The Jersey City news., 1897-11-10
A HUMAN TIGER.
Eugene v. Debs Hypnetlzes
an Audience of the
Semi Criminal
Class.
A TYPICAL DEGENERATE
Frantic Follies Win Applause
With the Aid of the Mis-
creants Crazy Eye.
A TYPICAL DEGENERATE

Eugene ". Debs. the agitator, made one
cf his characteristic speeches in Prasser's
Central Hall last night Five huhofeu
man and a score of women listened TO
his ,neendiary utterances and wildly ap-
nlauded them. At the conclusion OF the
meeting the agitator organized a praiich
of his .sSocial Democracy with seventy
one members. each of whom will be re-
quired to contribute Is cents mohtn "
the support of the National organization,
.and such other dues as they may see Mt
to impose These officers were elected
Chairman. Herman Menusky.
Vice Chairman, j. Heinz
Secretary. l.. Vltter.
Treasurer, p. Luse ,,.,,.
Executive Committee, Henry killlan,
Julius Dinenski, Eugene Vedder, John
Tice and Paul Seige.
The police took cognizance of the meet
ing, which was arranged by Newark 'asl-
tators. and prepared for trouble. Captain
McNulty scattered a number OF patroimeh
in plain clothes throughout the audience
and placed Detective Holderer in charge
of the squad. Trouble was expected, but
no serious outbreak occurred. The nan
was crowded, the majority of those pres
ent being dyed-in-the-wool Socialists.
Beer flowed freely and men became eXcit-
eQ, Dul no N1OlS1lce WeS OlSPidJ SN. 49,
eral little rows occurred in the back OF
the hall between Socialists and those
who held opposite views, but the police
promptly elected the debaters before ar
gument could become general.
G. H Strobell. president of the Newark
branch of the Social Democracy, presided
After he and EItwood Pomeroy had made
brief addresses Strofell appealed to The
audience to give Debs good collection 10
help him in his work of reformation.
Ushers passed around china soup plates,
the only article available in which the
money could be collected A good sum
was realized, many dollar bills being IN
the plates. The collection over Deos was
introduced. He was received with voelt-
erous cheering, men leaping TO their ieet
and tossing their hats into the air. While
even the local Emma Goldmans. dozen
or more of whom occupied front seats,
yelled themselves hoarse in greeting the
agitator.
Debs tall and stoop-shoudered, with
head bowed and neck at an angle of
IS degrees and hands held, kangaroo-like,
on a level with his chin, bowed his ac-
Acknowledgement and began his address in
measured words and with a sharp nasal
twang. Both deliberation and pecuiiari-
ties of speech disappeared as Debs warm
ed up TO his subject which ne dd III
about minute and a half. without stop
ping even when his words Were drowned
by the applause of the crowd, as they
frequently were. One pecuiarity ne had
which was noticeable-he scarcely chang
ed the direction of his glance once. but
looked straight ahead. He moved. how
ever, from one side of the stage TO Inc
other and back again, three inches ar a
time, never stopping for two seconds IN
any one position. The eyes of his au-
dience followed him backward and for
ward. Six hundred pairs of eyes were
constantly riveted upon his face and ne
seemed to hypnotize their owners. ne
swayed the crowd at will from tears 70
laughter, and again to angry outbursts
of wrath. The women seemed fascinated
by his personality. and at the conciusloh
of the meeting Went forward 10 SNAKE
him by the hand Great BEADS OF per
spiration rolled down the speakers iaee.
his hearers became wildly entnused. bns
Debs, the agitator, never once snoWe9
any sign of excitement. Els head ana
neck remained in the same tiger-Hke po-
sition throughout the address ana ms
feet never missed step i'll the SLOW
shuffling, sideway march 10 sI ana otin- Irot ne-
was on it was the prevailing opinion inat
Debs owned his audience. and that the
Towerful influence. TO do his bidding. then
and there. A sixth part OF his audience
enrolled under his banner before leaving
the hall.
In his address Mr. Debs aid:-.There
can be no doubt in the mind of the OBJ
serving person that the present system
is in a state of dissolution. Go Where you
will you will find all the great industries
in the hands of the capitalists. rms sys-
tenn has filed this land of ours-the 1alr-
est beneath the unbending skies-WltR Two
hideous extremes On the one hand there
are the abnorlnally rich who have become
the lords of the land and on the other
hand there are the masses. SUNK in degra-
da tion. This system has no regard FOR
human life. The almighty dollar IS exalt-
ed and human life is degraded. We see
the man before the dollar, but it is a
bended knee begging for the dollar to get
morsel to eat. Under this system the
man vino does the hardest work and the
most of it have nothing to show for 1T.
while the man who does no work has all
the wealth He who creates wealth has
none The man who builds the fires in
our large buildings shivers on the streets; ];
the woman who makes fashionable gowns
dresses in rags. The men who support
and defend this government are sup
pressed and oppressed by the rich. In
times of peace the wealthy class like to
boast of their love for the glorious Stars
and Stripes. They love the flag for the
industrial slavery it symboizes. Not one
of them ever barred his breast to the lead
en- foe. The Rocky-fellows and the VAN
derbilts don't fight the battles of the peo-
ple.''
After an infinite amount of the same
senseless rubbish the speaker concluded
with statistics of murders, suicides and
highway robberies which. he alleged, are
the result of the present economic condi-
tions.