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Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-10-29
LABOR sCORNs BRYAN AND len.
DORSES DERS.

The rank and file of the American
Federation of Labor continues to pro-
test against the arbitrary action of
President Gompers and the executive
council In plcdging the labor vote to
the democratic party Since Gompcrs
himself has abolished his old rule OF
"no politics I'm the union" many labor
organizations have retalintcd and en-
dorsed the Socialist party.
Cignrmakcrs' Union No. 1i9 of
Brooklyn, at its last meeting, adopted
the following resolution:
Whereas, Tho Executive Council
of tho \, Il, of IT, IL endcnvorlng to
secure the support of organized labor
for the candidates OF the democratic
party. and
whereas, The democratic party Is
financed and managed 10y capitalists
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-10-29
REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPERS INCITE.
TO ARSON

The followSng extract from tn,
editorial columns of capitalistlC
organ shows the lengths To which
safe and sane" republican papers OF
Wisconsin are going In order to retain
their strangle hold on the producing
class. IL an editorial likc'this should
appear in a socialist paper II would
be dcbarred from the mails and the
editor railroaded to prison. But the
epublicans-likc the king-can do no
wrong, This vile attack ls aimed
primarily at the socialists of Wiscon-
sin who are known in that state as So
cinl democrats:
To arms republicans Work in
every town In Wisconsin for mon who
are not afraid OF firearms, blood OF
dead bodies, To preserve peace and
quiet, avoid conflict OF parties. to
prevent the administration Of public
affairs from falling into the hands Of
such obnoxious mon as James q. Jon-
kins, Every republican In Wisconsin
should go armed 10 the polls next cleo
tlon day. Tho grain stacks, houses
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-10-29
WONDERFUL MEETINGS.

Pittsburg's reception Of. the Red
Special was different from that in
other cities In some phases. II was
about the greatest political demonstra-
tion the city ever had experienced. IL
certainly was the greatest demonstra-
ton of labor organized as a political
party To capture the machinery of
government.
When capitalist newspapers of
Pittsburg report that 10000 persons
were unable 10 get into the three
meetings i'm that city we must believe
them. The demonstration was OF such
magnitude that IL forced the newspa-
pcrs to publish the news. IL could
not be made light of. ignored nor mis-
represented
when the Red Special entered the
city the noise of the engines in the
train shed were drowned in a mighty
shout. \ look forward showed the
station To be completely filled. No one
could get i'm or out. The band disem-
barkcd at once and led parade To the
BiJou thcater. Probably five thousand
persons fllrd the stret behind the
band from one. building to the other.
and packed thus the procession moved.
otto McFecly of Workers Press AS
sociation.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-10-29
DEPARTED SOCIALIST STATES
MAN HONORED,

October is, at Mount Pleasant SEM
mary. a monument was unveiled TO
the memory of Frederick O. MacCart-
ney, who died on May 25. 1903. while
serving his fourth term as member
OF the Massachusetts legislature. A
bust of MaeCartney crowns the monu-
ment. a beautiful tribute modelled by
Robert T. Paine, as a gift James A.
Carey, fellow member of MacCartney
i'm the legislature. and candidate for
governor of Massachusetts, was un-
able to be present on account of his
campaign engagements. but the eu-
logy h" delivered at the funeral was
read.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-10-29
SOCIALIST VICTORY PRACTICAL
IY ASSURED

The reports of the socialist can
yassers I'm the Ninth congressional dis
trict. New York. confirm the general
belief that Morris Hilquit Will go To
congress.
The reports show that a revolution
Is taking place i'm the political beliefs
of the enrolled voters The rule OF
Tammany hall. with it's record of
graft and plunder and its Indifference
To the terrible condition Of the unem-
ployed. is bringing the natural result.
The working men are ready to vote
the socialist ticket.
The revolt is not confined To the
Russian and Jewish quarters of the
district. In the Italian quarters there
is a general descrtion Of Tammany
hall. Many Of the first voters among
the Italian workers have Joined the
Socialist party and are working for it's
candidates with a willingness that is
not surpassed by the veterans in the
Even I'm the Irish quar-
ters, where Tammany has thrived on
the traditions of the Irish people. the
old prejudicos are giving way to the
appeals Of socialist speak,
ers.
In the meantime, the workers in
the campaign are working every mo-
ment they have Ia spare. The posi-
bility of a socialist victory Is a suifi-
cient spur for them. But when the
show that the possibility
can be- easily transformed into reality
the fact calls forth all the effort
cure larger and freer life for them
call.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-10-29

and barns "f active democrats should
be burned and their wives outraged,
that they may understand that the re-
publican party Is the one that is bound
To rule, and the one they should vote
for or keep their vile carcasses away
from tn" pools. If they still persist i'm
voting for Jenkins. meet on the road,
In the bush, on the hill, or anywhere
and shoot everyone Of those base cow
ards and agitatOrs II they are too
strong in any locality and succeed In
putting their opposition votes In the
ballot box, break open the box and
tear I'm shrrds their discord- breathing
ballots. Burn them, THIS is tho time
for effective work. yellow fever viii
not catch among Morrison democrats.
so we must use less nois" and more
effective means. Tho ugitntors most
bc put down, uud whoever opposes us
does so az his peril, Republicans. be
at the polls ana don't stop for "a little
blood. That which mad" tho solid
south will mako the solid north--For
du Lac. Wis. Commonwealth
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-10-29

Iand th,ir agents. and therefore can
not represent the workers; therefore
h" Il
Resolved. That Cigarmakcrs' Union
No. lis repudiates the action of the
executive council of the A. l.. of l..
and give our endorsement and support
To the party of the working class
the Socialist party"
: New York city lodge No. 4O5 OF the
International Association Of Machin-
lists, ut its meeting on October 2,
adopted resolutions in which the ex-
periences of the British workingmen
are told. That they succeeded polit-
ically only after they have broken
away from capitalist parties.
The resolution condemns the demo-
cratic party for its part in breaking
the strike of the Alabama miners and
Gompers for supporting a democratic
lawyer two years ago as a candidate
for congress from Maine district
when member of the Machinists
union was running for the same office
on the socialist ticket
The union finally resolves TO follow
in the footsteps or our English broth
crs, casting aside all so-calIed
Friends of labor" parties and To
work for the party OF the working
class-thr Socialist party.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-10-29
Socialists Make
Triurnphant Campaign
Red Special Increases as Candidates abor Re-
pudiates Gompers and Denounces Attempt to
Obstruct Socialist Rallies

they are constantly I'm motion. speak
ing several times nightly.
II is this element of picturesqueness
that lends excitement to an otherwise
tame campaign year. II is unique To
see crowds Of men and women cheer
ing and going into ecstacy over prin-
ciplcs and names where one never
hears mentioned the "all powerful
Taft and Bryan.
The socialists OF the Ninth congress
sional district swear that II they do
nothing else. they will wipe out the
claim are manipulated by Tammany.-
Daily call.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-10-29
SOCIALIST CAMPAIGN FULL OF
EXCITEMENT.

Who SAYS there is no excitement
OYER politics this year? Nothing do
ing in Wall street, or in Broadway?
Let the uptown New Yorker take a
tourney to the lower east side and
ne will lind things secthing Monday.
college men and women have declared
for the socialist candidates and have
volunteered their services I'm the dirty
pool Of politics" which they declare
will he cleanscd by socialism.
All night i'm the various head
quarters. lively sight greets the eye.
A dense and fervent crowd listens to
the speechcs. while a typwrltcr ticks
mcrrily. Behind barricade OF tables
are the unpaid bosses who carry on
the campaign.
sitting on tables are pretty girls
reading off long printed lists of voters
10 others and directing envelopes.
while "A young draughtsman Is work
Ing ON map OF the crooked district.
Outside are the liaring lights the
crowds and the push carts. a woman
sells papers and candy till midnight,
her sleeping baby beside her. ALL
realize their condition, and clamor for
n real representative" In that far-oH
visionary United States congress,
So congcstcd are the people Of the
lower east side that the assembly dis
trlcts seem very near together. Speak
rush from place to plaes. The llill-
otit headquarters are at $40 Grand
street; those of Stokes at 311 Grand
street; those OF Hunter Mt 293 East
Third street
Not that tho candidates ever can be
,,und there. Like the Irlshmnn's flea,
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-10-29

that holds the multitude in the fetters
OF bondage.
II Is To De hoped that when the
votes are counted In Montana on the.
night Of the ed Of November the cor
poratiuns will have been taught the
lesson that tbe manhood and indc-
pend"nc" OF the citizenship OF Butte
cannot be- insulted with impunity by
a blood-raw conspiracy.-M Miners Mag
azinr
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-10-29
BRYAN QUESTIONED ON COMER'S
ACTION.
Cincinnati Socialists Call Democratic Leader
to Account for Position on Labor.
Fails to Answer Questions.

Cincinnati is seething over the
-Hearst-Taft-F Faroker fight,
and the socialists have proposed some
red hot questions f@ William Jcn-
nings Bryan, calling on him to answer
how he, a friend of the workingman,
can tolerate the actions of Governor
Conner OF Alabama in breaking the
strike 81 the miners at Birmingham.
Other questions relate to the demo-
cratic party's betrayal OF labor to
Haskells citizens alliance and to the
direct similarity of its actions To those
of the republican party taken against
labor.
The questions were submitted to
Bryan at recent meeting, but he in
sisted that they were out of order and
that the socialists ought 10 hire a hall
for their own meetings. out of cour-
tesy to Bryan's evident embarrass-
ment. the socialists present did not
press the matter.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-10-29
THE RED SPECIAL" At JOHN
BROWNS TOMB.


on October IL at . o'clock the Red
Special" carrying Eugene " Debs,
stopped at Harper's Ferry. where John
Brown made his stand against chattel
slavery. The sun was shining brightly
and the temperature was benign.
Fifty townsfolk, including a few me-
groes. gathered about. The band that
had made music twice across the con-
tinent in the great effort to call the
working class To the standard that
means their own freedom offered the
"Marseillaise,
Eugene v. Debs. candidate for pres
ident on the socialist ticket. stepped
to the modest monument on the site
OF Browns fort.
should stop here" he said. "and that
we should do honor to John Brown.
He was the greatest liberator this
country has known. lie dared the
whole world and gave up his life for
freedom. What more can a man do?
"A few years ago ! came and fol-
lowed his steps from this spot all the
the way to Charleston. where he was
hanged. All the way he was the only
calm person. Kindly, sweetiy and not
even hating those who bounded him
he went his way"
Even members of the poor de-
spised race for which he had done so
much were taught to despise him and
TO look upon him as something vile.
on that bright. sunny morning when
he was led upon the gallows, he
smiled. This is a beautiful country.
ne said. 4 had not seen II before
He went to his death without fear,
knowing his work was done.
AS I stand here on this spot where
ne stood I can see him as he stood
her. with a rifle in his hand. and his
sons on the ground, one dead and the
other dying. What "A heroic figure he
is as see him. Even today he Is not
appreciated But as time goes on the
log tnat OnSthTts lil' aNNS VI
heroic men will be swept away and he
will stand as one of the most heroic
figures in the world. Emerson has
said: The time will come when John
Brown will have made the gallows as
glorious as Jesus Christ made the
cross. The Socialist party is carrying
on the work begun by John Brown
The candidate of the working class
seemed inspired in the presence Of the
mountains and river made historic by |
the great libcrator. Beautiful sen
tences came rapidly and easily. For
tunately, they all were taken down by
a stenographer, and probably VIII be
published I'm the socialist press.
The members of the national cam
paign party gave three cheers for John
Brown and for the emancipation OF
the wage slaves OF today.-otto Nc
Facly of Workers Press Association.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-10-29
\ BLOOD-RAw CONSPIRACY.

The officials of the Northern Pacific
Railway company are charged with
conspiracy. i'm defeating the mission
of the Red Special through Mon
tana. The special train that was paid
for hy the members of the Socialist
party and those i'm sympathy with the
cause Of socialism, was side-tracked
whenever the semblance of a pretext
offered itself. when the Red Special
entered Montana from Idaho, gravel
trains, freight trains, cattle trains and
construction trains had the right of
way, and as result. Debs and his
associates were unable to reach the
points advertised. to speak To- the as
s"mbled thousands.
Ii is reported that in Butte. Mon
tana. thousands OF people remained up
until the late hours Of the night. in
the hope that the delayed Red Spe-
ciaf' might reach the great copper
camp OF the northwest I'm time for the
thousands To- listen to the magic eIo-
quencc of the man. who is preaching
the gospel of liberty to laboring hu-
manity. II is boldly asserted and not
denied, that n telegram was forwarded
from Butte to the officials of the
Northern Pacific Railway company. to
find some excuse in delaying the train
that carried the missionaries of the
Socialist party The excuse was found,
the train was sidctracked and the peo-
pie OF Butte, Montana. were denied
the pleasure Of hearing man whose
eloquent tongue speaks for the down
troddon and oppressed OF an cnslaved
world.
IL is charged that the Amaigamated
Copper company is responsible for the
telegram that exercised such influence
over the officials of the Northern Pa
ciiic Railway company.
Had TAFT Of injunction infamy been
billed To speak n Butte, Montana, and
was being borne toward Montana's
great mining metropolis. II is safe to
presume. that no gravel. cattle or con-
struction trains. would be permitted to
Impede the progress of the standard
bearer of the republican party. Had
the peerless Bryan been speeding
towards the ''unterrihcd and unwash-
cd" the officials of the Northern Pa
citc Railway company and the Anal
Copper company. would see
to II. that the train arrived on sched-
ule time.
But Debs. the man who fought the
despotism of Pullman and was sent
to jail by a federal Judge, because he
refused 10 bend the knee I'm obedience
To the dictum of a court. was an "un-
desirable citizen and must not be per-
mitted To speak To the brawny sons
and daughters Of toll. who are looked |
upon as tho special property of stan
lard oil.
II Is probable that t'lr officials of |
the Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany and the Am0lgamatcd are con- |
themselves over the sue |
'ess OF the conspiracy that resulted In |
The failure of Debs 60 speak Ia the |
voters of Montana. but IL is such |
1rnzcn viilainy on the part of corpora
lions, that II awakening the people to
.hc infamy OF the murdcrous system
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-10-29
4 FEW QUESTIONS.

II may help us to gather up tho
argument, II We ask and answer few
qu' u'stiuns:
l. Should the trades unions go
into politics? NO. NO. They are
not organized for il. and soon would
not 70" organized for anything else II
they attempted it. Neither into city.
state or national politics. have the
trades unions as such any business to
enter. Their place is i'm the economic
field.
:. should socialists join the trades
unions? Yes. if there Is one i'm their
craft. 10y all means. No intelligent
socialist will want to be a scab.
,. Should trdaes union men join
the socialist party? When a trades
unionist understands the limitations
of his union, and realizes that he must
hav" the help of the majority of the
workers in order to get what he needs,
NOTHING ON EARTH CAN KEEP
HIM OUT OF THE SOCIALIST
PARTY. But. until he understands
socialism. at least To this extent. and
believes in il. let him stay where he
belongs.
4. Should the Socialist party en-
doris" the trade unions? The Social
list party must approve. and does ap-
prove, of every honest and effective
means used for improving the lot OF
any part of the working class. But
the Socialist party as such, can have
nothing To say as Ia the tactics. meth
ods Of organization or methods OF
work of the trades unions; any more
than the trades unions can Interfere
J a the working OF the organization of
he Socialist party.
8. Should the trades unions en-
dorsc the Socialist party? Resolu-
tions are written on paper. and may
easily be destroyed or forgotten. That
is not what is required. But the re-
cognition of the power of the work
ing class on the political field, and the |
knowledge Of what To do with that |
power, constitutcs-nnt party politics |
labor politics, and is a proper sub |
ject for the discussion of working men
who have their bread To get and their |
homes to protect. So long as the dis
,ussion even of this means party |
politics and tends to divide the un-
on, IL is wiser to "cut IL out" and |
teep the union alive; for bread and
1utter is first.
The trades union on the economic
'ide, and the Socialist party on the
political side, constitute the two main
wings of the working class army.
Their members are the same men;
hey have q common enemy; they have
he same interests and the same dan
'ers. and must fight the same battle
Workingmen, of all crafts. organ
zrd and unorganized: United in the
'nly movement which represents all
our interests, and your interests only.
The Socialist party is the hand
which must grasp the political power
or the men who do the work of the
r. Gaylord
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-10-29
TRANSFERS UNION OF BUTTE
ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS.

Whereas, John MacGinniss. who is
"A candidate for the Legislature, and Is
now seeking the suffrage of the labor
ing people and the union men OF Sill
yer Bow county; and
Whereas. when the Butte Transfers
union and the Butte Workingmen's $
union were introducing their union
wage scale March !, 1906. John Mac
tiinniss. who was Mayor of Butte.
locked out all our members for twenty
days, this lockout ordered by Mayor
MacGinniss including all the teams,
teamsters, and laborers working for
the city, numbering about sixty men i'm
all, and for twenty days the good
people of Butte being compelled tu
walk in the mud and slush. 10y reason
of the MacGlnniss opposition To our
a1rc dollar and fifty cent scale:
Therefore, be- IL resolved. by the
Buttc Transfers union and the Butte
Workingmen's union. that We consider
MacGinniss wholly unworthy OF our
confidence and support; and be IL
further
Resolved. that We earnestly request
all workers. union mon, friends and
supporters of organized labor. to re-
member that John MacGinniss was the
arch enemy of our three dollar and
titty cent wage scale and that he aCtiN-
ly opposed IL.
~ ''itSiN'iNAi'h W hlS hpphHlllbH'
W. kindly ask YOU to carefully omit
his name from the list Of your friends
on election day.
Resolved. that this resolution De re-
corded on the minutes OF this meeting
and copy given tu the press
by order Of Butte Transfers Union.
w. j, HAYES
MACK HENDRICKS.
A, -. ALLERTON
by order OF Butte Workingmpn's
Union.
HARVEY 4. SWITIlN
l., E. ZANER.
A. NJ JENNINGS
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-10-29

Tn" Prosperity league got busted in
New York last sunday being overcome
10y quantity of socialism administer
I'd 10y Eugene Debs
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-10-29

Socialism Is awakening with roar.
and the shadow Of capitalism is re-
tlecting its misery in the poverty of
the masses.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-10-29

OF tn" most notorious and bigoted un.
ion haters in America?
'siNth-Is il not a fact that Mr..
Haskell. as president Of the Citizens
allianc" of Muskogee, sent out over his
own signature a resolution calling
upon members Of the Business Mems
alliance tanother union hating asso-
ciation) 10 bind themselves TO dis
criminate against any and all union
men, 10 check the contemplate fam
atictsm Of trade unionism. and to boy
colt all union men?
'seventh-Is it not a fact that the
worst injtActions against organized
labor ever issued by the courts of this
country have come. many of them,
from democratic judges. such as JUS
tice Freeman's injunction against the
International Cigar Makers union, en-.
joining them from even approaching
their employers to seek a peaceable
settlement, and from publishing their
grievances; Justice Bookstaver's in.
junction against the members of the
international Typographical union in
their strike against the New York Sun,
enjoining them from publishing their
side Of the controversy, and Justice
Gildersleeve's injunction against menu
bers of the same union in the Butter
lex case,
What Bryan Vote VIII Mean.
No candid man. whose viewpoint
is that of the interest of the wealth
producers, can study the personnel of
your party without coming to the con-
clusion that every democratic vote
cast at this election will be a vote of
approval of Infamous wrongs done to.
labor 10y that party; a vote of ap-
proval Of the most criminal and cow
ardly silence upon great issues.
Every vote for the democratic
party is a vote for class privilege and
the oppression Of the laborer. quite as
much so as a vote for Mr. Taft and
the republican party. Every demo-
cratic vote is a shout OF approval of
the shameful servitude Of little chill
dr"n i'm the southern mills. to whose
cries YOU and your party are indiffer-
nte. There is no place i'm the demo-
cratic party for men who are looking
and hoping for better and more just
social conditions. All such will find
their rightful place under the banners
Of the Socialist party"
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-10-29
Friend of Haskell?

'Fifth-Is IL not a fact that your in
innate friend. Ex-Governor Haskell.
national treasurer of the democratic
party. was the first president of the
Muskogee Citizens alliance, an organ
ization existing for the sole purpose of
opposing trades unionism and boycott
ting union men. so that every cent
which "A union or member Of a union
gives TO your campaign is sent To one