The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-25
NAPOLEON AT EIBA.
How Agitator Debs Occupies
His Time in Retirement.
BEARDED LIKE A PoPuLtST.
s.rs,es Socialist Books. Writes Infiam-
matory Editorials and watches
His Presidential Boom Grow.
g rranclsco Examiner.

= l s... undertook 70 pass awax a term
- ,rfeonruent as they are doing They
- y started an academy IN Woodstock
a. They run debating club. They edit
1000. They have formed library.
- would no longer he recognized by
"a. IA associates He has grown beard
- che. transforms bis entire appear
49, The coterie Of prisoners serving
80 civ months e. the NcIienry county
a. =. woodstock IT., cail themselves
eo-operatiya colony OF Liberty jail.
..sv are besiegsd with hordes of visitors
s.,,, morning until night. but only few
cass the portal. Debs maintains his
fsaaership lie IS al the mead OF an the
ss.r.akingg His rlght-hand man is his
s',.am convict. sylvester Kelliher. All
. ~, s,.rv siudlous lives. They have elect
iseesners for their little community. They
a, tnsDecior colonel and a pro-
sassor Elliott is inspector. Hogan colo
- and Rogers professor and Debs has
sasn apponfed teacher
a. O'clock every morning Inspector FL
a., raIls the colony. and each man must
L. T. a. ,he word of command. After wash
.s~ thew have an hour In which to exer-
-. Then Col Hogan goes through the
Al, They are allowed one gun by the
.rsson authorities. and the men take turns
= handling f. At 100 ali sit down TO
hxakfast Tie table being set In the sher-
,s~s dlnlng room. This meal usually con-
sssts Of a steak or chops. frled potatoes,
f,,ead butter and coffee
.fssr breakfast the little colony repairs
- The fsil corridor. They are allowed
sQery possible liberty. as they have proved
rposf aoclle and tractahle prisoners. The
rnrridor is called the study. Here the men
-ead until i2:f5. Their intellectual activity
i along the line of economies. sociology
s,a htstorv The library at the command
CT af
~ very good works including Shake
sasare Hugo Henry George. Carlyle,
carlano. Kids Social Evolution, Eiy's
.poFtical Economy" Fabian essays and
others of a like nature. Debs conducts
the class regularly and lectures on stated
subjects They usually relate 10 the la
for question Debs has very effective
way OF presenting his ideas, and his pu-
nils not infrequently include employees OF
The tail and now and then the sheriff him
self
AT quarter past IL the men stop this
work Exercise In the Jail yard is now in
order They run, walk and use the dumb
bells and chest weights. Dehs is the best
athlete OF them all and has made some
very astonishing records with the athletic
psraphernalia at his command in the iail.
Al o'clock sharp dinner is served. This
neal consists. as a rule, of roast, some
vegetables pastry or pudding and coffee.
The men are not starved by any means in
Woodstock After dinner the reading and
studying are resumed and kept up until )
o'clock after which Col Hogan begins
the drilling of his squad. Supper is al
ways ready by half-past and that frugal
neal consists of cold meat. milk and
bread.
The intellectual life OF Woodstock jail
II further varied by literary exercises.
These begin at s o'clock I'm the morning,
ard last for two hours. \ debate usually
begins the feast of reason. Dehs takes
some current labor question, and II Is
argued from every point of view. One of
the debates was on this theme: Re
solved That the state has a stronger
claim on the child than its parents" Rog-
ers took the affirmative and kelliher the
negative. The arguments were listened TO
for an hour and the result was a draw.
The convicts have established a code OF
rules for themselves. which every man Is
obliged to live up 10. Thus. for delin-
Qgeney during drills. Col Hogan imposes
military punishment in the period Of
study. Debs also imposes penalties upon
such OF his pupils as fail 10 please him.
Nay the discipline is so strict that pebs
has now and then locked up one ofthe
colony In his cell II some infraction of the
rules be particularly fragrant
So far the health of the men has been
spirits and take their imprisonment light
y. Dehs is probably the busiest man Of
the lot lie writes when his time is not
taken up with their duties. He continues
10 edit the organ OF the American Rail-
way Union aud 10 write articles for vari-
Gus radical and socialistic publications.
For Instance. here is an extract from an
EDITORIAL he wrote in the jail and which
vas published in his paper last week:
ta#4fh h.a ffara -nfHg.af Tod
maxim.
No man Ger felt the halter draw
With good opinion of the law
IL has been said OF every martyr from
me FIRST time that 4 thumb screw was
ever applied by the inquisition 1t was
said OF every victim broken upon the
wheels. disjointed upon the rack or burned
me stake II has been a handy excuse
TOR Nrants In all ages and is as current
rev as when the beasts OF bigotry first
hppfd the innocent blood OF their victims
Know With what gusto corporations and
'heir erminsd sycophants and all their
osool or degenerate creatures regard the
IMPRISONMENT OF the officers of the Ameri-
can Railway Union. and yet II rs not law.
.of the administration or law that called
'.tth our protest. but the abrogation OF
~ law and the substitution % iron-clad
aesRetiSm. Innocent men. unstained BY
..laae' We appealed 10 the courts ana 10
ne constitution for protection for guar
saleed rights We appeal as American
sa1ens 10 the supreme court Of the ma
eoh As well might We have appealed 90 50
many man-eatinE tigers In an African
Jaasle. Our destiny was imprisonment.
sea i tells the story OF the final triumph
- Russian methods Of government in the
tnHec States Of America 80
me comfort OF the men IS we'll looked
aseF The iail is almost new and its sani-
eSdoh - nearly uerfcct Il IS Kept
s,f0palouSly clean and AS already noted.
-ae Sher'n allows the prisoners every pos
80 hoertN consiStsn NJ with the sentence
He court. Not one violation 0f the
-.fes nave the men been guilty Of so far
Iha Institution is about nftv-one miles
xs.o-h ChlcaEo and the visitors continue 20
70 very numerous
ne American Railway Union does not
en- 10 have lost ANY numerical strength
result of the IMPRISONMENT % It's
1Amts Officers \ CORPS ~ very compe-
ltteAt organizers arr. maintained and re-
49, are reported pfcntiful \ plan OF
- Work .n this connection has been
..oFhaef ard as Yer the utmost silence has
80 main'a'sad AS 10 the methods EN-
.sosea m making the union a more effec-
- ald To The men thar Il has prov-A
,s'eiofe DCis continually asserts thar
80 0aY ~ tht STRIKE is mast Hs
aalns mis-. howevc~. hy saving thar
s0ahe fuu8 Cf so11e SORT should ALWAYS
y, maintained. as fear az lockout has
r'oyerS. "t'''' 0''
ueas and his associates have very de4-
- pans for the future They vii all
- - ~ winter ana propose 10 continue
..s labor movement. As Will h 70
s.1aosrea. there IS movement in the
.sA0s q The Ponu}Sts 20 uornirefs rehs