The Montana nonpartisan. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1918-192?, 1919-02-01

q contest any and all invasions 0,
he rights of citizens Of the Unite<
states.
Mr.. Dunn, who is a member Of tn
lectricians local No. IS, was re
eived with a great deal ct en-
husiasm and spoke briefly as fol
ows:
They think this is the same
old world. It is not, or is it ever
going to be again. It looks now as
if they were wasting their time
on county divisions and normal
schools which they never intend
to gxant." Mr.. Dunn had just
returned from Helena where he
attended the sessions during the
past week.
He urged the farmers and
wage-workers to unite, settle up
cn some program and stick to it.
"There can be no middle road"
said Mr.. Dunn. 1--WE are either
right or wrong and there must
be no compromise. If the wrong
exists let's right it now.'
The speaker referred to the
Butte strike few years ago and
the advance of seven cents per
pound on copper which the An
aconda Copper company procur-
ed through inveighling the gov
ernment. as he claimed, after
the strike. He pointed to the
shut down of the Butte mines
today and the thousands Of men
walking the streets there with
out work, suffering from power
ty and we'll nigh starvation.
'Then they discharge civilians to
give soldiers jobs" he shouted,
"that is not solving the labor
problem. It is true, the boys i4
khaki should be looked after
first but all laboring men must
have work. They are simply
playing one class against an
other in their hope to suppress
you. believe it is not an ex-
aggretion to surmise that six or
seven millions of men will bed
out of Jobs in the United States
by May /. It seems the system
is beyond the individual"
"Under conditions today in
this most prosperous land on the
globe, when unemployment and
starvation are stalking through
the country soldiers are return
ing and finding their sacrifices
are not appreciated. But the
employers have more money,
more power than ever before.
But in their obstinance at re-
fusing to meet you they fight
you to the limit of their power"
Butte Election Frauds.
Mrs. Kennedy sent to the CONVEX
ton by the women's organization q
Butte for the purpose Of exposin
the fraudulent election practices .
the A. C. M. politicians next took tn
platform and in an interesting an
lively manner scored the gang tactic
by which Butte has been run.
Silver Bow Election.
Mrs. NJ. l.. Kennedy of Butte
spoke for few moments, giving
statistics which she alleged were
discovered in recent investiga-
lion made on the election in Sill
yer Bow county by a committee
of women in that community.
She said that w. +. Dunn had
been elected representative "be-
cause he took his life in his
hands and stood for right and
justice against the controlling
big interest. the Anaconda Cop
per company in Butte" The in
vcstigation she stated produced
25 names of voters who gave
their residence as the court
house. one name happened to be
that Of q man who was later
discovered to have been dead for
IL years and IL names were
those of men who had been dead
from three to seven years. Some
voted, the report announced TAX
ing the names of soldiers who
had gone TO war and there were
II John Sulliyans alone. Upon
investigation it was found. Mrs.
Kennedy stated that some Of the
addresses proved to be simply
empty house and in one instance
an entire block did not contain
a house.
corded the women.
Then Robert Burns Martin toe
the floor and in his humorous an
genial manner explained the positio
which the Equity found itself in
its relation to the Commercial Clu
He said:
The Commercial Club Of Great
Falls had promised to assist the
Montana Union, American So
eiety of Equity in landing the
farmers congress for Montana
and had agreed to appropriate
$3.50 for the purpose. But when
it was announced Messrs. Dunn
and Mills were to speak. Mr..
Martin announced the CONNER
cial club withdrew the offer. Mr..
Mills later in the evening de-
nounced this action when he stat