The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-05-13
[DEBS NOMINATED
by SOCIALISTS
Cheer Upon Cheer Greeted
Naming Of Leader Now
in Atlanta Prison.
PRECEDENT FOR AMERICA

New York, May 1S.--(A, y, )--Eu.
gene v oebs. federal convict No
tIon for the presidency OF tho
United states at the socialist
party's national convention here to-
day.
Cheer upon cheer greeted the
naming Of the socialist leader, now
serving a ten.y year sentence In the
FEDERAL penitentlary at Atlanta, for
violation OF the espionage act The
din was continuous as all those who
had been able 10 crowd their way
lnto the convention hall strained
forward. eyes bent , on 1 the p,sstcrnr, Sat;rSr,
OF Debs, framed In black.
After twelve minutes the dsmonstra'
ton was stu at It's height. Tho ap-
plause, after being continued for nvt
minutes was broken by the singing oi
the international" The cheering ther
was resumed. mingled with strains oi
the "MarseillaiSe" and "Hymn OF Free
| Russia"
Flrst Time In History,
For the frst time In the history o
| American politics national politica
party today nominated for president .
man who Is serving a prison sentence
for violation of q federal law.
n turmoil when Edward Henry. OF In
dlanapolis, boyhood friend OF Dehs
arose to place mis- name In nomination
Delegates. leaped on their chairs e
cheer and for ten minutes Henry'i
speech was interrupted. He ANAL,
was permitted to finish his address.
"Llneoln of the Wabash"
Torming Dehs as the Lincoln OF III,
wabash" Henry asked that the nomi
nation be unanimous, This resulted
cheering and nd the singing Of n,
| It's choice by acclaamtion. Secondnl
speeches were made by r. John Black
OF New York, and James o'Neal. o
| Brooklyn.
After order wasr estored the name o
placed In nomination as the vice-presi
seek His Liberation.
Debs' nomination win signal an i'm
| mediate campaign for his liberation
| Tho socialists convention win adjouri
n committee OF the whole IN Washing
| TO non Saturday. A denomination will
be staged at the capitol IN favor OF hi
| liberation and delegation will cal
on Atty.-Gen. Palmer and At the White
House to urge that hebe freed,
The socialist speakers Will pres
President Wilson for a pardon. pointing
| out that II is an impossible situation
for presidential candidate 10 be ii
! prison for political ojfense. The!
| will urge taht such state OF affair
would be more IN KEEPING with Mex
| lean or South American republic thai
4 In the United States.
| Sketch OF eugene pebs.
| Eugene ". Debs, nominated today TO
| president on the socialist ticket. nov
u convict No, 2.3bs In the federal peni
tcntiary at Atlanta, Ga.
2s bean ssss"s n: w.r.,I I'm
espionage act April 1s 1919. when h
entered the Moundsville, w. Va. fed
oral penltentlary, after all appeals Il
his behalf had failed. He was removes
to the Atlanta prison last June.
Dobs Is 65 years old, His presidential
| nomination today Ia the fifth his part,
I has givon him, He was n democra
| before he became socialist. In tn
late seventies he served two terms Il
| tho Indiana legislature from Terr
Hautc Ind, his homo town, and figure,
considerably In local politics hefor
that. He once was n candidate 70
congress from the NTH Indiana district
In 1894 from May 10 November n
served sentence IN jail for contemp
while an acknowledged leader OF IN
socialist party In this country
His present imprisonment resulte
from governmental Investigation of
speech In Canton. o., on June l6. 1915
which led to his arrest two weeks late
for opposing tho war and urging abo
10 cease nlI activities which III any wa
tended to prolong IT,
Name Gone Round the World.
Every atom Of influence aud enorg
y tho socialist party went into IN
light 10 keep Debs out Of jail. but III
United States supreme court and Atty.
Gen. Palmer turned down each appea
IN his behalf. Later the American Fed
, Grafton OF Labor convention In June
1919. after heated debate voted dow
resolution which favored clcmcncy 70
The name of Dobs as head OF IN
socialist party IN America" has gon
around the world Soviet Russi
sought his release IN appeals TO thi
government through diplomatic chan
munlst congress IN March OF last yea
TO be future soviet president of th
United States" with Premier I4enIns
OF Iinssla, he last June was elccte
an honorary president OF the Korea
Marched In Lock. step.
AZ the end Of the demonstration
which lasted 81 minutes. delegates wer
marching In prison lock-step aroun
The hall. with a red streamer carried b
the Illinois delegation well In the leat
The galleries Joined with the dele
| - NHhAHfNNAN fHNiuAHlt NHUui
Of "Debs. Debs, we want Debsl" Th
picture Of Debs was brought 20 th
front OF the platform, before which re
roses were banked. When the tumu
had subsidized Joseph ID. Cannon ~ Me-
York went through the formaiity 1
Heconding lndlana's nomination. whic
resulted In the acrlRmation.
Cannon declared that even as IN
cross had been glorlfled by the cruc
hxion ~ Christ. 40 would the federi
penltentiary he Elorlned In Americ
| through the imprisonment of bebA.
Cannon characterized psbs sentene
as a national disgrace. which 'ls goin
10 send the administration into oh
livion"
Woman Lost Nomination.
Seymour Stedman ~ Chicago, genefi
counsel for the party. received m
nomination for Vice president over Mir
Kate Richards ~ Kansas City, mo-
serving penitentlnry sentence for vic
lntion Of the espionage act. The vol
on the first ballot WAS JOG 60 2g. TIL
later was made unanimous.