Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1909-01-07
ORGANIZATION WORK

The method in which organizing
and lrCturing has so far been carried
on needs to be improved considerably.
haN" been waiting "A long time for
some one with NOR" popularity than
I can command To- take the initiative
steps towards bringing about tn" inn
prov"m"nt necessary. but So far moth
ing dpfinit. has been done. And now
before my term as national committee
man expires. I feel in duty bound to
introduce this question To- your serious
and dclibrrat" consideration. In so
doing. and i'm order to avoid repetition,
ask you To pay careful attention to
thosr portions Of my memorandum to
the national secretary and national
committee of October 9Th this year,
which ar" applicabl" in this matter,
When writing that memorandum ] did
not know that thcr" was "a precedent
in regard to stopping (practically SOB
all organization and lecture work on
election eve. I do not disput" tn"
taking of rest and recreation for our
national organizers and lecturers, but
| shall certainly protest, and do hereby
protest, against a prolonged and in
definite shelving of thos" workers, cs-
pccisfir those who have proven t. hc
energetic and effective, and no one
else should br employed If il is pos
sihlr toprrNrnt il. As for precedent.
| have neither us" nor respect for H.:
il We find anything W. have don" to he
beneficial and proper TOR the advance
mont of our cause. then let us keep IL
up. and for THAT REASON ONLY
ana not ON account of a precedent.
There is on" thing particularly that
Ne should guard against. namely. a
coarse. TrpulsiNc language. fun of
sW, ar words. not only on III" platform.
buI in private conversation also. The
~ 4 4
not only Ia give every man and woman
an equal opportunity To earn "A living.
tn get. tu hold ami to enjoy every thing
earned, To- pursue and To- obtain all
blessings and happiness uCquirahlc,
nat also tu cultivate a desire and tast"
for arts, science. good habits, manners.
rtr. Under the head nf science comes
grammar l, e., III" proper us" ol
language, Now il is surely "A bad
habit. IL nothur worsr. when AN or
ganiZrr or lecturer. either does not
want Ia. or is incapable nT "Npounding
Socialism without the Usr of rough,
vulgar aud unprupitiouS rNprr ssions,
To illustrate. "a lecturer delivers a
more or less ably Grafton on Socialism.
In doing SO hc commands everything
opposed To Socialism To- ~ Ia hell.
This is repeated over and over again.
Sow that would not hc So had If he
himself believed in "A hell and all who
pat Instructions i'm the way uf So
yiulism would obey the command
given 10y thu lecturer. hut i'm most
raSrs the lecturer don't believe in an
old stylr he'll. and many in tn" aud
i,urv are liitr him In this respect
Anyone, who iS not nltu-vthrr empty
headed. will uu "a moments reflection
s,u that this and similar expressions
ur, worse than silly. ou tho other
hand that Kind uI language Is not u
drawing card luT thns, who believe iT
lam rNrr burniug h,ll aul So Tho effects
Irr only bad, and Ia, sooner wr ar,
ablr tu weed 10 out thu hrttor, More
nNHr, rNpr, ssiuuS at tNIS suTt haN'
lHrtr origin i'm thu bourgeois society
lrr prlrIirud los capitalists uud thDu
larkpys, and for that reason SuciIllsts
nught Iu bv slow tu ugr &c. ThrSr ~.
prpssions are not tu hp found i'm th.
writing ot Karl MIrN ar any other
Socialist author ul uuty, hut Still W
s,.rm to understand them, and sounul
ur later thrsr bad and NulgHr vNprrs
siuus have got tu Ice eliminated Uum
thu Socialists Vocabulary l.pt nus 10,
firm us Il mountain. without being us
rough. Lot ms hr "a little hlt polite
as well as courageous. That part ol
Ihr program doesn't cost money aud
can hr carried cut now us Wrll as lai'l
ON.
organization on sound anu NhllN
principles, party organization that Is
fully competent, not only 4" tll>" c1r'
of an who voluntarily s,'k ndmittluC'
tu our ranks. tut also tu reach out inl
new fields clearly iorruiully and l"gi-
rally presenting our principles, l-
needed today moro thau over before
an organization built from tho bottom
up, built on solid brd-rocl,. class c"n-
sriuus, uncompTumsiug truths and
facts such u foundation viii then be-
~ II is even now, the hulwark around
which we will line up, and from which
We viii successfully max" our attacks
with u We can do almost anything,
aud without il We are helpless. We
have good start lot ms perfect II
more and moro as time rolls ON. lot
us guard well against old style, I'M
scrupulous politicians, without, its well
ns against muddlohuuds and traitors
Within our rIn&s.
| shall not tire Nou amy NOR" this
time, only this-tHlp time tu consider
this motion in "A cool, candid and de-
bias, and act. and shull have uu fear
llbvrair way, without pr"iudtc" and
for the outcome,
Fratrrnully submitted,
A. II. ANElSbN,
National committeeman Tor oregon