Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-10-09 | Page 9 | Russians for Socialist

RUSSIANS FOR SOCIALIST Those Who Remember Wrongs in Old Country Back of-Hillquifc.- XEW YORK, Oct. S.Tho Socialist party announced last night that it would probably olect one of its representatives, repre-sentatives, Norris JIi)lquit. to Congress trom the Kmth Congressional district on the lower east side. One otthe chief causes for the hope or Hillqmt's supporters is the Kusiau revolution. The district embraces a largo part of the Russian Jewish east side. There are thousands of families that have lost relatives in the revolution, revolu-tion, and scores of Socialist orators are' makin" that one of their strong points and picturiucr Hillquit as tho man who will look out for tho interest of tho Jews. A house-to-house canvass is being conducted for Hillquit, and mauv women wo-men have taken up his cause and are working for his election. ,A daily na-per na-per in Yiddish will bo published the last ten days of the campaign and circulated among thc"Jews outlining .the Socialist doctrines. Hillquit if successful wili be the, first' man over elected to the American House of Representatives on the Socialist Social-ist ticket. The candidate is 'a Russian. He was born and educated 'iu Ifiga, and was admitted to the bar in 1S93, six years after he came to this country.