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Show DEBS HITED By KULISTS Emil Seidel of Milwaukee Gets Second Place on the Ticket Over Two Competitors. FIGHT IN CONVENTION High-Brow Element Wins Out .'Over the Men Who Favor "Direct Action." By Interna llonnl is'ev.a Srrvico. TJvDT'AKAPOLlS, Ind.. May 17. JCuccno V. Debs of Tndiana was nominated nom-inated for president by the Socialists in national convention at Tomlinson hall late this afternoon on tho first ballot, as ivaa Kmil Seidel of Wisconsin Wiscon-sin for vico president. .Tfour other prorainont mombcrg of tho party verc 7)laced in nomination for first place on the ticket: Emil Seidel of Wisconsin, Charles "Edward Hnssel of New York, fob iJarriman of California And Duncan Dun-can McDonald of Illinois. Before the ballotine was benn., however, McDonald McDon-ald and Hnrriman withdrew. When it was announced that. Debs had received a majority of the ballots, Seidel moved that, the nomination bo made unanimous unani-mous and this was seconded by Rus-sel. Rus-sel. The motion was carried amid great enthusiasm. Tho voto for president was as t'ol lows: Debs, 165; Seidel, 56, and litis sell 54. Seidel for Second Place. Several men were mentioned Tor tbc idacc of vico president on the ticket, but thoso who said thev would be willing will-ing to make the race were Kmil Seidel of Wisconsin, John W. Slayton of Pennsylvania and Dan Hogan of Arkansas. Ar-kansas. The balloting then proceeded. Tbo voto resulted: Seidel, 159 ;, Slavton, 2i; TJocan. 72. The reopening of a. bitter contest between fcho conservative and radical elcmeuta of the Soci3.1ist party, in which W. K. C4aylord. a monibor of the Wisconsin state lceislaturc, denounced the use of crime and violence in the emancipation of the working class, and the successful oratorical appeal of Miss Anna Malcy of Washington for revising the party constitution so that it will, require all applicants for nicmbrrsltip in the party to rccopnize "unrestricted nolitic.nl riphts for both sexes.' marked the proceedings of the national convention, before the convention con-vention suspended other business in the afternoon for tbe nomination of a president and vice president of the United States. Stormy Convention. The convention, after one of the stormiest, sessions in its nistory, went on record against "sabotage in America. Tiitlcr personal denunciation denuncia-tion was indulged in and Congressman Victor Bcrger of Milwaukee threatened if this action was not taken, lo strengthen the party's earlier repudiation repudia-tion of all "direct action' other than political, to bolt the party aud Torm another movement. The specific denunciation denun-ciation of "sabotage was the h'rst sweeping" victory for the so-called "intellectuals "in-tellectuals during the. eonvcnf.ion. The Socialists held their parade tonight to-night and red flags wero conspicuous. |