Show DEBS t By Dy L L. L A. A Hollenbeck The Debs Debs- Incident I Is quite Inter Inter- esting Eugene V. V Debs a Socialist was convicted of espionage or 01 speakIng speaking speak speak- ing ing- g against the he he war war when trio tHe war Avar was in ill progress an and l sent s sent pt to Atlanta p penitentiary for a a. a term of years Coolidge released him hint from the pell pen pct I about two years ago but did not lestore restore restore re re- I. I store ito him his citizenship as an all American citizen and he rte can not I voto vote or 01 have other benefits as any ny I oilier American Lately ho lie wa wanted to go to the Bermuda islands f for r the thc benefit of his wife's health an and ana tho the would no government give him no pa passport port and he- he went wont anyway an anther and ther therefore fore has no permit to allow to enter re-enter the U. U S. S and unless unless' the authorities' authorities make make- an exception for I him he cannot ever again re enter I the U. U S. S While I thought Mr 11 Debs fobs was vs perhaps per per- perhaps er- er I haps justly sent to the thc pen for saying saying saying say say- ing things against the progress orthe or orthe orthe the war after war was in progress because it was not right to weaken the offensive when the American boys were going into battle and ana that It was right to discuss discuss' the causes o of the war before the war and after arter the war but not durIn during the war var for the ti tined nd for discussion had ceased and that was the thc time to toI fight yet ret after the war is over ove it I I would seem to be the better policy I I to issue an unconditional pardon to all war violators and allow them full citizenship after a season of pun pun- Debs is certainly a a good man kind kin gentle genUe and harmless harmles except as to some of his socialist ideas and ana anaas andas andas as to them the prop proper r way is not notto notto notto to punish Debs but meet him in th the argument I have not found it dir dir- to meet Socialists as to reasons course a man must be alive or else he will certainly get the worst of it but In my my way Yay of thinking the tue Socialists have not the thc best orthe or orthe orthe the ar argument but the thc fellows that want to punish Debs are a class are not equal to tho the So Socialistic argument argument argument ment and want to suppress suppress ss it bj by force That is not the right way to meet the Socialists or anybody else If Ir on the the- final analysis the Socialists should have haYe the best of of the argument argument argument ment then and in that case the Socialists Socialists Socialists So So- will some clay day be pc on top tap No o mistake about that and the attempt at attempt attempt at- at tempt to suppress free speech is s not I the best Jest wa way to handle an any tion tiou Free speech is rig a a. medium or L Llight light A man should be willing to follow truth even i if that truth should take talie him hint to the pit lilt No fears for truth wont take him there unless it be to find more truth So after the thc war is passed it is much better to be magnan magnanimous toward all all political violators and Debs should be restored to full hill citi citI- Lincoln had a case casc mucH flinch similar in the Civil war Vallan- Vallan a congressman of of Ohio was the violator It was embarrassing embarrass embarrass- I ing to the thc administration and Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln was equal al to th the occasion lie He ordered General to take talie Val from Cleveland to Chattanooga and deliver him to General ral Rosecrans and was Instructed to pass him into the confederacy That settled that case case Law Is law but Is the highest highest high high- est cst law there thero is I |