Workmen's advocate., 1889-05-25
ANARCH INTRIGUE.
PECULIAR DODGES OFAPECU-
 LIAR SECT.
An Illustration of the Danger Which Threatens New MOyements-Gar side, the Anarchist, Un-
 cOyered-His COnnec-
 tiOn with Most.

As has been said before in the columns of the WoRKMEN'S ADyo- CATE, all new movements are ham pered with all sorts of cranks and designing individuals, and the So- cialist Party has not been exempt. The latest illustration of this is the experience made with gifted rhe- torician and at times quite a bril- liant and artful dispenser, of glitter ing generalities, Thomas II. Gar side, who was until quite recently in the employ of the Socialist Party as lecturer and organizer.
 Our acouaintance with him dated from last November, when, owing to his appearance among the Balti- more Socialists and his speeches in that city, he was recommended to the Executive Committee as a good lecturer and as being a socialist; indeed, he became a member of the Baltimore Section. Later on he spoke in Philadelphia, and was heard by embers of the Board of Supervision. Then he spoke at one of the Friday evening meetings of the American Section of New York, on the "Philosophy of Socialism,, 5 and his remarks were favorably re- ceived, although it was noticed tbat they were rather abstract and general But he impressed the audience, among whom were several members of the Executive Committee, as a finished rhetorician, though he seemed to know very little of the tactics of the Party. He promised, however, to make thorough study of the Constitution and Platform, in order that he might fit himself for the position of an organizer, and he was thereupon engaged at a salary of fifteen dollars a week, which was to be sent to his wife at his residence, at 2009 Wilkins avenue, Baltimore, while he was to be supported on his travels by contributions of the Sec tions and friends en route, and if these were not sufficient, the Party to supply the deficiency, which the Party did, and to a large amount. In order that strict accountability could he secured, he was provided with numbered subscri ption blanks, and was instructed to take no money unless it was entered upon such a blank, which was to be forwarded to the Executive Committee at New York.
 He started out, and his move ments have been reported now and then in the ADVOCATE.
 As subsequently, appears. Garside made practice of taking advantage of circumstances to deviate from the straight course in his addresses. He sought applause, and spoke to please his hearers whenever the man. agers of his lectures, the persons who paid him the money (which he was authorized to collect, and di- rected to account for on the sub scription blanks were of a similar turn of mind. Thus, where our comrades were strictly party men. and showed that they knew what was genuine, he was careful to talk straight. In Chicago he attached himself to the anarchists who had control of the Arbelter-ZeituRg, instead of placing himself under the direction of the American and Ger man Sections, as instructed. What the net results were will probably never be known. Another instance: In Chicago he unqualifedly de- nounced the eight-hour movement, while in St. Louis, where the car penters were on strike, he advO- cated it without reserve. Contra dictory reports were received by the Executive, and they were for time deceived.
 The first to discover Garside's ir-