The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-10-10
Timely Facts and Comment Con-
cerning the Two MInor Parties
and Their Standard Bearers.
Socialists Gains Since 1900,
When Oebs, Now Presidential
Nominee For the Fourth Time,
Received Only 1854 Votes.


nominees Of the presidential campaign.
a THOUGH the bulk of the noise
and notoriety OF the present
- presidential campaign Is fau-
ing to the lot Of the two big
parties, which Is natural. and the new
third party. the cohorts Of the cause Of
Socialism and Prohibition are no lag
CARDS In the great game that Is being
played and which will Be crowned b1
the verdict Of the voters Of the United
States In 4 few brief weeks. OF the
minor parties mentioned the Socialists
are the stronger and. therefore. In point
Of popular interest their part in a ma
donAl campaign takes precedence over
that Of the Prohibition party.
Practically the drst evidences Of 20
e1alism in this country were observed
in the political epoch which closed the
presidential career Of Ulysses 8. Grant
IN 1876. At that dme most Of the So
e1alis1 were German Immigrants Lat
q on the Socialist movement made
some headway by accessions Of immi-
Uants from other par1 Of Europe.
The Socialist Labor party was the
outcome Of the energies of these for
sdgn born citizens. But this party
failsd to show any percepuble prog
Fsss. Politicians Of those days and
thoss Of The present time have ex-
planned that The Socialist Labor party
could never hope for much because Of
its antagonism to trade unions. In
1886 the Socialist Labor candidate for
president, Matchert. received only 49,
$50 votes. In 1899. however. there
came 4 quick change when Eugene V.
Debs became active and prominent in
politics.
THE RISE OF pEss
First nominated for president in 1890
BY the Social Democratic party, Debs
received sI.sli votes. But he was con-
tending against a Socialist-Labor and a
middle Of the road candidate The lat
ter aspirant represented the remnant
of the Peoples party. In 1904 Debs'
vote jumped TO $50 9J5, and four years
ago his total showing was 100. .,93.
While il was figured out theme that if
this rate Of progression continued the
Socialist ticket this year would receive
upward of 100000 votes. L million
was conservative estimate. But the
Progressive party came into existence.
This fact. iii the opinion %: men keen
Oh politics. upset any sus,iCiously ex.
travagant predictions.
Nevertheless Debs, now nominee
for president for the fourth time. and
Emil Seidel. his busy running mate.
are beating up the country in great
shape and injecting as much snap and
ginger in the fight as though San-ulne
Of victory Although three times de.
feated, Debs holds a political record.
He has broken every precedent an(,
custom as to the number Of times a
man may be named for the presidency
This apostle Of the doctrines of co.
operation for the common veal has Z
most ingradating manner. and that
helps on the stump. His smile is one
Of the things that have made him big
n politics. He is as good a hand.
shaker al any Of them. and the fuss
he makes over the babies might Well
be the envy Of any rival. That smile
Of Debs' is artistic. 1t is peculiar in
that its radiance seems to spread over
n large audience with quite as much
effect as if he were looking directly
into the face Of 4 single individual