New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-15

And :, Eug,n, Y Drh-. who last July WIS
,,,,,,,. tho husin,ss ~ the whole country ~ 4
.iand.iill and was more In The NOUNS "' M"
than any other man living or dead goes - jan
FOR six months for contempt 81 court " WIS
hardly five months ago that his person ""N Il.
The height ~ hiS power AMI Oh me '"P '""''
Of his mischlcvou- career. y" hIla''' WI
shot up So suddenly. none ever In :" snort Hp'''
created such commotion or accomplished SUN
widespread mischief Fortunately. II may "e
added none ever met a more sudden ana COM
nlete collapse II IL Significant '"inl"h' upon
ia. .vanrsc,ni character Of such d"naI"s""'
demonstrations ~ that which tins man g"
rln.cred. and the worihle>>nrss ~ Ia" h"'oi''N
attained by their leaders. that ~" ANNOUNCE
m.ut ~ his sentence ~ Imprisonment sif' u"
day only n langnd reminiscent Interest III 'h'
nr,Jic mind In i've months Eugcn" '. I'"bH
Ia. passed from the very i"ph"''h 81 WIFI
seemed Ia him aud To many others !" u"
celebrity and fame into nh ohScnri'y al'h's'
akin 10 CELEBRATION D"ls WAS almost i"Fs"'"h
when the announcement came maj so" '""''"
,ustlce had ovcriakcn him. and that h" WAS I"
n,, I, snm. measure rdculou>ly small meas
ure 10 be- sure The penalty ~ hl- GRIMM" 80"
spracy against property ana NE I"'' "'''"
ing there il hardly enough 81 pubic interest III
pebs To induce anybody 10 read III" i"lI t'N' 90
th.. decision under which he j. sem :" l'h.
Men Will look at the newspaper headings anu
saw. indiffcrcntly "Debs. pcb~. why. 'ha'
the man who led the strik" last summer. Ana
he will pass out 81 sight and oul Of NINA HE Il
worrying nightmare.
Considering the wide devastation for when
this man was responsible. III" Disturbance H.
hrougbt 10 the business Of the country. The rum
he wrought the crlcltcs practis'd III MS name
and under his orders. and the untold mS'ri'H
inflicted upon innocent families all 10 inr'h''
his insatiae lust for nooricy ana power Inc
nenaItv he pays seems trifilng ana inad'1u''''
Rut the public, long accustomed to sec sn'h
pcrniclous agltators and consplra'"rS =" Wholly
unwbippod Of justice when their destructive
enterprIses are brought To naugh VIII doubt
less rest content with The reflection tha' ~ last
one Of them is awarded punishment. even
though small for conspr'ng against law an"
order and the public veal. II Is well thaf ne
goes 10 Ia IL only for contempt "f court. FOR
even this light punishment added 10 the morii'-
ca,ton-if he be capable Of feeling it-of his fan
ure the disgrace ~ his downfall ana III" utter
colIapso OF his once wide nOOrieiy shouiI serve
nc a lesson 10 other agiiaiors who may he tempt
ed to Use their pernicous Influence ANA Inc llil-
| conny hold they have obtained upon the minus
OF the weak and creduous 10 sci mp IN IRE
snonsible dictatorship and assume 10 represent
! the whole people In defiance Of law and To III"
disturbance OF the peace and order OF the land
! This man Debs, 1t should he remembered. was
flower and fruit Of a period of insanity ana I'M
! heciljty beginning with the elections Of lSt2,
which gave us with a Democratic President ana
| Congress- the most remarkable lot Of Governors
and Legislatures that ever clOwncd II over Il
bcwIIdcred and Disguised people; period upon
which the American people awaking ont or
their supor are now beginning 10 look back as
upon a troubled dream.
II will some time be recalled * The period
OF the Oregon Pcnnoycrs the Colorado Wai'S.
tbe Kansas Lcwelllngs the Missouri Stones. the
Illinois Altgelds. the South Carolina Tillmans.
the Texas Hogs the PETERS and Aliens In
the Senate the Simpsons and Bryans In the
House and the Coxeys and Brownies and the
rest Of the tramp brood all over the land. a
wild debauch Of unrcason and anarchy. with
raying madmcn and gibbcring idiots bowling
curses and imprccaions ut all the world ana
| threatening death and destruction To everybody
and everything that stood In their way. II WAS
on the yeasty crest of this wave Of foam and
spume and utter scum that Debs hung for Il
moment poised TO the public view. Then he
went down, and the hollow 10 which he fell
was as deep AZ the wave was high. while he
was in sight all the scum that had been tossed
into high places foamed and fnmcd ana cffer-
vesced In admiration Of him. Since he toppled
over they have forgotten him. Indeed. they are
plunging down on top Of him, and will presently
be out Of sight themselves. And when that