Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-05
DEBS IN TOWN
Red Special oi Socialist Csme te
 Cily Jsst One Heur Lale.

| EuBehe " Dops, soSiaIot S"hN' date for president. arrived at the Union station from Danbnry on his Red Special' about 10.30 o'clock this morning, an hour behind his schedule. A crowd of about 1000 people were on hand to greet him and as he alighted from his train to board a truck from which he made his speech he was given a great ova- ton. The red ribbon, the emblem Of the socialist. was much In evidence, numerous members of the party wearing 1t upon their coats. The train, which consists of the locomo- tive, parlor car and sleeper, came in upon the main track, but was later placed on siding. There were several attempts made to reach the candidate but he was in his pI'i- vate apartment in the rear of the parlor car and no one but the press was allowed near the door. It was finally decided to pull the train on the main track again and MT Debs made his address from freight truck on the north side of the sta tion. He was escorted from the car by his brother, Theodore Debs, Stephen M. Reynolds of Terre Haute, Ind, and the local reception commit tee composed of H. s. Wooley, chair man, A. E. Babin and Mir Harrison.
 It was apparent the moment the candidate started that his voice was much effected by his numerous speeches made in New York yester~ day, which city he left this morn/s at 6 o'clock. He had hard day of 1t, and so many persons thronged into the Grand Central hotel last evening wanting to see him that he received very little sleep during the night.
 Mir Debs after expressing his | pleasure for the large crowd present said there was political awakening coming this year, the like of which the country has never seen before. In past years the workingmen have | followed the capitalists but the sit uation was such that the working man could not consclentiously vote I for either the republican or demo- cratic candidate. You working men," he shouted, have been in subjection long enough. Without | you society would perish, would ut terly collapse. yet under the condi- tions of to-day you scarcely exist. To become freemen you must embrace socialism. I tell you 1t is not a dream, neither is it scheme; 1t Is science.
 I Sixty years ago Carl Marx pre- dicted the coming of trusts and com pines and you know only too well how his predictions have come true. But the workingman of to-day can no longer be deceived-the awaken ing has come and 1t is bound to show itself at the polls"
 He spoke of the many working for the few and in referring to John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil case called 1t the $29,000,000 joke. Mr Debs ended his address by urging all voters to vote for the socialist ticket on election day He had bare ly time to swing on the rear plat form of his car which was just pull ing out, leaving the station punctual, ly at II o'clock Mir Debs talked less than 10 minutes.
 He stood in the doorway of the rear car as the train pulled out and by his side was Mir Reynolds waving small flag. Debs waved goodbye to the crowd which sent up cheer 1 after cheer.
 While speaking upon his reception in New York yesterday MT Debs, sit ting in his car this morning. said it was far bigger than he had antici- pated He declared he was a trifle l tired but his outward appearance | did not in any way show what viz l orous tour he has been on. He is a man of about six feet in height. his head being as shiny as billiard ball. He is very thin. In. speaking on the sociaHstic question he had the following to say:
 From now on" said MT Debs to- day, the issue in America is so- ciallsnl and anti-soeialism The rip of this train and ,he crowds haF nave mel us all along he way snoa { Lhal ,1e people are tired of vague ,s- { sues. sucn as rate reguIatioD. rbe tariff and control Of corporations, Nothing less than the ownership or 1 the trusts will satisfy the workers now. They are understanding 1 that there is machinery enough to l produce wealth for all of us But this vast machinery, invented and l put into use within 75 years, is pri- yately owned and as a result the ample product Is wasted in competi- i tion or gobbled by the few
 Instead of making life happier and brighter machinery has produced a new misery We have the absurd | condition to-day of able bodied men idle and in want or in the fear of want in the midst of idle machines and full warehouses. Any one can see the absurdity of this if they give | it little thought Until the pres ent century there was but simple l tools and 1t was difficult to wrest living from nature. But now pro- duction has been solved. With | thousands of mechanical slaves ready | to work for all of us there is no ne | cessity for any women or child be- ing in poverty or living In the fear of want All women and all little children can have all the beautiful things of life if the men. who have | the votes once understand that there is machinery enough to produce the | necessities and luxuries for all. We now cooperate in production. No | one railroad man can operate rail- road He must work with other men from the operating head down | to the section hand and wiper. They must all work together. But at pres