Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-09
CAPITAL DOMINATES
 PARTIES, SAYS DEBS

Eugene V. Debs. Socialist candidate for President of the United States. ad. dressed more than thousand Deople { at Forest Park auditorium last night The vast audience signified their ap- proval of him by repeated hand clap ping and cheering and it must have been gratifying to the leader of what the leaders of the two great parties call "Utopian politics." Time and again the speaker was compelled tc wait until the enthusiasm subsided and it was a magnificent reception that was rendered the distinguished visitor in Pine Bluff.
 The guest of the evening was es- corted to the stage by Dr. Wells Le- Fevre, a prominent local Socialist leader; Arch McGehee and Nels Nel- son. On the stage was also Mr. Me Gehee's little son, Eugene V. Debs McGehee. Before the curtain was raised, MT. McGehee introduced the great Socialist leader to the little man and the big fellow picked the young ster up in his arms and fondly kissed } him, greeting him as his little com rade''
 J. MT. Debs was introduced by Dr. Le- slFevre, who spoke for thirty minutes giving history of Socialism. In in '@roducing Mr. Debs the speaker eu- N logized him ill fitting words. Mr. Debs said in part:
 8 '9The workingman works for wages when he can get work, and then gets X such an amount as his employer sees 1t to give him. You say he can s.Quit. Sometimes he can and other < tmes he cannot. Take the case of that locomotive engineer in Chicago A few years ago, for instance, who Qult and was arrested and put in Jail. When taken before Judge Taft, the same who is now the nominee of the Republican party for president. , A@0Z Ne"o till ON II lutO tIe DolllIGuLIdIy and in addition fined. o, no. you can- not always quit. The most that can be said of the worker is that he has choice of masters, for it is necessary Tor him to work for some capitalist.
 Politics is but the reflex of eco- monies. There will never be any < nAafnriol tiOn of the working classes under the capitalistic system. That system was part of the social evolution of the country and has now passed it's eli max. It has served it's purpose and Is doomed
 The speaker then went on to trace the evolution of the system The in- |kention of machinery and it's con- stant improvement was the cause of ts existence of the system, he said, any with it's growth the attendant e1H had multiplied.
 Recognizing this the Socialist proposes to give to the worker the tools with which to work. Every normal man wants to work. There would be very few tramps under nor- nal c0nditions where every man who wanted to work had the opportunity to doa so. And out of this abnormal condi4on has grown up the division of s0clety The worker who works for WAges has been separated from the apitalist, his employer, who getsShe profit of his work. There areany who will tell you and hon. esttbelieve that society would col IaNM& if it were not for John D. ItQoNRfeller." This sally was greet lth roars of laughter
 ns w do you ever hear these ques-
 Ndiscussed by either the Repub-
 For Democratic parties? do hink that you will find any re-
 Be to them in the platform
 politicians are very friendly to
 at just this time They will . u ply promise you anything that nay ask for. And on election
 they will provide you with a
 lge in which to ride to the
 and vote to walk the other 364
 in the year. You may look
 both of the great parties, take
 pick, and which ever one wins 0se
 ankind has ever crowned their
 ssors and crucifed their saviors Ach of these parties is repre- ' tive of the material interests
 make up that party. AS the
 blican party is the capitalistic
 it represents the material in-
 $ of the capitalists. The Dem-
 c party represents, with but
 lew exceptions and they are the owners of the Vest the middle