Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-09-10
DEBS LACONIC
RAPS COLONEL
Socialistic Candidate Has
Little Use for Progress
ives Leader or His
Principles
SPEAKS At WARREN

Eugene Victor Debs. candidate Of the
Socialist party for president OF the
United States. addressed a large
crowd at Warren park sunday after
noon at O'Clock The crowd natural
ly divided itself The larger part took
Seats on thc improyised seats down
around the temporary rostrum ana
others seated themselves in the grand
stand. II was to the crowd seated
on the rough humber and beer barrel
seats that the speaker gave his at
tention
Soon after the sneaking began a
wind storm arose and carried sheets
OF dust across the park and busted
The auditors down in front OF the
speakers stand but no one left IN
III Debs bad said his last word.
Debs' enthusiasm for socialism did
not betray him into neglecting the
parties opposing his party. democrat
ic progressive and republican. He
either forgot or ignored the prohibi-
tion party The Grst part Of his speech
was an attack on the democratic.
republican ana progressive parties
and on Taft and Roosevelt Signifi-
name of Woodrow Wilson except
when he told who was supporting
the Princeton leader. The last half Of
bis speech was an exposition OF So
cialism
Roosevelt bore the brunt OF the
socialist leaders attack. He denied
that Roosevelt had ever been A friend
Of the people saying that he was Dy
instinct an aTistocrat"
Let me show you how much
Roosevelt is a friend Of the people.
Some time ago he went TO the Penn
svlvania mining region and visited
the humble shack of a miner. He sat
down AZ the table with them and par
took OF their meaEer food. lie then
called in his camera squad and his
press agents. The next day every
daily paper in that district published
pictures Of Roosevelt breaking bread
with the humble miners family with
stories OF Roosevelt, the friend of
the common people This is the art
Ct the domagogue.~
He also attacked Roosevelt for Dc
claring that Meyer. Hayward and Pet
tibore were undesirable citizens" de-
claring that 1T is not the fault Of
Roosevelt that their forms are not
moldering I'm their graves" Alter
making this statement to make sure
that the three innocent men would be
convicted. Roosevelt sent william
Howard Taft. .thrn in his cabinet,
to Idaho to campaign for the re.
election Of Governor Frank GOoding
who had permitted the kidnapping Of
HAYWARD"
Roosevelt was governor OF New
York" Dobs continued. when the
strike at C-otCn Dam occurred. Ten
hours 2 dav was the legally estab-
isheI working day Of New York, but
when the laborers struck because they
We're made to work fourteen hours
or more q day. Roosevelt sent soldiers
20 Croton Dam to shoot the strikers
and to protect the contractors
II YVES only in criticizing Roose-
vflt that Debs spoke with any de-
gree Of bitterness. He ironically de-
nominated Roosevelt rs the captain
Of the great salvation army"
u do not pose as q leader e5s
declared. Il DO not want you to look
ND 20 ms: 7 want YOU to look up 10
yourselves. II would do yOu no good
for me to lead you into the promised
Iand-ROOsevel- would come along
and lead vou ont again"
pebs exposition Of socialism was
in simple language, in terms OF what
he called ''roughneck philosophy in
which school he said he was gradu-