The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-31

evidently acutely developed traits.
| Debs' eyes are an indescribable grey
and twinkle as he talks while his face
is study worth perusing. To an OBJ
| server of average acuteness Debs is
an open book. Every emotion of the
mans mind is reflected in his coun-
| tenance over which his thoughts play
as does the lights of the stereopticon on
| the canvas.
First impression, which is generally
best, would convey to the average stu
dent that Debs is not half as bad as he
has been depicted.
Conversation confirms one in this be-
lief. Debs is q, very pleasant man to
talk to. He has a well modulated
voice and good delivery. He is polite,
but not painfully so. and when one
has talked with him he at once forms
| a good opinion. Contrary to all de-
scriptions, the man is not given to
forcing his views of life upon the au-
ditor. but waits until his judgment is
asked.
BOyce differs from Debs in his ply
steal appearance. He is not so large
in stature and is built on different
plans Boyce does not possess the
"openness, if the term is adequate, his
companion does. His mental faculties
are all in an apparently advanced con-
dition but he is more secretive. He
sonal magnetism, but it is of that sort
which fits him to be a leader of small
numbers. Boyce may succeed as the
head of a particular branch of society'S
legiOns but as the head OF all he would
fail Debs is a general while Boyce is
but a colonel.
Comparisons are odious only when
made in an unfriendly spirit. and this
brief prelude is made only with q view
of IN n fO1.T,7 tiOT7 Roth la
Dor leaders are men of merit and from
all indications worthy of a careful
hearing
Debs was in the city three years ago.
He is a great admirer of Salt Lake
City. L like Salt Lake. he said. TT
and Portland, Me, are, to my mind,
the grandeSt cities in America. The
one has a charm for me with a rolling
ocean and the other on account of its
majestic mountains"
I'VE were compelled to cancel our
Park City engagement" he continued,
answering a question, but we will go
there Tuesday evening. From there
we shall go TO Butte and thence on to
the coast perhaps. We are working to-
gether, Mr. Boyce and 1. He assists
me in whatever way he can and 1 aid
him in my poor way.
The American Railway union is do
ing fairly well. In some places we
note an improvement; in others mat
tiers are at a StandStill, one might
say. Still we feel encouraged. Condi-
tions are such that nothing prospers
greatly in these days"
The press reports quote you as say
ing you will join the Socialist-Labor
party; is that true?" was asked.
No" replied Debs, 1t is not. 1 may
have said that l believed socialism the
remedy for the ills we suffer, but 1
have expressed no intention of joining
the Standardization party. For some
years 1 have inclined toward socialism.
Our condition is bad. We are in a
serious state. Machinery, controlled by
trusts or corporations, produces what
we want in SO short a time. The mills
run only four or five months in a year,
and the balance of the time men are
idle. Now, when man wants work he
should have it. 1t is q sort of crime
to deprive one of the opportunity of
earning a livelihood when he is will
ing to work. But under our system you
see the result. There are thousands.
yes millions, according to Carroll