Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-10-21

flamed to acts OF violence py the klno
of foul mendacity and abuse that have
been heaped upon me for the last
three months by the papers in the in
terests not only of Mr.. Debs, but Of
/ Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Taft.
Friends, | will disown and repudi-
ate any man of my party who attacks
with such vile, foul slander and abuse
any opponents of another party.
"Now, wish to say seriously to the
speakers and the newspapers repre-
sentng the republican and democratic
and socialist parties that they can
net, month in and month out, year in
and year out, make the kind of sIand-
erous, bitter and maIevolent assaults
that they have made and not expect
that brutal and violent characters,
especially when the brutality is ao-
companied by not too strong mind
they cannot expect that such natures
will be unaffected by it.
~ am not speaking for myself at
all. give you my word, ! do not care
a rap about being shot, not a rap. ]
have had good many experiences in
my time and this is only one of them.
What | do care for is my country.
wish were able to impress on our
people the duty to feel strongly, but to
speak truthfulIy of their opponents.
say now that ! have never said on the
stump one word against any opponent
that ! coud not substantiate, and MOTH
ing | ought not to have said; nothing
that, looking back, would not say
again.
"Now, friends, it ought not to be too
much to ask that our opponents
(speakins to some one on the stase:)
| am not sick at all. am all right.
~ cannot tell you of what infinites-
in,ai importance regard this incident,
as compared with the great issues at
stake in this campaign, and ask it
not for my sake, not the least In the
world, but for the sake Of our common
country, that they make up their
minds to speak only the truth, and
not to use the kind of sIander and
mendacity which, If taken seriously,
must incite weak and violent natures
to crimes of violence.
"Don't you make any mistake. Don't
you pity me. am all right. am all
right, and you cannot escape listening
to the speech either.
SNOW, friends, what we who are in
this movement are endeavoring to do
is to forestall and such movement by
making this movement for justice
now, a movement in which we ask all
Just men of generous hearts to join
with the men who feel in their souls
that lift upward which bids them
refuse to be satisfied themselves while
their felIow-countrymen and country
women suffer from veritabIe misery.
Now, friends, what we progresslves
are trying to do is to enroll rich or
poor, whatever their social or indus
trial position, to stand together for
The most elementary rights which are
The foundation Of good citizenship in
This great republic Of ours.
"My friends are little more nerv-
Jus than am. | have had an Al time
n life and am having it now.
~ never in my life had any move
nent in which ! was able to serve
With such whoIe-hearted devotion as
n this, in which was able to feel,
as ! do in this, that common veal.
rave fought for the good of our COM
non country. (AppIause.)
"And now. friends, shall have to
tut short much of the speech that |
meant to give you, but ! want to touch
IN just two or three Of the points.
ain the first place, speaking to you
,ere in Milwaukee, wish to say that