The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-08

votes were made for Bryan by Mr.. Debs'
speech than there were for Socialism.
I am for the principles of Socialism, :
said one Socialist after the address. and
| had intended voting for Debs until l
heard him speak. | am still just as much
an advocate of SOcialistic doctrines. but
from the reasoning OF Mr.. Debs l have
concluded that the conditions are such
that every true American citizen should
put his vote where IL will count against
the plutocratic system and l now Intend
to vote for Bryan"
Mr.. Debs and his party arrived in Salt
Lake from the east at o'clock yesterday
afternoon over the Denver * Rio Grande
They travelled in a special train. the Red
Special" from Chicago to Grand juno
ton. There the four cars carrying the
party were hitched on to the regular train
from Denver and brought to Salt Lake.
In the party We're Eugene V. Debs. the
candidate for president: Theodore Debs,
his brother and secretary; A. III. Simons.
editor of the Chicago Daily Socialist; A.
Fl. Floaten. former stOrekeeper OF Tel
luride. who was deported at the time or
the labor troubles in that camp: Harry
c. Parker. manager of the Philadelphia
Labor temple; Stephen NJ. Reynolds, the
labor attorney of Terre Haute; Prof.
Christian Sorenson of Denmark. leader of
the Socialist Red Special band: Charles
Lapworth, a correspondent for London
Socialist papers: w. w. Buchanan OF
Texas, veteran of the civil war and
former abolitionist: Otto Merely of Chi
cago. press representative; L. B. Karter-
field of Topeka. a college student and an
advocate Of Socialism. and Harry e
Parker of Philadelphia. a union cigar
maker. who has charge of the train.
Travel In Luxury.
Although proposing to represent the
masses, to free them from wage slavery.
to down the predatory rich and to prac-
socialistic functions. the members OF the
party denied themselves nothing In ex-
pounding the cause of Socialism. Ihey
Travelled in Pullman cars and dined lux
uriously In a private diner with negro
porters and negro walters attending to
their every want. And with nickels ana
dimes and quarters the laboring class
which they propose TO represent PAID the
bills.
Five hundred people greeted the so
cialist Red Special when 1t arrived at
the Rio Grande depot yesterday after
noon. The train was an hour late and II
was necessary for Mr.. Debs to cancel his
engagement with the Salt Lake Socialists
to speak at Liberty park in the after
noon that ne might fill an engagement
at Ogden. The special remained in Salt
Lake while Mr.. Debs went on to Og-
den on the regular afternoon train where
he addressed a large Labor day audience:
He shook hands with a large number OF
people at the Rio Grande depot while
waiting for his train to go to Ogden.
In "A special street car decorated with
red DuntlnS, Unlteu states IldsS anu
notices of Socialism. In which the names
of Debs and Hanford the presidential and
vice presidential candidates of the party.
were prominent. the Red Special band
went throu~h the streets of Salt Lake
playing selections Then 1t went 10 Lib
erty park where A. NJ Simons spoke
from the band stand to a crowd of 5000
people.
Mr. Simon's sallow face. intensified by
a jet black beard, seemed to light up with
inspiration as he preached his revolu-
tionary-no. he called them evolutionary