Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-16
EUGENE v. DEBS IS
TO LOCATE IN DENVER

The Denver Post says: Eugene V.
Debs. candidate for the presidency
on the socialistic ticket in 1900 and
only available candidate of the party
i'm 1904, leader of socialism in Ameri-
ca, reformer and lecturer, will To-
cate in Denver.
ut is not a pleasant thing to con-
template pulling up stakes and NOV
ing TO new place" said Mr.. Debs
this morning. "Terre Haute has
been my home during my lifetime
There everybody knew me and my
family. and we knew everybody. For
THAT reason. together with the as
sociations of a lifetime, | say il will
be hard to leave. But | like Denver
and the whole west. and | feel that,
aside from health considerations,
this is the country where | can do
the most good for the cause.
1t is here, the capital and center
of this new section of the United
States, where is being born a revolu-
tion that will sweep over into the
east like a huge wave of the sea and
awake humanity to n new order of
things economic and political and
out of which will come new condi-
tions that will emancipate the race
and workingmen especially.
1T is right here in Denver that
this new movement is given birth
and l feel that it is my bounden duty
to be present and lend my feeble aid
to it. The west is peculiarly the
field in which to inaugurate another
declaration of independence and to
set in motion and anew the prin-
ciples of that document which
emancipated us from England's ty-
lrannical domination. Ont here are
new and progressive men with ag-
gressive ideas and methods distinct
lively American.
Here people are poor and more lib
erty loving; they are more tolerant
than the people in the east, where
capitalistic and trust domination is
growing stronger every day. In
fact, the spirit of freedom and lib
erty that characterize the western
people seems to be conduced by the
vast open country, grandeur of noun
tain and plain and expansive en-
vironment. The congeSted and
cramped condition of the east is to-
tally unknown to the west. Since l
came here l have felt the difference
between the east and west in this re-
spect. ] feel that / have expanded
and my love of freedom and liberty
has been changed-iust like n young
colt that has been housed and re-
strained by the narrow limits of
yard fence. Once let out into big
open pasture the young animal bucks,
kicks up his heels, whinneys in &C.
static JOY and runs and cavorts to
its hearts content. 1t is n new
thing without restraint. L like 1T
and that is one reason l want to
live here.
"As to my plans and their details
incident to moving cannot say
definitely right now. They will be
arranged. however, in time probably
for me to become citizen of Colo
RADIO within the next month.
MY removal here will not inter
fere with my business plans. Next
week l GO TO British Columbia and
the northwest to speak and organize
socialist branches. / shall return to
Colorado and go east. On Aug. 1 i
shall open the socialists political
campaign in Colorado with an adj
dress in Denver. Then 1 will deliver
speeches in different parts of the
state, closing in Denver, Aug. 81.
On Sept. / will deliver Labor day
address to the people of Davenport.
Ia. Two weeks later / start out on
my lecture tour for the American
Lyceum Bureau in the New England
states. Dec. l will deliver an address
to the Wisconsin Public School
Teachers association, which meets
| in Milwaukee,"