Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-06-25
Politicians Caught
rew i'm Anarchist Trap
Emma Gomans Doctrine Spread Broadcast Through Sym
pathySocialists Forbidden to Discuss Party Principles
Through Lanstrum's Errand Boy, Bob Fisk

Miss Goldman. with her manager.
DIR. Reitman of Chicago, and her
business agent, Alexander Horr, of
San Francisco. has come and gone,
and has accomplished her purpose In
disseminating the doctrines OF an
archy, even beyond her widest ex-
pectations in coming to a town of the
size and sameness of Helena. II is
not a matter of accident that Miss
Goldman succeeds in getting the au-
thorities to all make fools of them
selves In every city she enters. II she
came in and were unmolested prob
ably few would pay much attention to
either her or her doctrines. She
would come speak to a small audience
and go.
Unsupported by Organization.
Unlike the socialists she is no. sup
ported by a large organization behind
her. Consequently her support in
any community would be compar-
atively small. What more effective
way to advertise herself and her doc
trines than a constant collision with
the police long columns Of free
notices in the papers, the whole
council and corporation" mustered
out to defend the morals of the town.
TO the disgust of the intelligent people
of the town. who know that the ig-
norant politicians are making laugh
able asses of themselves
The whole town gets to talking
about what anarchy is. Miss Gold
mans agents were busy all the time,
and 400 copies of the anarchist books
were sold. Anarchy has been the
universal topic of conversation for a
week
Free Advertising From Press.
The anarchists pay not a single cent
for advertising, but the hysterical
emanations from the papers in the
green and small towns are carefully
garnered and circulated, with the re-
suit that Miss Goldman is a national
celebrity. and her meetings are a
bowling success in every town that
has a live and intelligent population.
Socialists Disseminated Against.
But II is the socialists that get 1t
in the neck. Miss Goldman was al
lowed to talk in Helena without inter-
ruption. In spite of the bombastic
resolution of the council to the con-
trary she spoke two nights on an
archism in the Electric hall without
even a feint being made of interfering
with the meetings.
1t was the debate, the point where
the socialists came upon the scenc,
that the cheap politicians turned their
ammunition upon. They were deter
mined that that debate should not
take place. The question OF Miss
Goldman appearing upon the socialist
program i'm no way altered the unde-
niable right of the socialists to the
Auditorium. They had paid their
money, they had a receipt for IL, the
meeting was for the purpose OF dis
cussing public questions. which the
statute expressly provides for, and no
attempt had been made to hinder
Miss Goldman from speaking at her
meetings.
Afraid for the Public TO Know Truth.
The fact of the matter is that the
politicians in Montana are watching
the Socialist party this year with
bated breath. Its numbers are suf-
ficently large to make the issue this
year extremely problematicaL Some
OF the oldest politicians In the state
have said that the political com
plexion of the state this fall will de-
pend entirely upon the socialist vote
There is the most intense desire to
see the socialist teaching squelched.
And Of all things II is desired that
the public shall not know that social
ism is anything different from an
archy. These willy foxes, the vermin
on the backs OF the people know fun
well that beside the utopian vagaries
OF anarchism the clear, reasonable
constructive program of the socialists
would show up bright as the CLEAN
OF a morning star. These vermin
want the public to think that social
lists and anarchists are the same.
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