New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-23
FOOD FOR BODY. BONE AND BRAIN.
A. b, i, Best H5 Ua(meaI
OF ALL BREAKFAST FOODS THE BEST.
DEBS OUT OF JAIL.
LABOR MEN AND EX-GOVERNOR WAITE
WELCOME HIM

IN CHICAGO HE MAKES A SPEECH ON LIBERTY"
AND SAYS HE HAS NEITHER REGRETS NOR
APoLoGIEs-HE WILL MAKE SPEECHES.
Chicago. Nov 22.-Eugene V. Debs for five minutes
this afternoon was literally "in the hands OF his
friends 1t was just at the arrival OF the train
load OF admirers OF the strike leader at the little
town or Woodstock where he again breathed the
air OF freedom. for the first time In half year.
They had marched from the railroad depot to the
jail. and Debs stood upon the steps awaiting them.
There was preliminary outburs, of hurrahs. and
without giving him chance to speak the crowd
rushed upon their hero. dragged him from the steps
and In a few moments had him high in the air.
Those who had the good fortune to reach him first
were allowed the privilege of holding him, and he
was passed from hand to hand. while all the
others struggled to get him. A casual spec
tator might have taken the scene for OF the
battles between rival football teams, and have
imagined that Debs had the ball Meanwhile the
crowd kept up a constant calling and the band
played on. selecting as their theme. See, the Con-
quering Hero Comes"
AT ii O'Clock to-day neat little cutter was driven
up to the Jail door. and Debs and his brother
Theodore, c.ambered in. In one hand Theodore held
card with the names OF twenty persons It,
on these people Debs called during the morning
All OF them had called him while in Jail. The
afternoon was spent In preparation for the journey
to Chicago.
was hlled with labor delegates and personal friends
OF Debs-about five hundred of them in al. They
stock was Governor Waite of Colorado He came
al the way from Denver to be present. There
his arms around the aged ex-Governors neck and
said in tremuous voice: God bless you, my boy"
The Governor seemed equally overcome He made
some commonplace remark about being glad 10 see
Debs again and then the two men fell to chatting
When the delegation reached Chicago another
he
depot the line OF march was taken up to Battery D.
the strets were filled with spectators At Battery
Dsbs addressed large number OF sympathizers
dressing his hearers as lovers of liberty and de-
spisers Of despotism." After terming the mprson-
ton of the Constitution and the total abrogatlon OF
law and the usurpation of judicial and despotic
jury for conspiracy. He said:
At the instgation OF the railroad corpora lions
centring here in Chicago was indicted for conspir
acy and insist on being tried to my innocence OF
guilt 1t will be RENE mbered that the trial last win
juror 1t currently reported at the time that
this was merely pretext to abandon the trial and
thus defeat the vindication of a favorable verdict
which seemed Inevitable, and which would have
been in painfully embarrassing contrast with the
sentence previously pronounced by Judge Woods in
substantially the same case. Whether this be true
| do. not know. | do know. however, that
have been denied trial and here and now demand
hearing OF my case. | am charged with conspiracy
and II guilty should go to the penitentiary. All
ask is fair trial and no favor II the counsel fcr
the Government alias the railroads. have been cor
recty quoted in the press the case against me and
my colleagues is not to be pressed as they do not
wish to appear I'm the light of prosecuting the de-
PENDANTS / repel with scorn their professed mercy
Simple Justice is the demand. am not disposed 10
shrink from the fullest responsibility for my acts
| have had time for meditation and reflection and
have no hestancy In declaring that under the same
circumstances would pursue preclsel% ihe SAM bn1e
policy SO far my acts are concerned, nave
neither apology nor regrets.
Debs reiterated his assertion to-day, that he would
never again accept money from a labor organization
for services rendered He intends to his living
nv publishing a weekly Industrial paper Of which
he will be the editor also. First, however ne VIII
he speeches in most of the big cities of the coun
try II never intend to accept another politlc2
oflce said he 81 have desire only, and tn Is
H. ,n6cafion of labor To that end | shall devote
my life Under no circumstances VIII ever again
lead a strike"