The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-05-13
RED STREAMER
USED IN WILD
DEMONSTRATION
Socialists Bank Picture
of Debs in Flowers;
Cheer FL Minutes

NEW YORK, May i3.--Eugeno v.
Dcbs. federal convict No. s.2s3. was
nominated By acchumation for tho
PRESIDENCY Of the United States at
the socialist party's national conven-
tion here today.
Cheer upon cheer greeted the NAM
ing OF the socinlis, leader now sorv'
lng ten wars sentence In the fedora
penitcntiary ne Atlanta, Ca. for y1o-
lation of che espionage act The din
was continuous us al those who had
been able to crowd their way into
the convention han. strained forward
eyes bent on the platform, whore
WIS set life sized portrait OF pobs
framed iu black,
Predicts Big Vote.
Morris Hillquit one time candidate
for thc New York mayoalty and
chairman OF the conventions plat
form committee, has predicted that
the party In 1890 will poll from
g.OOo. 600 to 100000 votes
In 1905. when Debs ran Tor the
presidency he received 420.s73 votes
In 1919 he received Ss7.OOi
Debs was nominated as the Lin.
coin OF the Wabash" by Richard
liUnry delegate from Indiana,
Deb's home state.
In his nomination speech. Henry
described with such effect visit
which he paid Dehs shortly after the
socialist leader entered the pcniten-
tiary thas four af the Delegates
broke down and wcpt
Mr.. Stcdman received the nomina-
ton Tor vice president over Mrs. Kate
Richards o. Hare of Kansas city. now
serving a ponitcntiury sentence FOR
violation OF the espionage act. The
vote on the first ballot WAS iO6 To 90.
This later was made unanimous.
March In I,oCkstcp,
NJ the cnd Of the demonstration FOR
Dcir, which lasted - minutes. dele
gates were marching la prison lock
step around thc hall with Irsl
strcamtr carried bN the illinois, dele
CATION well In the lead.
The gaIierie, joined with the dclc-
gates la continuous rhythmic
shouts of Dcbsi Dcbsl We want
Dcls.
The picture of Dchs was brought to
the front Of the platform bcfnrc
which red roses were banked.
when the tumult had subsidized
Joseph ID cannon, uf Sew York, went
through the formulity Of scrunding
Indiana nomination, which resulted
In the acclnmatiun,
Cannon declared that cscu ms the
cross had been glorifiod by the
Crucidxiuu OF christ 80 would the
federal penitcnuary be glurificd in
America through the imprisonment Of
bchs
cannon characterized Dobs' scn-
tcncc uH national disgrace which is
going to send the administration IN
to oblivion
cues Thorrhu'~ Case.
lie referred To the time when Henry
Thorcau went to ihil In Ma~stchu-
Hetts rather than pay taxes which ne
knew were to pay for the conduct OF
the CiNu war iic cited Thureau'S d
statement To- Ralph waldo Emerson,
when the latter visited him Waldo.
waldo. waldo why are YOU out of
Jail as proper thing for pchs
To ask his fellow socialists now.
''rhe question is not why is pchs
In iatl" be said. hut why are ~
many Of MS not IN iaii''
The name of Seymour Stedmau Of
Chicago. general counsel for the party
was placed before the conference for
the vice presidency ny Lena Morrow
LOWS, Of Los Angeles and seconded
by g. n. Howe. of Chicago,
In 1898 Dobs organized the Amcri-
can Railway Union, which within q
short time won the celebrated dreal
northern strike.
In the same year the Pullman strike
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