journal
contained some suggestions by spe-
cfalist in that line in the way OF beau
tifying our cities. He emphasized the
necessity of first cleaning up the
streets. Pensacola has occasionally
made spasmodic illusions TO the city
Beautiful" but if the worthy profess
sor in decentralization -excuse
Ia FraEr
minutes contemplate TarragoEa street,
the street leading to the depot. the
street which first meets the eye OF
every visitor to our city, and was told
that for few hundred years Pensa-
cola had been soldering over the
problem of the CITY Beautiful, he
| would have sixteen kinds Of fits in as
many minutes.
i overheard a conversation at the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-15
NEW WATERWAYS PRESI-
DENT.
Columbus, Ga, Ledger.

In the selection Of Senator-elect
Duncan L. Fletcher. OF Florida, as
read of the rewly organized Missis-
sinni 10 Atlantic Inland Waterway AS
sociation the future success of that
organization is assured. Mr.. Fletcher
is one Of the ablest, most conseTya-
tive and successful business men in
the south and few are better posted
or the proposed inland waterway con-
nectiOns.
Senator Fletcher is thoroughly OPP
fimistic He expresses every conf
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-15
WHAT NIGHT RIDERlSM
REALLY MEANS.
Memphis Commercial-Appeal.


The night riders have gone into
the peanut patch. A few nights ago.
near the point where the Nashville
g Chattanooga railroad crosses the
Tennessee river, because a peanut
grower had sold few SACK, he was
taken away from his home by crowd
of masked men and his wife was also
invited to come with him and see him
whipped.
After several switch ends were
worn out on the unfortunate man, the
butts were given to him to take nome
to serve "a a gentle reminder that ne
should observe the rules laid down
by the peanut pool.
It seems that the peanut growers
MANY of tlem, have pooled their
crops for an advance in price. The
man who was whipped had been Ill
during the summer and was sore
pres ed for food to sustain himself
and his little family. He sold part
of his crop Of peanuts in order TO
avoid want. For this he was taken
cut and whipped almost to death.
Thus they will run along unless
some one is arrested. and the next
ming we hear of will be barn burn
ing. and then we will have murder
or two in the peanut region.
We have had mucn crying ioi III
dividual and personal liberty during
the last several months We have
had many preachments in favor OF
every man being permitted to pursue
health. happiness and prosperity IN
any method he chose.
We have had much talk about the
right of property and the right OF
every man to do what ne pleaseS
with MS pronerty, but never in the
/ history of this country have people
! gone so far away as they are now
! from the fact that it is mans priv
Iege TO do what he pleases with his
hands. to sell his labor where IL
/ nIeases him and when it pleases him.
I ard TO sell the fruits of his toll for 2
greater or a less price, just as he sees
( fit.
! e the man who murdered Captain
Rankin. or if two or three men tooR
part in his murder, are caught, are
tried, are convicted, and hanged
there will be halt all along the line
in barn burning, gin posting. whipping
. q peanut growers and other people Dy
those who. for the most part, refuse
TO work themselves and do not wan
others to profit by their own TOLL
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-15

Waen trains are wrecked and peo-
pie are slaughtered like sheep in the
shambles by the "act of God or the
public enemy" as the law put it, We
must accept the result with what
philosophy we may; but when, as in
the case of the collision near New
Orleans a few days ago the death of
eleven people is directly traceable to
the negligence of the railroad people
themselves the law should step in
and the guilty should be punished with
a severity that viii tend TO discour-
age such criminal negligence in tae
future. When We consider that hum
dreds of thousands of human lives
every day in this country are com
pletely at the mercy of train crews.
dispatchers and others connected
with the roads, upon whose fidelity
to duty these lives depend, it is easy
to understand why extraordinary dill
gence and unceasing vigilance should
be exacted, and the law can hardly be
too severe in holding the railroad peo-
pie to their full measure of RESPONSE.
bility. Discharging a negligent EN-
ploye through whose negligence a life
has been lost does not meet the re
quirements OF the case. The grand
jury should get busy in every such
instance.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-15

depot yesterday and the following is
a fragment:
And this is called the Deep Water
City Anyone would think they didn
have any water within a hundred
miles of them TO look at that street
(Pcintirg 70 Tarragona street,. The
balance of the conversation | am try
ing 10 forget.
There are towns in the South pos
seSsing no advantages whatever as
compared to those Of this city, and
whose ages do not reach as many
months as Pensacola has seen years
but which have passed her With Ions
strides by force of energy and a pro
gressive spirit, leaving our city still
wrapped in her swaddllng clothes
Wake up, for Heavens sake, wake up
Cease sucking your thumbs, and take
Dourishment in the way Of ''prOSres
sive breakfast food"
ARTHTTR w DAVIS
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-15

formed by reading the specific details
and broad and enlightened generaliza-
ton of Mr.. Waterman on the subject.
The people of this part of the South,
and none more than those of Pensa-
cola will subserVe their own inter
ests by giving full support and encour-
agement to the Mississippi TO the At
lantic Inland Waterways association
and to such men as President Duncan
U. Fletcher, Secretary Leland ] Hen,
derson and Treasurer G. A Waterman
who are working most unsetfishly to
promote and further the purposes OF
the association.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-15
, Q Q O Q Q Q Q O Q q O q 4
Mr., BRYAN IN DEFEAT.
. >>>> >>>>><<
Mobile Register,

No doubt Mr.. Bryan expected sue
cess in his campaign, The reception
according him in all parts of the Unit
ed States was enough to have infiu-
enced his judgment. All Zhe leaders
of the party were of like opinion.
They did not admit tne possibility OF
failure. The ambition TO occupy the
highest office in the land and TO I'M
press his policies upon the legislation
and administration of the republic
was a worthy one, and had been stead
lily in view for many years. At last
it seemed to Mr.. Bryan 10 be about
to be gratified. He was assured OF
victory. How great then must have
been his disappointment when IT was
quickly borne in upon him that in
stead of victory defeat was his por-
ton, Yet now firmly did this header
of men take defeat! No sign of dis
aDpointment, no word of impatience,
| Or grief, escaped him. The account
says that he remained cheerful amid
/ the wreck of his hopes, laughed and
joked good naturedly. and declared
| that there was much that he could do
as private citizen. One is not re-
duired TO hold office in order to do
! big things he said, although admit
ting that he had thought that the
presidency offered the opportunity for
doing a certain work that he wanted
| TO do.
4 smaller man would have set about
| finding excuses for failure or laying
blame upon those who did not respond
to his appeal as he had thought they
would do; but not so with Mr.. Bryan
He takes his medicine" as an Amer
lean should. aid rebounds from defea,
with a determination to find his patti
of usefulness, even If 1t De not ina
path that he has hitherto followed
Whatever happens to him he may be
assured that he carries with him the
respect that the public owes to one
who fought well, and who knew how
to maet disaster with a serene mind
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-15

Mr.. G. Grosvenor Dave, secretary of
the Montgomery Commercial club,
was a prominent figure N the late
waterways convention at Columbus,
Ga, and upon his return TO Montgom-
cry, he said, among other things, to
Journal reporter of that city:
The best thing that can say for
the convention in Columbus, is that
it would have paid every leading man
of Montgomery TO have been there.
Not only because the speeches were
of a peculiarly high grade and eX-
ceedingly interesting, but because
those speeches in their entirety would
nave prompted the men of Montgom-
cry to a realization that the interests
of all the gulf states are one and that
there is a vital connection between
ease Of shipment along the gulf coast
and prosperity of every. inland city
having nayigable connection with the
coast"
II the Columbus convention lad
done nothing more it would have
abundantly justified itself in simply
promoting a general realization of
the unity of interest among all the
gulf states in the inland waterways
enterprise and of the vital Importance
of that enterprise TO the material de-
velopment and prosperity of those
states. Good progress was made TO
that end by the convention, and if
this association keeps -iamnering
away public sentiment will in due
time respond to its demands, state
and congressional aid will both De
given, and we shall get the connected
chain of inland waterways navigabie
from oud IN end
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-15

dence in the ability of the American
people to connect the Mississippi with
the Atlantic and even the great lakes
with the gulf by the proposed inland
waterway routes, both of which are
perfectly feasible in his opinion.
In his address before the conyen-
ton here, Mr.. Fletcher said:
ITO the pessimist and the iudiffer-
net, We point out that the gross re-
ceipts of the government in 1891,
amounted to s4,770,000, and the ex-
peniitures were $3,79O,OOO- Tbs ap-
Dropriations by congress within, 3he
last three years, from the public Tehs-
ury. have been, in round figureSp So
428. 900, OOO-a sum absolutely beyond
the calculations of our forefathers,
and which gives an idea of the growth
OF this country
THE value OF real estate and per
sonal property in the United States
in 1860 was s16.159, 616,05S, and in
1906 it was, in round figures. $117.-
0O0. 900, 900. The assessed value of ali
property in the Southern states in
1860 was $500. 190.S18. and in 1906,
it was $S,025, 050,4 96, while the true
value of Southern property is now
more than $40, 600. 100000, nearly S.
900 ,O00, 900 greater than the total value
Ol oil tUe ia bAO Nouh-
try in 1860 and the increase in value
since 1900 has been at the rate of So
000, 900 a day"
The newly elected president quoted
many additional figures to picture the
marvellous growth and development of
the country in general and the South
in particular, all of which tended to
show that the demands for the pro
posed inland waterway connections
were imperative and that they were
entirely feasible.
1t was evident that Mr.. Fletcher
had made a careful and thorough
study of the situation, which fact pc
cuiarly fits him for the Office OF presi-
dent and the Ledger congratulates
the association on its happy selection.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-15

1t is honor to whom honor is due
to say taat the Gainesville Sun is
one of the best daily papers of its
class anywhere in this country. north
or south. The Sun has a delightful
temperament, Just the kind to give
the maximum of usefulness in a
community, and in every issue there
is something worth reading even by
the critical and blase exchange edi
tor, who has to traverse weary wastes
of printed matter before he can find
something available for his purposes
and that stirs his jaded senses to ap
probation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-15

The name of William j. Bryan Is
again at the head of the Commoner as
editor and proprietor. During the cam.
paign Mr.. Bryan's brother Charles was
in charge. Mr.. Bryan, is a great edi
tor-certainly not in the feverish, high
pressure, modern way-but as a calm
clear, dispassionate commentator or
current events and wise counsellor OIL
large questions which require large
thinking.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-15

The whole country and especially
his professional brothers, will deeply
sympathize with Henry Watterson. the
brilliant and beloved editor of the
Louisville Courier-Journal in the grea
sorrow that has come upon him in the
terrible death of his son in New
York city resulting from al accident
al fall from his office window to the
pavement 10 feet below.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-15

Our friend, Bro. Mccormack of the
TO compensate the people of Live Oak
and surrounding country for the sus,
pension of the Daily Democrat dur.
ing his absence from the state b. Civ
ing them the best weekly paper they
ever had. The Suwannee Democrat is
top-notcher in the weekly journal
ism of Florida
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-15

The example of Judge Maxwell of
the Duval county criminal court in
recently dealing with convicted pis-
tOl toter is worth remembering by
other judges in the state. He didn't
assess a fine as is usual and which
the fellow stood ready 70 pay, but
sent him TO the chain gang for four
months. When he serves out that
time he will probably have a healthy
prejudice against pistoltoting that
will do him good. ..