Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-02-16
MINNIE EAPOLIS.
Reception of C0mrade Garside BY So
cialists of the Turn Cities"

ClallStS OF the "Iurn CltieS.
The arrival of Prof. Garside in Min
neapolis, his reception by the socialists
here, and the commencement of his
work of agitation, will make com
municaton from local socialist accept
able to all readers of the ADVOCATE.
Mr., Garside arrived on the last day of
January. Writer had the pleasure of
meeting him at the depot and soon had
him comfortably ensconced in his own
humble quarters. The same evening we
both had the pleasure of listening to
lecture by Dr. Folwell, professor Of po
litical economy, at the State University,
in which Henry Georges lecture a few
days before, and the entire philosophy
of Progress and Poverty" was pretty
severely handled from the conservative
standpoint. A committee Of socialists
had already made partial arrangements
for Mr. Garsides visit. which were COM
pleted on the next evening, the professor
being present and advising the COM
mttee as to the best method of proceed
ing. On Saturday halls were engaged
for course of six lectures to be de-
livered, three lectures the next week and
three the week after, altogether giving
a comprehensive. statement of the philos-
ophy of socialism. A deputation of So
cialists from St. Paul was also present
at the committee meeting and dates
were fixed for similar course of lee
lures at St. Paul, to follow the agitation
in Minneapolis. Arrangements had
been made for an informal private re-
ception to be rendered to Prof. Garside
by his socialist comrades and other
friends of the cause in the rooms of the
Secular Society on Sunday evening, and
to which meeting representatives of the
daily papers were specially invited.
There was good attendance at the re-
ception, several Of the most prominent
leaders of organized labor being present,
and other liberal friends. The reception
was a successful and very pleasant af-
fair. An address Of welcome, sympathy
and confidence was presented to Mr..
Garside and responded to by him in a
most interesting and earnest appeal to
all socialists, which met with an equally
earnest response from the hearts of
every one present, The speech was fol-
lowed by a number of personal introduc-
tons and genial interchange of opin-
ious and congratulations on the increas-
ing success of the agitation.
Prof. Garside has met with more
| than mere formal reception. His sound
ness of doctrine, his eloqlience Of speech,
| his enthusiasm for humanity and his
winning manners have already given
him the respect and confidence Of all
who have met him, and there is every
prospect of real revival of socialism in
the twin cities, with a promise of sub
stantaI results in the shape of converts
to our grand cause.
| shall report in your next paper the
progress of our agitrtion, whico | think
will prove to be source of encourage
ment to our comrades throughout the
country.
The daily papers of last Monday con-
tanned fair reports of his reception and
interesting address on Sunday evening
On Tuesday his first public lecture was
delivered in Window Hall. 1t was a
mastery effort from both, an oratorical
and philosophical point of view. He
traced the genesis of socialism at a period
in the remote past showed by illustra-
ton its development in civil institutions,
gradually becoming more and more So
! CialIstic down to our own day. In fact
his lecture might be called the history
of the inception, growth and develop
ment of the socialistic idea. Your linn
tied space will not permit any resume of
the argument by which he showed the
natural evolution Of existing conditions
from all those that have gone before.
His audience was fair in point of num-
bers and thoroughly appreciatve, not
to say. an enthusiastic one. He spoke
for nearly two hours, and most of his
hearers remained through the interest
ing volley of questions and answers that
the subject inspired. On Wednesday
evening he delivered the same lecture at
st. Paul with, as | understand, at least
equal success in every respect. On Thurs
day evening the audience of Tuesday,
with considerable increase in numbers,
was deligNted with his Analysis of