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me in my opinion, and herewith I give a few post-election utterances of the capitalist press:—
"The Democratic party of the constitution is dead. The Social-Democratic party of continental Europe, preaching discontent and class hatred, assailing law, property, and personal rights, and insinuating confiscation and plunder, is here."
"That over forty thousand votes should have been cast in this city to make such a person as Eugene V. Debs the President of the United States is about the worst kind of advertising that Chicago could receive."
"We cannot blink the fact that socialism is making rapid growth in this coun-
