The Montana nonpartisan. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1918-192?, 1919-02-01
ed it was his belief that the
farmers had brot perhaps $780,
900 to the city during the week.

ed it was his belief that the
farmers had brot perhaps $780,.
600 to the city during the week.
The audience showed considerable
resentment that any business organ
ization should presume to dictate to
the rest Of the community whom they
should have to address them, and
when Martin called upon them to
make up the $4,000 in the form
of donation, so that the Equity
might not be behind in their ar
rangements, the response was an
immediate volley Of money in the di-
rection of the stage and the chair
man j. G. Critics Of Big Sandy, had
the unusual experience Of dodging a
heavy downpour Of silver dollars.
Ushers passed through the crowd in
order to reach those who could not
throw to the stage and sum
amounting to something over $250.00
was raised in less than five minutes.
1t is confidently prophesied by the
knowing ones that the Commercial
Club will revise it's estimate Of what
is hospitality toward great farmer
gatherings in the future.
Some Resolutions.
R. B. Martin then presented to the
assembly a resolution of encourage
men to the League Legislators at
Helena which was as follows and was
carried by standing vote with nc
one dissenting.
Legislative Motion.
IRE II resolved nv the Yenre.
sentatives of the Nonpartisan
league and of the organized lab
or in attendance at the Coop
orators congress in Great Falls,
Mont, Jan. "a, 1919, as follows:
THAT we congratulate our
elected representatives at Hell
ena on their opportunity in this
session Of 1919 to lay the foun-
dation for the real work which
organized labor will be able to
undertake as a majority party in
1920.
''That the members of the leg
\, ia1stAre xf2resenting our organ
hsQp e. E regularly in a eau
k8 % fhcir own and carefully
consider together all matters
concerning which action is to be
taken and that no action be TAX
en- by any member with regard
to any such matter except on
majority vote of the caucus
members.
tives in the legislature to beware
Of any advice, any suggestion Of
fered, or the giving Of any votes,
or the accepting of any favors,
or in any way invilving them
selves in establishing or maintain.
ing any relations whatsoever with
the~enemies Of the common good
as represented in this legislature
by the opponents Of the Nonpar-
tisan league and organized labor.
eve urge that a record of the
caucus proceedings be made and
preserved in due form including
a record Of attendance of League
and labor members, both at the
caucus and at the sessions of the
legislature. and of all votes by
all such members thruout the
session and that the same be pre-
served in the state office Of the
League as part of its perma-
nent record"
The Labor forces also were to tn
fore with resolution on the Moon
ey case and one on the situation i
Russia, both of which are given be
low and to which the audience re
sponded with terrific cheering. Th
situation is indeed bright for the pre-
gressive forces when reaction rt
ceives so terrible a setback as it re
ceived on Friday night.
The Resolutions OF Labor.
| "Whereas. the action of the
United States of America in the
great worlds war was not for
any selfish motive or for ag-
| grandizement in any form, but
| for the overthrow of autOcracy
| and for the release from bondage
the people of the oppressed coun'
| tries of Europe, and for the
rights of all peoples for self
| government and sell determina'
| ti0n:
'And whereas, with the aid OF
the allied nations we have ac-
complished our purpose by over
throwing the despOts of the CEN
trail empires-Germany and Aus
tria-and republics are rising up
where only yesterday autocracy
reigned supreme:
'And, whereas, with the aid
of the held up to
us by the autocratic masters as
the most illiterate people of the
civilized world have had an
awakening. democracy has rails
ed itself against the organized
forces Of autOcracy:
| And whereas. the autOcrats
of the world would much prefer
to see czarism in Russia than an
industrial democracy. There
fore, be it