MONTANA NE WS ALIOLIS1f111E CAP.TTAOL. VII. AT MONTA , TURDAT, OCTOBR 19 1911 NO. 45

VO. VIL HELEN, MONTANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19 191l NO. 45

Jury ToSuit Burns

Judge Uses his Judical Powerto Secure Jury iPrejudiced

to Defense

(By National Socialist Press)Los Angeies. Cal.. Oct 14-"We'll

get the right jury." said Wil.lam J.

urns' chief operatlve McLaren at the

end of the second days session of the

court in the McNamara case. The

knowing leer on the face of the brutal

detective spoke louder than his wurds.

The concluslon of 'te slueth was

undoubtudly based ut ' the rulings

of Judge Uordwell on 'he objections

of the prusecution to questions pro-

pounded by the attorneys for the de-

fense to prospective jurors.

Z. T. Nelson, a retired merchant

living at long Beach was evidently

anxious to serve on the jury. The

prosecution was equally anxious to

have him. Burns men wanted him.

Judge Bordwell made rulings that can

best be interpreted by the reader.

The first important question that

was asked was put by Lecompte

Davis of the defense:

"Have you an oplon. Mr. Nelson.'

asked Mr. Davis, "Whether labor un-

ions, as they exist today in this coun-

try. are proper, or are they inimical

to society and a menance to the wel-

fare of the community?"

Then arose a terrific objection on

the part of the prosecution. Nelson

said he was not prejudiced against

tabor unions His apparent mental

rse,.rvation caused attorney Davis to

say: "This defendent is a member

of organized labor, and I presume the

motive they will claim-and I do n at

think yur honor can have any doubt

of that, that the motive which actu-

ated the commission of the crime was

to av enge what they claim was the

attitude and the conduct of the Times

toward organised labor. Now we have

got to meet 'hat. There is no quest-

ion about it and that mater has been

discussed since long before this crime

was committeed and the question now

presemts itself to your honors mind.

"Should a man who Is absolutely

opposed to organized labor, who .s

biaed and prejud"'ed against organ-

ized n'bor. s't on this jury?"

Davis argued that bins andl pre-

judice were e.Ialve quantities and that

he sought the develope the real state

ol Nelson's mind. The prosecutors

wildly objected and Nelson. the pra,,-

pe"ticv(- juror, in his eagerness, vol-

unteered the Information that he was

a reader of the Times.

Then Job Harriman quickly aked:

"Does the use of the strike by the

unions in conflict with the employers

prejudice you against them?"

"As far as the strike is concerned,

so," replied the talesman "*ut in

the way they are carreld on."

"Never mind, that will do! Said

Judge Bordwell with great haste.

C'tarence Darrow sprang to his feet

and said in loud, clear tones "I sub-

mit that the court Interrupted this

talesman as he was about to explain

his state of mind. It is plain this man

has a prejudice and was about to site

it when the court stopped him."

The court ruled that the question

lihad been properly answered and Dar-

row made an exception, Darrows quick

action nonplussed the court and the

defense quickly took up its advantage.

"But as strikes are carried on?"

quiered the defense.

"I was about to say," said the tales

man. taklg his cue from the judge,

"that-4hat-I know nothing of how

they are carried on."

lis weak and shifty statement

caused a ripple of amusement to run

through the courtroom.

Burns men, who are virtually in

charge of the prosecution, were elated

over the rulings of Judse Bordwel.

and it was upon these rutings and his

interruption and guidance of Nelson

that th.y based their hope. of ttttingI "the right Jury."

"We've got them here and we'll

hani; them," has been the oft repeatedstatemtnt of Burns and his operatives

Now they have changed It to: '"WeI will get the right jury and we"'l hang

the McNamaras."Hearst's Los Angeies Examiner

I played up the most vicious story thatI ha been printed since the arrest of

the McNamara boys. Coming out

with a first page flare on the openingday of the trial the yellow sheet re-pe&atedly spoke of the younger Me

Namara as "James Bryce". Thewhole intent, seemingly, was to pre-judice the public against the prisoner

on the day he was to be tried for his

life.

This fodlowing the persistent cam-palgn of the Times in circulating itsinfamous pamphlet to e'very Juryman

of the county was a particularly vi-clous proceedure.

Clarence Darrow attempted to nulll-fy some of th - bad effects of the Ex-aminer story by moving to correct therecord1s and fill in the fuel names of

the McNamara brothers as John

Joeeph McNamara and James Barn-abas McNamara but Prosecutor Fordmade a vigorous protest showing thathe ill late try to prove Jim Mc"aneara a name is James Bryce. Thisthe defense will readily disprove

Ihelff Wlhlam Hummll is givinggiv ing his pesonal attention to the casebut MeLaren. the Burns bloodhound

slips around issuIng his orders to pro-

secutors and sheriff. Burns still oc-cuples the leading position In the caseand his operatives are doubling theirefforts to keep the professional con-

ft.eor, Ortle McManigal up to themark. McManlgal is coddled, hum-ored and pets d by the Burns men.lie goes unshackled on his daily walk

on the street, smokes his good cigarand enjoys the sunshine

In taking the McNamara boys to

and from the jails the sheriff heavily

manacles them.

On the first day of the trial only.did John J. get a Irath of fresh

air and a look at the green lawns and

trees on the court house grounds while

th, long hours Jim is In the courthe enjoyed a moment in thee unshine.

Now John sits atone in his cell duringroom

Without the slightest hesitatlonJudge 1onrdwell ruled that he was s

proper person to try the case and he

overruled a motion for a change of

venue. This apparently disposes of

that feature, of tih case that thefll-

Ing of affidavits may be looked on as

a move on the part of the defense to

eatalaish reeords.

When the time came for the actualhcgining of the trial the indictment

against John J. and James B. McNa-mara charging them with the murderof Charles liaggerty, was read and the

trial had begun.

Clarence Darrow elected to try the

men separately and the District At

torney disclosed his fassehood by se-

lecting James McNamara for the vic-tim. lie had declared John would betried first but he did not deceive thedefense and all preparations were

made to defend James B. MeNamaraThe defense well know that the case

against John is of an extremey flilmsy

character and that there was no

chance of his trial until after the trial

of James R. is ended. The entire

frameup so far as the Los Angeles

end is concerned Is against James B.The steel trusts eas against John

J. McNamara is not considered hereat this time and It is not even spectu-lated upon at to how much of theevMence they have will be admitted

if John J. Is ,v.r Iplaced uon trial.(Jf cours. th. sh.dow of John J.

11hi at all times t. In the. Ibckgrounld

for it Is aglinst him that eapitalilrm'onspliracy is aim-l-d

The. fact that Jurorqs who, shall befinally ch-o.n to, s, r\.- \till tIe virtual.ly prlisonern for s.% .r:dl nmonths wi.1

make It difficult to, - t i jury. Profes-alonal jurors by th,, ?c.,r, are on the'enlire and they il III .. on other

venirns that folliow. i:la\n men were

he-id the. first three dayI. of th.. trialhut sa.v**ral of thm-n hatd expriessedopinions on the' case and not a singlejuror came o•iet of th." first crowd thatw. r. tubheponae d.

I),espite. all n. wspap.ll r report.e to thec.,ntrarv tie. Tatt tour of the Pacific

ereit wase . ftrog tr,,m start toa finish.

Il.itl. aittenti,.n was paid to him in

Sir, e ,nI aniI .nsly the' circus parade

crwd, turn-el out. The day before

he ri.,tche.d C'alifornia h,. wasr met

with the ni.ws that that state had

;ii oped thhe retall of a7l sate officials.

flarriman Llnes Erippled,A complete til up of all the rail-

roads in the country is seen as a pos-

sliility in the next few weeks by L 'aim

Pr,'semble, head of the North N% t.

ern system federation, as a result of

the present strike' of the shopmen o"

the Illirols Central and Harriman

lines.

"The American Ral•way Association

Including practically all the railroad

oompanies in the United States, asstanding solidly behind the Illinois

Ce(ntral and 'he ilarlman ,ines in their

fight, and is givlng them all the help

the;, can to defeat th*' strikers," ays:

Presemble.

Rallrmod Fear 8hopmen.

"They realize that if the shopmen

on the Illinois Central and the Harrl-

man lines win out the shopmen on

other roads will rhortey ucmand and

win the same conceaslona now de-

manded by the striking shopmen.

"Even the Hill lines In the north-

west, though they are bitter foes of

the Harriman roads, are laying off

men now, partly. of course, because

they need fewer men in the autumn

and winter, but chiefly, I think, In the

hope that this will enable the Illinois

Central and the Pacific to get exper-

ienc'ed shopmen for service during

the strike.

Will Grant Demands.

"0o far as financial resources go,

the railroad corporations has us

hopeles~ly swamped; but if we stick

together through thick and thin with

a firm determination to win out in the

end, there can be absolutely no doubt

they will have to grant our demands.

"If the strike on the Illinois Central

and ilarlman lines is prolonged on

account of the assistance the other

roads are giving them, the shopmen

on all roads will be compelled to

make common cause with our brother

a'rad.y out and completely tie up

the entire countr"."

More Workers P•dtC e Aid.

Secretary Treasurer Carr of the

slock IRland system federation. as well

as prresemble, assured the strikers of

the mornal and financial support of th,

organizations they represented ,a case

thcy the.mselves were not called out

on strike in the near future.

A report that Northwestern engines

were being used on the lllnios Cen-

tral was denited by Mr. Presemble.

ie said:

"1 want to assure you that no

Northwestern engines have been or

will be used on the Illinois Central

during the present strike. They

can't spare an engine themselves now.

and if they should send even oneo

engine over to help out the Illinois

Central, It would be the last they'd

send before the Northwestern shop-

men would walk out in a body."

OsUlnes Ilhopmen's FPltt.

Presemhle outlined the fight made'

by the shopmen on the Northwestern

for a recognition of their federation

and stated that It is now up to the

Int rnatlonal offlcers of the crafts re-

presented In the federation to deter-

m4ne what the next step will be, now

that General Manager Cantllllion has

at least tentatively refused to recog-nise the federation

If the International officers are un-able to obtain a recognition of the

federation from the Northwestern rail-

road they will call for a strike vote

lncludln& the Judiciary. 'IhI.- .

cruel slap at the Preshli nt •.' , i, ii -

been making speeches In f ,,.h .. :ih

judlelary.

In addition to the rnetl .

lat are rejoling that the. •.' -

by an overwhelming vot,) r t ,

the referendum and oth , ,itamendments to the cnst.'

In Ls Angeles and Brr ' n I.-oall the powers o labor h t. " ,I-

tIm went thrown agalnst , .

sur a and against womant,4 ' .

The "oriallast everywher, . ,! I r'r

for all the progressive m.rn -i.• ,•li

are now Jubilant over thl r .

Job Harriman, candldat, ',r !fl..•rrOf L.•n AngK .le. ran a•.' ' I t ,

suffrar.- meeting at wh, ': r, .nacomniptltor was to hbe th. -' r -,. ,h. r.

It '.a' an unintentional '. , .. and

at the overflow meetine I, ', (i!'y

hall gave tt "good go. :,: t o'-llt!,;tl party a terrible a• I

The chances u the el''ti I II.trri-

m:an and the entire S..- ': . tgrows brighte.r every ii.,

on the system. and if th m. n th.en

elect to walk out the in' rnationai

officers will recomm enl.I strik-.-

which would tie up the Northwestern

system as tightly as the Illinois Cen-

tral is now.

There are no new devel.lmfents n

the big railroad strike on the Har-

riman lines. The strike has d' -

veloped into an endurance contest.

The capitalist press are printing

great stories about the strikers want-

tlg to return to work and that he men

went on strike against their will. All

this Is misrepresentation on the part

of the capitalist press.The constitution of the unions In-

volved In the strike read that no strike

carn be called unless two-thirds of

tlhe mes nvolved vote In favor of t

strike.Ia.ty paees!t of the men on the

iartman lines who are now on strikevoted In favor of the strike. With

this number of men desiring to strike.there was nothing Ieft for the officials

of the unions to do, but to call the

strike

James O' Conn,.l. national presli-

dent of the Machlnibts' union opposed

the strike, and the local lodges of

machinists along the Harriman lines

sent delegates to the grand lod..g con-

v\'ntion of machinists, which Has itl

session last month, in Davenport. I ,o.t

with instructions to make a fliht on

the floor of the convention to ha.e

the Grand Lodge of lachlnists t.,

order the strike.

The convention after list, nine to thi

arguments of the delegates from .f'

the Harlman OInes. ord, red the r-.,n.ilodge officers to sanction the strik.

the machinists on the Harriman ln, -

The whole talk about the n. n lni

strike being dissatifed with th. unflI.

is all talk, started by the capit.tlistai

press at the Instigation of the r.i:l-

road magnates.

Reports reaching this office from

men on strike Inform us that ther,

are very few practical, or expv.ri.nc. .1meen among the strike breakers, andthat thosr who are acting as strilk

breakers are only dummy workers putl

in the shops, who make a preten .

at working In hopes that the strikers

may become discouraged through th,,

display of numbers In the shops, ant

decIre the strike off.

The railroads are gradually be com-

Ing crippled, and It is only a matterof time, until they will be compelle.l

to settle with the men. The strikers

expect that the strike will be of two

months duration.

The Grand oIde of M:ahinistsrecently in convention, voted to asses,each machinist 12.50 lcer month fr

the benefit of the strikers 'on the

Ilarrlman and Illinois (Cntral lines

The shop foremen w.h were notcalled out when the strike took pilce

have been ordered by the unllns to

cease work, this will have the effectof further demoralizing the workinglof theshops, as the foremen are theexectiuve heads of the shops andt itwilt be a hard proposition for thescabs or sealies to reorganize theworking force.The machinist union has $400,0o

in U. I government bonds, hut theother crafts are not so well fixedfinanotally and a call has been lasuedfrom the trikers for finanieal assist-ance to carry on the strike

Big TrialHas Began

Labor Hating Plutes do TheirBest to Create Sentiment

Against Labor

(By Natlonal Socialist Press.)L,,s Ani. 1h' , I'al. 4lit. 1--Jam*.s B.

M'Namara was put on trial for his life*t fuore Jud.•I. Walter Bordwell in de-partm, nt .h.vr n of the superior cour,ch trrl' with the murder of 19 men incune(ttion with th." fire which destroy-ed the Los Angeles Times on Octobe.r

1., 1:.10.

JJhn J. McNamara will probably noti, piac• d on trial for several months.

The first action was toward select-lon of the jury, which is to sit in th,case.

Attorney Clari nce, Darr,,n p' r.dictions were fulfilled waF' n the firstof the propos. d juryme '. r,. latc don their examinatlion

The" cffect of th' co*tant canml.i..n,,f prejudicini. !he ipAbllc mind n .Iimm.dlately apparent. In the \ nireis -'car. ly a man who is not lhn'on a.hal\ing a prejudl,, against labor -Sin;i*," ns, . M. m. lhrs of th. 1 a-

M ,re ,n the list and real ' state mi nandI merchants make up a large. pir-

tion of *he vnlre..Hlarry('handler, son-in-law of Otis

and general manager of th, Times i.in the venlre as is Baker of the BakerIron works, and two of the Lo.wellynr.where strikes have been In progressfor over a y ar. Of co•urse th,-re inot a chan', that th,. e men will t,.called, bu t It shows that the type ofmen who have been se.lected to ser\.on such juries.

"We don't care what the deuf, ns,

says or does, we've got the upper handJut now and we will put the McN:a-

maras over E\. rything is commlr:our way these da). and there's n""-thing lacking. ' said a BIurns operati..to a newspaper nman yesterday.

Nt , . n thn jury lacking?"' wais

askedl."That s all r:uht." r. plied the d, -

tti•the' with a ,augh. "we are not atall w ,rrh, al. I , t that "'

This se mi to sunm up the' whole

. tuitiomn fronm :h point of the pros,.-

ut. mn--'"r I•iern. is the prosecution.

th ohb i lf ff., the jitler and. if

h'le pre, nt TIr nd c.ntinu. a he willtry t , 1. the :.'udte and tit.' jury.

ImiaaIam.ti I'hamnplet tient to

Taxpraers.

I,ti r',mincd that an unprejudticldjury shall not hie secured. the Tim,.has sent copy of its, infam• us pam-phlet to , ecry taxpayer in LA.s Angelescounty. This pamphilit is ci aculate'dIt prove th.e dynamite, theory and 1I,still further pIrejudice the read4 r-agatnst the M.'Namaras and against

all labor

Ju dge, lUtrdwell has taken no stepl

towannrds stopping this action bult ha.

gone calmly allout his cork of select-lng a e nire off 150 namine

Amonr.g those placed ",n the ilst t,\

Ilrdw ill, were the namles eof a num-h, r of hankers, members of the M &

* . reactionary p•llicans. wealthy

ranchers of the Times cl.uts and. In

fat,. every thing but members of the

working class. The list of namesreads like a group selected to attend

ten-dollar-a-plate banquet given to,

President Taff.

EVINUE (luange Denied.As soon as court opened the roll of

the, remaining 54 verlremen was call-

ed. 1 he defense then presented a.f-

fldavits supporting its formal action.

davits were sworn to by both McNa-for I ohnnge of venue. The affl-

mara brothers and alleged blas and

prejudice' on the part of Judge Dord-

well The court immediately denied

the motion. The defense eexcepted

the rulng and alleges that Bordwell's

.cti'tn is certain groulnd for reversal In

,cs of conviction.

Th ' oe affidavits recited at great len-

'th th.n m , r.- . " h ., I. .n,."w p ap,.r-. *.| ", +J th, " ' -r",

te- ,r .,l to inilo. an, Ir , '

l,,hab , m .nd Tl"h, v r, fl,," : . in -f. st infuirn -s of the m,"th,.,l , *,,1 .I

ly the lahlr halting ,rgranlz:th,,ni .inith,, ,xte ft t,, wh h th J T n"] . hi'

,ne, to pr.' , nt i .)arty . in, -. 1,"t.dwhich m:cht .:."n a fair trail to the

c'ur ,I trk- ris. Ti. ittf:l I r

dwfI; upon the infamous Timespamp•hli which ,I,''lar, that "J,,hnJ. McNamar.a was the author and ,i-rector of th. plin for Il.h .r: . p th-.Tim+.• hulllhln: ll murdlri,.: Iti , -c'lpanlts in th.,t h.e '.41l y 'h themanr V for th.lt ind oth,.r ',i,i+

The. pJmnphl I.t k. pt m, *inf ,, ry

hou, r of th. l,,y and th. .1 f.n., h l-foindl n, \iv I to counterract it. .- I,-I', ct..

(Changvs for i |'air Trial ti m

VWith thiM sort of thinf- c'.n. .*n,n•l th" 'mn,mitl ,I tim., and oprtizn!'yt, make 'pI ntt' and mainfa t"

,v:. ne,. th. r., is ivery r a.son to,, I."1.' the Burns htnlnch has ,v.,ryv

thinm ni.,I l framed and there is littil.h1.p. for a square deal for th. M.c-Namaras," said a prominent atturn v.nxho I, not allied with or particularlyintuerested in the defense of the Im-prison, d iron workers

Lnoud and long are the pr"teti.,n,

that a fair tria, is assureil . The dis-trict attorn,,y grows Indignant at any

meintion of a prejudiced liuhlie or r,u'•adl !.'lue or jury.

Anm r• the men who alr mnntion. das luk kly to h, associated with 'tpros,.t'ution Jre, former 1'. R. Dl•ir.\tt-rn y iscar L.lm.Iler. who eas ItI!-

liner's frl nd and who sur..,,. .1 "i

ui.tinit Tart in *u'h horrili, m '.i,!.list pr. inuy tm his dismisial 1'1 "r.

I-rm r s nat,,r Pr:ank P. Flint. w h1

.eas for Vy ar. a h, nchman

Sruth, rn Pl'.tifi' polittl e1m i w Ir;Earl loc."r, atorn. v for th, II M1 . w hi took h i .I promin.n'

in !h+ first d ,t\ of th , _rrln l i.,r,

nv. stlcntin .f the Tim, d - i-',

The- alllance with th.•s. m n 1- .t . on•F" "as ,n of th,.. rm,, spi.t. •qirr, nr.l r

itll po,'- rs that tr I. :hline t 'ok ,r "n) th, . 1 ron;

Th. .ii e nll , tit t, t h st.•r .in

ztitntiti n .. f I' 11thf'rn,1 t milin n. I

h,"+il tfric. h 'l h.,n t l h•l ph 'I th

li,,Ih of t '.X itrni lhy r.,f r, ilunt

Th!? n in ke six st.t.. in iP h

Itm .n "h .l- .\ pii L tiffr I n tha i \, 1 nThe n. t1 n s iht t~ lote' "n th :,

inn if tu iine. the h ollnt to th \\..n)is t* i \',s { ,n ,. 1, h,,n ,t ." , . ",I i, 1 "t t ,iSl'ctihn in 1912.Thy s.i ,ff W'om.:lnl pIii r.iInakine cr, ot heorilw:hy in this (''Ium:ItdI it i tonly a q(1u tion of s a f. ',.'.ar. until th. wom .n ,f th. t' I" lat's will I .ave 'q : a il ffrro . v .

ithi mn in .try wstl.e pn the unipn

The dues received at the NationalHeadquarters of the Soela.'st Pary,

during the month of September w,."$5.043 35. This repres, nts a mrmn-bership of 3I,$6:. Upon first sightit would seem to represent a meme~r.ship of over one hundred th•.and,,but a portion of the dutles came fr,,munorganised states and territories andmembers at large, who pay ten centsper month Instead of five Th,' nethighest month was Mtarch. 1911., whenthe amount received was $4,212.85The average membership for the tfirstnine months of 1911 Is 79.434. Allparty members should get in line andboost for the hundr. d thousand mark

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fSOl .lIk s () OPPORTUN rrY

The Soclaists of lMontana have a

.great opportunity before them, and If

they fall to grasp this opportunity and

make good, they will be criminal"Y

nejlligent.The reapportionment bill passed by

the last legislature, is more favorable

to he Socialist Party than to either of

the old parties, and advances the pos-

sild,lt.ls of the Socialists breaking into

the legislature considerable.

The counties in which the Socialist

vote is high the representation ls-n-

creased and in those counties In which

th? Socialist vote is weak, the repre-

sentation is decreased. This state

of affairs is not brought about by the

old parties in order to favor Socialism.,

but is caused by the tide of immi-

gration, the new comers having a

large percentage of Socialists amonil

them, and where the new settler are

locating the aocialist vote willacrea•s

The counties setled exclusively iy

the old polneers are the ones ln which

the Socialist vote Is small.

With such a condition %s this, the

Socialist party shound concentrate Its

efforts In the districts in which the

Socialists can be elected to the legis-

lature.

It is in the legislature that the work

must be done before anything of con-

sequence in the Socialist platform can

be accomplished.

Another matter of Importance that

shou,'l not be overlooked by the So-

clalists f Montana, and that Is the new

counties. fWith the division of countles and

the creatilng of new onee, gives the tl

Socialists a greater opportunity to

elect members to the sate senate.

The new county of Musselshell his h

K large number of Socialists within .' c

boundries, but very poor party organ- C

izatlon.

Thvere is to be a special election in n

the n.lorthern part of the state, in

Ch,,uteau county on the question of

creating 11111 county,

In the iropuo-d new county are a

Ilrg," niumber of Socialists, but only

,n"e •mall ;.cal in Havre. The Bo-

I 1,-4s .n the propos, d new county, are

n,,l tnw comers, and should be or.

g i at once. Vith a strong or-

c , t In In these new rountles the

t, . .t.n 1 a show to win in the i

Th. cr',atn o' new counties Is

r r .1' to th l. ,ocalist Ptrty, as the

pleIt ,.l .ta hinery of the old parties I

:are never effklient,y organised in the

n\ %. , unti s . and with a gitod active e

a, xpagln of organisation and educa-

tl,,n in the new counties, the Socialists

ha\e few uobstacles to overciome at

the first election, and the party cap-

turing the new counth s at the first

l. etion, usually holds the county ftr

years.

".'e state organiration should i"ve

c.nsidetrabl, attention during the win-

ter months to organizatlon in the dis.-

trl-ts that can be carled by the Social.

RIts legiMlative ticket a he next eieciun.

TE TRUST ON A FARM.

One of the most Interesting exhibits

at the Montana State Fair recently

held In Helena, was in the cattle sheds

and was an exhibition of thorough

bred Hereford a.ttl" from Glenbrook

farm, which is owned by the Amal-

gamated Copper company, In Deer

LLodge co 4nty.

This live stock exhibit of the Amal-

mated Copper company composed 10

per cent of the total cattle eahlblts

at the fair, and he topper collar

(Amalgamated) cattle captured the

blue ribbon in every class. There

were no favoritism shown the Atmal-

g.amated copper company. for the cat.

tle from the Anmalga.ma.te Oopper

company's farm were superb, perfect

specimans of the Hereford breed.

The Amalgamated Copper company

is owned by the Standard Oil Interests.

and it is clearly set n that they intead

going into farming on the large scale

In Montana.

The cattle exhibited by the Amal-

gamated Copper company were mark-

ed F"'or Sale". This would indloate

that the Amalgamated is going into the

tuslness of raising "'.orough bred

sto'k to be sold to farmers for breed-

ing purposels, and clearly marks a

new tr. nd in trust detelopm, nt in

Montana.

I:\u!ution of the Sex.

The inroads that are being made

h woain ii Into the trades and uccLu-

Iitl••ls is autonishinsg when one con-

teonilates it, eslpecially as these' trade•

111 , p titl r. cl nilt]) cotwidered the

-ole dulni In of Intn.

TIn iears ago a woman was ad-

nitted Iota nuitb. whip in the mach-

mati' liiol. i.he was receiting the

a.iuinlluin rate 1t wages paid mnach-

intists ill the district sh, was it pi y, d

in, and as thi. re Is nothing concerning

-x qua;iiicatins for memtership in

the mni•hinists union, she was admit-

ted to the union upon her application

ta!.lin its reguiar course.

This woman machinist was looked

upon by the men machinists as a

curiosity and her membership in the

union was puacd as a joke.

However, things have changed now.

The rapid inroads that the women

have beten making in the machine

shops are such as to cause the

machinists union to amend its consti-

tution at the recent convention of that

union The women employed in the

machine shops are working !jr I ss

wages than the men. they are not re-

ceiving the minimum rate of wages,

therefore could not be admitted into

tthe union.

The new constitution of the union

will allow the women to be organised

into the International Associatlon of

Machinists regardless of the wage they

are receiving.

The women are employed In watch UIfactor'ee as well as in tool works. In

fact she is making her appearance in.

to all klands of machine shops in the

eastern states, running turret lathes. band milling machines. It is .etlm-

ated that there are over 10.000 women

now employed in the machine shops

of America Of course a large num-

ber of these are young girls who run g

bolt cutting and nut tapping machlnes.

The women In the machine shop.are becomtng so plentiful that labor

journals will be carrying a new ad-

vertisement, calling attention to shirt

waist and bloomer overall for womenmachinists.

The rapid strides beinM made in im-

proved machinery makes it posmeblefor women to eat"-r into campetition

with men In the machine shop. In n

the past she was physically unfit, but. n

with air hoists, travelling cranes, the d

sledge givlng place to the pneumatic II

hammer, the machine fits the physl- o

cally unfit for the work. The advent

of modern machinery in 'he machine a

shop 'akes the handicap off the wo-

men, and places them into keenercompetition with men. ti

The rapid economic development .'f twomen brings about a nan'urai de-

.~,lIjpmPnt in the demand for woman

suffrage, a

A PROGRESSIVE UNION. F

-- b

e The way the anti-8ocialist, pauedo- ,e labor papers are attacking the Social- a

Iets in the machinists union, and sup-

s porting the conduct of President James

e ('onnell in the recent convention of

s the machinist union, Indicates that the

e Soclidsts have evidently scored a bull's

e eyeThe machinists are a progresive lot,

it and today their union is the most aR- I

It greslu 'fighting organisation in the I

Amerios.a labor movement.

it In the past two years the machinists

union has had more strikes than any

oth'er organization, in fact of nearly

. any other two unions, during the past

two years.

There are few unions in America

that have greater tenacity than the

nmachnists. For nearly six years theyn. carried on a strike against the Santa

Ft- railroad, before they gave in, yet,

in the face of apparent defeat. they

have ever since carried on a silentits strike on the Hanta Fe railroad and ittly is only a matter of time until thatrall-

da road will be forced to make Its peacegh with the machinists.

ok The machinists have had nore in-

!' Junctions fired upon them by the

ter courts than any other organlstilon.

they have been continually on thea- firing line of the class struggie, It

10 seems impossible for their union to

build up a strong treasury, it an as-

sesmment is levied on the members of

the machinists to build up a large

fighting fund, then some new attack

is made upon them by the capitalists.

It is war to the knife, and the knife

to the hilt betwtten the corporations

and he machinists unllon.

Fifteen years of this :Ind of life

has made the m.l hinists union an

active fighting forte', and put them in

the vanguard of tIh, nu•rican labor

movement, asu % ,l a. making the

greater per centtgi of the machinists

Socialists.

In the recent . I etion for Inter-

national officers 1 hei' machinists uin-

ion, the issue tt.os S ,,lialism, the candi.

dates were foulrht fr h,,ing Socialists,

or anti-sociali.t. ,tld it is the first

time in the hi:t: r tf any American

liaboir union that thi. ,ti, s were drawn

i) t'loie ly on 5t. talli0nl . The So-

'inlists were t: , ,rio•s. regardless

iof the fact th.,t r, I• ,n was mad,

an islue, and r, -Ei iu.s orders fought

the SocallaUsts c3hlIlates.

At the Intern.,:, .nal convention of

the machinists. h 11 ,ast month, the

Sociallsts eontrli, d1 the convention,

and delegate.s• H were not Socialists

were present n' ash insurtuctions from

the lodges thu• represented, to vote

au th and suppl ,rt the Socialists and

th,,it progresi\. measures.

President Jame s O'Connell fought

the Socialists bitter,) in the convent-

ion, and denoun'cing the Socialist

teachings in th, Mc:uhinists Monthly

Journal". The convention endorsed

the teachings in the Machinists Jour-

nal and page 1 res,.lutions congratulat-

Ing the editor, D. Douglas Wilson on

his efficient work, and advising him

to continue his valuable work of edu.

cation. (The Machinists Journal is una

of the best labor magasines in tie

oountry, and is strongly socialistic.)The Miitia of Christ was represent-

en in the machinists convention. as

well as certain other religious orders,

that are fighting Socialism

One delegate from Rock Island

was recalled by his lodge for fightingthe Socialists in the convention.

The machinists true to their ten-

dency of the past twelve years took

an advanced step towards industrialunionism, and laid plans to bring class

usolldarity Into a reality, instead of

craft divislon.

The convention took very radical

steps towards making the machinistsunion a more aggresive ightinglmachine and taking it alt in all the

oonventon was one of the most pro-greslve and inspiring conterenoa held

by any labor body in Amertla for

years.

Nearly all the officer's elet of the

machinists union are members na

good standing of the Socialist Party,and is safe to my that InteraleSal

President elect, Wildam Johnston,

will be heard at many Socialist rally

urging the workers to vote the ticket

of the working clu-m4he Socialist

ticket.

A stockholders meeting of the Union

Printing and Publishing companywill be held on November t1, at this

meeting the subject of securing newmachinery will be considered, It very

desirable that we set sufflclent mach.Inery to make us independent of any

other print shop.

Fhe out look for the Montana Neweat present is brighter than it has been

for over a year, and if conditions

continue as favorable in the future as

they have been during the past month,

the Montana News will soon be in a

po4tdon to carry on , milllant cam-paign for the working caus of Mont-

ana.

The sale of stock in the Union

Printing and Publishing company ilbeing subscribed for extensively.which argues well for the standing

of the Montana News.

One share of stock costs $5.00 and

is a good investment for a wage slave.

COAL FAMINE In CANADA.

That the union miners in the north.west are still conduoting their fightin an effective manner Is aassured.

"Fuel" an authority on coal mininghas this to say: "The coal fam-Ine In Alberta Is still acute. The

operators are hundred of thou-

snds tons behind in orders. Foursmall mines. Hillcrest, McNeJI. Can.more and Royal Collierces at Ieth-

bridge, ha e atarted up with smalgangs at work in each. )oaens

of cots are arriving at variouscollIeries to accommodate strlkce break-era, and it looks as if 'he operators

are dt4ermined In their etffrts tostart up again '

Advices from the strike district,ny that the famine '. "k'ely to be-come more Int.nse, if a settlement

It not reached between the strikersand the operators. That the min-

Irs have the dituatlon well Inhr.'ld and are prepared for emer-

. .nc ie

8. D. Herd.

DIUREyr PRIMARII Y HyMBUG.

There is an attempt at present tofoist upon the people of Montana a

direct primary law by the disgruntled.down and out democratic politioanaThey are endeavouring to apply theInitiative law in order to have it sutb-nutted to a vote of the people.

Thos down and out democrata, whoare endeavouring to mislead the unionm,,.n into supporting the primary law,.tr, harping on the Wseconsin primary

I a. and have patterned the law theyir', trying to have adopted, after theWisconsln law.

In order to show the wage workershtn' practical operation of the primary

I Iw in Wisconain, we print the follow-

ina from the Social Democrat Herald,

t j , organ of the Milwaukee Sociaists"I'. I. Stator Stephrneson who has

:,Itnitted that it cost him '107,000 to

i., elcted o the American hitonM of

,rds, It' being Investigated Iv a con-r, .rieionai committee in Milwaukeethis

.( "k, and the scandals of the memor-.iile primary campaign picked op",n.

Il~,e of the first shocks the invesil-

u..iting committee got was over the

testimony of r.liiahle politicians as to

thel eipenlivenessM of the primary sys-

te.m Whatever its advantages It gives

the men of money the inside track for

theI more advantageous "positlons of

trust". It practically puts the lu-

cretive offices up for sale. And some

of the more recent reformer fads will

he still worse-4he non-partsaan elect-

ions for instance."

Stgnflceat Statement"We never had talk of corruption in

I this state before. It all cane* c• ,lut

hirce we got the direct primary law.'-- Statement of Attorney General LeviSII. BIancroft of Wisconsin. In stephen-I sn .vestigatloq.

Some Amaulag Testimony.When Uncle Ike Stephenson, the Um-

ber pirate who bought himself a seatIn the United States senate for $107.009 was running his primary campaignin which that sum of money was spenthe made use of the Wisconsin gamewardens. The chief game wardengave H2.500 to the then governor ofthe state, a leading republican. Theex-governor's testimony before theInvestigating committee is a pitifulexhibition, and reminds strongly ofsome of the explanations made byMilwaukee's recently deposed fire•beft, whose money manipulationswhen a grand Jury war in sessionwere of the most shocking kind.

Here is ex-Gov Davidson's expla-nation: The money was placed onhis desk in several sealed envelope&,He did not know (sic) what theywere there for so he let them lieround his desk unopened for "severalmonths", and then tiring of seeingthem there put the money they con-tained into the bank, in his personataccount!

If the recording angel heard thattestimony he must have shed morethan one tear! -Social Democrat Her.aid of Milwaukee.

THE STEEL DEMON

By Hugh McGee. ....

The 20th century has introduced anew factor into human society, a newforce, a new power, a newproducer,a new maker and builder which haschanged conditions throughout the en.tire world.

Thns new thing is the only perfectcreation In the world. It is not hu-man. it is not allivng thing, it does noteat or drink or sleep, it only works,it is made of steel and iron and itwill live forever.

This new thing has for nearly 100years been taking the "Jobs" of menand women and doing the work that

they were doing, and tomorrow newermachines will throw more men andwomen out of "Jobs" and into a state

of starvation.The use of machines and machinery

has very nearly done away with the

need of human labor. So true is this

that for a man to be unable toflnd

any work to do, does not seem strange

to anyone.

The working men and women, todayare in reality worse off than the peas-

ants and slaves of Europe ever were,for the reason that before the comingof machines and machinery, the Kings

Queens and Morgans of those daysneeded them to do all the work, and

so they did not permit the workers

to die of sickness and starvation, it It

were possible to save them.But since machines and machinery,

do so much of the work today, It does

not matter what happens to the 20th

century slaves.

Today the men and women who

have been displaced by the perfect

, machlnes and complex machinery areboeoming tramps or crlmnals, and the

women are turning to prostitution for

food and sheier.

When a 20th century slave s "tired"I. h~67 'at once to starve, and while

he looka for a new master, the blood.hounds of the master class are coa-tlnually at his heels ready to pounoeupon him for being a vagrant ortramp, so as. to pluck some bbood-money from him In the Jails andcourtswhich have always provided providedan easy 'vling for the watch-dogs ofthe masterm

The Socialislts demand that the pub-Ilc--hecollectivity---clalm the mach-ines and machinery of production anddistribut(i,n. as the common propertyof all the people, to be used, nowand forever, for the needs of all thepeople, and not for the profit of afew men who have neither conceivednor created them, but only own them.

The continued private ownership ofmachines and machinery by a fewmen, means that unemployment willIncrease, that poverty will increase,that disease will Increase, that thefew rich will become richer and themany poor will become poorer.

('rime, poverty, disease, unemployment, postitution, white slavery andchild labor is Increasing day by day

)o you want It to continue?

WATT WHAT FORT" By GeoggeR. Kirkpatrick, Is the greatest bookon economics by any living American

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THU AGITATOMI

The agitators are the loyal menWho staunchly stand for truth, though

prison penAnd death on scaffold grim ara wait-

nlag thee.The hemmpen moose may strangle

their brave song;The eyes that biased defianceto to the

wrongMay budge from out their sockets as

they die:The mocking laugh of tyrants and

the wailOf the oppal.sedl may be their re-

quiem hymn:let Truth will conquor. Justice will

prevail.Their life blood tingles through the

veins of timeAnd warms the world in every place

and clime.The agitators are the loyal menWhose names shall live when tyrants

are but dust;We hall them as the saviors of the

race:We hall them, yea, we honor them

and trust.-John McDonough

A OLO•IOU$ OPPORTUNIrrr.

By John IM Work.Through the Joint action of the Wo.

man's National Committee and theNational Executive Committee of the

gocieatot Party, a petition for equaloutrage is now being elrculated for

lgnatures.We ocitalists propose to brltg about

eonadtloa wheretan we can enset what-

ever laws or amendments we detre.

without petitIonaing aabody. it.,meantime, we have to take the best

available meoan of exprenlg ear-

selves and areoutag public aenimeat.The repubdlcan and demeeratic

patles have not championed equalsfttrage. There has been notngfor them to toee by It, but they havelet it alone because of Innate coaser-vai m. Ther might still be nothingfor them to lose by it It they cham-

ploned it at once. But there I. agreat deal for them to lose by it If they

do not champion It at ones.For, women are likely to cuast their

ballots for the party that it moat

active nla giving them the suffrage.The 8oelalist Party Nationma plat-

form declare In faver of unrestretedand equal suffrage for men and wo-

men and pledges the patty to ma•k

an a•tice campaign to secure the smaWe seodalits want equal Miorags

rogardless of the consequeaes to ear.sele. If it would reolt in temper

ary deteat sad delay for our move-ment -so be It. We would net com-promlee a great prlnciple far tmpeor.

ry advantage.Bat. there i as oc0esole for any

.su result Women are going tosecure the suffrage during the nextdecade or two aiyhow.

The best way for us to inure thatthey whlt vote agalas us when ther

get the ballet is by showing mdiffer-

ence in their struggle for the ballet.And the best way for us to lasure

that the women will rally to the eo-

elalet Party whme they get the allot

is by maklig a bold sad vterous

struggle to get the ballot for them.

The Soealist Party In aay eea-

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brm.Our mwmbof veawku. m mauking sla I nnee.I ,. Ai.an sh y e d

tlb r yWii. bhcd. pum It to u tC iu wrlo~ ~ ~~o~ a o oS1~to~boUroa re eatec rallexpar de m n ot p.w4l . _.umeu

/ b~1jjeie mlre cb. h~aMi Vot me t5t. bmw I.

o 1 .. ruhb tqeo weie`l _ ye blqt o mtati nJ or1 t Wa t S

Tom mavaii 50 i enmi.i stout moj bt-

uuu s*ainu a . tee buMldad

- mM itMru stamen MUeb.m l.ucle a or a of tiara 1 U .. * . S tCurr

ant byorei ou r eatump Iiiub our dc oii ee ofe* /e mdi

!h elrr..r..* we sea a r+"aN,..r

w vugu lwr d iu rrrrr~i.e.f the. sae I

~,~ hlt~ a~fof 7 blwr. wb~~ur.

eaFrn porous sin wblch Co.~'6 tW ~l.wneetlh~ all OVIDl bhe air~.. bu *SO&P.laa r lbaF Itea( aveo.ni ,h .. t Mme/ ra ".rt~tllUI~rt1w. trrrbeaar bia nr" llo oMI

ci twi Isa whole ea. Tw" b m aomore tha

rdlar Tarr d r-ahiam lneles no wit ua~pei. quaewty omj. r b 4euever bo

eo p por aus ana Ton noe pa a mlmmrnor~maray - _"j~3Ijfl~tjI~p~y, IIOAS I'LL.thin. apIaal pr~pirR'a: per 94 a e we &1 1

y e ets~~hLp C. 0 .. n proaj Yo o'otpr oa nt1

.e'r ese 1aw ._rr O Ia ....1... 1risll.ULe.ari

tries has soared valuabe legislatiom

out of the old parties by working uppubMo sentlment to a ponlt when theold partle oonsided it semeary totheir own oonatlaed pollttl e0hlstaecethat they should msake eoneseloa

In the same manner, the oolealst

Party can scare equal iusafrege out

of the republloan and democrstloparties. The women wit then have

the balotl several years earlier than

they otherwise would. Then theywill owe It to the SocialisJlt Party.

And they will be wise enough to know

it. In the European countries therecipients of the benefits of remedlal

legislttlon have nla ever increasuln

numbers showed that they recogntsewho it is that scared that remedial

legislation out of the old parties.

no, grab these petitions and getbusy. Give every woman and man

In your community a chance to sign.•,et's land a petition In Congress

that will make their eyes bulge.

W\hile e\very utterance in Congress

ir duly recolrded by stenographers and

apipears in the. (',ongrerluional itecord,

and while hearings before committees

Iand commnlalons are likewise a matter

,of record. yet. owing largely to the

c f Iftmlnouus prlntied documents the'

gre :ttter irtion of vital matters are

Inst to view. Just recently, in a

sl. h nlt madel on the floTr of the House

the follow ing facts were stated; hav'-

Ing Ibeen collected by the New York

'hild I.alor ('ommission:

(hildren's dressps are paid for at

the rate of 50 cents per dozen. The

average daily out put for one person

in thirteen hours is one dozen.

Violets are made for thirteen and

one half cemnts per gross, and a mother

three girls and a grand mother earn

60 cents per day

The average wage of an entire fam-

ily at garment finishing is from 60 to

70 cents per day.

Making cigarette wrappers brings

10 cents per 1,000 and a woman wrok-

Ing from 6 a. m to 12 p. m can

make 12 per week.

Machinists Journal.

WAR-WHAT FOR? I. a hand-

some, gold-stamped, high-grads cloth.

bound, double-backed book, printed in

easy, open type on high quality paper.

8z5 inches in sis(. The book contains

352 pages; 12 chapters; 13 Intensely

Interesting full-pege pictures (three

powerful half-tones); several literary

photographs of hell; trenchant discus-

ason of every phase of war, militarlim.

and social struggle; more than a osz-

en strong passages for school and en-

tertanament declamations; over 300

citations and quotations from author.

ities; bibliography; numerous suggest-

ions for promoting the propaganda

against war and capitalism; an abun-

dance of material for lectures on war,

miatarism, the clase struggle, capital-

lam, socialism. and the history of the

working class. A book of this size,

stock, binding, and richness of Illus-

tration is usually sold at $1.10 to $.00Can be had from the Montana News

for 81.20 postpaid.

To with hold deserved praise lest

it should make its object conceited

is as dishonest as to withhold pay-

ment of a Just debt lest your creditor

should spend the money badly.

guaberribe for thL Moana News.

in Butte.Victor L. Berger, the first r oct lat

Congressman, delivered a lecture It

the Auditorium, in Butte, last Mon-

day evening. A Iarg.. and enthul-

Ilastc uI ience were present to hear

the veteran Socialiset of Americ.

As Introductory to his lecture. Mr.SBerger defined the word "Bociallmn"

In ~imerning to him. Capitalilm.

he termed the present day way ofconducting tmbusiness. ocialism., he

said. was the name for the new epochsof civilisatio n in hich each man

would serve society, one for all sadn all for one. It is not the name of

a theory, but an epoceh. Mr Bergert1 then went on to tell of eonditions In

Milwaukee before and after the com-* ing of the Iocialists Into power, aad

. pointed out in what respects he

n th-ught the new adminlstratlon hadp bettered conditiona

Freeslo by awkwam. W4A synopsis o his remarks is as th

follows: li

"Social freedom, complete justice, el

can only be accomplished by the col- he

lective ownership and democratic bi

management of teh social means of w-

production sad distribution. ke

"I reslise that all this cannot be

brought about by a single stroke-- ata one day's revolution. But I know rthat all legislation, in order to be real- th,y progreassve and wholesome, mustmove In that direction.

"And the only party that Is goingIn that direction is th' Socialist party.

"With the Social, st political isusuesare of minor consequence, and econ-

mle Issues are the important questions. w

"Th-t is the reason that we refuse

to be diverted or led astray by political

reform, like the initiative and referen- s

dum Each in itself Is a good enough toreform and has been agitated for a

long time by the Socialists and forms

a part of our programme today. Mere

changes in the mechanism of expresa-Ing the will of the people are, how-

ever, of minor Importance when com-

pared with the reform of economicconditions.

Want Old Age Pesiomn.

"We want the initiative. But we

want much more, the old age pension

for every working man and workingwoman of 60 and over. t

"We want the referendum. But wewant insurance against being out ofwork much more."We want the recall. But a pension

for orphans-at least for those who

have no father-and a pension for

working women during the period of

child bearing Is of indefinitely greater

importance than the right to recall a

judge.

"Of the political reforms a new

constitution is of most importance Be-

I cause, with the old constitution social

reforms are almost imposible No

mater how good and beneficial a ~*aW

mey be. It will as a rule, be declared

unconstitutional by the supreme court

And, as a rule, it really is unconsti-

tutional, because our constitution was

framed at a time entirely different

from ours, and for an entirely differ.

ent people.

e "When the constitution was framed

this was a nation of frontier farmers

and hunters, with a few merchants

In the seaports.'There was io machinery used, and

there was n manufacturing to speak

of. Ther were no railroads, no tele.

Sg'raphs."There were no mlillonaires and no

St proletarians. There were no corpor-

ations In the pesstet aense-a corpor.If ation In th days meant a city. And

there were no trusts, of courseMais Conaututoa la Worn Out."It Washington, Jefferson, Madison

and Hamilton could get up from their

graves today, they would not know the

country. We live in a diterent world

And yet we have to wear the samepolitical cloak-live under the same

constitution .

"In other words, a grown-up nation

still has to wear Its baby clothes.

They do not fit anywhere and have

been torn and patched in th0, mostmiserable way by 'decisions of the su.

preme court'-but anybody who dar,*s

to suggest a new suit is conyid• rr.d

a traitor by the 'interests'.

"Again I say, though poilti'a: re-

forms ar, desirable, they ar uof little

acount whn compared with the n'.-

cessity of changes in econonl, ial con-

dltions."Meorener. the changes in poitical

conditions are upon us.

"We sae the trusts not .only doing

away itrh competition. but al-, ask-

Ing for c•vcrnment intr-r: r.r., ani

govt rnn-l nt regulation of Ir: s

"In other words, we bhie the

spectcle of the trusts s ,r, nr,.ringpart ,f their ownership an l practi-

cally offering that part of th*. owner-

ship to the government

"That the truats-or at I act some

of the trust--are wiling to part with

their ownership because they now feel

that their business has ceased to be a

private concern Because the trusts

feel that their business has become a

public utility-of the most public sad

most ulltarian sort.

"But the change is also coming

from the other side.

"l'he great majority of the people

have no interest in keeping up the

present system. And especlally the

working class Is bound to become

revolutionarw as a class.

Workingnmem In Ho vel."Our workingmen of today build a

few pamaces and many hovels. The

workmen live in the hovels and a few

eapitalists live in the palaces.

"Our worknagmen in the woolen

mills make a email amount of fine

clothes and milloes of yards of shoddy.

The workiagmen wear the shoddy and

the rich idlers wear the fine cothes.

"Worklnsmen and their chidren

have to oU down into the mines-

workingmen and workingwomea and

their chidren have to go into dingy

ll-ventilated factorleo and workshops, and toll there from $ to 12

hours a day. Thee ruin their health

by over work so that a few people

who have the money can ruin their

health by doing nothnlag.

'The great majority now degener-ates through poverty so that the small

minority shall be ab•i to degenerate

through luzury.

"Again I my, he great majority

-hla no interest la keeping up the

present system.Ring Clmes Net SapeaIr.

SThere is also this:

"In former epochs the rtul ewes

was b) far the abler and stronger-

physiaolly and mentally .

"In former years a few nobles, clad

In iron and trained and scccustomedto warfare, could hold in subjection

20 times their number of common

people."The ruling calm was also at that

time the only clss that was in pos.

session o the wlsdonm of the world-

whatever the world was then

"The ruling class also had In Its

favor the belief that this system was

God ordained, and that anybody de-

fying it w - a rebel to God.

'Things are different nowadays

"The working class not only bulide

the houses, ships and machines, but

the working clas also teaches in the

public schools, writes the papers and

the books. Not only the man who

sets up the type for the papers and

books is a worklntman, but also the

man or woman who writes them

usually belongs to our class.

"The capitaist class depends upon

us not only for a living, but also for

information and defense.

"The capitalist class surely has no

better fighting qualities. It's the

working class that has to furnish mostof the men in case of war-although

the capitalists may start the war

Even in order to hold our class in

' subjection the capitaists have to hire

some men of our class who are for

t sale to do the fighting for the cap-- Itllat clars.

"We deny that the capitalist claus

is our superior in any way.

IPubik lKhool Makes Us Equal.

"And as long as the public schools

exist-and men and women are tarn-

Inr how to read and write-no pr'ist

or clergyman can make us believe thiat

this system is God ordalned. That It

is God ordained that a trust ma'n.Att

Shall make fifty or sixty million do'-

laws a year, or more, and that his em

pIeyec should earn 11.75 a day on the

avwae, so that the tru

st magna"e''

luaghter shall be abie to marry r,ms

broken down Ensh earl or French

count."Moreover, we h~y the ballot. No ri

subjected clam before had the same apolitical basis as the ruling clams. We r,

have It. a

"On election day your vote Is as tl

good as Rocketener's And you are f

many and the capitalists are few.

Hoa ever, if you choose to throw your

votes away and to vote with your.exploiters and for your exploiters, tha ri

Is your own fault, not theirs.

"The old Romans used to say: 'It l

fm lucky that the slaves never had a 'i

chance to count us.' because there: }

were 10 times as many slaves as tree. Imen in Rome.

"Now there are 10 times as many

wdge slaves as there are freemen it

America, and there Is a chance for a'

count on every ,lertion day. I

'Therefore, I say, make use of this

adlantage that no subjected clasm inhistory has ever b.fore had. Make

use of your numbers on election day. f

"A,1 you have to do is to stand withyour oan class and be counted All

you have to do is to stand for your

aIves and children on election day

and he counted.

"All you hayve to do is to stani for

your country and for humranity, and

for a new world, and be counted."

J. P. Morgan is taxed on an a.$sessed

valuation of only $800.000 instead of

a few hundred mi,llon.

Who pays his proper share of taxes?

Can you guess?

CONSPIiRAC Yof the Money and Land-Owning Kingsof the Period of the War of the

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MONTANA NEWS

Of late, somehow, I seem able toread my newspap..rs and periodicalswith some Interest. I know thereason now-I meet Ioorsevelt's nameal,out once a week, and (G.d kniwsthat. s nough fir a litti,", qul 't-Iuvingfollow like me.

The farmer rec.cive.s )no. f,)jurth ofthe produ ot oIt hi tuill. Thisi stat""-miant Is borne. out toy figures. whlih('fnn,,t I1.. Th.- farmcr, flhcit sucp-

piort tit,. idlers in th ir I'ieurv, thisIs nicrseiaskry as uthrwHs&. th,, "liii.'ci l:; woiulci mte.* ti icc prcni,.ictc

In ciridr ti liv"..

t ittr, Inc nI in thie M.NX.cc art tr Utlar, 'nniliricg ti cit r. stariri t -ck,"df.v.,cl.

Tin r ci . - thl..:i-c.icc, cnci tIc ,'icii iiixt h-. ii ,eli I.." c,'Icd t". . t .a cite'

frvnc ,Lr ti. , , .I%%Wi .t. Uth. ' :crt-t c-"r,;,. h . i

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Sliis trcvc liinr ,xpens, $ cill amountto l.,' .", n S7..AOO and $1 .;.400.

Wihia pys hi. LMils of thi *:L.ctv'cn-e ring?

Th. Montana N. we is not the onlySitcialist pap-cr 1iet w en Minneapnli.,

:.Il the Pacific coast lu'. it Isc thepcinlcer So-viali,'t paper

News FromMilwaukee

Still the Milwaukee Anti-Socialists

are worrying over last Sunday's big

mu.s meeting. How did the Social-

ists do it?

How did they secure the subscription

of $8.000 to the bonds of the Socla1ist

dauly in about ninety minutes? In

an off year-when there was no cam-

paign, no excitement, no political fire.

eorks--why should 7,000 men an

women meet just for the privilege of

piaying their money and starting a

Sotiahlst daily paper? That is the

puzzle which is bothering our capital-

ist politicians.

Never before, perhaps, did the Mil-

waukee Socialist movement show its

real strength as clearly as at tkts

meeting iast Sunday, since the enthus-

iarsm with a well-planned and dellber-

ate purpese behind it is far ahead of

the hurrt.h excitement of a political

eampalgr.

The big hall in the Auditorium was

filled to the roof The speakers weer

lMayor Seidel, Congressmman Berger,

Presitdnt-elect Johnston of the Ma-

chinists, and Carl D. Thompson. All

presented the necesity of a Socialist

daily in Milwaukee.

The applause and more especially

the financial response, showed that

they caried with them the hearts of

the audience. Besldes the $8,000

subscribed for the daily bonds, a col-

lection of nearly $300 was taken to

defray the expense of the meeting

A party which can do that In an

off-year Is not going to be defeated

at the polls next spring!

Here Is an interesting fact for trade

unionists. The Socialist supervisors

of Milwaukee are starting an Agricul-

tural Academy in this city--an in-

stitution, by the way, which will be

of solid beneft to our farming com-

munity on this side of the state. Now

this new building will employ a great

many men and a goood many trades.

But every part of the work will be

done by union labor, in all trades

where union labor can be obtained.

This is the first time in Milwaukee

that a huilding of this smie has been

constructed under unon labor con-

ditions. The trade unionists of Mil-

waukee are realising the benefits of

a working clamss organization.

Compare with this the recent action

of the Milwaukee School Board.

There are only two Sociallsts on this

board.

The queston of appointing non-

union teachers in Milwaukee Trades

School came before the school board

last week. The two Socialist mem-

bers fought against these appoint-

ments, justly contending that in a

trades school only trades unionists

shou,'d be permitted to teach and

train the future wage-workers of Mil-

waukee. The Socialists, however.

were voted down. Non-union teach-

ers w-re supported by these school

directors who were elected on the so-

called Anti-Socialists ticket. It will

be remembered that these Anti-Social-

lst tickets were distributed in the

churches of Milwaukee, that the prietn

brought women in carriages to the

polls with instructions to vote this

ticket, and these women were told

that it would be a "mortal sin" not

to vote for the Anti-BSocialist candi-

dates! The workingmten are begin-

nint to find out who are their true

fri. nds and who are their real en-emies.

E. H THOMAS.

WOIRK AMONG WOMEN.

There are a number of reasons why

the Socialist party should carry on

special propaganda among womenAmong them are the following:

Woman is disfranchised. The So-

clalist party demands equal suffrage

for all, regardless of sex, color .,, raceWoman's distfrnchlsement is a great

factor in holding her in economicsavte.ry.

Wouman's position in Industry is of

a much lower status than man's. She

seldom recelies equal wages for thesame grade of work.

Woman has become a very large

part of the Industrial world. She isthe most formidable competitor manhas in the Industries.

Woman Is the mother of the race.She needs elducation that she mayintelligently point the way to fr, edomto her children.

Woman Is one-half of the race.Without her support we cannot bringin the C'o-operative Commonwealth.

As Franklin Wentworth has said.

"We must never for a moment neglectthe propaganda work we can do with-In the walts of our homes; for untilwomen enter heart and soul Into ourcouncils and all our efforts. I can notbring myself to have great hopes forSocialism, and I know that capitalism

SIll have small tears of it."

Make money and all the world will

conspire to call you a gentleman

NEW CASTLE FREE PREIE WINi

SEDITIOUS LIBEL CASE

By Jack Britt Oearity.

"Not guilty" was the verdict of the

jury in the celebrated seditious libel

case at New Castle.

Thus victory crowns the struggle

of the famous fighting Socialist week.

ly, the Free Press, after a hitter bat-

tie of eighteen months duration. The

four comrades. iHartman. McCarty,

McKeever and White, being acquitted

Saturday, September 23. But thre.e

of them. White having been dropped

for lack of evidence, must pay one

halt the costs of prosecuting the case

a against themsei'ves.Indictment against the four com-

rades was found in March. 1910.

The case was tried at June term of

court that year, and jury agreed to

s acquittal of defendents, but could not

agree on placing costs. Under the

law of Pennsylvania a jury may find

a man not guilty, but charge the whole

of the costs or part of them against

I him or upon the prosecutor, or divide

them between defendent and pros~-

cutor.

After the trial last year attorneys

for the Free Press argued for the

quashing of Indictment. but Judge

Porter did not hand down his opinionuntil too late for September or De-

cemlber term of court, and nothing

was heard of the matter until March

of this year. The comrades here

thought the case would never be

heard of. When they heard of he

intention of the officials of the Free

Press pubaished a series of caustic

comments on the attempt of the ser-

vile Steel Trust tools to force a con-

viction on the charge of seditious

libel. These comments stung local

omcelals, especially Judge Porter. with

the result that a new charge---that of

constructive contempt of court-was

made against them.

The June. grand jury this year In-

dicted them. The district attorney

then attempted to try the contempt

case first. The defendents carried

the case to the Superior Court, but

lost the fight there. Meanwhile the

seditious libel case. the first of its

kind in more than a century, was ad.

journed to September court

At the *eptember term of court

just c'osed at this writing, both cases

were tried, the contempt case coming

first Conviction was obtained In

that case, under old English law, but

an appeal has been taken to the

higher court.Imm1 lyAia.w after the tlna af theimmeauareiy arter ame coee or ruw

contempt trial the prosecuUtion put onthe seditlous libel case, hoping to use

conviction in the first ease as a clubfor conviction In the blger case.

The legal battle lasted four days.and the Jury was out fifteen hoursbefore reaching agreement.

The decidon in the seditious Abelcase the meet important decisionhanded down in any labor struggleIn recent years. The action agalnst

the Free Press for seditious libel wastried under old English common law

also, and a verdict of guilty wouldhave menaced the Socialist press inevery state in which the common lawis unabridged. Local ocialists are

jubilant over their triumph, as it as-

sures freedom of the prea..The fight has dragged along for

eighteen long months, and has costseveral thousand dollars. The localSocialists have given to the limit oftheir resources, the Free Press is infina:ncial straits as a result t,f the

heavy expense It has been under, aswell as from the crippling of Its plantduring the trials. Outside aid Is aco-

Ing very slowly.

The real prosecutor is undoubtedlythe Steel Trust, Chief of Police Gil-more being a mere figurehead. Un-

less help Is forthcoming from socia:-ists all over the country the Trut maywin, and the Free Press silenced

The fight against the litUtle weekly

paper grew out of Its loyalty to the tinmill workers during their strike in

1900 and 1910 againet the Steel Trust.That strike loeted sixteen months, and

the workers were defeated and forcedto re'urn to the mi,ls on the Trust'sterms.

The workers are linlng up behindthe Socialist Party in large numbers,their eyes having been opened by thestrike and the attack on the FreePress, and eunless all signs fail NewOastle will be In the hands of theSocialists after November 7th. /othe victory of the Socialist Party willundoubtedly be a twofotd victory

TIHE ONLY WAY."Why did he leave all his money to

the black sheep of the family?""He said the other children were

too good to go to jail."

"Well ?""And he wanted to fix it so the

black sheep would be too rich "

TIED AND UNTIED.elid lie-so your friend found

marriage a failure, did she?Raid she-No, Indeed! The Jury

was kind and granted her 8t0,000alimony

S BOOiTiEJtS' COtiAMN.

Comrade Johnson streta sends II

$1.00 for Iba Good Work for so.clallsm

Comrade lenry Wiokhozut seads

$13.50 for subs Wickworst to some

scout for the "li e d Flag"'

A fighter in IButte sends In S sub

Your are In the rsiht direction andwith a Ilttie lpr,&l*tUL you will be per-

fect.

The N. P. boys in Hlens are send-

ing us about 20 to 25 subs per month

the last list is f ,r 20. How is that

tor hustling?

Comrade Brrown sends 9 by wireless

That's heading th, raseals off.

Comrade Hall of Missoua takes two

dozen copies of The United States

Constitution and Socialism." IH'

knows good propaganda matter when

he sees it.

The Coal llin, rs give us lots of Job

work this wo-•k. 5.000 letterheads

and 4,000 envelopeA

Comrade Sorhelm is working hard

for the News The News is working

hard for him

A warm hearted hot air artist in

Kansas says that he would die for the

working class: Why so sad? Live sal•

Iwe useful Hlus•le for subs for the

Montaaa News.

A comrade agned "Machinist" asead

in $150 for ammunition and wants

to get the price on bundles of the News

One ceot per copy Pard. and we would

ike to *sad you just such a bomb

every week.

Dad Iaglish sends in $1.50 for sub.

and buys 0 sub cards at the same time.

Dad was a switchman and knows the

tactics of the capitalists Evidestly

he known Just what kind of tesltes

for he workers to use.

The circulation of the News this

week is walking right along, this is

because the worwers of this state are

with us In all we do.

The workers of teh state are wak-

ing up very fast, that is because the

News is with them In all they do.

S lliam Fean buy five copies of theUnLted States Constitutlon sad So-clalism. Tommy Devore takes three of

the same. Price 10 oeant per copy

at this oer . .

boetalists of IAncoln county assureus that they will elect a Soclalst tothe legislature in 1912. The Neowis helping them.

18 THE BOY (COUT MOVEMNT OFA MILATARY NATURE?

R. A. DegueRecently there has been so much1 public criticism of the Boy Scout

Movement, that its promoters are be-

ginning to deny that the organisationis of a Military Character. Mr. C.

I de Vidal Hundt, Commander of BoyI Scouts, of Southern Calitornal, in af pubaished article in the "Los Angeles

I Examiner." denies the military nature

of the movement. As quoted by theI "Santa Paula Chronicle" he says:t "The Boy Scouts are not a military

Sorganiation. Our military drills are

given for the purpose of dilcipline andorder and with the object In view to

produce an erect carriage and devel)pthe boys' breathing apparatus andmuscles.

r "The Boys Scouts are peace scouts.

At one of 'he recent scout encamp-I ments a young lady who had been

a watching the boys said that it she ever

married she would try to get a boyscout, because boy scouts can cook

I their own meals and sew on their own

I buttons. Which only goes to pr,',,I that the scouts wilt be fully prepared

to avoid wars, domeotie or otherwise."I Now the movement in California

may be that Innocent sort as to havet for Its sole object the development

a of the boys physically, and to tea.hr them to cook and sew on buttons,

but it is very certain that Its organ.

Isers had, and still have in view, quite

a different object. Let us now brieflyallude to the history of the movement.

The Associated Press syar that theCuar of Russia, about two years ago,gave orders that the 3,500,000 boysbetween the ages of twelve and fifteenyears, In the elementary gchools,should receive military training. Gen.Babsa-Powell induced the Czar toobange his platsi, and adopt the "loyScoout Plan," as laid down in GenBaben-Pwell's book. Army officerstherefore rogamnid. the put year, agreat many thueands of the peasantboys The Aesedated Press of Sept.1lth. gives an aooount of a brilliantreview of these scouts by the Emper.or, recently at St. Peterbutr'. The

account says:"The emperor and several of the

grand duke, aoluding Mioblet Ae.a-androvih., formerly heir presumptiveto the throne, with a brillant suite ofgenerals all on horseback, rode downthe tour lines of troops. the emperorgetting the regular salute from eachcompany. replying to it, and settlnin respone as eathusastlU responseut youthful humhhs.

A thrllingt ight were the tfeo atthe youngerstees as they marhoed pesttheir emperor with eyes keen oncarrylng away a goodP pietre of him,and a note of oontagous enthusasoawas carried to the thousands of peotators in their partg sainte: 'We areeager to eeed0, your Imperial maJ-tsty'."

The Emperor and his cablinet areso pleased with results so far, thatsteps are belng taken to enlarge themovement The despatch further

Ssays: "These Juvenile regiments areto be under nlastructions of regulararmy officers so that the boys will betautht the rudiments of warfare aspracticed in In this t0th century.

"First and foremost, It Is thoughtthat the military training provided inthe schools will awaken interest in thearmy at an early age and thus tendto faciliate the transformation of rawrecruits into perfect human fightingmachines. Hopes ire also entertain-ed that the early awakening of en-thuslasm for the army wl.l operateagainst the spread of seditious So-cialism among the youth of Russia"

Despatches from Berlin, last July,stated that Emperor William and mil-itary men of Germany, have takensteps to Inaugurate the Boy ScoutMovement in that country. They arequoted as saying that "Germany'sfighting effficiency can thus be aug-mented greatly, and the war spiritstrengthened." The Socialists through-out Europe as well as non-socialistswho oppose war,are strenuously con-tending against this Boy Scout schemeIt would seem that no one in Europequestions the object of the motvementas being to develop the war spirit inthe bh.r

Some of the more cautious mon-archilts have raised warnlng voices"to remind the government that theJuvenlie militia thus created may, un-less proper precautions be taken, do-velop Into a revolutionary army, sothat, instead of being a national asset,the boy soldiers would become a serli-ous danger to the safety of the em-pire." In the face of these wellknown facts, published in Europeand America. It would seem that Com-mander C. deVidal Hundt, and othersare presuming much on the grossIgnorance of their readers, when they

claim that the Boy Scouts are organ-Ised to make a little fun for the youthsand to teach boys how to cook, sewbuttons on their garments, and to ex-cite the admiration of their girltriends.

The solemn truth Is that Gen BabenPowell. the monarchs .tf Europe, andthe plutocrats eo America. inventedaend are promoting the Icout organi-zation or the purpose of defeating theworld-wide movement for peace and

for international courts of abrltratlonand to raise up an army with which tosuppress all efforts oppressed peoples,.who may make a struggle to improvetheir conditions of living. The schemewas adroitly plannc.d, and its real ob-

Jest hidden, while the supposed ad-vantages acruing to the youths are

painted in brilliant colors. The lads

are told about the bright uniforms,

the grand picnics, the fun and goodtimes, but they will be taught to im-plieltly obey the orders of their of-

ficers. Little do they suspect thatthey are to have the killing lnstinct

in their hearts cultvatei and strength.ened until they can go forth with

torch and gun and bayonet, and mer-olleasly wound and murder their fel-

lowmen, whom they do not know and

w.o have done them no harm, and

who, liko themselves, are deludedvictims and slaves of designing, am-

bitotus tyrants, or selfish millionalres,who care nothing for the common

soldier except to use him to burn,

destroy and murder.The Boy Scout Movement was ln-

vented by a professional mankiller.It is wicked and unchristian, and I

hope that no boy who reads this will

Join the cumningly devised plan to

convert Innocent boys Into "fightingnachines". Gen. Sherman said. "War

is hell". My advice to boys is to thinkgood thoughts, do kindly deeds, speaks

friendly words. stand up manfully

for peace and good fellowship, and if

the KIlgs and Nabobe of Europe, andthe grafting monopolists of America

went to get up killing bees and wars,

and thus "raise hell" by wholesale

mrumrder, let them do the killing

themselve,

L•cb1ION DAY I5 COMTINOG

Poltikmn: Well, I'm back again!

How are you?Voter: Oh, no use kicking.p TYou know. I thought I'd drop

Montana NeWs ProspectusThe Montana News will be issued hereafter by the UNION P3IIfly'IN

and PUBIJSHING COMPANY, from its offices at Helena, Montana.The aid company is Incorporated under the laws of the State of

Montana. Authorised Capital Stock.810.000 Shares 8500 eachObject of Corporation.

To print and publish at the City of Helena, Montana, a weekly news-paper to be devoted to the interest of the working class of the State ofMontana and the Northwestern States, and for the porpuse of transact.Ing, carrying on and conducting a printing and publishing business inall Its branches

Need of Lorol Paper.The working class movement must have a powerful lvcal press be-

fore it can hope to Influence the government or the state as a party.Such a press can be a power In the Northwest as the expression of aworking class remarkably aggressive and devoted to freedom and just-ice. Without a paper of protest against the horrors of a system of pro-fit and plunder It would have been Impossible to expose the DonohueMilitia bill passed by the late legislature!

There is tendency to reactlon in the state at present. Franchelses arebeing given away lavishly to the exploiters of the working css-Metreetcars, electric lines, electric lighting, and gas- with no provisions toallow the public to own these necessities in the future; whereas, tenand twenty years ago such franchises contained specifications for thetransfer of such property to the commonwealth.

Blows at Iabor.The last legislature In Montana appropriated 110.000 for the purpose

of bringing in labor to compete with the laborers already here.Montana employers are even advertising in Europe for men to work

In the state, while we are already overloaded with idle men

Little Revolutionary Reading.There are only p,000 submetbers.to Socialist papers In Montana. We

must have at least 50,000 persons reading Socialist papers before thespirit of protest can be aroused or the workers make their Impressupon the state and municipal governments.

There are 80,000 voters in Montana. and a population of about 375,000. Cold figures ted the tale of work to be done

The News will fight the battles of the workingelass through all pres-ent evils and obstacles of exploita-tlon.

It wilt point out the emancipation from exploitation in the abolitionof the private ownership of the industrial machinery.

It will direct the workers to co-operate production.It will expose the outrages of capitalism which we encounter at our

door.It will enter the arena and struggle with strong and self.Intereqted

opponents to construct better laws, lnstitutions, and opportunities.It will at all times inform the populace of malicious laws passed and

enforced by our law making bodies.

It will also be a center from which the Initiative and Referendumwill clrcu2te.

Plans o1 Operation.The News will henceforth be BSocialist party paper, but not a

party-owned paper, It will be handl.d exclusively by the Union Print-ing and Publishing Company. This company will own Its own machin-ery, equipment, linotype, moters, and presses, and is pleasantly and com-modiously situated at 13 Park Avenue, Helena, Montana. It makes aspecialty of union job work, bills constitutions, by-laws, leterheads, andwhatever organised labor may require in the way of printing. We sup-port you; you support us. Labor withdraws its support from Its enem-iee and co-operates with its friends.

It will issue special editions deallng with the local issues in any townor community at the minimum cost, so that any such point may have allthe advantages of a local paper, and scatter it by the thousands.

Avertlsing.The News will carry a special lIne of high class advertising, covering

a widespread territory. It has applications from 'and companies,book firms, library associations and other enterprises of a generalcharacter to advertise on a large scale, and will give special attentionto this valuable feature in the future. The News is an unusually ablemedium as a publicity organ because of its extended cilrcu'atlon, enter-Ins almost every state and territory in the United States, crossing theborders of Canada and Mexico. and going also to many foreign countriesIt is read by the buyels, the chief consumers, the workers, who are sOper cent of the population.

Polkly and Program.The News will stand for the constructive program of Socialism. It

will work for the industrial revolution through the conquest of politicalpower by a new class, the workers. It will take an aggressive part inall political and municipal activities. It will encourage and serve Inevery way the organlsation of the workers both Politically and Indus-trially It will be first to s" rve the unions in time of trouble and toreprove them for errors that obstruct their progress. It will be laborestaanechest friend when in trouble no mater what the cause. It will bethe fearless advocate and labor leader of the Northwest, and the rally.Ing center for the activities of the Socialist movement.

Financial Support.If you want to help In this grand world movement of labor you want

to put some money into it and be a part of it You want to takeseveral shares of stock and set your union and neighbors to take some.You can pay $I. down for each shara of stock or you can pay $1.00 amonth for five months, or for as long as you please, and every $5.00you pay will give you an additional share of stock.

This method is a sure winner so tar as a solid support for Socialistenterprises is concerned. It is what has made the success of the KerrPublishing Company, The Social Democratic Herald, and the ChicagoDally Socialist. Everybody's business i. nobody's business, but delfn.Ite system will make a paper in the west as successful as those in theeast.

The News is 50 cents a year, one coent each in budles.Further Information can be had by writing 0. A. Brown, Box 1132,

Helena, Montana, and send all money for stock to the above address.All suberilpticas for the News and orders for printing should be

addresed to Montana News, Helen, Montua.

around to see you about your vote.V: Yea?

P: Of course, you know I made a

lot of promise last year-V: lure I do.P: Well, I want to tell you that I

haven't rrade the slightest effort to

keep any of them. I've been raftlangjust asu much u I could and I'd Ilk*

to keep it up. Will you help me?V: I sure will. You 'cn count o0

my vote.P: That's good. I we afrald you

might swlch over to thtoe greasy

loclaltlta.V: No danger, old man. They

don't stand a chance of geting myvote-It'd be thrown away.

P. Tat TW

Bome years ago I got a job on acity directory. I did aplendidldlyuntil about four o'clook when I metmy Waterloo.

"What Is your name?" I askeda strumpy-lookin chap. He told me

"What do you do?""Nothing.""Don't you work?""Haven't you a trade?""Nope."I was pusled."How do you earn your Hvl*g?""Don't earn any."Well then, how do you 119e?""I get a oheok every three months."

'When I returned to fthd *oe I toldthe manager of my diffficuttles.

"Oh," said he, "We mark themguys down as gentlemen."