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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-05-01

cyone, par une claire matinee, vim
raser File; n baleini6re sen de
tacha qui appo1ta Jean LIE Tianel
au Grand Bout.
L'oficier await lair hilare. [
embrassa ga mere ct son frere dc
lait. ct, CONNIE Pierre le PLEASANT
TAFT sur sa bonne humeur ct sa bel
lie sant6, le lieutenant de vaisseau
avec force r6ticences, fit conna1tre
l'heureuse nouvelle. II se ma1ierai
au printemps.
Meme q sa mere, il men voulut
pas dire advantage. Pierre c1ut
pouvoir etre indiscret.
All Ga! dit.il, tn permettras
bien quelques questions?
-Questionne.
Ellie est ]eune?
-Uui.
-Jolie?
} Adorable.
-Bonne?
CONNIE les enges.
Richie?
I'm million.
-Hurrah! fit l'ancien officer de
marine. La mere await raison:
jean, tn es ne coif6. Ce fut tout
pour &c jour. Naturellement, la
veuve await dome son c%onsente-
nent, les yeux ferm6s. Ellie etait
trop sure que le cholx de son fills
serait excellent.
Vint mars avec ses giboul6es ct
les fougueuees tempetes de la Man
che. Pendant dix jours, Pierre ne
put sortir d. Pilot. Personne ny
aborda, pas meme le We'll Yvon
Toulfrsn. Go fure1t dix jours d'i-
solement absolu, CONNIE 81, par un
arret myst6rieux du destin, Pierre
e1t etc s6par6 du reste du monde,
condam1 6 d la RELOCATION perp6tu-
ellie.
An bout de dix jours, Ill Sc tit
une 6claircie. Pierre await hate de
sc d6laoser du repos.
II poussa au large ct gagna
Granville. A mi chemin, il rencen.
ira lie cotre du rere Yvon. Celui- CT
accoeta aussit0t.
Pierre await pris une habitude,
celIe de faire adresser 50 CORES
pondance chez lie haigneur. De
este maniere, il 6tait sur de ma
voir aucun accroc d son courier,
soft quill allat le prendre lui.me.
me, soft que le vielllard le lui por-
tat au Grand Bout.
C'est ~pr6cis6ment pour lui re-
METRE le "paquet" que Toulfran
venait de racoster en- chemin. II
n'6tait pas fourni, lie paquet. Une
liasse de journaux ct deux ]ettres,
une pour Nine La T1anek, l'autre
pour lui-m6me.
Pierre s'empressa de d6chlrer
l'enveloppe. La lettre 6tait de Jean.
lie lieutenant de %vaisseau, cette
fois, levait toutes les voiles- II re-
v6lait le nom, Page, lie lieu de nais-
sance, lhonorabllit6, la fortune de
sa fanc6e. Et, en- parcourant la
m1ssive, Pierre ne put SO d6fendre
dune vive emotion. Son frAre de
lait 6pousait Mile Antoinette Du.
marroy, la jolie, la REUSE Antoinet,
to gull await admir6e, quelques
mois plus tot, aux cot6s de Jean
ne de Buheil.
LIE marriage n'aurait lieu qu'au
mois de mai gu de JUN. Mails 40
res ct d6ja l'heureu x officer tenalt
d &c que son ami commit mieux la
future Nine LIE Tianek II l'invi-
TAFT, en- consequence, d venir passer
avec lui les fetes de Palues chez
SEES futures beaux~parents, venus
tout EXPIRES, pour la Circumstance
de Paris q Dnard.
II va cans dire que Nine LIE Ii
anek devalt etre de la fete. Jear
n'6tait pas homme a rougir de la
coiffe de dentelles de sa mere.
MATS Ia mere, ellie, cut qualque re-
pugnance q accomplir &c voeu.
Dams sa p1euse solicitude, ellie
%craIgnait. par sa presence de "fai-
re du tort q son fills. II fallut let
tire sur ~lettre, sans parler DIES ms
tances de Pierre, pour la e6cider q
l'accompagner.
CA continper)
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-05-01

&c sont ses propres. paroles,
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-05-01
ECHO DE L'OUEST

dams ses m6ditatlons.. mornes, une
lente exhaIatlon de douleurs s'ele-
va. Alors settlement, Pierre Sc rap
pela que depuis quatre mols ellie
6tait partie. Puts la gertrude du
NAL lui donna la force de revlgre
tous les details. A lheure meme
de cette d6solation de luj, homme
Jeanne devait etre heureuse, en-
dormie quelque part sous les cares.
dun amour partag6. Ellie etait ma
rice.
Eft lie marin. lie h6ros des 6piques
contre la mort, sentit con front
brilliant sous les baisers du vent de
mer. II cut CONNIE une d6faillance,
So main chercha un appui; sc tote
toucha une pierre froide. II pleu-
ra, ct la larme lou1de devint I'm
diamant de glace. Soudain, il Sc
redre ssa, il cut CONNIE le senti-
ment dun sacrilege. La pierre u
laquelle 6tait tomb6e sa larme, &C.
TAFT la pierre du tombeau de Pau
tire. Sur le cercueil de Ia morte, il
venait dc pleurer la vivante.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-09-03
PLENTY or MUSIC FOR RED
SPECIAL"

Indications are that the volunteer
band that will accompany the social
list RED Special" on It's campaign tour
from coast 10 coast will be one of the
greatest musical organizations of its
kind. Socialists take a high place in
music and some of the greatest band
men In America are members of the
working class party. When ]. NJ.
Barnes. national secretary. sent out
his call for musicians he did not know
what he would find. Instantly re-
sponses came from all parts OF the
United States. Heads of musical col
lcges. band leaders and music teach
ers of the first magnitude offered their
services.
The uniforms will be ordered cspe-
cially for this trip and will be OF mill
tary cut with few decorations Con-
certs win be given at all stops and
at the big evening meetings in large
cities the band will head the parade
TO the halls where mass meetings of
working men will be held. In each
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-09-03

city the meeting TO be addressed by
Debs, the locomotive fireman who is
running for president, will be turned
into mass meeting OF workers who
are idle or getting but a scant living
out OF their labor.
One Of the big jobs presented TO the
national headquarters in preparing
for the flight OF the RED Special" T"
was decorating the cars. A dozen ex-
pert decorating companies bid on the
job and II was given at last TO a social
list, who has had long experience in
the work. One OF his first Jobs was
decorating the cars for Grover Cleve-
land in his first campaign. Cleveland
was elected and the decorator became
a socialist soon after.
The banners and pictures had TO be
well made to stand a thirty thousand
mile trip.
Thousands of railroad men and fac
tory workers will see the train in it's
travels and the banners are expected
to call their attention to the fact that
one of them, a man with a union card,
wants to be president to make life
richer for them-the workers.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-09-03

child In the support OF the family. to
provide for adequate compensation
out OF the school funds, also that food
and clothing shall be provided from
the same source. in cases where the
parents OF the children are unable to
provide such needs.
We also favor legislation to extend
our educational system by providing
for secondary education in the form
OF science classes for working men
and women. supported out of school
funds and same TO be under the direc-
tIon of the state university.
We submit to the working class that
the call or the republican politicians
to stand pat means to go on as we
are, the pretense OF the democratic
party to cater to popular rule is fatu-
Gus and founded on no economic or
philosophic basis and that both parties
have equally turned their powers
against labor in its Industrial contest.
Their past history informs the in
telligent working man that he has
nothing to expect from any party
whose men and measures he cannot
control.
And we call upon the toilers of Mon
tana to repudiate the empty promises
Of the old parties and support the So
cialist party directed by the working
class, financed by the working class
and founded upon the universal de-
mand Of the final abolition of private
ownership OF Industries and the SUBJ
stituion of cooperative industry.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-09-03
ONLY ALTERNATIVE.

Capitalist society is based on the
production of commodities for sale.
Socialist society would be based on
IN" production of products for use.
To produce for sales necessitates the
private ownership of tools OF produc--
ton.
public ownership OF the tools of pro-
duction.
Production for sale reduces all
things 10 the dead level OF being mcr-
chandis"; alI things become the en-
bodimpnt Of price. To be realized hon
or, Justice, charity, religion. law. poll
ties all take the form OF goods. and
possess "a prize,
People who are not the owners OF
goods. either chattcl or real. and who
dislike to traffic in the other things.
are forced by necessity to make mer-
chandisc of themselves. and hence
they go To the private owners of the
tools of production and oftor for sale
their labor power; its prize 10 hide its
nature is called wages. That is capt.
talism.
Production for use clevutcs all
things 10 the use OF man; all things
become means TO human happiness,
honor, justice. charity. religion. law
and politics would be elevated above
the turmoil Of the market. The work
ers would no longer be compelled to p
make merchandise OF themselves; alls
would have access TO the publicly
owned tools or production and become
the private owners OF the full value OF
their labor That Is socialism
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-09-03
CAMPAIGN LIE Nailed.
REV. DUNCAN TRADUCED
Candidate for Congress Grossly Slandered by
Bryan PIugger.

icism aimed at their organization. I
stated that had been told that wages
there were s3.40 per day; but that
since January the men had averaged
only two days work per week, and
that after the charges for rent, for
light for water and for powder were
deducted by the employing company
there was left only a wretched pitt
tance which by no means represented
the value of their labors. And I
passed from that to the socialist posi-
ton that such facts showed, instead
OF community of interest, conflict Of
interest between the workers who
create the values and the capitalists
who receive the values; that the only
way to establish a geneuine commun-
ity of interest would be to give to the
laborers the fun value of their toll;
that however high the wage which
unions may exact. it does not repre-
sent the full value of the product of
their toll. and that, therefore, the
working men should act politically
through the working-class party-the
socialist party, and vote as they strike
for the economic interest of their
class: vote, in short, to own and ad-
minister themselves the tools Of
production and thus secure for them
selves not a part (wages), but the fulE
value of their labor.
trust you will give space to this
correction OF the misstatement of my
remarks at Billings. 1 am sure it is
founded on no deliberate misrepresen-
tation, but wholly on some persons
misconception of my meaning. 1 am
glad of this opportunity to correct the
misconception and to affirm my un-
qualified endorsement Of the princi-
pie Of unionism, while at the same
time expire ssing my socialist faith that
not until the class-consciousness of
the workers expresses itself by voting
for socialism, clecting socialists to
political office, and thoroughly demo-
cratizing our national industries, will
tn" class struggle between the exploit
ers and the exploited be ended and
genuine community Of interest be es-
tabllshcd between capital and labor.
when this is done there will be real
community of interest because then
tho workers, the creators of the cap
ital Of industry. will be the capitalists,
the owners and administrators of the
means of industry and the recipients
ers create. Yours very truly,
LEWIS J. DUNCAN.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-09-03
Butte, Mont, Sept. 2.
To the Montana News.


To the Montana News.
am informed there is in circulation
a statement to the effect that at the
recent convention of the Montana
Federation OF Labor 1 said that the
condition of the coal miners in wyo-
ming were no better during the past
year than they had been before they
were organized in the United Mine
Workers.
made no such statement and the
circulation of the report does me an
injustice. IL is evidently founded on a
misconception of my meaning in what
/ actually did say. / have no copy of
my remarks on that occasion and no
stenographic report of what I actual
ly said, but ! know well the point 1
was making and the truth I wished
to convey. certainly did not say
anything which would mean that the
miners union had been of no benefit
to the Wyoming miners. My we'll
founded conviction that labor organ
izations are benefit to the laborers,
and my hearty sympathy with and
faith in labor organizations and the
principle OF unionism would forbid me
to give utterance to any words tending
to discredit the efficiency of the
United Mine Workers, or any other la
Dor organization.
What occurred at the Billings meet
ing was this, viz, the speaker imme-
diately preceding me had taken the
position that there is a community of
interest today between labor and cap
ital; a community of interest in the
nature of a partnership. That. at any
rate, is what I understood a portion
of his remarks to mean. II is teach
ing which, as socialist, ] abhor. 1t
is citizens alliance doctrine which
/ believe to be false and TO tend to
the confusion of the minds of many
workingmcn. And when l was ac-
corded the privilege of speaking / at
tackled that doctrine. / tried TO show
that so long as the tools are owned
and controlled by capitalists the work
ers are dependent upon the owning
class for an opportunity to live, and
that in tho division Of the products of
their labor tho workers are i'm no re-
spect treated as partners, or as having
community Of interest with the cap
italists. / cited the wretched condi-
tion of the coal miners in Wyoming
merely as evidence 10 support my
position and not in the least as a crit
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-09-03
FARMERS ARE READY.

utsire I" acc'htuat" statement
maze py 'or'raue ernest uhtermah
IN ms I'tt'r "i acceptance OF the NOM
lhatloh to-th" posltl"h OF governor OF
Idaho'
Comfad" tnt"rmaah says among
other good thinss: vast numbers OF
smail farmers ana small business peo-
pie IN our state have already been
pushed To thepolnt where they are
compelled to work Tor wages during
a part OF each year IN order TO earn
IN this way that Dare hNins which
their iarm and the business no longer
supplies There Is no reform meas
ure' Whatever u may De- that would
still bring relief to these people. They,
like the wageworking prolctariat' cam
not expect any Improvement of their
lot by any other means but complete
overthrow OF capitalism. They know
It. They accept the full socialist plat
form
Thls exactly talhes with my own
experience ana observation. nave
felt and urged that u Is the duty or
the socialist party to make special
efforts to reach this class of farmers
ana business men, Tor the bosoms OF
these people still swell with pride In
the belief that they are people OF
worth, and this Is an element that is
almost absent In some OF the despair
ing wageworkers' This pride has
dynamic power and We need just such
power I do not claim that all farm
ers have this feeling, nor that many
of them are yet conscious OF the trend
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-09-03
CONVENTION NOTES.

The Montana state socialist con-
vention was marked by greater ac-
tivity OF interest among the members
than has ever been exhibited before
in the state. The word was heard on
every side. This is the best conven-
tion we ever held"
The fine new headquarters were
delight and a pride to all who saw
them. At this writing "wednesday
we are as yet unable TO get hold of
the secrctary's report, and no exact
account Of the proceedings is avail
able.
The social feature of the convention
was more flourishing than Montana
has ever seen. Local Helena made a
conspicuous success of all the enter
tainments provided. All of them paid
their way financially. The Stokes
meeting at the auditorium was one
Of great satisfaction TO all those at
tending. J. Phelps Stokes Is a man
trained with the training that capital
list means give. and giving the result
of his experience and his training
and his entire manhood to the only
cause that viii lift labor from its
curs" OF degradation. His talk is
smooth. flowing, intelligent, replcte
with facts. IL is directed entirely to
the non-socialist. He talks of what
hr knows He is giving his life that
the world may be better. and this no.
bility of purpose draws one to the
speaker with the warmth Of per-
sonaI regard. The highest encomiums
Of the speaker were heard on every
hand.
The banquet Wednesday night was
"A pleasant social event that relieved
all our minds from the strain of the
convention. The tables were attrac-
lively decorated with sweet peas and
asters. The speeches made entertain
ed the company well until almost mid
night They were good rousing So
cialist speeches that put heart and
courage into all who We're present
Comrades Harrock, Duncan, Selby,
McDermott. Hazlett. Comerford, Ma
bic and others were the speakers.
Secretary Graham welcomed the
guests and Alderman Ambrose acted
as toastmaster.
The hall Thursday night was equal
~ successful with the events of the
for the music.
The convention was in session three
days. adJourning Friday noon.
The majority of the delegates were
completely new to convention work.
and the experience obtained will prove
valuable to the party in future years
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-09-03
WRITER WILL REPORT
"RED SPECIAL"

sengers. but a first class day coach
will be procided.
Those who intend to join the So
cialist train" said Otto McFeeley,
correspondent for the Workers Press
association, should give the names
of the party TO their local newspapers
and also call the editors attention to
special events OF the day in their
towns"
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-09-03
"RED SPECIAL" WILL TAKE PAS.
SENCERS

Arrangements have been made Ia
carry several hundred passengers
every day on the Red Special Any
person can get on the train at any
stop and ride as fnr as he likes nt the
rate OF two cents mile. Meals will
cost fifty cents each. There will be
no sleeping car borths for these pas
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-09-03

The socialist party of Montana In
convention assembled declares It's en-
dorsement of and adherence to the
declaration of principles and the
platform adopted by the socialist
marty at its last national convention.
The rapid development of the eapl-
talist system of industry and the at
tendant Capitalization of the neces-
sary means of production and distri-
button of wealth into great Industrial
financial and commercial trusts, whleh
has bccn going on In recent years has
brought 10 pass political condition
of oligarchic rule and class legisla-
ton inimical To the interests of the
workers and wealth producers OF the
nation, and has made 1t imperative
for the attainment Of free institutions
that these should unite in class con-
scious effort to change this condition
and to place the ruling power In the
hands of the working class.
Tho remedy proposed by the social
list party is founded on the law oil
political development. that govern
ment follows property. The way TO
give the rule to the people Is to make
IL possible for the people to own
property.
The socialist party is the only party
today which offers a practical meas
ure by which this desirable end shall
be attained: to-wit.. by the abolition
or capitalist exploitation of the work.
ers under the profit system and the
guarantee 10 the industrial workers
the fun value of the product OF their
labor. through the ownership by the
workers of the capital of production
AS measures calculated to strength
en- the working class in its struggle Tor
the realization of this ultimate and
desirable aim, we advocate the ioi-
lowing principles and measures;
The unprecedented condition of un-
employed workers, due to capitaiisuc
exploitation and mismanagement. has
subjected large numbers OF the work
ing class To the additional injustice OF
being treated by municipal and state
authorities as vagrants and criminals,
The socialist party denounces every
method of dealing with unemployed
workers which tends To humiliate
them and 10 make still more difficult
the securing OF honorable employ
ment..
We demand the abolition OF the
chain gang labor in public streets and
roads, and that the state and NUM-
cipai authorities institute useful pup
lie works which shall give employ
ment TO the unemployed, such labor TO
be paid the prevailing union wages.
The state OF Montana owns today
32 900 square miles of coal lands and
two developed coal mines from whieh
IL has derived revenue, under lease
amounting TO 5000 per year. one OF
these mines has not been worked py
the lessee during the past two years
We demand that no more OF said coal
lands be leased. but that as soon as
practicable the state shall develop and
work said properties for the purpose
of providing useful labor to the coal
miners. and OF furnishing fuel to the
citizens OF the state at the actual cost
of production and transportation.
II Is notorious fact that those
who are wealthy and therefore best
able To bear the burdens OF taxation
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-09-03
MONTANA SOCIALIST
n PARTY PLATFORM
Endorses National PIatfOrm--DecIares Against
InjunctiOns.

ELECTORS.
J.F. MABIE, of Fridiey.
HIRAM PLATT, OF Como.
HERMAN sCHNICK, OF Lewistown.
CONGRESSMAN.
LEWIS j. DUNCAN, Butte.
GOVERNOR.
HARRY HAZELToN, Sfissoula.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
r. l.. BUZZELL, Conrad.
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF SUPREME
COURT.
HI MAURY, Butte.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
A. r. HARVEY, Lewistown.
STATE TREASURER.
JOHN POWERS, Billings.
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
c. III. PARR, Butte.
STATE AUDITOR.
PAUL III. CASTLE, Hamilton.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC IN
STRUCTION.
ETA LYONS, Fridley
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
Six-Year Term-A. ID. PEUGH,
Livingston.
Four-Year Term-JESSE GIL
CHREST. Billings.
Two-Year Term-JOE BILLINGS,
Flathead County.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-09-03
CAMPAIGN SLANDER.

Democratic newspapers are circu-
lating a story to the effect that the
Red Special is paid for by the re-
publican party. This campaign lie is
nailed by the national officers of the
socialist party. Every cent of money
spent for the Debs train came from
socialists in small contributions. Some
donations were a nickel, some ten
cents and some larger.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-09-03
Federation Puzzles Him.

II am unable to understand the tac-
tics of the American Federation OF La
bor," he said. 'Thc lessons learned
In England and other countries show
the way, and they should be studied
here"
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-09-03

mot in vain the distance beacons,
Forward, forward let us range,
Let the old world spin forever.
Down the ringing groove OF
change" -Tcnnyson.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-09-03

To show that the fund all came
from workers who are socialists or
sympathizers, the socialist party has
issued pamphlet giving the name and
address Of every person or organiza-
ton that contributed to the fund.
This always is done by the party and
the books and files are open for the
inspection of any one interested.
Socialists i'm towns where papers
say the republicans supplied the RED
Special funds are taking up the
falsehood and denying IL so effectively
that it probably will be- killed before
lony
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-09-03
Europe Orders Pictures.

Pictures OF the campaign train have
been ordered by periodicals in every
country of Europe and Japan and the
Philippines. In Europe. where social
ism is the largest political factor, the
eyes OF both rulers and workers are on
America, which has Jagged somewhat
In the revolutionary movement.
Lapworth is member Of organized
labor and prominent member Of the
British Newspaper Writers union,
which numbers 1900 of the most ex-
pert newspaper editorial workers in
England. lie is a member of the in
dependent labor party and a speaker
and writer of note I'm his native land.
He has been working with Robert
Hunter for the past few months. and
is confident the working class of this
country soon is To- make as rapid
strides as have distinguished England
in the last few years.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-09-03
Information for Everyone.

Those desiring to know where the
money came from may find out by
enclosing a stamp and a request to ].
NJ. Barnes. national secretary OF the
sociallrt party, $50 Washington street