Debs for President

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 71, 19 July 1912, Page 14

Debs for President

SOCIALISM THE ISSUE.

Prior to the closing of the American National Socialist Convention in ',n----dianapolis in May the following telegram was received by the secretary from Eugene V. Dobs accepting tho presidential nomination:—

"This is to acknowledge tho receipt, of your telegram of notification and to advise you and through you the delegates of the Socialist Party in national convention assembled that I accept the nomination for President of tho United States tendered to mc, with the deepest/ sense of tho confidence it implies oud tho responsibility it imposes; naviug sought in every way that seemed yropcr to have tho nomination tendered to some other comrade, of whom thcro aro so many well qualified.

"I-feel all the greater my obligations to yield obedience to the collective will of my comrades in convention assembled and to servo tho party to the full extent of my power. "Allow mc to congratulate the convention heartily upon the efficient manner in which the delegates performed their arduous labor and splendid success of their deliberations; also upon the unity, harmony and enthusiasm which the convention has inspired in tho party at large. Tho convention this year marks a new and brilliant era in tho American working-class movement. All things are combining to make this our yoar. It is written in our stars that Socialism is to bo tho only issue in tho coming campaign. "Let us all unite and strive with all our energies to make this campaign forever memorable in tho annals of the international movement. With hearty groetinga to the convention and deepest thanks to each and every delegate and with sincere congratulations upon tlio nomination of Comrade Seidel ,for vieepresidorit, I remain, yours most faithfully, your comrade and fellow-workor,. Wttqrnß! V DEBS."