1924 SEYMOUR STEDMAN -Socialist Party VP / EUGENE DEBS - Co-Op Society News

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This listing is for a very nice issue of a publication call
CO-OPERATIVE NEWS, published by THE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY OF AMERICA
It is dated
June 2, 1924
The condition is very nice with some minor signs of age or use.
This newsletter announced that:
ATTORNEY SEYMOUR STEDMAN
TRUSTEE OF THE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY OF AMERICA WILL SPEAK AT A
JOINT MASS MEETING
HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE WARD CLUBS NOS. 9 AND 19, COMPROMISING
THE ROSELAND BEVERLY HILLS DISTRICT AND VICINITY
There is a photo of Mr. Stedman on the cover as well in an advertisement
Some information on Mr. Stedman:
Seymour Stedman, at a young age, moved to Kansas with his family due to financial difficulty, though the Kansas weather led to further poverty. When he was in third grade, Stedman had to leave school and become a shepherd to earn money to help his family. In 1881, Stedman and his family then moved to Chicago, and he began working for a manufacturing company as a messenger boy. He later became a janitor, reading about politics in his spare time. In 1889, Stedman wished to become a lawyer, and, after meeting with the dean of the Northwestern University School of Law, he began attending night lectures at the school while working as a janitor during the day. In 1891, he was admitted to the Illinois State Bar. He was also an orator for the Democratic Party, though after federal troops ended the American Railway Union Strike in 1894, Stedman became disillusioned with the Democratic Party. He was then elected to the 1896 National Convention of the People's Party, where he advocated to have Eugene V. Debs nominated to run for President, though Debs had no desire to run. In 1897, Stedman, Debs, and Victor Berger founded the Social Democratic Party of America, of which Stedman was a member of the National Executive Committee. He was also a founding member of the Socialist Party of the United States, and for a short time was a member of the Communist Party as well. In 1920 he ran for Vice President of the United States on a ticket with Debs running as President.
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