Show fANATICISM I CI SM MARKS DEBS NOMINA NOMINATION TION Convict 2253 in U. U S. S Prison at A Atlanta anta Is Chosen Ghosen to Head Socialist Ticket Picket Amid Uproarious Scenes BT Br T nl lt rn N NEW VIEW EW YORK l fa May 13 Eugene Eugene V ictor Debs convict 2263 in the federal prison at Atlanta where heis hois he ho is now nov serving a year ten-year sentence for forI violation of the espionage act net was I today nominated as candidate for President of the United States by the tho Socialist party in convention here Seymour of Chicago a ac c close ose friend of Debs Dehs and leading lending Socialist Socialist Socialist So So- attorney was chosen as candidate candidate candi candi- date for vice ice president Swept b by an emotion which brought tears teara to their e eyes es the convention sprang to Its feet at the first mention of ot the n me of or Debs whose nomination lion was proposed b by Edward Edard Henry of ot In Indiana Indiana In- In diana For thirty minutes tho the dle- dle gates and the great audience that packed the tho gallery shouted and gesticulated gee gee- sang sang- and cheered Some Some- Someone one start started d singing singing- the and the convention con Joined in In brief si silence silence silence si- si lence that followed a a. voice cried out Three cheers for tor soviet soviel Russia Russia- SoI Soviet t Iii In Che Cheered And tho the cheers camo came back baek In hearty heart response Someone on the tho stage brought forward forwar a a. large oil color coor picture pie pic ture turo of or Debs DebR Portrayed in a speaking poso pose against a background of red and the convention was h in hysterics again Dobs Debs Debs was tho the cry that went around the hall hail in never ending chorus Then Engdahl dahl and Kruso of or Illinois leaders of or tho utira radical group in the tho convention started ted tho the lockstep around the convention con han hall and every everyone one of or the delegates Joined them Not once but five times around tho the hall hail thc they w went vent nt and when tho they r re returned returned re- re I turned to their places It was only to cheer again as-aln It was a scene without parallel In political conventions with tho the exception of oC tho the tribute paid to Theodore Roosevelt In the Bull Moose e convention con of or 1912 But there was no band hero here toda today to lend aid to tho the participants no music no organized claque of shouters It was the expression expression ex ex- of or the almost fanatical love the Socialists In tho the United States have havo for tor Eugene V. V Debs The Tho nomination of oC Debs Debe had been ft R. tore foregone ono conclusion There was no other candidate and when the tho chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man a asked ked It If there thero were any other candidates candidates can can- a great laugh went up In the hall hail D Berger rJ r L Land D Debs Debit Victor Berger who ho said laid he was waa re responsible responsible re- re for tor the conversion of D Debs b to Continued on page pas 2 2 DEBS IS NOMINATED BY BT SOCIALIST PARTY WHY Continued from Pa Pago o 1 the iho cause of Socialism In seconding his nomination declared that Gene Gen was the embodiment of ot all an that was wa good s and fino In mankind and that tha ho lio was In prison for tho the sake alto o of hi his feU fellow 0 men Morris In a rin ringing in address addres said Debs was the candidate of the Socialist party part not only because he was ua all that was noble and kind kindly but be be be- causo he was the Socialist challenge e against ns the tho oppre oppression slon of ot capitalism n against the system stem which allows men mento mento to exploit Tho newspapers said caid have been us recently for tor our mod mod- crate stand in the convention But I want to say sar that tho the Socialist party has not retracted a single stop step In Its determination to destroy limb and roo root the tho vicious capitalistic society And tho nomination of oC Eugene Victor Debs is our challenge to o 0 50 society iet as it Is constituted toda today I our Four our Times Cnn ll ln e eEugene Eu Eugene eno V. V Debs called the Lincoln of or tho the Wabash b by his admirers is 65 years ears old and has been the nominee of or tho the Socialist party foulI four foul times limes previous pre to the tho present campaign I In 1912 In ho polled close to a n. million votes otes His Ills prison n sentence was th the tho rosult rosult ro- ro sult suIt of or a speech ho he made mado at Canton 0 O in June Juno 1919 1918 when ho opposed tho the war var A committee will bo sent to tho the federal fed red federal eral prison at Atlanta to tender tho the domination to Debs Kate Richards O'Hare who ho Is also a federal prisoner at Jc Jefferson lerson City Mo o was tho the choice of or man many for tor tho the nomination nomination nomi nomi- nation nallon of ot vice vico president but because of or the necessity of or having at least one ono member leading tho the national ticket campaigning campaign Ins Ins- Stedman was unanimously unanimous unanimous- l ly nominated for tor tho the place |