The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1921-03-30
THE NEW APOSTLES.

In the days when Christ walked on earth and
taught His gospels, there was but one way of
reaching the people, by word of mouth. To do this
to become the first ministers of the gospel,
Christ appointed twelve apostles Far and wide
these men travelled, ever teaching the people the
truth In this later day we seldom think of OpOs-
ties being needed to spread any new truth broad
cast in the land, and yet that is what is today tax
ing place in Montana. Some eighty-odd members
of the recent legislative assembly, the men who
were uncontrolled and voted for the interests of
the common people of the state, have banded
themselves together to spread the tidings Of what
truth. In this later day we seldom think of apos-
state The need for this arises from the fact that
with but single exception, there was not great
daily newspaper in the state that printed the
truth about what went on at the recent assembly.
This band of apostles, and such they can
well be called for they too are disseminatOrs of
the truth, did not form this organization of their
own volitiOn. They went to Helena early in JAN
uary imbued with the idea of setting a record for
constructive legislation. They were check-mated
at every turn by those who were controlled by the
vested interests of the state Not in the house
did this check-mate occur but in the senate, the
place where the tax commission, the three-cent
oil tax and countless other measures intended for
the interests of the common people met an un-
emanated from Helena the unfavorable side was
ever presented to the people of the state. In the
reports of senate debates the voice of the min
GRITTY never reached the common people. For
instance in the report of the Tom Arthur investi-
eating committee it was scattered far and wide
over the state that the senate committee found
that Governor Dixon had raised Juror over a
mere rumOr and whitewaShed Arthur. The house
committee report on the same question found that
Arthur was guilty of saying he could deliver votes,
intact everything with which he was charged.
Instance after instance could be cited, example
after example given; the big papers of the state
printed the news that certain vested interests
wanted printed-and that was all.
These eighty-odd men who are the new apostles
of truth in this state realized what was going on
They have made up their minds that the people
Of Montana entitled to know who voted
against them in the recent assembly, and for this
purpose the organization was formed during the
closing days of the special session. These men
propose to take an active part in the next cam
pagn, to tell the people of those counties which
were betrayed, who betrayed them and why, who
fought four square to all the world and who cring-
ed at the crack of the masters whip
In a way it seems all so useless and futile this
need for fighting over the control of a great
state. The new organization which is formed was
not one to be entered into in a lighter vein. The
men who take an active part in it will be fought
villified, and abused just as Governor Dixon has
been the target of all the venom dozen great
papers could cOncoct. For these men to take ar
active part will mean sacrifice, and yet they en-
tered the organization for one purpose-to fight
But they will win in the end, with Governor Dix
on to lead, just as the men who fought with l.;
Toilette in Wisconsin and Johnson in Californi;
won; the end is as certain as that the law of gray
ity will continue to operate.
The uselessness of it all comes from the fac
that the big interests in Montana were not conten
with square deal. They were not willing to b
taxed for what their property was worth The,
were afraid of honesty