The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-27

tive cohorts OF Millionaire John .. Rookie
teller. The letter Is under date OF June ls.
and Ia as follows.
Dear Sir: take the liberty 10 inform
you that We have this day organized the
Social Democracy OF America an organi-
cation designed 10 rescue the oppressed
and suffering ot cur Land from the grasp
OF industrial conditions which they dsG rot
control or modify.
The purpose o. the organizations Is.
briefly stated, 20 suppiant the present
cruel Immoral and destructive system by
the cooperative common wealth under
which u.isionatres and meniicants. the
abnormal products Of an abnormal civiiiza-
ton. VIII disappear together, and the
brotherhood Of man will be usilered In 20
bless md oeautify the world.
In this city alone. In which rhe untver-
slty which bears your name stands rnonu-
mental Of the friumphs Of labor and ihs
fabulous wealth OF the country, 500 fami-
lies are practically honNisss and 1900
honest workingmen are yerging on star
.'ff you think this statement an exagger-
alton beg that you NAV come here and
VIII arrange TO have them assembled on
mon sky. their only shelter. their enact
ated faces and tattered garments may bear
testimony Of the haggard truth Of mans
innumarifv TO man.
A'"ThA picture Is well calculated 20 appeal
70 men and angels, and az ycI are a
Christian gentleman and are widely known
lDF your befeIaCii0ES perhaps you might
deem II proper. no less ;hnn dutiaul. to
give your support TO an orgsniZa-ion whose
hlgh purpose IL Is not 10 fool and huDatlate
these suffering fellow beings with the pal
try crumbs OF charity TO perpetuafe cond3-
tons which make their lives continuous
curse. but 20 strive for a more exalted
humanity. a diviner civilization, such as
the Master taught when he said: on earth
peace. good Will toward men,
'"The immediate object will be the relief
OF the unemployed by colonizing Western
NH 20 h.
application OF their labor 10 the resources
Of nature to provide for themselves and
their dependent ones and manfuiiy dis
zenslip.
an this movement there are no class
disJinc lions. Rich and poor are equally
alting humanity Then the strong shall
help the weak. the weak shall love the
strong. and the brotherhood OF man shall
transform the earth into verit2ble para
disc.
ITO consecraie ones self to such work
Is my highest conception OF duty 20 myself
may find IL consistent with your own sense
OF social and patriotic obligation to Join
hands with us In our enancipating and
ennooiing mission. s,lb.crise myself yours
very truly, EUGENE V. DEBS.''
Mr.. James CreeIman also appealed to
Philip d. Armour. OF Chicago. 10 which the
packing house king replied:
81 have no time 10 think or talk about II.
II you want TO know anything about the
sausage business I will be glad TO tell you
what can"
Since writing TO Mr.. Rockefeller Debs
has made speech In Chicago. in the
course Of which re said: 1T has been
said that I received and au receiving
salary from the American Railway Union,
and ] want to denounce 1t as false. / do
not receive a cent from the union and
have not for a long time. These things
have been said malciously. Why, / verify
believe that II Christ came to Chicago to-
day he would be denounced and cried at
and crucified Just the same as he was
1897 years ago"
Chicago papers. in commenting upon
Mr.. Debs' utterances. say that in other
things he is as far from being correct
as he was in naming the date OF the
crucifxion.