Montana news., 1908-07-09
National

The National Executive Committee
will meet at National Headquarters
Friday. July 10. at 10:00 a. m.
The socialists of Texas will meet In
mass State Convention at Waco,
August IL.
c. +. Hackenberg, Box 81. Kam-
merer, Wyo., has been elected State
Secretary in place of VIM. L. o'Neill,
resigned.
The official vote of Coos county,
Oregon. for election held June 1.
shows a straight vote of 62S. Vote In
same county In 1904 was S42.
Comrade Eugene v. Debs. the pres
idential candidate of the Socialist
party. Will speak at st. Louis, Mo-,
July IL. and Milwaukee, Wis, July
~.
s. ]. Grier, local organizer of Fort
Collins. Colo. having been arrested
for street speaking. was released upon
habeas corpus proceedings. and at the
hearing the district judge discharged
the prisoner and declared the city
ordinance void.
III. G.. Terlisner, state secretary Of
Tennessee. reports that they have
broken all records In the sale of dues
stamps and organized six new locals
during the month of June.
The State Convention of Michigan,
which was announced for July 4, has
been postponed until a later date to
sfsts Of k.a ota 20
primary law.
Comrade ]. l.. Fits at Laurinburg.
North Carolina, was called upon by a
committee of good Cd citizens and
informed that II would be healthy for
him to leave town the next morning.
They explained that they did not
want the socialist doctrine taught
among the ignorant people of the
neighboring mill district.
Relating to the liquor traffic the
Arkansas Socialist platform contains
the following plank: 80. Resolved.
that we believe and recognize the
fact that one of the most sinful and
degrading blots on humanity and one
of mans worst enemies Is the present
saloon. We believe in protecting
every American home from the ruina-
ton that the saloon brings and will
do all in our power to crush out the
traffic In Intoxicating liquors by re-
moving all profit"
The wisconsin state convention,
held in Milwaukee June 18th and
14th, was the largest ever held. The
capitalist papers criticised II for
lack of discipline, but gave II credit
for being large and enthusiastic In
the extreme. Comrade Harvey Dee
Brown was nominated for governor.
Notwithstanding the operation of the
primary law the party will have tick
cts In the field at many points here
tofore uncovered.
Charters have been granted by the
National Office TO locals in unor-
ganized states as follows: Clifton
Forge. Va. 5 members; Rawhide,
New, Is members; Dodson, ~. N, s
members; Elkins, ". NJ, members;
Covington, Va. members; Omaha,
Neb., tJewish) 13 members; Grady,
N. M. members; Fremont, Neb.. 13
members: Laurel. Neh., IL members;
Wayne. Neb., 3 members.
The state legislature of Oklahoma
adopted primary law on the 2sth
the 18th OF June, an1 provided that
petitions containing one thousand
signers of qualified electors properly
sworn to, had to be filed, by minor
ity parties on June 25. Comrade
Branstetter, state secretary. reports
that they have met the issue. and the
petitions for the state and congress
sional tickets. and for about seventy
members of the state Legislature, were
filed on time.
hagen, Denmark, member of the
Folkenting. which compares to our
congress. will visit this country for
a lecture tour beginning about August
1. Comrade Meyer is a machinist by
trade and has been an active advocate
OF unionism and socialism since 1876.
He is considered one of the best ora
tors In the Scandinavian language re-
gardless OF party affiliations. He
has had a wide experience on the
party press and Is an author OF con-
siderable repute. Has been active in
athletic and temperance movements.
and two years ago represented the
Danish delegation In the Olympian
games at Athens. He has been a
member OF the Folkenting since 1895.
each time being reelected with an
Increased majority. At the late eiec-
tion his vote outnumbered those OF
the opposing candidates threefold.
Applications for dates for Comrade
Meyer should be filed with the Ma
tionai office at once.
DATES FOR STATE CONVENTIONS.
The state convention OF the Socialist
party of Arizona will be held in the
Civ of Globe. August 4,