The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-26
NO CEREMONIES
At ACCEPTANCE
Of SOCIALISTS
Eugene V. Debs Merely No.
tilted Oewspapers of Re-
lease of His Address.
PARTY STANDS SQUARELY FOR
ABOLITION Of WAGE SLAVERY
Economic Slavery. Declares ncbs. is
the Worlds Greatest Curse Today
and il Produces Poverty, Misery.
Prostitution, Insanity and Crime.

Prostitution. Insanity and Crime,
Terre Haute. Aug. 2s-In marked
contrast to the notification ceremon-
les enacted by other political parties
the socialist presidential nominec.
Eugene Y. rcbs today accepted his
nomination simply by Informing the
newspapers they were at liberty TO
print his address of acceptance which
he had sent them in printed form.
No committee called on Dcbs and
there was an entire absence of core
mony of any kind.
pehs will speak tomorrow night at
Fergus Falls Mimi. His address in
part follows:
The socialist party is fundamentally
came in the process of evolution and
grows with the growth o1 the forces
which created it. Its spirit Is mill
tant and its aim revolutionary. 1t cx-
presses in political terms the aspra-
ton of the working class of freedom
and To larger and fuller life than
they have Yet known.
The worlds workers have always
been and still are the worlds slaves.
They have borne all the burdens Of
tn" race and built all the monuments
along the track of civilization: they
have produced all the worlds wealth
and supported all the worlds govern
ments. They have conquered all
things hut their own freedom. They
are still the subject class in every ma -
tion on earth and the chief function
of every government is to keep them
AT the mercy of their masters
The workers in the mills and fac
tories. i'm tho mines and on the farms
|and railways never had party of
IT'S own until the socialist party was
orga nized. They divided their votes
between the parties of their ma sters.
They did not realize that they We're
using their ballots to forge their own
|fetters.
But tn eawakening came. 1t was
bound to come. Class rule became
fmora and more oppressive and wage
slavery more and more CALLING The
eyes of the workers began 10 open
They began to see the cause of the
misery they had dumhly suffered So
many years. 1t dawned upon them
that society was divided into two
|classes. capitalists and workers. OK
rloiters and producers: that th., cap
italists. while comparatively few,
owned the nation and controlled the
government: that the courts and the
soldiers were at their command. and
that the workers. while in a great ma
jority, were in slavisf suhiection.
When they ventured TO protest they
We're discharged and found them
selves blacklisted; when they went
out on strike they We're suppressed by
the soldiers and sent to Jail
Is it STRANGE that wc,.I, arc
loyal To such a party: that they
proudly stand beneath its blazing ban
nerS and fearlessly proclaim its con-
auerins principles? 1t is the one par
ty of their class, born of their agony
and baptized in the blood of their
countless brethren who perished in
the struggle to give it birth.
We do not plead for votes; the
workers give them freely the hour
they understand.
But we need to destroy the pre1u-
darkness that still prevails in the
working class world We need the
clear light of sound education and
the conquering power of economic
and political organization.
Before the unified hosts of labor
all the despotic sovernnl ents on
earth are powerless and all resistance
vain. Before their onward march all
ruling classes disappear and all slav-
cry vanishes forever
The appeal of the socialist party is
to all the useful people of the nation.
all who work with brain and muscle
to produce the nations wealth and
who promote its progress and con-
serve its civilization.
Broad Unity.
There are no boundary lines to
separate race from race sex from
Sex. or creed from creed in the So
clallSt party. Thc common rights of
all are equally recognized
Every human being is entitled to
sunlight and air. to What his la hor
produces. and to an equal chance with
every other human being to unfold
and ripen and give 10 the world the
riches of his mind and soul
Economic slavery is tho worlds
greatest curse today. Poverty and
misery. prostitution. insanity and
crime are its inevitable results.
The socialist party is the one party
which stands squarely and uncom-
promisngly for the abolition Of in
dustrial slavery: the one party pleds-
ed in every fibre of its being to the
economic freedom of all the people.
So long as the nations resources
and productive and distributive ma
chinery are the private property of a
privileged class the masses will be
at their mercy. poverty will be their
lot. and life will he shorn of all that
raises it above the brute level
The infallible test of a political
party is the private ownership of the
sources of wealth and the means of
life. Apply that test to tn republi-
can. democratic and progressive par
ties and upon that basic. fundamental
issue you will find them essentially
one and the same. They differ ac-
cording to the conflicting interests of
the privileged classes, but at bottom
they are alike and stand for capitalist
class rule and working class slavery.
The new progressive party is par
ty of progressive capitalism. 1t is
lavishly financed and shrewdly adver-
tised. But it stands for the rule of
all the same
When the owners of the trusts A.
nance party to put themselves out
of business; when they turn over
their wealth to the people from whom
they stole 1t and go to work and
make an honest living. it will be time
enough to consider the merits of the
Roosevelt progressive party.
Capitalism is rushing blindly to it's
doom. All the signs por-
tend the inevitable breakdown Of the