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VOL. III. HELENA, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1°04. NO. 8.

Over a Million for Debs and Probably V

No thought of truthfulness can be placed upon the returns of the Socialist vote by the corporation papers, but judging from all re­turns arriving at this office from the comrades, the Socialists have made a wonderful advance.

Present indications are now that Debs will run over the mil­lion mark, while Montana will possibly reach the ten thousand point.

The great slump of votes has gone to Roosevelt and Debs, leav­ing the democrats scarcely enough to be recognized as a party here­after.

Clancy, Jefferson county—Debs 39, congressman 30, governor 19; state ticket from 19 to 48; county ticket from 14 to 28; legislature, Pat Harmon 48, Geo. Streib 25, L . Roberts 23. Highest Socialist vote in 1902. 19; whole county vote in 1902. 36; lowest vote two years ago, 13.

St. Regis, Missoula county— Debs 23. congressman ift, gover­nor 18; state ticket |6 to 20; coun­ty ticket 14 to 10; legislature, E . E . Bagby 15, Ceo. N. Cubbage 12, Jos. N. \ \ oods 16, T. Fred Faberi 16. — K . Rogers. Sec. Local St. Regis.

Saltese. Missoula county—Debs 17. congressman 8, governor 6; state ticket. 6 to <>: county ticket 6 to o: legislature. I'agbv X. Cub l.age 8. W oods 8. Fabert 8.

Rottbud Debt 30. coogrcM man 10, governor to; state ticket 5: county ticket. 5 to 35: legisla­tive. 5.— H. C. Holtkamp.

Chioo, Park county—Debs l l . congressman II, governor It; state ticket. 11 to 13; county tic­ket, to to 25; legislature, state senator. J. H. Lyons. 13; represen­tatives. Wm. Dick II, Daniel F. Keeler 10.—J. 1". Maine.

Livingston—First ward. ROOM* velt IQJ, Parker 58. Del>s 82. Walsh 72. O'Malley 05; Second ward. K o o s t \elt 242. Parker 133. Debs 2«). Walsh 20, O'Malley 14: Third ward. Roosevelt 174. Parker <>2. Debs i)2. W alsh l l , O'Malley So: ('okedale. RoOMVtH 58. Par­ker 2i). Debs 17. W alsh 17. O 'Mal ­ley 14. AMridge. Jardine and Cardincr vote is not in yet, and as soon as I get the county will forward same to you.—Jas. D. (iraham.

Basin, Jefferson county—Debs <K>. congressman 52. governor 24; state ticket 24 to 34 ; county ticket 18 to JO; legislature. C. W. Streih 91, L. Roberts 15. Pat Harmon 19. —Karl Hagstoz.

Boulder. Jefferson county — Debs 155, congressman M , gover­nor 55 j state ticket 54 to 6g : coun­ty ticket 30 to 49; legislature, Harmon 77, Roberts 58, Streib 55. This is about Ho per cent of total, maybe 85 per cent. This includes the three heaviest precincts for I )ehs. as follows : Basin o/>, Clan­cy 3<). Boulder 16.—N. E. Black.

Sweetgrass—Debs 50; vote for congressman and state ticket a lit­tle below Debs with slight varia­tion j county ticket 35 to 40; legis­lature, senator 37, representative 35. Vote in county in nx>2 was 5.

Canyon Ferry. Lewis and Clarke—Debs 5. congressman J , governor }j state ticket 3; county ticket 1 to 5; legislative ticket. 3 votes each. Vote in 1902 was I,— Charles Scurlock.

Cable—.Gives one vote out of total of 18 to the straight Socialist ticket.

Sixth precinct, Anaconda—So­cialists 29, Dixorj 119, Gormley 193, Walsh 22, Toole 266, Lindsay 79, O'Malley 25.

Seventh precinct, Anaconda— Roosevelt 116, Parker 125, Social­ists 15, Dixon 117, Gormley 119, Walsh 106, Lindsay 78, Toole 179. O'Malley 5, Norris 152, Frinke 13.

Ninth precinct, Anaconda— Walth 14, O'Malley II, Lynch II.

Helena—The senate will stand 12 democrats, 13 republicans and one doubtful. The house will be composed of 34 republicans, 35 democrats, two doubtful and one

7,000 Votes in the State of Montana.

Sequel to the Double Headed Octopus, as Johnny Came Marching Home November 8th. Socialist.

Helena—34 out of 48 precincts in Lewis and Clarke county gave: Holden 338, Mabie 316, Hoar 315, Walsh 200, O'Malley 168, Frinke 164, Lynch 208, Jackson 208, O l ­son 203, Phelps 212, German 186, Parr 194, Peters 193; state sena­tor, Rose, 159, 37 out of 49 pre-

cints; representatives, Heap 126, Stickney 114, A. Johnson 125, Scurlock 117, C. Johnson 119, H . Lenhman 127, Fister 126; clerk of the court, Hughes, 168; county clerk and recorder, Carlson, 153; sheriff, Bilty, 171 ; treasurer, Thetge, 125; assessor, Alexander, 124; auditor, Bauer, a i l ; adminis­

trator, A. Carlson, 149; coroner, St rub 129; superintendent of schools, Ruth Scurlock, 75.

Livingston—With three pre­cincts not reported, Park county gives the following vote : R«>ose-velt 1,500, Parker 591, Debs 325; Dixon 1,311, Gormley 696; Miles 1.196, Dolenty 846, Lyal (Soc.)

157 ; republican candidates for leg­islature. Vandyke 1.283, Williams 1,052, Meyers (Dem.) 831, Hall 644.

Helena—But little attention appears to have been given the amendments over the state, and as a result the vote will be very light. The working mules were

too lms\ soaking up free booze and voting capitalist tools into of-tu ( to think about so small an •itt.ur as an eight-hour constitu­tional amendment.

Big Timber—This is the first election in Sweetgrass county that the democrats have failed to elect

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A LESSON TO TME THINKER IN T H E ELECTION RETURNS

As the smoke of battle clears away from the wonderful charge at tbe ballot box on November 8. there are a few points of great in­terest tt> the people w hich show too clearly to be misunderstood. The great republican victory, with a corresponding desertion from the democratic ranks, coupled wi th the enormous Debs vote, shows plain­ly that the line is being drawn closely between the two chsses in this country—the capitalist class and the laboring class.

W hile the republicans added many to their majori ty, it must be remembered that republicans also have been added to the StKialist ranks, consequently their great increase has come to them from the democratic party. The bourgeois of the democratic party, or those who assume the role of middle class, aligned with the capitalist party, which resulted in the complete annihilation of the democratic party

Other than the great majorities given Roosevelt, the great sur­prise to the old partyites is the vote given Debs. Judging from the returns from the small precincts, and compared with the vote of pre­vious elections, one would be considered safe in stating that the So­cialist vote w i l l hover around the mil l ion mark, and Montana about 7,000.

Let us stand shoulder to shoulder now, comrades, and begin anew the battle of 1908, which w i l l be interspersed with local elec­tions, and which fight w i l l be between the capitalist wi th one party representing the interest of that class, and the worker represented by the Socialist party, that stands for the product of labor to the laborer.

On with the educational fight! The Socialists have w o n !

UNIONISTS MUST B E UNION MEN AT T H E BALLOT BOX A t a crowded Socialist meeting held last week in Boston. Com­

rade Debs, referring to the polit ical attitude of the "pure and simple" unionist, mailt M i of the fo l lowing remark: " Y o u union men want me to patroni/e the union label. I do. Now we Socialists want you union men to see that the union label is on your ballot." The re­mark is significant M r . Debs meant that all union men in order to be consistent should vote the Socialist ticket as the ticket of the working class. It wi l l be unreasonable for the "pure and simple" unionist to imagine that union men who have advanced to the stag'-of class-conscious Socialists, wi l l continue to participate in the ordi-narv. vet B t d t N tactics of appointing committees to beg of capital­istic politicians and cor|>oration lawyers whom they have elected to office on platforms that stand for the continued exploitation of the working class. These childish practices have M much effect on a class-conscious Socialist as have the melodies of a brass band or the lustre of red fire pyrotechnics used as argument and principle at •» democratic or republican political meeting

Socialists have little or no sympathy with the man who Haunts his unionism within a union hall and on election day is side by side with the capitalist poli t ician. I 'nions offer nothing to the man w i n has no job. Neither do they offer anything to the work ing class fey continually bobtailing wi th a capitalist political party. For W M twenty vears thty have been at this nonsensical work, without corre-sponding benefit. It is high time that all unionists act as union men at the ballot box M well as elsewhere.

CORRUPT POLITICS IN SILVER BOW COUNTY The usual corrupt tactics, indulged in by the old party politicians

in this state, were again employed, with llutte—corporation-ridden llutte— starring as the polit ical gomorrah. The vast min ing interests in that section find it necessary that politics be made a special de­partment in the operating of the various mining interests. Nowa­days the courts and county officers of Silver Bow county must in­voice among the unlimited resources of one or the other of the mam­moth mining corporations. A n d in this depraved system of com­petition and profit, ever wi l l ing tools are available to serve in the interests of these moneyed ami corrupt political manipulators. The unfortunate part of it is that there is a sufficient number of working-men, and those pOMOBMti of long labor records, who are only tot) will ing to besmirch themselves in the interest of the capitalist ex­ploiter, for temporary profit, as against the welfare of their brother workingmcn.

Ml tin Invective, vituperation, slime and virus wi th in the vocab­ulary of speech have been employed by each of the contending par­ties, and men in the employ of the respective corporations have de­scended below the plane of beasts in hurl ing their base epithets at each other. The columns of the Amalgamated and He in / e journals have been fully taxed in exposing and defending the corrupt prac­tices of their masters, ami their daily diatribes have become a stench in the nostrils of respectable people, and simply point out the crop­p ing! and results of a disorderly and exploiting system.

The only scintilla of political purity in that corporation-ridden district has been wrapped up in the Socialist party. The untiring energy and ardent zeal of the llutte comrades exemplified in this great campaign has been highly commendable.

H o w inspiring, noble and wholesome it has been to work in the cause of Socialism in the county of Silver How in tbe campaign of 1904! Think of what it means for the future, in this great Montana commonwealth !

in mines ami smelters was being violated. T o be specific in the mat­ter, we point to the Kast Helena Smelt ing company, where, in order to circumvent the eight-hour law in mines and smelters, are working their day crew 10 hours per day, five hours on the inside and five hours on the outside. D i d we hear a sound from any of tbe Helena delegates to that conventior t.i regard to this'" Is it necessary to make everv labor law a part of the constitution of the state of Mon tana in order to enforce obedieno to the law? H o w about the com ptny store b i l l , tbe min ing cage law. law regulating the hours of stationary engineers, laws governing the discharge and blacklist ing of employes, the coal mine Inspector law, the arbitration law and other labor laws tot) numerous to mention? Have these laws ever been enforced by the union men, or an attempt made to compel en-forccment? NO. quite contfar i ly, no. We find these worthies who s.it iii that labor convention spellbinding labor rot in the interest of their employer! who are violating the laws, Can these men be sin cere representatives of labor? Recently a representative of The News called the attention of a labor representative who is holding office at il e state capitol to the fact that the eight-hour law was being violated by the East Helena Smelt ing Company, and was given the fol lowing answer: "There i l no way of enforcing the eight-hour law at the East Helena smelter under the capitalistic system, for the reason that if complaint is made by the employes they will lose their jobs." A m i still this representative of labor, acknowledging the trouble, is found working in the democratic party—the left w ing of capitalism— through personal motives, for the continuance of a system which makes it impossible to force adherence to the law. Can such a man be a true representative of labor?

If compell ing the adherence to the eight-hour law by the East Helena Smelt ing Co. is at the expense of the employes' jobs, why not the Helena Trades and Labor Assembly take the matter up in a brotherly spiri t?

H o w could any party, be it a labor party or otherwise, represent the interests of the work ing class which stands for and assents to the exploitation of the laborer? Let us suggest that the workingtnen of Montana cease twaddl ing and align with the Socialist par ty—with the only political party in America that controls its membership, in the way of expell ing those of the party who refuse to enforce labor measures, elect Socialists to off ice: then the enforcing of labor legis­lation wi l l have become a reality and not a myth.

LET T H E PRESENT LABOR L A W S ENACTED BE ENFORCED The question of the wage earner securing more labor laws is not

of as great concern as the enforcing of laws now on the statute books of Montana, supposedly in the interest of the workingtnen. Dur ing the sessions of the several legislatures we have had a number of labor laws enacted, but how many of these laws are now being adhered tor If the individuals connected with labor political parties that make it a business of bobtail ing with capitalist politicians would pay more attention toward having enforced the statutory laws in the interests of labor instead of shouting for more labor laws, we would feel con­strained to acknowledge their sincerity to the cause of labor. If the laws enacted in the interest of labor are flagrantly violated, with impunity, of what use is the enactment of more labor laws? Recently there was a state polit ical convention held in Helena by a small por­tion of the union forces of Montana, presumably for the purpose of having enacted laws in the interest of labor. Suggestions and pro­posed labor laws flew thick and fast in that convention. Yet within a stone's throw of the si t t ing of that convention, the eight-hour law

( >n Friday night. Nov . 4, the Helena Trades antl Labor Assem­bly gave a banquet at the Harmony hall . The democratic antl repub­lican politicians donated beer, lunch and cigars, while the Socialist union men distributed work ing class literature. A list of the donors of the refreshments was read.

It was formerly proposed to have open speeches by representa­tives of the different poli t ical parties, but upon second thought the capitalist political tricksters in the central body discovered that should this policy be pursued the Socialists would be called upon to present their issues, and further tearing that the threadbare plat i­tudes and sophistries exhausted through the jugular pipe of the wind arsenals of the old party professional labor politician* would fare poorly as against the sound logical principles of the Socialist party— the only working class party of the world. Consequently political discussions were debarred.

WorfcingUienI Heboid the political representatives of union la­bor concocting and conspiring to keep f rom the ears of the work ing

HUM, working class pol i t ics! When the Helena Trades and Labor Assembly experiences the

busy end of the hot poker a few more times in arbitrat ing labor dif­ficulties with the member! of the Helena Employers" association, and endeavors to win against organized capital by the strike, which, termed bv Debs, "is merely a futi le contest between an empty stom-ich and a steel clad arsenal." they w i l l be in more of a receptive mood for the intelligent discussion of working class politics.

The fo l lowing copied f rom the Alliance, explains how some of the half-baked "Social is ts" in Colorado wi l l vote the Socialist ticket this fa l l . They are g< ing to knock out James l'eabodv and put in another l'eabodv in the person of A l v a \datns. That Colorado is an ungrateful spot on this mundane sphere is shown in this late attitude, alst) by their action toward their only true friend, i x-Covernor Wai te , in >vv deceased :

• This election in Colorado wi l l show how little many of the so-called Socialists understand the philosophy of Socialism. Manv wi l l vote the Socialist ticket except for governor. They wi l l have to down PeabOdy, they think. The) don't realize that it makes no difference to the working cfaUM which wing of the capitalist parties is in control >f the government ; that it w i l l not give a job to another man nor top the exploitation of the workers. Btlt they have to have the bayo­

nets with a democratic brand on before they are satisfied. "I wonder who the capitalists wi l l put up to be 'downed' with

workers' votes next time, so they can get the votes awav from the Mrorfcingtnan'• party? It is as certain that Adams wi l l be governor as it is that I wil l not be. Next time 'down' some one i lse . and the workingmcn down themselves and their own partv everv time they

"le for any capitalistic candidate. The capitalists understand this. but the workingtnendon't. Fraternally, V H . PLOATEN."

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10 be l igh t , but unfortunately tit) not know how to be. A s Socialists, we see in l'eabodv the croppings antl results of a system in which things are created for profit and not for use, which means the ex­ploitation of labor and existence of two classes in society. If the war is continued against the workingmcn in Colorado, which no doubt it w i l l , the subjugation of the workers wi l l continue, as the powers of Oppression are in the hands of the capitalist class.

Down in Hil l ings wre learn that one Staffaek. a cigar manufac­turer, who evidently believes in the "dignity of labor." in order to paj an t lection bet. humiliates himself by working three hours clean­ing the refuse f rom the streets of the city, accompanied with the melodious airs of the Hillings brass band. Hence we see the appli­cation of the brass band before and after" old party elections. In a recent article in the Montana Record there appeared the fo l lowing article describing the paving of an old party election debt: "Colonel C . D . Curt is wheeled A . W . Mar t i n in a wheelbarrow late this after­noon from Sixth avenue ami M a i n to Crand street to decide an elec tion wager. The drum corps f rom the Kdison theater was engaged to furnish the music and the spectacle was a l ively one." There are various ways in which men become great and achieve notoriety. N o w the folk wouldn't know that M r . Mar t i n and "Colone l" Curt is were OH earth had not the Kdison theater drum corps been called into play to add inspiration to the novel and edifying spectacle of one fool wheeling another fool in a wheelbarrow to pay an election bet. M r Curt i s may be an expert in wheeling a "wheely" in a wheelbarrow, but it is evident that neither participant possesses an overflow of common sense in regulating the wheels in their mental garrets. In­asmuch as it requires brains to be a Socialist, these aforesaid worthies wi l l remain in the old party ranks.

A t about nine o'clock on election night the news flashed over the wires that 957 out of 1,248 precincts in the city <fr Chicago gave Debs 37,500 votes. T h i s was too much for the old party politicians and thereafter the report of the Socialist vote came to an untimely end.

Al though the election return sheets compiled by the Record am Independent showed a vote of 338 for Holden, 316 for Mabie and 315 for Hoar in 34 out of 48 precincts in Lewi s and Clarke county, the corporation sheets gave credit to Debs for only 242 votes. T h i s is as near the truth as the capitalistic papers are expected to get.

T h e result i n Colorado in swamping the capitalistic anarchist 'eabody under a protest of votes, merely shows that the people wish

Preparations are being made to exterminate unionism in San rancisco. Recently barley, the notorious strike breaker, who has

in bis employ thousands of professional scabs, is now on the coast in the interest of the Citizens ' Al l iance. Now H . V . Ready, the C i t i ­zens Al l iance employment agent, has been sent to Chicago, where

e has been hi r ing strike breakers in al l kinds of work, antl arranging to have them brought to San Francisco immediately fo l lowing the election, when the employers are to make a final and united effort to exterminate unionism from the Kay cities. I 'n ion men wi l l ul t i ­mately see that they wil l be forced to line up in the International working class party of the world and settle matters at the ballot box.

The Brewery W orkers' I 'n ion, Helena local <<o, branch N't). 4, has purchased a share on the Montana News press. H o w about you , reader, have you purchased a share ' W e need your help at once. It is imperative that we have the new machinery to make The News a paper in keeping with the great advance that the movement has made in the past year. W i l l you take a share at once? If so. remit the $10 and don't wait. Help out now '

It is reported that Hryan. the fakir , and other polit ical r iff-raff , would-be polit ical leaders, w i l l meet to organize a new party. (Had to know it, for the fight hereafter wi l l be between Socialism and capi­talism, and capitalism wi l l be represented by the republican party. The scourings of the country should be brought together under the head of some reform party, headed by a I 'ryan, a (iompers or other political labor fakirs.

Did you notice how the union men of Montana, who boast of hou long they have been in organized labor ranks, cast their ballots for lot Toole as against Malco lm ( i . < ) 'Mallev, who has been a l ife­long member of the union. Toole has been working in the interest )f capitalism, and consequently is rich, while < ) 'Malley has been work ing in the cause of labor and is poor, That is the reason the union men vote for Toole.

With 50,000 votes in the city of Chicago and a probable 100.000 m the state of Illinois, over 7.1)00 in the state of < iregon, 18.125 in the city of Milwaukee, antl tremendous increases in the Socialist vote all over the United States on the first and partial report of the re­turns, ought to give the capitalist! and capitalist hirelings some awful hard nuts to crack.

Mown in Aldr idgc , when one of the old party spellbinder! was harping upon the great prosperity of the Roosevelt administration, a waif in a front seat who was an offspring of one of the locked out miners there, rose up in his seat and exhibited a bare arm protruding from a punctured coat sleeve, and shouted. "Yes , this looks like prosperity!"

The publ ishing of the returns of the late election is the opening of the next election. Cct ready, comrades, for with this wonderful advance that we have made the ranks wi l l grow stronger and the battle while it grows easier w i l l grow fiercer antl more interesting.

< )f course it w i l l now be in order for the great polit ical gymnast, W i l l i a m Jennings Ilryan, to get in and say "I told you so." It w i l l be in order for h im to organize a compromise herd now with quackery principles.

It looks at this stage of the returns that Debs w i l l reach the mil l ion mark and possibly pass it. Y o u should remember that an enormous number of Socialist votes wi l l not be counted by the old party judges of election.

The comrades should not fai l in getting us the complete returns of the Socialist vote, as never for a minute have we entertained the itlea that we wi l l get a square report of the Socialist vote otherwise.

I .ven though many union men scabbed at the polls Tuesday, the returns show a wonderful advance for the cause of the wage worker in the enormous vote cast for the Socialist ticket.

The democratic faces on Wednesday morning were as long as the ears on their emblematic donkey. They are down and out.

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c l o s e d five do l l a r s i n c u r r e n c y f o r s u b s c r i p t i o n s . 1 have m a i l e d ca rd s . Y o u r s f o r the co -ope ra t ive c o m m o n w e a l t h i n o u r t i m e ,

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WADE R . P A R K S .

A n a c o n d a , N o v . 3. Comrade W a l s h : Inc losed y o u

w i l l find an o r d e r f o r $22.50 to pav fo r 5,000 leaf lets and some of the eards. S e n d us a b i l l f o r a l l o u r p r i n t i n g and I w i l l f o r w a r d the a m o u n t : we have been so busy that we have neg lec ted v o u .

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C a v e n d i s h . Ida. . N o v . 5. Deaf C o m r a d e W a l s h : I i n ­

close 251- in s i l ve r . Pu t m e o n y o u r list of subsc r ibe r s . I a m here f o r o n l y a f ew months . S h a l l re­t u r n to K a n s a s in a yea r and l u l p to p reach the" c lass s t r u g g l e .

I a m not m u c h a c q u a i n t e d w i t h y o u r paper ' s tac t ics , but f r o m a l l repor t s they are c lear -cut and rev­o l u t i o n a r y .

T h i n g s are in the very wors t shape poss ib le in K a n s a s . T h e state o r g a n i z a t i o n there are as co r rup t a set of g ra f t e r s as are i n any pa r ty . R u l e o r r u i n is the i r m o t t o . I Mir pa r t y c o n s t i t u t i o n has l u e n o p e n l y violated a m i cast

as ide that the m a c h i n e g a n g c o u l d c o n t r o l . W e have v e r y l i t ­t le of the s p i r i t of s o c i a l democ­racy deve loped in K a n s a s . F l e c ­t i o n is o v e r a n d n o w f o r house-c l e a n i n g . Fraternally,

W A D F R( >SC<)V. P A R K S . - - • • • «>^^"a»— — • i • i

St. R e g i s , M o n t . , N o v . 9. M o n t a n a N e w s — C o m r a d e s : In

doted find c o m p l e t e e l e c t i o n re­t u r n s of S t . R e g i s p r e c i n c t , M i s ­sou la c o u n t y . T h i s is not so bad out of a to t a l vo te of 50. Y o u r s f o r 1008. < Mir c a m p a i g n s tar t s to-dav . Shake . F r a t e r n a l l y ,

F. ROGERS. ( Ja rd ine r . N o v . u.

M o n t a n a N e w s . — C o m r a d e s , greeting: I got three subsc r ibe r* f o r T h e N e w s i n Electric last S u n ­day and sent i n the cards . W i l l keep m o n e y u n t i l I get r i d of the o the r t w o ca rds un less o rde red o t h e r w i s e . I )ebs got 22 fOtCfl ftt t e rday . W a l s h iH. C o u n t y t i cke t weak . W o n a b o x of c i g a r s o n \ o t e here. Y o u r s f r a t e r n a l l y ,

FRANK J. MILLER.

O n S a t u r d a y , N o v . 5. i n B u t t e , C o m r a d e M r s . W . H . P i e r c e de­par ted th i s l i f e , a f t e r a b r i e f i l l ­ness, as w e u n d e r s t a n d i t . C o m ­rade M r s . P i e r c e was the l o v i n g a n d t r u s t w o r t h y w i f e of o u r ex-state s ec re t a ry , W . H . P i e r c e , of 708 S. M a i n s treet , B u t t e , a n d was of h i g h a n d gene rous charac te r , n u m b e r i n g a m o n g the nob le w o ­m e n of the w o r l d w h o s e l i f e has graced th i s ea r th and made the w o r l d be t t e r b y h e r presence. C o m r a d e M r s . P i e r ce has w o r k e d u n t i r i n g l y i n c o m p a n i o n s h i p w i t h her ene rge t i c h u s b a n d i n the great cause of S o c i a l i s m , and i t is de­p lo rab l e that he r e a r t h l y ex i s t ence s h o u l d end at a t ime that p reven t s an a p p r e c i a t i o n of the resu l t s of the w o r k t o w h i c h she has so n o b l y c o n t r i b u t e d .

It is w i t h the deepest regret , that the f o r c e of T h e M o n t a n a N e w s , a n d the Soc i a l i s t loca l of H e l e n a , is c a l l e d u p o n to ex tend to o u r c o m r a d e . M r . W . H . P i e r c e , o u r u tmost s y m p a t h i e s in th is sad h o u r of h i s be reavemen t .

—Montana News, —Helena Socialist Local.

( S i g n e d ) T . P . H C G H F S , Sec r e t a ry .

S t o r r s . M o n t . , N o v . 2. M o n t a n a N e w s . — C o m r a d e s : I

have been i n L i v i n g s t o n f o r ten days h a v i n g a n o p e r a t i o n o n m y eye. W h i l e there 1 s a w and heard C o m r a d e W a l s h a n d he is a w h i r l w i n d , a n d he took the peo­ple by s t o r m . H e d e l i v e r e d a fine address to a c r o w d e d house and a c h e e r i n g aud ience . H e made the o l d pa r t y i t e s look l i ke 30 cents and some of the s t i f f s act l i k e a hob-ta i led steer i n l l y t i m e : they c o u l d not g a i n s a y one w o r d o f the

speech. A n d a g a i n there was a r e p u b l i c a n c a n d i d a t e r u s t l e d and got 25 I t a l i a n s to get t h e i r final papers , and e v e r y m o t h e r ' s son of t h e m are g o i n g to vote a s t ra ight S o c i a l i s t t i c k e t , a n d by what I can see and hea r w e have gOl the o ld s p e l l b i n d e r s gues s ing .

S o o n n o w the b i g ba t t l e w i l l be o v e r f o r a w h i l e , t hen the para­sites w i l l c r a w l i n t h e i r ho les for the next t w o y e a r s : t h e n let us off w i t h o u r coa ts a n d r o l l u p our sleeves, heap s tones at the door of the s epu lch re , so they w i l l go forth no m o r e in the l a n d to he a cure to m a n . If I c a n se l l out here the w h o l e cheese goes for S o c i a l i s m except m y l i v i n g ex- (

penses. Y o u r s f o r S o c i a l i s m ami the e m a n c i p a t i o n of the whi t e s lave. C. T. MONROE.

W A N T F I ) — L a d y apprentice to do genera l o f f i ce w o r k . C a l l at 22 P a r k ave. , H e l e n a .

Anaconda Blue Card

4tA Infamous Work C o m r a d e H i c k e y . w h o has been

w o r k i n g in the cause of S o c i a l i s m

w i t h the M i l w a u k e e c o m r a d e s , is

w r i t i n g a ser ies of a r t i c l e s to tlv-

S o c i a l D e m o c r a t H e r a l d . W e re­

produce an a r t i c l e w r i t t e n b y h i m

in the last week ' s i s sue o f that

pape r :

W h e n the w o r k i n g m e n of A n a ­

conda , M o n t a n a , w r e n c h e d the po­

l i t i c a l p o w e r f r o m the A m a l g a ­

mated C o p p e r C o . i n D e e r Lodge

c o u n t y i n 1902 the financial buc­

caneers w h o c o n t r o l l e d tha t pirate

c ra f t and g u i d e d i t t h r o u g h the

shoals and b reake r s o f " F r e n z i e d

F i n a n c e " w e r e s t u n n e d f o r a mo­

ment , then t h e y s w o r e i n their

w h i s k e r s a n d dec ided to a w a i t de­

ve lopmen t s .

When o n the first S a t u r d a y in A p r i l , 1903, these same Soc i a l i s t w o r k i n g m e n c a r r i e d the schoo l e lec t ion and e lec ted a m a j o r i t y of the b o a r d of s c h o o l t rus tees the f r e n z i e d c r e w p repa red f o r w a r .

W h e n 48 h o u r s l a te r these same safe and sane S o c i a l i s t s e x h a l t i n g -\\ --wept d o w n o n the p o l l s and routed the en t i r e S t a n d a r d O i l horde of p o l i t i c a l c u t t h r o a t s and left the i r c o r r u p t ca rcasses b leach­i n g o n the m u n i c i p a l y a r d a r m , H . H . R o g e r s a n d h i s m e r r y men s t r ipped f o r the f r a y a n d the w o r d wa> passed d o w n the l i ne to the gamble rs , sure t h i n g m e n , depu­t i e s , spot ters , boos t e r s a n d other r o y s t e r i n g g e n t r y that had f o r \ears - a i l e d the sea o f g r a f t , that no epiarter was to be g i v e n in the t r a \ . The t reasure chest was opened w i d e : the g u n s were run out : the s k u l l and crossbones

' l ag was n a i l e d to the mast and death, i s o l a t i o n and e x t e r m i n a t i o n was p repa red fo r the men, w o m e n »nd c h i l d r e n of A n a c o n d a t o w n .

' " i f t y i m p o r t e d s leuths p o k e d their noses i n t o the w o r k i n g m e n " ^ a f fa i r s . D i d M r s . S w a r t z m e i s t e r buy a p o u n d of L i m b u r g e r at the Del ica tessen ins tead of the c o m ­pany store, a repor t of th i s out­rage was filed at the get ieral of­fice* and M r . S. was m a r k e d fo r d i smi s sa l because of h i s f r au ' s

r v e r s i t y . D i d M c C a r t h y sub-n h e f o r a Soc i a l i s t paper , or

J o i n s a p p l a u d e d at a Soc ia l i s t '•pen a i r m e e t i n g , o r S m i t h b u y a cigar m a n u f a c t u r e d b y the m a y o r , or d i d R o b i n s o n l i v e in a house owned b y a S o c i a l i s t , the "b lue c a r d " f o l l o w e d as sure as the spot­ter 's repor t was filed. W h e n th is form of p e r s e c u t i o n was at its height it was no t i ced that the w o -metl c r i ed a l i t t l e , w h i l e the men grew s i l en t and morose . O l d f r iends ceased to speak to one an­other i n the smel te rs . I nce r t a in -ty and a n x i e t y l i n e d eve ry face. To be d i s c h a r g e d i n a b i g c i t y is had. B u t o u t in the R o c k y m o u n ­ta ins , w i t h the next sme l t e r j ob f r o m 500 to 1,000 mi le s a w a y , i t means a s m a s h e d f a m i l y c i r c l e i n mott cases, i n some cases death i tself . W i t h th is snapshot v i e w of the s i t u a t i o n i n A n a c o n d a we can n o w i n t r o d u c e M i s s N e l l i e I .appen a n d t e l l he r s i m p l e s to ry .

N e l l i e w a s a l o n g - l e g g e d , p i g -ta i l ed , b r i g h t - e y e d scho la r i n the p u b l i c s c h o o l . She had r i sen w i t h " F m m a L o u " l i ke d i g n i t y to the S i x t h g rade and s tood at the head of h e r c lass . T h i r t e e n s u m m e r s was a l l she h a d seen, bu t she was as p r e c o c i o u s as t h e y make 'em in the R o c k y m o u n t a i n states. N e l l i e h a d a S o c i a l i s t teacher and 1 S o c i a l i s t p r i n c i p a l and read S o ­c ia l i s t leaf le ts w i t h more eager­ness than he r M i s s A l c o t t ' s " L i t ­tle M e n a n d L i t t l e W o m e n . " S o N e l l i e t a l k e d S o c i a l i s m i n her class . She said her fa the r was m e r c h a n d i s e l i ke the coppe r he he lped to r e f i n e ; that hence she was the d a u g h t e r of a cha t t e l , a t h i n g that bore the same r e l a t i on to soc ie ty as a b a r r e l of p u n k o r a hale of hay , a n d i n shor t the pr ince c h a r m i n g she w o u l d m a r r y w h e n she became a b i g g i r l was one w h o w o u l d des t roy the sys­tem that deg raded her and a l l w h o were dear to her . and so she t a lked to he r c lassmates and they a l l agreed a f t e r m u c h ser ious d i scus ­s ion and s h a k i n g of b r a i d e d ha i r that such a p r ince c h a r m i n g w o u l d be too sweet fo r a n y t h i n g . B u t . a las f o r N e l l i e a n d he r ag i ­t a t i o n a n d he r day dreams, one of the g i r l s i n her c iass happened to be the d a u g h t e r of a spot ter . She i n n o c e n t l y r epor t ed N e l l i e ' s ta lk t o her fa ther . H e r epor t ed it to the c o m p a n y a n d then t roub l e

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She New York Store No Smoked Goods Offered

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Also Boots and Shoes-New Line We make a specialty of l arge M i n i n g and R a n c h t r ade .—wi l l

figure on your b i l l at any time. A J » SATISFACTION GUARANTEED A

Montana Railroad C o m p a n y TIME CARD EFFECTIVE OCT. 30, 1904

Mixed Daily Except Sunday L e a v e 7 :3o a. m L e a v e 11 .02 a. m A r r i v e 11 130 p L e a v e L e a v e L e a v e L e a v e I -e.i\ I L e a v e L e a v e A r r i v e

Mixed Daily Except Sunday L o m b a r d A r r i v e 3:45 p. m .

D o n c y A r r i v e I J 155 p. m . m. . ' S u m m i t L e a v e 12:30 p. m .

p. m S u m m i t A r r i v e u :oo m . p. • L e n n e p \ r r i v e i i : ^ o a. m . p . m M a r t i n s d a l e A r r i v e 10:53 a - m -p. m T w o d o t \ r r i v e 10:23 a - m -p. m H a r l o w t o w n A r r i v e <>:53 a. m . p. ni I ' be t A r r i v e 8:35 a- m .

4:58 p. m M o o r e \ r r i v e 7:50 a. m . 6:00 p. m L e w i s t o w n L e a v e 7:00 a. m .

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RICHARD A. HARLOW. President Helena, Mon tana

c o m m e n c e d to b r e w f o r the t e r r i ­ble p ig - t a i l ed a g i t a t o r of the S i x t h grade <>f the p u b l i c s choo l . T h e gene ra l m a n a g e r o f the w o r k s was a C a n a d i a n g e n t l e m a n named M a t h e r s o n . w h o had not m u c h reverence f o r such an H a m e r i c a n i n s t i t u t i o n as the p u b l i c s c h o o l . I le d i v i d e d h i s spare t ime in to t w o p a r t s : T h e first part was devo ted t " p r a i s i n g H e n r y R o g e r s ; the second to s i n g i n g " ( l o d Save (h i . " G r a c i o u s K i n g . " ' W hen he heard that Nellie was a g i t a t i n g , he at o n c e dec ided that she had to be m u z / l e d : so he pressed a butt »n o n h i s desk and o rde red that her fa ther , w h o whee led charges in the smel ter , be b r o u g h t be fo re h i m ins tan ter . A f ew minu te s la ter I .appen sen io r appeared i n the magnate ' s o f f ice , bathed in -weat and r e e k i n g w i t h s u l p h u r f u m e s . This d i a logue e n s u e d :

" Y o u r n a m e is I .appen. I be­l i e v e ? "

" Y e s . " " Y o u

\ > i i ; . . v ha \ 1 a daugh te r named

e l l u "" " Y e s " " S h e a t tends the p u b l i c s c h o o l ? " " Y e s . " " D o y o u k n o w she is t a l k i n g

S o c i a l i s m in the school eve ry d a v ? "

" \ o . " " N o w . see here , I . a p p e n ; w e

cannot to lera te t h i s ; i t mus t be s topped. If y o u do not keep y o u r daughte r ' s m o u t h c losed y o u can ' t w o r k l u r e any longer . See that she is s topped at once . T h a t ' s a l l "

N o w . i f L a p p e n had done the r ight t h i n g he w o u l d have p l an ted ln> hobna i l ed boot in M r . M a t h -<•!-son 's lace w i t h o u t f u r t h e r a d o ; instead he m e e k l y withdraw p r o m i s i n g to m u z z l e his daughter .

That n igh t w a s a sad one f o r l i t t l e N e l l . H e r eyes were r ed f r o m c r y i n g , he r p ig t a i l s had a m e l a n c h o l y d r o o p , her b e l o v e d leaf le ts were pu t a w a y beside s o m e do l l s of ba t te red v isage a n d anc ien t l ineage . The A m a l g a m a t ­ed C o p p e r C o . h a d t r i u m p h e d o v e r the baby. T . A. H I C K E Y .

New Vegetables We carry a full line of fresh

vegetables at all times. Hubbard squash lb 3c Pumpkins lb • • • • 3c Turnip* lb 2c U-ets 2c I'arsnips lb 2c 1 >rv < ui ions lb 2c < arrots lb 2c I ar^e Tomatoet j-lb 25c I.artte Celery 2 stalks 5c I>ill pickles quart . . . . 15c I ancv Sweat I'ickles c|tiart. . 25c Sweet potatoes n ib . . . . • • 25c Extra l-'anry Concord grapes per lushet 35c I tncjr California fraptt l>skt 50c 1 ai^e bananas doa 30c Florida I hranajas doi joc and 35c [/•no&l e\tra largt dozen. . 20c

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a single officer, probably due to the Socialist ticket in the field.

Hami l ton , Nov . 9.—Eleven oat of 12 precincts in Raval l i county give Roosevelt 913 Parker 424. Debs 251 ; D ixon 1,033, Gormley 655; Lindsay 931, Toole 830; K i n g 870. Norr is 665; Brant ly 874, Smi th 517; Yoder 757, Romney 736. Republicans elect both members of the legislature, sher­iff , clerk of the court, clerk and recorder, coroner and public ad­ministrator. Democrats elect county superintendent of schools and county surveyor. Three of­fices are st i l l in doubt.

Helena—Late returns show the Socialist vote in this city w i l l run between 300 and 400. The county w i l l give about 500 or 600.

Great Fal ls , Second ward— Roosevelt 150, Parker 137, Debs 35 ; D ixon 147, Gormley 175, W a l s h 14; Lindsay 115, Toole 209, O ' M a l l e y 8. West Great Fa l l s— Brant lv 84, Smith '69, Parr 14; Galen 86, H a l l 61, Jackson 17; Rice 85, Browne 66, Olson 17.

Canyon Ferry—Roosevelt 25, Parker 15, Debs 5; Gormley 18, D i x o n 24, W a l s h 3; Toole 33. L indsay II , O 'Ma l l ey 3.

Stockett gives Roosevelt 77, Debs 84, Toole 58, L indsay 69, D i x o n 73, W a l s h 76 and Gormley

53-B i g T imber—Nine out of 13

precincts give Roosevelt 437, Par­ker 154, Debs 43; D i x o n 432, Gormley 153, Walsh 34: Lindsay 386, Toole 226, O 'Mal l ey 31.

Bi l l ings , precinct 2, partial count—Roosevelt 177. Parker 80; D i x o n 167, Garmley 89; Lindsay 140, Toole 125; Yoder 147. Rom­ney 102. Lynch 14: Brant ly 155. Smith 99. Parr 14; Athey 139, M c R a e 109. Peters 15: Galen 154. H a l l 98. Jackson 14; Rice 149. Browne 103. Olson 14. It is '-on-ceded that Roosevelt wi l l carry Yellowstone by 500 and Dixon by 450 majority.

Lothrop—Roosevelt 52. Parker 25. Debs Dixon 55. Gormley 26, W a l s h 5; Lindsay 41, Toole 38. O ' M a l l e y 4 ; K i n g 42. Norr i s 28.

Arlee—Roosevelt 29, Parkrr | ; D ixon 31. Gormley 3: Lindsay -><>. Toole 5.

Great Falls—Thirty-three out of 48 precincts in Cascade county give: Roosevelt 2.191. Parker 958, populist 92. Socialist 360. pro­hibitionist 4: Dixon 1.771. Gorm­ley 1.650. Walsh i S t ; Lindsav 1,642, Toole 2.079, O 'Ma l l ey 153: K i n g 1,800. Norris 1.751, Fr inke 171 ; Yoder 1.771. Romney 1.552. L y n c h 218: Mrantly «.935. Smith 1,569, I'arr 207; Athey 2.173. M c ­Rae 1.408, Peters 196: Galen 2.028. H a l l 1.457. Jackson 199; Rice 1,905, Itrownc 1.543. Olson 221 ; Cunningham, 1.927. Goodwin 1,709, Phelps 203; Harmon 1.922, K a y 1.512. German i<y,v

Stevcnsville. complete—Roose­velt 254. Parker i l l , Debs 66; Dixon 257. GormltV I3>, Walsh 41 ; Lindsay 228. Toole 177. < >'-Malley 37: K i n g 23*). Norris 154, Fr inke 40.

Chicago— Next to President Roosevelt's record breaking vote the Socialist poll for Fugene V . Debs was a feature of the election in Chicago. Debs polled a total of 50,000 votes in the city, against 5,115 vast for him in 1900.

Denver—From scattering re­turns it appears that Roosevelt carries Colorado by a plurality of somewhere between 5,000 and 10,-000, and that Adams, democrat, is elected governor. < )wing to the large number of scratched ballots it is impossible to estimate tin-changes in the vote.

Missoula—Five country pre­cincts of Missoula county give. Roosevelt 138. Parker 53, Debs 12. D ixon 275, Gormley 81, Walsh 5 ; L indsay 98. Took 6i, O'Malley 41. The First waid gives Roose­velt 310. Parker 114. Debs 6gj D ixon 351*. Gormley 119, Walsh 44. The Third ward gives Roose velt 255, Parker 84. Dixon 100, Gormley 78, Walsh 34.

Red Lodge—Bridger, the home town of Glidden, democrat, gives Glidden for senator 189, Meyer, republican, 30, Maryotte, Social­ist, 13. Red Lodge wi l l give (Hid­den a plurality over Meyer, with Maryotte carrying the city. Fair-grieve, Socialist, for representa­tive, is probably elected. County republican for state ticket by 100 to 200.

Sftvensville—1 have tried to get returns, but could get nothing exact or reliable. Deneen, Social­

ist, for sheriff, is defeated by Cook, republican. Debs has a good vote everywhere, in several places equal to Parker. W i l l try and get correct and fu l l returns and send them in tomorrow.— H . E . Woodruff .

Monarch. Cascade c o u n t y -Debs 18, congressman 15, gover­nor 14; state ticket 13 to 15 ; coun­ty ticket 11 to 13; legislature, M c -Dermot 13, Bolsinger 18, K o r n -noskey 14, Percell 12, La tham 12. — J . M . Rector.

Stevcnsville, Raval l i county -Debs 52, congressman 41, gover­nor 37; state ticket 23 to 41 : coun­ty ticket 34 to 36; legislature. Woodruf f 39, Gibford 33. In 1902 the Socialist vote was 9 . — H . E . Woodruff .

Gilt Fdge. Fergus county— Debs J O . congressman 21, gover­nor 17: state ticket 17 to 24; county ticket 17 to 67. Th i s is the best we can do at present, but you wi l l hear more of this camp two years hence.—Bob Hendry.

Kibby—Gives Debs 9 votes. Nason precinct gives Debs 11, Roosevelt 18, Parker 5.

Helena, 13th precinct—Debs 49, Wa l sh 30: First ward, Debs 47; Seventh ward. Debs 80.

Helena. 14th precinct—Debs 31, O ' M a l l e y 9. Wa l sh 10. F r inke 13, L y n c h 12. Jackson 13. Olson 13. Phelps 12, German 13, Parr 7, Peters 12.

precincts to hear f r o m . — E . G . Wheeler.

Denver, Colo. , Nov . 10.—D, S. Fairley, republican chairman, to­day abandoned his claim that Governor Peabody had been re­elected and the governor himself conceded his defeat. Adams ' ma­jority over Peabody in the ci ty and county of Denver is 5,070, and in the entire state about 5,500. Re­publicans s t i l l claim a majori ty for Peabody in the state outside of I leaver, but this claim is not borne out by the returns, which are sti l l incomplete.

"t m the face of the returns, Adams is elected," said Fair ley, "but the official count or a con­test may change it to Peabody."

Peabody was defeated by 75 plurali ty in his home county (Fre­mont) , although it was carried by Roosevelt by 200. Shafroth, democrat, is apparently elected congressman at large, with a plu­ral i ty of 2.000. Robert W . B o n -yngc. republican, has about 800 plural i ty In the Firs t district and H . M. H o g g , republican, 2.000 p lu­rality in the Second district.

Both sides are c la iming the leg­islature and the result wi l l be in doubt unti l the off icial count is. made in Denver and Pueblo. A f t e r conceding the election of Adams today. Governor Peabody sa id :

"The campaign has been one of principle, not candidates. 1 have tried to maintain peace ami quiet,

Socialism means the substitu­tion of co-operation for competi­tion ; the common collective own­ership of all the means of produc­tion instead of the class ownership which exists today.

Socialism means equal opportu­nity for al l to work, to live, to en­joy ; it means work for al l , wealth for al l , leisure for a l l , education for al l . pleasure for al l .

Socialism means that through the common ownership under democratic control of al l the means of production, the whole of the wealth produced in the country each year shall be enjoyed by the whole of its inhabitants, and that no longer shall over two-thirds of that wealth be owned and enjoyed by a small minor i ty who "neither toi l nor spin," while the working people, the vast ma­jority who do al l the to i l ing and •pinning and produce al l the wealth, have less than a third of what they produce.

Socialism means that "he who wi l l not work, neither shall he eat."

Socialism means such an organ­ization of society as w i l l al low no room for the idle loafer, be he pauper or plutocrat, where all who are able w i l l have to do their share of the necessary work and w i l l be able to take their fill of all the good things work alone provides; and where those who are too \ oung or too old to work w i l l , be

well cared for and comfortably maintained out of the abundance the common labor of a l l provides.

Socialism means the reign of justice, equality, peace and fra­ternity ; the wor ld and al l that therein is for the workers of the world.

Hami l ton , Nov . 9. 1 >ear Comrades : The returns

have been very slow coming in , one precinct of Stevcnsville and one at Al t a yet to hear f rom, i n 19M Sproule received 107 in en­tire county. Debs vote w i l l reach 300 in the county. The democrats are about wiped out. Socialism is coming up and high water cannot stop it. The campaign of 1906 commences today. Fraternally,

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Milwaukee—The primary elec­tion law has carried by a safe ma­jority. 0 M of the surprises in the election was the big increase in the vote of the Social Demo­cratic party. Four years ago that party polled 4.45H votes in M i l ­waukee county; two years ago, 10.704, and in this election 18,120. The Social Democrats elected four assemblymen and one sena­tor to the legislature.

Portland—The Oregonian says that I >cbs made an amazing run in Oregon, in some section'- pass­ing faker, It h said that the So­cialist party polled more than 7,000 votes. Multnomah county, complete, gives Roosevelt 13.702, I'arker 2.324. Debs 1,849, Sw.,1 low 620, Watson 73.

San Francisco—The complete vote of this city was 66,739, The corrected returns give Roosevelt 39.8iO. Parker 17.981, Debs 7,231, Swallow 330.

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law and order, in this state, as was justly possible, and in no case did I exceed the law as interpreted by the supreme court of the state.

"I f the people of the state, by their votes failed to Approve that policy, I am sti l l satisfied. The people know what they want and the) always have the ballot with which to get i t ."

Prom the reports it is evident thl>l the Socialist vote lias fallen behind the normal vote in the city <>f Anaconda. The dastardly work of the blue card has had its effect in that corporation-ridden town. It is not a complete loss to the Socialist movement, however, for the reason that wherever the So­cialists may have gone to seek anew masters of their bread, in this terrible struggle for exist­ence, they have worked all the stronger in the cause of Socialism that a condition may be brought about which wi l l make it possible to live other than at the behest of soulless and corporate greed.

it is a common remark to hear the former democrats say since the election that "I am a democrat no longer."

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