The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-01

1ery band. stationed to the left of the
 platform played popular national se- 1ections. Shortly before g o'clock the hall holding about ], 900 persons, seat ed in the auditorium and gallery, and standing in the rear and around the walls of the upper section cheered the red emblem of the organization
 placed side by side with the national co1ors, which were introduced to the
 strative earnest and cal gerly attentive
 assenrblage composed mainly of men,
 with a large sprinkling of women,
 many of whom were decorated with a
 bit of red ribbon or waving a flag
 of the same color, that greeted the an-
 nouncement of Edward Rei11ey that
 books upon socialism would be sold
 before the arrival of the speakers.
 Introduced by H. T. Horsef1eid.
 chairman: Charles Courtney, Socialist
 candidate for alderman in the tenth
 district touching with pride upon the
 large audience, dwelt upon the vari-
 ous men and interests dominating the
 four parties contending for office in
 Connecticut. both at the last and com
 ing elections, ended by presenting "A
 man. the name of whom, has become
 a, household word in Bridgeport-our
 McLevy.
 With suitable tribute to the intelh-
 gence of the audience before him the speaker launched into .invective
 papers and parties of the city and
 the methods which would be pursued towards t-6 OVGfIhTOWlnS or the SO- cia1ist ticket at the coming election; heraIding Eugene V. Debs as the stan-
 dard bearer of their party, he admit
 ted that the Republican party was
 not dead and that the Democratic party in Wilson had drawn forth conservative element not seen since the days when the gold Democrats had left the party because of the activities of Bryan, whom he said were now working enthusiastically for the Dem ocratic candidate. Referring to Roosevelt the speaker said: Teddy is not an untried Individual; he has had almost eight years in the White House and if he was going to be 8 saviour to 5ne Peopie pe19 ne 1 paa not hTb The mention Of Alderman CederholTn's ac- tivities in furthering municipal owned electric light plant evoked rounds of applause An appeal made for the collection of additional funds to forward the Socialist movement was met with liberal donations.
 ed his life to the working-classes: a man who had been tried and found true; a. man who holds in his two hands the hearts of the people, Eu- gene V. Debs stepped upon the plat form and smiling received vociIerous rounds of applause lasting slightly in excess of five minutes, While men and women fFantically waving their flags interest by occasional calls for. cheers for ''the next president" "
 Releasing the little form of a boy whom he had tightly held in his arms dlring the demonstration. and bend ing forward, in almost a crouchina attitude, with his sharply outlined eatures and sparsely covered head accen ntuating each penetrating sen tence. the Socialist candidate said:
 Friends and fellow workers: There | seems to be as many of you here to- nie:ht as there was in Madison Square l yesterday afternoon. The smallest hall used to be too large for us and new the largest is too small A little while ago a Socialist was termed a fana tie CT an anarchist, but now, how deeply significant are these meetlrgs. l This year is to mark as never before | the awakening of the working class l es.'' come historic in the annals of the United States as never before have so l many men severed party relations never since the Civil War has there | been such an alignment of political | forces and the workman realizes for 1 gle and that their interests are ident1- | cal regardless of color, creed or race and that they are in a very great ma jority."
 slaves, who create for others but do not rule, who follow but do not lead. but who are capable through their | own efforts of becoming dominant, the candidate then dwe1t upon the opposition of the masses to the classes polls as a unit Referring to Samuel Beardsley, a socialist candidate for Governor of Connecticut the speaker said: E'They (the capftalists) are not going to elect him for you, they know
 it, they have three or four candidates of their own. So far as the rest are they are satisfied. you