Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-05-30
DEBS, WEARING TNE: DENNIS 0F PRISON,
 SEEKS PRESIDENCY
Kisses Each "COmrade' as He Accepts the Nomina-
 ton
NEVER MORE RADICAL.
 HE INFORMS THEM
And They Tell Him That He Incar. mates Best in American His- tory and Tradi-
 tion"

Atlanta, Ga, May 29.-Eugene V. ! Debs, nominated for the fifth time as socialist candidate for president of the United States today was notified of his nomination in the warden's of flee of the federal prison here where Debs is serving a 10-year term for violation of the espionage act. It was the first time in history candi- date for president of the United States has been rendered nomination and accepted it while prisoner in l the penitentiary
 ! Attired in his prison suit of blue. ! Debs showed great joy at meeting his /! comrades composing the nominating committee, greeting each with a kiss. The committee consisted of Secre- tary Monroe Stedman, Debs' running mate on the socialist ticket; James , ONeal, Julius Gerber, Otto Brans- tretter and Dr. Madge Patton Step pens of Debs' home town, Terre Haute, Ind, and friend of the Debs family.
 | By tke prison rules, the socialist leader could issue no formal state ment, but he made a speech of ac- ceptance Declaring that only the good of the party, which he consider ed paramount, persuaded him to be candidate now, he spoke for more than half hour, reviewing previous nominations he had accepted. and discussing the platform at the re- cent national convention of the so- io1i is{r nf Tahcs noinltaI comments were:
 "I have always been a radical, never more so than now l have never been afraid of being too ra- dical, but have feared to become too conservative.'
 "There is a tendency in the so- politicians instead of party of ed. We are not in place to get off, flee, but to achieve the emancipa tion of the working class"
 "Before beginning to serve my time here, I made several addresses sup porting the Russian revolution, which I believe is the greatest single achievement in the history ot man. kind. I said I was a bolshevik. II meant it. I did not mean L was a Russian bolshevik in name, but that I was fighting for the same thing in America that they are fighting for in Russia"
 Represents Best.
 In notifying Debs of the honor conferred on him by his comrades. James O'Neal said:
 Comrades Debs: We have made this journey to formally notify you of your nomination for the presiden- cy by the soialist party. While this nomination is made by the socialist party, we also know that hundreds of thousands of working men and women and other citizens heartily approve it:
 "In rendering you this nomination. we do it with the knowledge of your unfaltering loyalty to the masses and your unswerving devotion to the ideals of socialism. In the strug- gle of humanity for liberation its advance couriers have often spoke from a felon's cell. In the long roll of liberators your name has been ad- ded to this glorious list.
 "The felon of one age becomes an emanciptator in the view of poster ity. Socrates, Christ. Bruno, Savon- arola, Lovejoy and John Brown have trod this path. History will record it's judgment of you, dear comrade, as it has of them.
 "In an hour of passion and auto cracv you speak as they speak.
 "You incarnate the best ideals and traditions in American history and, the hopes of humanity.
 "With affection too profound to express in words, in the name of the socialists of the United States and many thousands of other liberty low ing men and women, we tender this nomination you."