The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-11-05
CONNECTICUT HEARS
DEBS EXP0UND ISSUES
Great Socialist Leader Is Given
Rousing Welcome to Con-
sentative New Haven.

New Haven, Conn.,, Nov. A.
Enthusiasm and applause abounded at
the rally held by the socialist party
in music hall last evening with Eu-
gene V. Debs, the candidate for presi-
dent, as the speaker. The spacious hall
with its big galleries was thronged TO
the doors.
A large procession through the center
Of the city preceded the meeting. Eu-
gene Toomey presided, and introduced
the speaker, Mr.. Debs. The later was
greeted with a great outburst of ap-
plause, which lasted several minutes.
Mr.. Debs delivered a long and in
teresting exposition of the aims and
principles Of socialism. He began with
a review of general economic conditions
and an account of social ,evolut ion:f:a HI
ma e=: conpar ison@ Il betWe ns=ssecon oinie
saenfit Ions st=ss
rtine~'of> the Revolution and those :2of
today. Then '@said HE, ''there was
not a single millionaire, and not sim
gle tramp; the word tramp had not
been coined. When the first millionaire
appeared he brought with him the first
installment of tramps.''
Then he went on to treat of the in
dustrial revolution and the introduction
of machinery. The workin5nan then
lost control Of the tools with which he
worked. Formerly he owned the tools.
Not so today. He defined capitalist
as owner of the tool; the user of the
tool was the workingman. These are
the two classes into which Mr.. Debs di-
vides our society of today.
He told his audience that by the in
crease in productive power a workman
of today could produce the equivalent
of his wages in q few hours and the
rest of the day he was being exploited
by the capitalist.
The workingman, he said under the
capitalist system is compelled to sell
his labor power which is life itself and
SO he sells himself into economic bond
age. But socialism is inevitable and
cannot be prevented. 1t is the next
stage in the economic evolution and is
the inevitable successor of the capital
list system. The economic basis of So
ciety is undergoing a change. 1t is
becoming cooperative instead Of COM
petitive. Capitalism must be abolished
in the interests of all humanity.
Socialism is not a dream nor a
scheme, stated Mr.. Debs. It is a
science as exact as mathematics.
He then proceeded to show that nei-
Their of the two dominant parties are
today the party of the people. The
only democratic party in the field is
the socialist party. 1t seeks the eco
nomic freedom Of all without which
freedom is impossible. political lib
erty is rooted in economic Freedom
He discussed child labor, saying that
it was the aim of the socialists to en-
tirely eradicate this evil. Regarding
women suffrage he said their aim was
to make women economically free and
to give them the ballot.
He treated the issues of the campaign
as presented by the other parties and
characterized them as blinds to conceal
from the workers their true conditions
and interests. The true issue for the
workingmen is the ownership by them
Of the tools Of production. ~"
Mr.. Debs concluded with an appeal to
the people to vote for the socialist
party, : for ITS principles not it's men,
and he especially emphasized the state
ment :thsit they must work together.