Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1911-07-27
TRUST BUSTING
A BIG GRAFT
Lawyers Makes A Rich Haul.
A New Military Law
Proposed

therefore the United States ought to
stop paying money to men who refuse
ito don the uniform" According
TO General Aleshire. soldiers can be
compelled to do more work and at
lower wages than can be had from
civilians.
II Hays bill is passed 5000 men
will be thrown out of work. Some
OF these men have grown gray In the
service of the government and can
not even enlist under the proposed
law because Of their age.
Throughout the country the forts
are surrounded by little cottages In
which happy families are now living.
but who are just beginning to realize
that their homes are threatened. They
ire learning that their bread-winners
must desert their homes and live with
in the forts the lives of soldiers IL
they are to work for the government
Democrat Strikes Labor
II should be noted that a democrat
is the champion of a measure that
aims at increasing the army. disem-
ploying 5000 laborers and exploiting
skilled workers after they have en-
listed.
1t should also be noted that while
this bill is about to be reported favor
ably to the house not a capitalist
paper has published a line regardig
this important measure.
HITCHCOCK TURNS soMERsAULT
After having bitterly opposed "A
raise in the pay OF the rural carriers.
solemnly Announces that he has decid-
Postmaster General Hitchcock now
ed to give these postal employees an
increase of 800 a year
AS matter of fact Congress at
the last session enacted a law giving
the rural carriers that increase and
II was mandatory on the Postmaster
Geneai to carry out that law. Hitch
cock fought that increase at the last
session.
The reason for Hitchcock turning
this somersault 1t that he has learned
that It Is good politics to be friendly
win the rural carriers. The men who
carry mail to the lonesome farmss
as a uie discuss political matters with
nearly every person they meet. I'm
like their city brothers. the carriers,
these rurai postal emploes have no
spies to fear.
Now the farmers votes are badly
wanted by the republican party. Ana
be 1t remembered that Hitchcock IL
the real head OF the republican nation
al committee.
So for this reason the Monday
morning papers. which are usually shy
on news were handed ream of
dope" on Hitchcock's benevolen:e
TO the downtrodden rural carriers.
The city and railway postal employees
don't count much politically, conse-
puenti Hitchcock has no use for them.
"PEOPLE NOT FIT TO RULE"
The American people canno, be
trusted and are unfit TO manage their
own affairs
This is the gist OF a long speech
delivered by Senator Sutherland. OF
Utah, against the recall feature OF
the proposed Arizona constitution.
Sutherland is an aristocrat He frank
iy advocates the theory OF superior
brains" He believes some men are
tit to rule. The rest ought to be gov
erned for their own good.
The Utah Senator is a trained re-
dictionary. Unlike Senator Hepburn,
of Idaho Sutherland is a logocian and
an able speaker. When Sutherland
takes the flor. the senlie standpatters
OF the eastern states turn their bloat-
ed faces beaming with admiration to-
ward the direction of the Tory Sena.
tor from the West. And Sutherland
never disappoints them. He is sane
sutheriand's argument Is that tho
people should pick out the "ablest
to run the government. But thu
picking" should be done under th'
present rules. The Initiative and ref