The San Francisco call., 1896-07-02
FRANK HADSELL'S
RED WAGON HOUSE,
Socialism to Be Spread by
a Party of Able
Lecturers.
WILL TOUR THE STATE.
Addresses to Be Made From the
Steps OF the Queer
Vehicle.
READING MATTER GIVEN AWAY
Towns All Along the Coast Will Be
Visited This Summer-A Sue
cess in the East.
READING MATTER GIVEN AWAY

The socialists of this City have accepted
proposition whereby they will be able to
spread socialistic doctrines and literature
all over the State. The means is new on
this side of the Rocky Mountains, but it
has worked successfully in the East. The
plan is to send out wagon with literature
and speakers, who stop wherever night
overtakes them and discuss matters of
political economy with any and all who
are interested in the subject in any of it's
various branches.
Next week Frank Hadsell and two other
socialists will leave this City for the
northern counties on such mission. The
vehicle they will travel in is different in
many respects from any ever seen here
before. The idea originated with Mr..
Hadsell, who is an earnest member of the
Socialist Labor party. He stated yester-
day that for years he had not been in good
health and he determined to live out of
doors as much as possible.
A year ago he began to put his plan
into operation. He built wagon that
will answer his purposes. Mounted upon
a heavy running-gear is little house ten
feet eight inches in length by six feet wide
and six feet high. In the sides are six
windows for light and air. The interior is
neatly and compactly fitted up. 1t con-
tains two cupboards and several little
cubbyholes for storing away necessary ar
ticles. The bed is a woven wire mattress
in an iron frame, which in the day time is
hoisted and fastened to the ceiling, and at
night it is let down and rests on the boxes
over the wheels.
In the front ehd is the cook stove, of the
camp order, and under the drivers seat
all the necessary provisions will be car
ried. A tin box, the width of the wagon,
is placed under the footrest, and this will
serve as wardrobe for the travellers extra
clothing. The entire wagon is painted
red. In the East the socialists red flag is
displayed from the top of this class of
vehicles, but no flag will be carried on Mr..
HadselPs house on wheels. Mr.. Hadsell
will be provided with shotguns and fish
ing tackle to provide hirlself with amuse-
ment and his larder with food. A pair of
stout horses will be attached to the rie.
Mr.. HadseIl stated that it is strictly a
private venture, but that he gave the So
propaganda work throughout the State.
Who his companions will be is not yet
stated. They will start first into Sonoma
County, thence to Mendocino, Lake, Yolo
and other counties still further to the
north. Wherever they can secure audi
enceS, eltner In towns or In tnlckly IN
habited districts, they will deliver ad-
dresses. If halls can be obtained cheap,
so much the better. If not, the speakers
will deliver their addresses from the steps
of the strange red wagon.
The local branches and the San Fran
cisco section will furnish the party with
plenty of literature for sale and free dis
tribution to all interested. This is right
in the line of the local socialists efforts.
The State executive committee recently
decided to send the State organizer into
the interior to form branches wherever
possible. 1t has been suggested that State
Organizer E. T. Kingsley will form one of
the trio, but if he does not, he will no