The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-10-27
SOCIALIST MASS MEETING
MUSIC HALL PACKED 10 THE
DOORS 10 HEAR DEBS.
Presidential Candidate Erpound. sO-
cialism-says Other Parties Are Not
Peoples Party-TwO Glasses in Mod
ern sOeIefy-some Of Socialist Aims
socialism Not 4 Dream.

ern SoeIety-some Of Socialist Aims
socialism Not a Dream.
Enthusiasm and applause abounded
at the rally held by the socialist party
in music hau 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 APP
pIause, 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 evolution. He
made comparison between economic
conditions prevailing just before the
time Of the Revolution and those of
to-day. Then" said he, there was
not single millionaire. and not a 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
dustriaI revolution and the introduction
Of machinery. The workingman then
lost control Of the tools with which he
worked. Formerly he owned the tools.
Not SO to-day. He defined a capitalist
as owner of the tool; the user of the
tool was the workingman. These are
the two classes into which Mr.. Debs d.
vides our society of to-day.
He told his audience that by the in
crease in productive power a workman
Of to-day could produce the equivalent
of his wages in 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
ist system. The economic basis Of So
cfety is undergoing change. It is
becoming cooperative instead of COM
petitive. Capitalism must be abolished
in the interests of all humanity.
Socialism is not dream nor
scheme, stated Mr.. Debs. 1t is a science
as exact as mathematics.
He then proceeded to show that nell
Their Of the two dominant parties are
to-day the party Of the people. The
only democratic party in the field is
the socialist party. It seeks the eco
nomic freedom of all without which
freedom is impossible. Political lib
erty is rooted in economic freedom. 7,
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 Its men,
and he especially emphasized the state
ment that they must work together.
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