Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1910-09-15
COLONEL ROOSEVELT
in MILWAUKEE, WIS.
Trade Council Commends Mayor Siedel
For Refusing to Welcome "The
Big Noise" Unionists Re-
member Insults.

things you can't be sure OF. No one
in Milwaukee, where at least some Oi
the leaders OF the American Socialist
movement live, has accused them Of
the dire things the Outlook so glibly
tells us are facts, with the weight OF
an ex-pre sident's vigorous signature
behind them. Teddy. we Socialists in
Milwaukee who are scribes. would
like TO welcome you as scribes, but
We would first like to have you wipe
your per of such blatant rot and
falsehood. None of us are sorry 70
what our mayer did We are glad,
for he had no other course to take.
We knew what he would do before he
did it,"
In fact. the stand taken by Mayor
seidel on this occasion has received
the commendation of the Federated
Trades Council of Milwaukee. At a
regular meeting OF the council, resolu-
tions were adopted commenting the
mayors attitude and condemning Mr..
Roosevelt for denouncing tho officers
of the Western Federation of Miners
and other offensive remarks of a simi-
lar character.
The primaries have had a singular
result in Milwaukee county Accord
ing to preseot returns. the democrats
party ticket is wiped OF the ballot!
Only the republican and social-Demo-
cratic candidates received enough Of
the votes. IL appears, to be placed
officially on the voting machines.
Moreover, il looks as II the demo-
Gratis are of the state ticket as well.
The election laws OF Wisconsin re-
quire that every party must receive
at the primaries 20 per cent of the
votes cast for it at the last election.
II it fails to get this it cannot gon on
the ballot.
Now the democratic party in Mil
waukee seems 10 have failed 10 get su.
20 per cent of its vote at the prima-
ries held here last Tuesday. Conse-
quently. Il is out of the race. IL the
present indications are correct.
OF course ther was nc contest at the
primaries between any rival candi-
dates of the Social-democratic party,
while hercely contested struggles
marked the rivalry between the vari-
Gus aspirants for nomination on the
old party tickets. Therefore those
who voted tor the Social democratic
candidates did go merely as a matter
Of form. while every possible voter
was gotten out by the republicans
Nevertheless. the Socialists got out
not only their necessary 20 per cent
but much over this amount. The So
ciai-democratic primary vote, accord
ing to present returns. will amount to
about 3s per cent in Milwaukee coun-
ty. This is a very favorable showing
as compared with former primaries.
Thus the contest in Milwaukee
county this fall. according to present
returns. will be between the republi-
cans and the sociai-democratic party.
The Socialists have always predicted
this result. They have always said
that sooner or later there would only
be two parties in the field, a capitalist
party and a Socialist party.
This apparently has now come true.
like so many OF the predictions Of tn.
Socialists. But in fact We did not
expect 10 see the prophecy fulfilled
so soon. Truly. many wonderful
things are now happening in MIL
waukce.
The trade unionists are organized { Z