The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-13
SOCIALIST NOTES
(COntributed.)

III. IL. MduTH, CITY attorney VI Dutte,
who has been lecturing to the univer-
sity law students during the past
week, spoke before the socialist local
Sunday, on "What the Socialists Have
Don In Butte" Eagles hall was
crowded at an early hour by members
of the local and others, who were. in
terested in the speaker and his topic.
Mr.. Maury opened his address by a
brief statement of conditions as they
were when the socialists entered upon
the administration of city affairs.
The city was bankrupt, but 81 cents
remaining in the treasury, the remain-
der having beer thoughtfully taken
over by h outgoing officials: con-
tagious diseases among the children
We're prevalent in all quarters of the
city. and the moral conditions of Butte
had before a by-word everywhere.
This last was u in great part to the
custom Of sending messenger boys in
to the restricted district. All of
these evils the new officials sought to
remedy, and have succeeded in their
laudable undertaking. The credit of
the. city is now on a sound basis; the
messenger service which was formerly
a IN " VI nv WHY SihS
ers, is no longer SO; no boy under 81
years of being permitted to enter
the vice district, and contagious dis
eases among children, such as measles,
humps, etc, are now rare, on account
of the better hygenic conditions of the
city.
Mr.. Maury failed to mention n re-
form undertaken by his party, which
has been of inestimable value to the
working class, and that is Butte has
a free city employment bureau in
charge of a oma There is a cry
ing need for such a bureau in every
city In Montana, if we may credit the.
stories told by workers-men and
Women-of extortion and far worse
abuses of which they are the victims.
Mr.. Maury predicts a socialist tri-
umph at the polls next spring. If
his party is beaten it can be only
through a fusion of the old parties, as
in Milwaukee,. 1t is universally con-
coded that any party taking owe the
city government cannot conduct it
along old graft lines, but must follow,
seemingly at least, the example of
civic virtue given them by the So
- tibNi / 1
of the statement made by the social
lists Of Butte, Milwaukee and ,Sche-
nectady that, whatever party gains
the offices, we win" This is the vic
tory for which every true socialist is
striving. A great moral victory,
which is the result of the party's con-
tinuous campaign against ignorance
and all debasing influences.
The story told Sunday by our Butte
comrade appealed to the humanitarian
undoubtedly. but it fairly shouted to
the Missoula business nan EVERY
one of those reforms undertaken by
the socialist administration Of Butte
saved money" Money was saved
through the sanitary measures under
taken. Money was saved in vast
amounts by the. rapidly %dwindling
criminal record, and money was saved
by the elimination of graft and eco
nomical business methods applied to
city affairs.
There was a well attended meeting
of the Woman's committee last Satur-
day afternoon at Mrs. P~lassmann's. A
few age of EngeFs "Origin of the
idIlillS we're Iedu anu u1StuSSeu.
This lesson on the Pairing Family"
contained the following statement by
Elngels, which proves that woman has
been the main factor in the establish
ment of monogamy. This progress
could 0 be due. to men for the sim
pie reason that they never to this day,
had the least intention of ~renouncing
the pleasures of actual group mar
riage. Not until the women had ac-
complished the transition to the pair
ing family could the men introduce
strict monogamy-true, only for
women"
If the above quotation Were gener-
ally known there might be saner meth
DDS adopted in dealing with the ques-
ton of prostitution than are custom
airy today, in all towns and cities.
Women need protection and men
should become more civilized in the