Albuquerque morning journal., 1908-09-01
DEBS EhBARKS
ON CALAMITY
CAMPAIGN
SPECIAL TRAIN BEARS
SOCIALIST CANDIDATE
Industry ParaIyzed, Millions
IdIer Society on Verge OF
ChoaS, Burden Of First
Speech Of Former Fireman,
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lBy Morning Journal Special Leased Wlrel
Davenport. Iowa, Aug 31,--The So
cialist special train, bearing Eugene
" Dcbs candidate for the presidency
ON the socialist ticket, James T.. Bro
wer. socialist candidate for governor
Of Illinois, and other prominent social
lists on transconunental campaign
tour, arrived here this afternoon after
days run from Chicago. interrupted
by stops at Joliet. ottawa and Spring
Valley where Dcbs and Brewer made
rear platform addresses. Tonight Mr..
Debs made the first complete address
Of his campaign at the Turner opera
house in this city. He said:
The capitalist system has again
broken down. Industry has again
been partly uaralyzed. Millions of
people are idle The capitalists can
no longer manage industry under the
present system. This Is becoming 50
apparent that even the capitalists
themselves are alarmed.
The panic Of 1898 came under
democratic administration, the panG
of 1907 under republican admins
tration. There is today a larger mum
Der of unemployed than ever before
in the history Of the country. Pres
ident Yoakum OF the Rock Island sys-
TEN has made a statement during the
last week that 10000 railroad men.
or one out Of every four. are idle; this
exists under the highest protective
tariff the country has ever known.
when we ask Mr.. Taft. republl-
can candidate what the starving
workers are to do. he Is candid
enough to say God knows implying
that he does not know.
MIR. Bryan has nothing to SAY on
this extremely vital proposition. Both
the democratic and republican plat
forms are silent upon the burning
question OF the unemployed.
''All systems of society have theil
periods of birth and development
decline and death The lord Of chat.
tel slavery fourshcd until dfty years
ago. Their rule was as absolute as
is the rule of the lords Of wages slav.
cry today Lincoln was very unde-
slrable citizen half century ago
when this great issue was fought out
Today his name is rcycrcd by the
whole American people IT is thus
that history Ccaselessly repeats itself
THE pioneers in agitation against
slavery fifty years ago were known as
abolltionists were denounced and
prosecuted. The pioneers Of the pres
ent agitation against wage slavery ar,
socialists and the ruling class Of the
present era Is as hostile toward then
as the ruling class was to the abo.
litionlsts in the times Of Garrison anC
Phillips.
THE working class has entered In,
political arena this year with its owr
party. upon its own platform. which
declares against the wage system an,
in favor OF the social ownership %
the modern machinery Of production
so that all shall have an opportunity
to work the year around, so that In
dustrial depression shall no longcl
doom millions to suffering and wan
In this land Of fabulous abundance
so that tho workers may not only hav,
work. but leisure. that they may i'm
prove their minds enlarge their Wis
ion and comprehension and live com
plete, wholesome lives OF really ciyi
lized human beings"