Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-30
SOCIALIST CANDIDATE
HAYWOOD to Be Nominated for
the Presidency.
WILL ACCEPT AS A DUTY
What Eastern Leader, Mr.. Hillquit,
Says.
THE "REDS" ARE A HANDICAP
WILL ACCEPT AS A DUTY
THE REDS" ARE A HANDICAP
They Insist Upon Trailing Along
With the Socialists Procession and
It's Hard to Distinguish Them.

The socialist party in the United States
will nominate William d. Haywood, re-
Gently acquitted at Boise. as their can
didate for the presidency, according to
statements made in New York city last
night. Haywood'S boom will be launched
at once, 1t was said, and Haywood him
self will probably come east to give it
impetus.
The announcement of Haywood'S can
didacy from an authoritative source was
made in New York last night by Norris
Hillquit of the national executive COM
mittee of the socialist party, who said:
The nomination will be tender ed 10
Mr. Haywood when the proper time
comes and there is little doubt that he
will accept, not as an honor put as a
duty. He was fixed on as the man who,
above all others, will give added vitality
to the party and with Haywood as can
didate the socialists will poll a larger
vote than they have ever done before In
this country"
Leader Of Socialists in East.
Morris Hillquit, who made the fore.
going statement, is the leader of the So
cialist party in the eastern section of
the country. as Debs Is in the middle
west. Hillquit, however, is a differ, vt
type from Debs and a more able and
| adroit man. The writer has talked with
Mr.. Hillquit in his New York offices in pre-
vlous campaigns, and can speak of personal
knowledge to his attachments and in
fuence with his followers. He is a STU
dent iitterateur and lawyer. He has a
large and, it Is said. lucrative law practice
and Is regarded the brains Of the socia i
list movement in this country He is also
the American representative of the inter-
national socialist bureau, and Is in close
touch with the foreign section Of social
lists.
Under his direction the socialist party in
the east has waged a systematic campaign
IN recent elections, resulting in the polling
OF constantly increasing socialist vote.
1t has a newspaper and a large print
ing plant which turns out campaign lftera-
lure In vast quantities. appealing In char
acter1stic style to the classes among which
It's recruits are made
IN the last presidential campaign the So
siahst propaganda was in evidence In every
town and city in the east Every niaht
their speakers, often illiterate and IN.
tutored, but terribly in earnest and sneak
ing with a sort Of rude eloouence enbancad
py their zeal could be found addressing
small groups at street corners and in ont
Driveway parts of town. Thew did not
rent halls had no bands nor process;ons
but mounting storebox or a stoop. or old
chair, would soon have their audience lis.
tening to what was more frequently only a
harangue, but casting lavishly the seeds nj
socialism some of which must have found
Judgment and nutriment, from the election
returns.
Handing Out Literature.
Another feature Of the socialist campaign
was to accost workingmen aa they came
from the shops. handing out literature to
the workers who were too hungry and wear
led from the days labor to stop then but
were asked to take and read. Then. that
night when the tired laborers were resting
| on the front stoops the socialist takers
| would appear in the residence districts and
gather audiences at the front doors of the
worklngmen.
! In New York state the socialist propa-
| ganda was wonderfully helped by William
| X. Hearst's campaigns for mayor and for
J governor. His neMspane- artiele>e -