Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-09-10

: AiE.S4At5 no.
Placing all socialists at the meeting
into a melting pot and forming a COM
posite socialist, a very common, or
binary American citizen would result.
No one attempted 10 burn the grand
stand no "eminently respectable cit
I iZcn was trampled upon and no poe
/ et-picking by the Vulgar Rich was re-
ported TO the police.
Debs exposition Of socialism was
greeted with hand-clapping but never
with cheers. Il was only when he
! cast his lance at the armor OF the
| Colonel OF Armegeddon that he aronS-
ed a real. old-lashioned political cheer.
When he told the men around him
| that they were ignoramusees, they
grinned and bore IT, seeming in no hui
NOR 70 deny it and as muehRs to say,
I Guess you're right. Gene.
WHEN the spirit OF the Marsellaise
runs up against the spirit of Every
I Eody's Doin' It. the martial tune gets
il in the neck eyerytime. While the
Marsellaise repTee sents the spirit OF
revolution the other and In this coun-
try the more popular air represents
The American sense OF humor. And
according to those who believe that
they know us best, studying US as q
specimen, The Americans sense Of
humor is his safety valve
The crowd eagerly awaited the com
ing Of Debs. When the band appear
4 ed easeTness became impatieuce. They
glued their eyes-or, considering the
crowd as One. the Socialist glued his
Cye-to the automobile gate, as If ex-
peCting their leader to ride up in an
automobile They stood up on their
seats and Officially challenged every
auto that appeared
Out on the baseball diamond, walk
ing with a man dressed in, among
other things, a red necktie. a tall,
eaunt man strobe back and forth on
tie field He, apparently, awaited that
messenger which politicians call Tho
Psychological Moment
As he neared the speakers stand a
man with a bandagEd head walked out
to meet him. The man wore overalls
he was worker. Debs grasped mis-
hand. placed his face close TO that OF
the workers ito keep the wind from
carrying his voice away and while
uouring conversation into the man 5
ear. patted him as teuderly on the
shoulder as, well as Theodore
Roosevelt would The crowd saw that
Dehs took the interruption kindly. and
Others followed. The expression and
bearing Of the overallod man, as he
walked side by side with Debs toward
the speakers stand, beEgars descrip-
ton HIS being radiated waves Of
pride. which, II translated, would
probably mean something like this:
Huh Just wait till we get through
with Rockefeller and that bunch. me
and Debs." But If DeEs had 10 stoOp
his body to hear his oyerailed friend,
he did not have 10 stOop his mind.
His attitude would not have been diff
erent T Uebs had been inquiring Of
the alfalfa crop
The Man Who Knew Him Years
Ago was there. He could not point
him out however, as, OF course, he
had changed since then.
The Psychological Moment arrived,
queerIy enough. just about the time IL
was announced that the "Debs and
SeidcI postcards" had given out.
There were postcards, red neck
ties hearing stamp OF Debs and Sci.
del. there we're two kinds Of buttons
bearing pictures of the two socialist
candidates and there were pennants
There was no red lemonade, however
The cards, retailing two for 4 nickel
fCund a ready sale
Give me two said a man Of for
eign birth. - want 20 send them &c
a friend in tho old county," It was
good idea and others followed suit
Arguments broke out intermittent
: ~ in every row of seats. It was q
/ brave man who had the temerity t
admit being a republican, or a demo
crat. Red bandanas weresconspicuou'
I by their absence. II was not a Roose.
welt crowd. Debs' every hit at ROOse
welt was cheered.
Debs is a speaker Of fighting ap
/ pearance, Notwithstanding that he
( does not hare his teeth or wear
I eyeglasses. Ton feet away il was
easy to tell that he has gray eyes
I He is lean and lank and has a know
! edge-hungry look He is a dead ring
er for the late Mr.. Cassius, whose
studious nature resulted in chronic