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Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-08-20

The Socialist party. In national con-
yention assembled. again declares 1t
self as the party of the working class,
and appeals for the support OF all
all citizens who sympathize with the
great and just cause of labor.
We are at this moment in the midst
of one of those Industrial breakdowns
that periodically paralyze the life OF
the nation. The much-boasted era OF
our national prosperity has been fol-
lowed by one of general misery. Fac
tories, mills and mines are closed;
Millions OF men. ready, willing and
able to provide the nation with all
the necessaries and comforts OF life'
are forced into idleness and starVa-
tion. Within recent times the trusts
and monopolies have attained an
enormous and menacing development
They have acquired the power TO uic-
tate the terms upon which we shall be
allowed TO live, The trusts fix the
price of our bread, meat and sugar,
OF our coal, oil and clothing. OF our
raw material and machinery, OF all
the necessities of life.
The present desperate condlton OF
the workers has been made the OPP
portunity for "A renewed onslaught on
organized labor. The highest courts
of the country have within the liist
wear rendered decision after DECISION
depriying the workers of rights which
they had won by generations Oh
struggle. az.
The attempt to destroy the West
ern Federation of Miners, although
defeated by the solidarity OF organized
labor and the socialist movement, re-
yealed the existence ora far-reachlns
and unscrupulous conspiracy by the
ruling class against the ORGANIZATIONS
of labor.
In their efforts to take the lives OF
the leaders of the miners the con-
spirators violated the state laws ana
the federal constitution I'm manner
seldom equalcd even In country so
completely dominated by the profit
seeking class as is the United states
The congress of the United States
has shown its contempt for the inter-
ests OF labor as plainly and unmistak-
ably as have the other branches of
government. The laws for which the
labor organizations have continually
petItIoned have failed TO pass. Laws
ostensibly enacted for the benefit OF
labor have been distorted against
labor.
The working class of the United
states cannot expect any remedy for
its wrongs from the present ruling
class ,or from the dominant parties.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-08-20
WYOMING HAS GOOD MAN FOR
CONGRESSMAN.
Man Who Will Surely Beat MondeIl..-Sketch
of the Life of James Morgan, Nom.
mated by Socialists.

has not lived in them knows how des-
olate are the coal camps Of the West.
No plat of grass or bed of flowers in
the doOr-yard OF the little shanty
called the home, nor tree for shade.
nor running stream. All bleakness
and desolatioB.
Like Jimmy Morgan, the boys of
the family go into the mines when
they ought to be at school. to exc out
the living wage to buy the necessities
OF life for the little tots or perhaps
for a crippled father or invalid
mother. Perhaps there is no school
to go 10. And yet in such places live
a mighty army of the most useful citi-
zens OF our country. They are the
No braver men ever looked down the
throat of cannon on the field of bat
tie. Morning after morning, the year
round, as soon as the streaks of light
touch the eastern sky, these intrepid
men, taking their lunch pail in one
hand, and their lives in the other. turn,
their backs upon the light of day an1
go down into the caverns of the earth
to delve and dig the coal that warns
the world, that sets a-whirl ten million
wheels and spindles in ten million fac.
tories and mills; that furnishes the
power that hurls mighty trains across
the continent like thunderbolts from
Vulcan's forge. and drives across the
seas the mighty ships of a worlds
commerce. without the miners. the
clock of civilization would stop. indus
try stagnate, commerce cease, society
disintegrate. and mankind revert to.
barbarism.
Yet, what is their reward? How
does society compensate them? With
bare subsistence. What considera-
ton are they accorded in the halls OF
legislation? None How do the judges
treat their widows and orphans when
the Scared and mangled remains of
husband and father are carried from.
the deadly dungeons where they work
to the shacks they call home? With
indifference, IL not scorn, at the bid
ding OF their capitalistic masters. by
directing a verdict for the coal com
pany
The mine-workers of Wyoming this
year are face to face with the oppor-.
tunity OF their lives to make a be-,
ginning to end this condition of
things. viii they seize their oppor-
tunity? VIII you elect one of your,
own men to congress? Will you send
Jimmy Morgan to represent you and
your wives and children at Washing
ton? II you will not, then tear or
the badge you wear and cast it in the
gutter and go home the evening of
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-08-20
PROGRAM.

As measures calculated 20 strength
en- the working class In it's fight for
the realization OF this ultimate aim,
and to increase its power OF resist
ance fRainst capitalist oppression. We
advocate and pledge ourselves anh
our elected officers to the following
program;
General Demands.
I. The Immediate government re-
lief for the unemployed workers by
building schools, by reforesting OF
cut-over and waste lands. by reclama-
ton OF arid tracts and the building Of
canals. and by extending all other
useful public works. All persons en-
pioyed on such works shall he em-
ployed directly by the government
under an eight-hour workday ard at
the prevailing union wages. The gov
ernment shall also loan money TO
st ltcs and municipalities without In
terest for the purpose OF carrying on
public works IL shall contribute to
the funds of labor organizations for
the purpose OF assisting their unem-
ployed members, and shall take such
other measures within its power as
will lessen the widespread misery of
the workers caused by the misrule of
the capitalist class.
2. The collective ownership OF rail-
roads. telegraphs, telephones, steam
ship lines and all other means OF
social transportation and communica-
ton, OF all land.
3. The collective ownership OF all
Industries which are organized on a
national scale and In which competi-
ton has virtually ceased to exist.
4. The extension of the public do
main to include mines, quarries. oil
wells. forests and water power. That
occupancy and use of land be the
sole title to possessing.
s. The scientific reforesting OF tim
ber lands and the reclamation OF
swamp lands. The land SO reforested
or reclaimed to be permanently re-
tained as a part of the public do
main.
6. The absolute freedom Of press.
speech and assemblage.
Industrial Demands.
Z. The Improvement OF the indus
trial conditions of the workers:
ta) By shortening the workday in
keeping with the increased produc-
tiveness of machinery.
Obj BY securing to every worker
a rest period of not less than a day
and a half each week.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-08-20

tc) BY securing a more effective
Inspection OF workshops and factories.
Id BY forbidding the employment
OF children under sixteen years of age.
te) BY forbIdding the interstate
transportation OF the products OF child
inspected factories.
% BY abolishing official charity
and substituting in Its place compul-
sorry Insurance against unemployment,
illness. accidents, invalidism, old age
and death.
Political Demands.
8. The extension OF inheritance
amount OF the bequests and to the
nearness OF kin.
8. A graduated income tax.
10. Unrestricted and equal suf-
frage Tor men and women, and we
pledge ourselves to engage In an ac-
tive campaign In that direction.
IL. The initiative and referendum.
proportional representation and the
right OF recall.
IL. The abolition of the senate.
13. The abolition OF the power
usurped by the supreme court OF the
United States TO pass upon the con-
stitutionalty OF legislation enacted by
congress. National laws to be re-
pealed or abrogated only by an act
ol CohSEcsS Or by rtleTenuuIn OF the
whole people.
IA. The abolition of the veto power
Of the president
is. That the constitution be made
amendable by majority vote.
Is. The enactment of further
measures for general education and
for the conservation OF health. The
bureau OF education to be made a
department The creation OF de-
partment of public health.
II. The separation OF the present
bureau of labor from the department
OF commerce and labor, and the estab-
lishment OF a department of labor.
is. That all judges be elected by
the people for short terms. and that
the power to issue injunctions should
be curbed by immediate legislation.
10. The free administration OF
Justice.
Such measures of relief as we may
be able to force from capitalism are
but a preparation of the workers to
seize the whole powers of government,
In order that they may thereby lay
hold of the whole system of indus
try, and thus come into their rightful
inheritance.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-08-20

For the first time I'm the history of
Wyoming. with an assurance Of sue
cess. the people are to have the chance
to vote for a typical workingman to
represent them in congress
BY a referendum vote of the party,
James Morgan, of Dietz. Sheridan
county. has been nominated for rep
resentative and this vote was unani-
mously ratified by the Socialist state
convention at Rock Springs, June 20.
Our candidate was born in Ohio
November s, 1876. His father and
grandfather were coal miners. Very
early in his life the family removed to
Iowa and thence to Colorado, where
they lived for a number of years at
Coal Creek and Rockwall. In 1886
they moved to Glenrock. Wyoming.
and in 1889 to Hanna, and thence to
Red Lodge, Montana. where the boy.
Jimmy, as he has ever since been
called by his friends and acquaint-
ances. went to work in the coal mines
when a little over Is years of age.
After working there three years, the
family returned to Iowa, where he
worked in the mines of Foster and
What Cheer. In 1894 the family again
came west, where the boy. Jimmy,
worked in the various mines of Mon
tana, Wyoming, Colorado and New
Mexico, until 1902, when he came to
Dietz. then called to Higley, where he
went 10 work in the mines.
April IS. 1908. the first local union
of L. NJ. w. OF a. organized in this
state was started at Dietz and Jimmy
was elected the first local president
and served in that position for eight
cen months. In 1905 he was elected
secretary-treasurer of District No,
20, U. NJ. W. of A, comprising Mon
tana and Wyoming, now including all
the coal mines in both states. He con-
tinued to work In the mines of Dietz
until August of last year, when he
was placed on a salary and now de-
votes his whole time to the organiza-
ton. of which he is the most impor-
tant executive officer. on April l9,
1904. he was married to Miss Anna
Begley, and two sturdy boys bless the
union.
Such Is the life story in brief of our
candidate for congress. James Nor
gan. II is quickly told and is un-
eventful. With the exception of the
record of the past year or two. it is
the simple story of his fellow-workers
in the coal mines of the West. A
story of hard work. of fitting from
place to place. of unemployment, of
homes, so-called, set up and then
abandoned i'm the hope of betterment,
and. Oh, the misery of il all. The
lack of comfort the struggle for bread,
the fear of the future. No man who
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-08-20
WHY A RAILROAD MAN SHOULD
BE A SOCIALIST.

sition, neither do they understand the
difficulties you are often to encounter.
Yet you are compelled TO obey their
commands. which are often unreason-
able and unjust.
They are made your superiors to
wiring from you every cents worth of
labor possible in the least possible
length OF time. and this is the only
consideration for which you are en-
ployed. They cannot appreciate your
faithful efforts or service, for appre-
citation is entirely out of this game.
When you go out, what knowledge
have you that you will have the OPP
portunity to go again? You have
none whatever. This fact is the
scourge of your life. II is the slave
drivers whip which cracks above
your head. day after day, and perhaps
has kept you awake at night
How many times you have worried
that you would lose your job very
soon. And what would you not often
give to know that il was secure. You
speak of this whip as your being
canned" Just canned" that is all.
It's a little word. but what a lot OF
meaning there is in IL. What a lot
of sorrow IL has often caused. How
many tramps II does make. You are
all the time afraid of being canned"
You cannot get married because you
are afraid OF being canned" You
won't go fishing or hunting. you won't
have good time yourself. and fire.
quently won't let others do so, be-
cause tomorrow you may be canned"
and TO tell you the truth. think you
are a lobster and ought to he "tin-
canned"
Now. really. wouldn't you have a
more of the comfort OF life around
you, and couldn't you wear a broader
smile II you could cast this worry from
your mind? think you would and
| am going to try and tell you how
IL can be done.
Now, IL you were a partner in any
business, you would feel that you had
as much right 60 determine how II
should be run. the number of hours
you should be run, the number of
hours you should work. the regularity
OF the hours and all other duties which
would devolve upon partner. as any
OF the other partners. Would you
not?
Whether you realize Il or not, you
are a partner I'm the railroad upon
which you are making an existence.
You are n partner. because you con-
tribute your share To it's equipment
and maintenance. Not ear is built,
not locomotive bought, not tie
tamped or spike driven, but you
have contributed your share to the
transaction.
You ask how you have contributed
your share, when you have received
wages for your work. And reply
that you have not received all the
wages your work was worth, and that
these transactions were paid for with
the part OF the wage you did not re-
ceive.
To illustrates: Last year the United
States Steel corporation paid to each
OF its wage earners s765, and declared
] a net dividend OF 100000. which
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-08-20

Mr.. Railroad Man, when you go out
tonight, how long are you going to be
gone? How many hours of service
are you going to perform for your
employer, before you can rest? You
know that you cannot answer this
question. Maybe you will work eight.
ten or sixteen hours.
After a most bitter fight in your
Legislative halls, the limit has been
brought down to sixteen hours, but
previous to this the time was unlim-
tied. Now. when you consider that
nearly all government employees are
I'm service not more than six. and that
many trades unionists do not work
more than eight really don't you
think you are working an exception
ally long time?
Although your unions have been.
and are doing, all in their power to
remedy this condition. yet you must
admit they have not accomplished a
great deal.
when you go out, do you know
when you are going to get your next
meal? You know that you don't. 1t
may be six or IL may be sixteen hours
Sometimes you go longer than this
you gorge your stomach so full that
IL would take a digestive apparatus of
steel to assimilate It, You eat so
much because you are afraid you may
not have a chance to do SO again for
a long time.
Then. again, you are compelled to
eat ''any old thing you can get, and
at "any old place. The victuals are
more often just partly cooked. and
then in the most uninviting places and
manner. Flies. cockroaches and other
delicious ingredients frequently form
part oof your repast. Railroad men
learn to eat anything, any place.
Thus you are laying the foundation
to indigestion and all the many COM
plications which result from this
disease. You stand good chances OF
becoming gray-headed. and may be
bald headed. before you are forty
years old. Poor health tends to bring
these about prematurely. One thing
is sure: you stand poor chances OF
living To be a real old man. You.
no doubt. will become an old young
man.
When you go out. what assurance
have you that you will return with
the same physical ability as when you
left? You know, with none whatever.
Few roads are equipped with block
signals for the lack OF which, with
some ones mistake, may mean n
funeral or likely several funerals in
a day or two. You are often COM
PEELED To ride on top of fast moving
trains in good or bad weather, In
which n mis-step may mean the loss
Of leg, arm, or perhaps life. OR you
are compelled 10 handle defective
equipment or machinery which has
not been inspected for months and
which may cost you dearly at any
moment. Most OF these things might
be avoided, but profit is considered OF
more value than life and limbs.
When you go out, who are those
who will direct your labors? Do they
understand the things you are 10 do 4?
No. They have never filled your po-
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-08-20

Continued on Page 2, Col. 6.)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-11

Glen Locker of St. Paul was a
visitor at the w. H. Gold home this
week.
A basket ball organization is the
latest enterprise to be planned at
the high school.
Be sure to attend the Thursday
and Friday afternoon meetings, 8 p.
m. Everyone is invited.
For SALE.-First class kitchen
range, absolutely good as new.
Half price. A bargain.
15-4t. Postmaster King.
That cattle are capable of remem-
bering i'll treatment and trying to
revenge their wrongs is indicated by
the experience of a Lyon county
farmer, Thos. j. Barber, who went
after young bull in the morning
with a pitchfork for manifesting an
ugly temper, and when Mr.. Barber
went into the pasture in the evening
the bull, who weighed nearly a ton,
projected himself on his owner and
the latter only escaped with his life
by being tossed over a wire fence
by the maddened creature, who
broke several fence posts in his eff
fort to renew the attack afterwards.
The result is that Mr.. Barber will be
kept in his house for some weeks on
account of broken bones and bad
bruises.
Speaking of Thanksgiving,
The Gazette would like to
thank a number of old sub.
scribers and an encouraging
list of new ones for remember.
ing the front office during the
past week or two. And ii
would like to thank few hun.
dred more of the same before
our annual festival. Next De.
cember closes the second year
since our former partner was
promoted to the state house
and if our good friends will
help a little we will be able tc
make a payment due at thai
time without borrowing. Loci
on your label and save us the
necessity of making out a state
ment.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-11

Good new mich COW wanted. Az
ply to R. w. Iemer.
Yesterday No. 2 wheat was bought
at IS cents, No. 8 at 90 cents, flax at
S1.22, oats 80 cents, corn Acc, and
barley 40 to 45c.
Wanted-Reliable, energetic man
to sell lubricating oils, greases and
paints in Redwood and adjacent
counties. Salary or commission.
Fairfax Refining Co.,
Cleveland, Ohio.
The mems luncheon at the Chris
tian church last Thursday evening
was an informal and entirely success
full affair, a hundred tickets having
been sold and most of the holders
being present. Besides an excellent
chicken pie supper served by the
Christian church ladies, there was
singing by Mr.. and Mrs. George and
short talks by Messrs. Gold, Dolliff,
A. D. Stewart, Peterson, DIR. Gibson
and L. L. Thompson, Revs. Dubois,
Mahood and Smith, the speakers
being introduced by Rev. Chambers
as POSTMASTER, and all agreeing on
the proposition that cooperation
along both social and religious lines
was good for the community as well
as its individual members. While
no proposition for permanent or
ganization was advanced, those who
attended were given an opportunity
to acquire considerable food for
thought as well as bodily nourish-
ment, and all joined in spirit if not
in voice in the singing of the doxol-
ogy at the beginning and close of
the gathering.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-11
NOTICE.
Must Have Money at
Once.

All parties knowing them
selves indebted to the under
signed are requested to call
and settle at once. Interest
charged on all accounts after
Oct. 1st, 1908, at rate of 10
per cent per annum.
Francois & Schmahl.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-11
THE OFT Y

Z. church tonight.
Col. Arthur Cloudy was in town
the first of the week.
Charlie Andrews was over from
Morton last Saturday.
J. T. Horn went ito Nicollet Mon
day on business mission.
w. ]. and A. P. Heaney of Olivia
were in this city last Friday.
w. H. Peavey of Carlisle was
seen on our streets the past week.
Chas. Luscher and wife visited at
the cities last Saturday.
Otto Melges went to Chicago with
a consignment of poultry yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. S. Benham visit
ed friends in this city last Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Frank Carpenter and daugh-
ter returned from the cities last
Monday.
Lieut.. Parker of Revere greeted
the members of Company L Thurs
day night.
Jack" McGetrick paid one of his
occasional visits to the old town last
Thursday.
John E. Burchard, the St. Paul
land man, was at the Kahler the first
of the week.
Miss Tinker of St. Paul has been
visiting at the Turrell home in this
cityIthe past week.
A. A. Hanna went to Burt. Iowa.
last Saturday, to visit his parents.
returning on Tuesday.
DR.. G. w. Norris of Tracy came
into court last Friday but did not
have to serve as witness.
Miss Hazel Aune went over the
Northwestern line Sunday. to join
her mother at Madison, Wis.
There has been a great increase in
interest and attendance at the re-
vival meetings this week. Be sure
to attend.
Miss Edith McIlreavie. who is
teaching music pupils at Beaver
Falls this fall, spent Sunday at her
home in this city.
Miss Walkup, who visited here
last week, was reelected county
superintendent OF Pipestone county
without opposition.
L. H.lKucl S family now occupy
the house recently purchased by
them on Bridge street, which looks
cosy and comfortable.
Miss Jesse Walkup attended the
Cowgill-Tenney wedding and re-
manned over the next day, the guest
of Mrs. F. G. Hubbard.
Rev. C. S. Nook interested the
physics class at the high school last
Monday with talk on the rock for
nations along the Redwood.
Supt. Mosher went to Mankato
last Thursday to attend the sessions
of the Southern Minnesota Teach
ers' association in that city.
Michael and Herb. Lauterbach
were among those from this city
who witnessed the football game at
Northrup field last Saturday.
VIM. Rosendahl went to Walnut
Grove Sunday and returned Monday
with Mrs. Rosendahl, who has been
visiting her sister at Alpena, S. D.
VT. Cayanaugh of New Ulm has
been looking after the work on his
plumbing contract on the county
farm building, which is rapidly near
ing completion.
Young Martin Sandager sent in
his post-office address from Los
Angeles last week, and reported
that the family like the flowers and
the climate there.
A. M. Dennistoun reports the cat
tie business looking up. He brought
a good sized bunch of feeders to
Morton from the neighborhood of
the Milwaukee road last week.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-11
FOR SALE
FOR RENT

Two good office rooms in Granite Block.