Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-11-28

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M. Hand Many of Them Hug Him
ana Some Men go 40 far a. 20 AAsse
Him.
| Chicago. Nov. 24.-Eugene v. Ochs
.noEa In Central music hull last night
to mn audience that taxed the seating
and standing capacity of the han
Most of the leading labor organixn-
lions were represented, and the 1e-
ception accorded to the leader OF me
American Keilway union was ene6ust.
astic in the extreme.
eight car loads of Debs' friends
went down to Woodstock to greet hlm
on his release from jail after serving
six months, and several thousand men
were at the station of the Northwest
ern road when the train bearing Debs
and his friends arrived ut 1880 O'Clock.
The reception given Debs as he
stepped hom the train bordered on
the frantic. Hundreds Of men pushed
and struggled to get Il grasp Of bis
hand, many of them Rugged him. and
some went to the length of kissing
him. Finally he was tossed up to the
shoulders of four men and followed by
dense throng that never for one An
slant stopped its shouts and cheers, he
was escorted to the hall about one
mile distant. The warmth of the re-
ception given him at the depot was 1e-
peated when he entered the hall, with
the exception that the men were IN
able to get close to him and contenteil
themselves with cheering and waving
their hats. The speech delivered by
Debs was received with great ap-
plause.
DcbS' Speech.
He commenced by saying that in che
light of recent judicial proceedings he
stood stripped OF his constitutional
rights as free man and shOrn Of the
most sacred prerogative of American
citizenship, and that was true of ey-
cry other citizen who had the temea'lty
to protest against corporation rule or
question the absolute sway of the
money power. 1t was not the law nor
the administration OF the law of which
he complained. 1t was the flagr.lut vi
olation of the constitution, the uotll
abrogation Of law and the usurpation
of judicial and dcspotic power by yir-
tue of which he and his colleagues
We're committed to Jail against which
he entered his protest, ard any honest
analysis OF the proceedings must sus-
tain the hasgard truth Of the indict-
ment. He had been denied trial. He
was charged now with conspiracy, and
If guilty should 90 to the penitentiary.
He wanted to be tried by jury Of
his peers, and all he asked was fair
trial and 10 favor. (The conspiracy
case is still undisposed of in the
United States court) He then spoke
at great length of personal liberty
and in defense OF the American Rail
way union, saying it would have hi
umphed but for the Interference Of
the federal authorities, which he char
acterized as IAN exhibition Of the de-
balching power Of money"
This demonstration, he said, meant
that the American voters of liberty
were setting in operation forces to
rescue their constitutional liberties
from the grasp of monopoly ana it's
mercenary hirelinss; that the people
were aroused in view of impending
perils, and that agitation, organization
and unification were to be the future
battle cries of men who would not mart
with their birthright. and who. like
Patrick Henry, had the courage to ex-
cam: Give me liberty or give me
DEATH
st. Paul. Nov. 24.-The mass .cet-
ing called by the Debs club to cele
l.%''c the release of Eugene V. Debs
from prison, was held in Labor hall
last night. a. l.. Robertson presided
The first speaker was Lee Cooml,s. n
sWltchman Of Minneapolis. He plead
ca Tor the cooperative system as the
only remedy for the toillng classes.
denouncing corporations and the rich.
er classes of the people, and closed
WIN the statement: 81 am 4 social
1st." w. Il. Gieske stated that ir
Debs were nominated for the sppsi-
aency nobody else would be in 1t.
Omaha, Nov. pa grand BAN was
gwen last night ut Washington hall
III celebration of the release of Nupen.
'. Debs from imprisonment. The hal,
was under the auspices Of the A. r. n
ANA the hall was crowded.