St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-06
TALKING SOCIALISM.
Earnest Speeches Made at Yester-
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Earnest Speeches Va ade at Yester-
days Has. Meeting.
Yesterday afternoon the American branch
of the oOciaistic Labor party Met AT Mar
tin hall. corner of Washington and Cedar
avenues. At O'clock Mr.. NymanoVer
called the meeting to order and a. l.. Gard
ner was nominated as chairman. The nrst
speaker was prof. Morcy, WAC explained
to The aud ieuce his views and position a. to
socialism i'll Europe and America. He
maintained that al learned men to day are
socialists, more or less; that lie himself had
been a socialist for twenty years, although
not belonging to any organized s0clailStic
party. lie spoke i'll eoquent terms OF the
necessity to develop oneself into manhood,
which was. he sad. Synonymous with be-
coming a socialist. Mr. Nymanover re-
sponded by reading some extracts from Peter
KrOpotkin's Appeal to the 1oung. anu
SAID:
Tue former speaker maintained that all
learned men are more or less socialiSCic, anu
that the are SO by the very TACT of tneir de-
voting uhemsel TO science. NOW, let Us
first try to understand what the learned men
seek in 4evutinL themselves TO science. Is IL
Only the pleasure, gentlemen, wnicn we de-
rive from The study of nature and the exer-
that case. / ask you in what respect does the
philosopher, wuo pursues science in order
that ne nay pass his life pleasantly, cidef
from that uruukard there who only seeks Tor
the immediate qualification that gin adords
himY The philosopher has chosen mis- enjoy
ment more wisely, since il affords him a
pleasure far deeper and moe lasting than
thai of the topper. But that is all. Both one
and the other have the same selfish end IN
view, personal qualification.
NO WISH To BE SELFISH
But no, you have no wish to lead this self
ish life. By working at science you mean TO
WORK for humanity, and that Is the idea
which ought to guide you add all in their i'll
veStigaIious The trouble is this, geutieIn n.
that science to-day is on.y an appe1dage 10
luxury, which serves to reuder life pledsanter
for the few, but remaiDs absO.utely tnacces-
Sible to the bulk of mankind. There's the
truth. All, somebody has told you, perhaps.
that are bat small band; ara too weak
and unlearned to attain the magnificent end
al which We aim We'll, l answer, learn to
count and see how many of US there are who
suffer from wrong and iujustioes. We are,
in fact, so numerous that we form the mss
OF the people. the working people. who
suffer and are insulted daily-they are the
multitude whom no man can number: they
are the ocean that Gun embrace and swallow
up all else. When we nave but the will to do
it that very moment will justice be done;
that very Instant the unrighteous and OPP
pressors OF the earth shall bite the dust.
Mr.. Gellerup. young man. gave, III pas
sionate terms his Opinions as to the causes
of the present misery of the masses. He
said:
1t Is not by preaching temperance, or this
or that by which a change will be inaugu-
rated but rather by abolishlng the present
system of capitaistic mole of life-b. at
lacking to the very root the civilization OF
wealth, its production and distribution.
The meeting was very animated, and
MANY new names were received by the
treasurer for the new section. The follow
ing gentlemen were appointed as delegates
10 the central committee: A. l.. Gardner,
Fritz GeIlerup and Mr.. Morcy. After this the
meeting closed. and the German section
held business meeting. The new officers
in the American section were afterwards
privately instructed by Mr.. NymanOyer in
business tactics and duties to the organiza-
tIOn.