Publication date

1888-10-27

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Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0

Topics

Eugene V. Debs,E.V. Debs,Democratic Party campaign speeches,Benjamin Harrison,Grover Cleveland,History of the Gilded Age,History of the Progressive Era,railroad strikes,labor history,Indiana history,transportation history,Ohio and Mississippi Railroad,Great Strike of 1877,labor relations,militias

Collection

folkscanomy_miscellaneous;folkscanomy;additional_collections

Language

English

Item Size

7.9M

General Benjamin Harrison — Relentless Foe of Labor: A Democratic Campaign Speech in  Terre Haute, IN — Oct. 27, 1888

by Eugene V. Debs

Published as “Debs on Harrison” inTerre Haute Weekly Gazette, Nov. 1, 1888, part  2, page 1. Copy inPapers of Eugene V. Debs microfilm edition, reel 14.

Lengthy stenographic report of a campaign speech made on behalf of Democratic nominee for President Grover Cleveland (!!!) by Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireman functionary Eugene V. Debs. Debs scours the Republican nominee for President, General Benjamin Harrison of Indiana, as unfit for the votes of workingmen, citing in detail his behavior on behalf of his employers, the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad, during the great strike of 1877.

The speech is approximately 6,000 words in length.

Content public domain, published in USA prior to 1923.

Edited by Tim Davenport for 1000 Flowers Publishing, 2017. Non-commercial reproduction permitted.

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2017-03-03 21:07:15

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881027DebsSpeechonharrison

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