Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1908-10-22

FOR SOCIALISM
NEw ENGLAND WORKERS GO
WILD OVER DEBS.
EAST SIDE CROWDS


| The lower east side of New York
saw the greatest demonstration In its
history Tuesday afternoon when Eu-
gene v. Debs. socialist candidate for
! president, visited IL and gave his thou
sands of supporters an opportunity to
express their devotion to him and his
cause.
From Hamilton Fish park. where
Mr.. Debs first appeared and spoke. to
| Rutgers square, where he ended his
visit, the automobile I'm which h
rode was surrounded and followed by
crowd that packed the streets
\ through which he traversed and
Tapped over into those adjoining until
/ nothing but surging, tumultoui
mass of humanity could be seen.
Al Rutgers square IL required all
of the skill and discipline OF a large
force of policemen to make way for
the Debs automobile to the center of
the square. where he was to speak
When the socialist leader at last
/ reached the spot he turned and looked
down upon the vast sea of faces that
extended as far as the eye could reach
And the enthusiasm was as unre-
strained and heartfelt as the crowd
itself was huge. IL was impossible To
have every one in that crowd hear
what was said. either by Debs or any
of the other speakers. but that didn'
seem To matter 10 the crowd, for they
were there to show their regard for
the greatest working class champion
In America-and they showed IL.
The FIr-s Meeting.
There were between six and seven
thousand people assembled at Hamil-
ton Fish park when Mr.. Debs arrived
at o'clock. Dursng the forty-fve
minutes previous to his arrival
speeches had been made ,hy Jacob
Panken. candidate t@ the Eleventh
senatorial district. Bobert Hunter.
candidate In the SIKH assembly dis
tTict: Morris Hitquit. candidate i'm
the Ninth congressional district: y. q.
Phelps Stokes candidate I'm the Eighth
assembly district, and Prank Bohn.
William Kariin acted an chairman.
Bohn was speaking when Debs. ac-
companied by his brother Theodore,
=, NJ. Reynolds and Charles Lspworth.
arrived. The Red Special band
struck up the "Marseiilaise'' and
when the cheers of welcome had sub
sided. and only then when Mr. Debs
had motioncd for silence. he said
Dcbs' Speech.
This magnificent reception OF my
comrades and friends of the east sid
fills my hpart with Joy. IL gives me
strength for the struggle and tells me
that the hour OF our victory is near at
hand.
The Red Special has been from
coast To coast, and everywhere vast
crowds have greeted us as We came to
them To bear the message OF social
ism.
The whole country Ii ablaze. II
lies with us Ia create out of this
superb passion for social justice the
new and glorious era of the brother
hood OF man.
II could not resist the appcal of my
comrades To come Co the east side, |
because | know that here we see the
ugllest forms of capitalist exploitation. |
The abjcct misery, the joyless lives |
the wretched tcnements and their toll |
In pnuperism. II broken lives. I'm dis
ease and dcnth. lead us Ia consecrate |
our lives anew To the struggle for the |
OF man.
The Chlldrcn's Lot. |
My heart goes out especially TO the |
tCeming thousands OF dear little chill |
dFgn WhOse lot ~ IA IN he boru here