The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-07
SOCIALISTS ARE
STILL ACTIVE
Laying Out the Work for
Organizing the
State.
Branches of the Party Will Be
Established in Every
Town.
Will Soon Resume the Strest Lectures
in This City-Sunday Even.
irg Address S.

Since the recent election the mem bers OF
the Socialist Labor party have been TAX
ing matters easy, waiting for the excite
ment of the cam palgn to abate before
beginning active operations again. From
now on the work of spreading the doc
trlnes of socialism will be taken up and
pushed with renewed vigor. The TACT
that ut the last election the Socialist La
Dor party received over per cent of the
votes cast in the City, thus giving the
party recognition as such at the next elec-
ton, has caused great rejoicing in the
ranks.
Although the smoke of the battle has
scarcely passed away, the leaders are pre-
pairing for the next political battle. Their
plan and purpose is to increase the num-
Der of Socialists IN the City and state TO
such numbe that the power of the party
will be felt more on the mex. occasion
than on the last. To this end Socialist
Labor party wagon IN charge of deputy
State organizer will soon be started out
into the country. Socialist lectures will
be held in nearly every city and town in
California where no organization has
been established, and the deputy will or
ganze branches wherever he finds the
seeds have taken root. Literature on
matters OF social and political economy
will be freely distributed.
In this City street meetings will soon be
instituted, Notwithstanding that the So
clalists expect trouble from the authori-
ties.
The American branch of the San Fran
cisco section has arranged for a series of
interesting lectures lasting until March.
Among the speakers secured are several
prominent in the sciences and literature.
The Leland Stanford Jr. University will
contribute number of these.
Following is the programme OF lectures
to be delivered in Pythian Castle, 900
Market street:
December 6, civilian Morris" Professor W.
II. III udson; December IL. Private Ownership
OF Public UIillies,' Green Ma jors; December
20, 1.-The Clarion Call" ii. A. Sulfy December
81 socialists in Politics" S. Seller; 1887
Professor Edward A. Ross; January 10, $40
Be or Not 10 Be-" Jane A. Roulston /;
Jan. 17-'Progress." T. NJ. Anthony; Jan. "a
"Chilo Labor" Eva. V. Car.in; Jan. 3l-"Sdb b.
Address," Professor Edward II. Griggs; Feb.
14-"Governmental laternalism," &. b. Ben
ham; Feb. 2l-"The Progress of Poverty" e.
h. Davies; Feb. 28-"Some Things l Would
Like to Know" E. L. Kingsley.
The first was delivered last evening in
Pythian Castle to a large ana appreciative
audience. Miss Jane A. Roulston pre-
sided. The meeting was opened by singing
the "Marseillalse, followed by solo by
Miss Martha Aspden. George Aspden
read a touching poem by the late socialist,
poet, critic and artist, William Morris of
England, entitled Message of the March
Wind" The speaker OF the evening was
Professor w. II. Hudson OF the Leland
Stanford Jr. University, whose subject was
"Wllliam Norris
Professor Hudson was well acquainted
with the great English socialist, and he
paid touching tribute to the memory of
the great man. After dealing with the
personality of the man Professor Hudson
said that the English socialist was once
asked the question how he became a
socialist, to which Morris replied: by
noticing how ugly the modern world is
Capitalism has plunged toe world into a
sordid morass of ugiiness."
Alter the lecture several other speakers
took the rostrum for few minutes.