Appendix Partial Record of E. T. Kingsley’s Public Speeches and Lectures

Note: This is not an exhaustive list, confined to Kingsley’s speeches that were reported in articles we consulted in the socialist and non-socialist press. In particular, speeches from outside the Lower Mainland of British Columbia—for example, during Kingsley’s organizing tours on behalf of the SPBC, SPC, and FLP in 1902 to 1904, 1905 to 1914, and 1918 to 1920, respectively—have not been comprehensively documented because of the editors’ selective review of the small-town press in British Columbia and Alberta. Kingsley’s speeches on behalf of the SLP in California in the 1890s and the Revolutionary Socialist League in Seattle in 1901 are also not comprehensively documented here owing to a paucity of archival material.

1895

18 March San Francisco, 1153 Mission Street, meeting of unions re: San Francisco City Charter
28 April San Francisco, Metropolitan Labor Temple, SLP lecture course
1 May San Francisco, Metropolitan Labor Temple, re: International Labor Day
1 October San Francisco, corner of Market and Seventh, open-air meeting resulting in Kingsley’s arrest
12 October San Francisco, corner of Market and Seventh, SLP American Branch open-air meeting with Mrs. A. F. Smith and others, re: Free Speech
27 October San Francisco, Pythian Hall, SLP meeting: “The Aims of Socialism”

1896

16 February San Francisco, Pythian Hall, SLP meeting: “How and to What Extent Do We Now Co-operate?,” with T. E. Zant
18 March San Francisco, Metropolitan Labor Temple, SLP meeting re: anniversary of the inauguration of the Paris Commune
1 May San Francisco, Metropolitan Labor Temple, SLP May Day demonstration
30 June San Francisco, SLP Jewish Branch Headquarters, 970 Folsom Street, organizing meeting for Thirteenth Assembly District Branch
8 July San Francisco, Metropolitan Labor Temple, SLP Liberty Branch meeting: “Economic Errors”
9 July San Francisco, SLP Jewish Branch Headquarters, 970 Folsom Street, 1896, SLP Jewish Branch meeting re: labour unions and party politics
8 August San Francisco, corner of Market and Seventh, open-air meeting, with William Costley and George Speed
15 August San Francisco, corner of Market and Seventh, open-air meeting resulting in Kingsley’s arrest along with seven other socialists
19 August San Francisco, Metropolitan Labor Temple, SLP meeting protesting the arrest of Kingsley and others
31 August San Francisco, corner of Pine and Kearney, open-air meeting to protest the arrest of SLP leaders and police incursions on free speech
6 September San Francisco, Pythian Hall, SLP meeting: “Confusion”
14 September San Francisco, corner of Pine and Kearney, open-air meeting, with Sunflower and Barnaby
26 September San Francisco, Fifth Street, open-air meeting, with William Costley and George Aspden

1897

18 March San Francisco, SLP meeting re: anniversary of Paris Commune, with George Aspden, George Benham, Paul Grottkau, and M. W. Wilkins
4 April San Francisco, SLP propaganda meeting, with William Costley, George Speed, S. Seller, and W. M. Wilkinson
1 May San Francisco, Metropolitan Labor Temple, SLP May Day celebration, address on the topic of “The Modern Labor Movement”

1898

31 July San Francisco, SLP meeting: “Surplus Value”
13 November San Francisco, Washington Hall, Eddy Street, SLP meeting re: 1898 Election Campaign

1899

30 May San Francisco, Metropolitan Labor Temple, SLP meeting protesting US imperialism in Cuba and the Philippines
14 July Salinas (California), Good Templars’ Hall, SLP meeting re: practical means to improve the condition of the masses

1902

16 March Victoria, Canadian Socialist League (CSL) Victoria Branch meeting
19 March Victoria, Labour Hall, CSL meeting: “The Labour Problem from a Socialist Standpoint”
20 March Victoria, Labour Hall, CSL meeting: “The Capitalist and Labourer”
22 March Nanaimo, Nanaimo Socialist Club open-air meeting
23 March Nanaimo, Free Press Hall, Nanaimo Socialist Club propaganda meeting
15–16 April Kamloops, Raven’s Hall, Convention on Labour Political Action
4 May Nanaimo, Nanaimo Socialist Club meeting re: International Labour Day
12 May Victoria, CSL meeting: “The Earth and Man”
13 May Victoria, CSL meeting: “Man as Savage and Barbarian”
14 May Victoria, CSL meeting: “The History of Civilization”
15 May Victoria, CSL meeting: “The Capitalist System”
16 May Victoria, CSL meeting: “The Class Struggle”
17 May Victoria, CSL meeting: “The Politics of Labor”
23 June Vancouver, City Hall, chaired meeting with American socialist leader Eugene Debs
July Nanaimo, Socialist Hall, RSPC inaugural meeting: “Lessons for the Workers in the Great Coal Strike and Its Relation to the Class Struggle”
1 September Nanaimo, Opera House, Labour Day demonstration
6 December Ladysmith, Gould’s Hall, re: provincial by-election, with Hawthornthwaite and Parker Williams

1903

1 February Victoria, Labour Hall, SPBC meeting: “The Labour Problem”
19 February Nanaimo, Opera House, re: railway expansion
17 March Nanaimo, Opera House, SPBC meeting: “Socialism”
1 May Vancouver, Labour Hall, re: International Labor Day
2 May New Westminster, open-air meeting, re: International Labor Day
June Cumberland, SPBC propaganda meeting: “Evolution of Man”
June Cumberland, SPBC propaganda meeting: “Economics”
June Cumberland, SPBC propaganda meetings: “Working Class Politics”
June Courtenay, SPBC propaganda meeting: “The Condition of the Small Farmer”
20 June Cedar (Vancouver Island), Wheatsheaf Hotel, SPBC propaganda meeting, with Hawthornthwaite
5 July Ladysmith, SPBC campaign meeting: “The Coming Campaign”
25 July Vancouver, open-air meeting, SPBC propaganda meeting
26 July Vancouver, Socialist Hall, 44 Hastings Street West, SPBC propaganda meeting
August Texada Island, SPBC propaganda meeting
August Fernie, SPBC campaign meeting, with Pettipiece
19 August Greenwood, SPBC campaign meeting in support of Ernest Burns
13 September Phoenix, Miners’ Union Hall, SPBC meeting re: Socialism
16 September Phoenix, open-air meeting, Labour Day demonstration
22 September Victoria, corner of Yates and Broad Street, SPBC open-air meeting
23 September Victoria, Spring Ridge Odd Fellows’ Hall, SPBC campaign meeting for J. C. Watters
26 September Victoria, Corner of Yates and Broad Streets, SPBC open-air meeting: “The Labor Problem”
27 September Victoria, Spring Ridge Odd Fellows’ Hall, SPBC campaign meeting for J. C. Watters
30 September Nanaimo, Opera House, SPBC propaganda meeting
18 October Vancouver, SPBC propaganda meeting
8 November Victoria, Labour Hall, SPBC meeting: “Karl Marx’s Definition of Capital”
9 November Saanich, organizational meeting to establish a Gordon Head Branch of the SPBC

1904

20 March Vancouver, Crystal Theatre, SPBC meeting re: anniversary of inauguration of Paris Commune
14 August Vancouver, Sullivan Hall, SPBC educational meeting
22 August Ladysmith, Pavilion Green, SPBC lecture re: Socialism
4 September Victoria, Crystal Theatre, SPBC lecture: “The Labor Problem”
5 September Victoria, City Hall, Victoria Trades and Labor Council–sponsored Labour Day mass meeting
12 October Ladysmith, Opera House, SPBC campaign meeting for federal candidate William Fenton, with Hawthornthwaite
27 October Victoria, AOUW Hall, SPBC campaign meeting for J. C. Watters and other federal candidates
31 October Vancouver, City Hall, SPBC campaign meeting for J. T. Mortimer and other federal candidates

1905

26 March New Westminster, Eagle Hall, SPC propaganda meeting
29 July Vancouver, City Hall, SPC debate: “The Single Tax vs. Socialism,” with John Z. White
31 July Nanaimo, Opera House, SPC debate: “The Single Tax vs. Socialism,” with John Z. White
4 August Victoria, SPC debate: “The Single Tax vs. Socialism,” with John Z. White
3 September Vancouver, Sullivan Hall, SPC propaganda meeting
23 September Seattle, Socialist Hall, 406 Pine Street, Socialist Party Seattle Local meeting (afternoon)
23 September Seattle, Socialist Hall, 406 Pine Street, Socialist Party Seattle Local meeting (evening)
5 November Vancouver, City Hall, SPC meeting re: Russian Revolution
17 December Seattle, Temple, Socialist Party of Washington State propaganda meeting
18 December Vancouver, City Hall, SPC meeting: “The Mission of the Working Class”

1906

21 January Vancouver, City Hall, SPC meeting re: anniversary of Bloody Sunday massacre, St. Petersburg, Russia
18 March Vancouver, Sullivan Hall, SPC meeting re: thirty-fifth anniversary of Paris Commune
29 April Vancouver, SPC meeting: “The Politics of Labour”
c. April Crowsnest Pass, SPC propaganda tour
c. April Boundary district, SPC propaganda tour
26 August Vancouver, Grand Theatre, SPC propaganda meeting
2 September Vancouver, City Hall, SPC propaganda meeting
23 September Vancouver, Grand Theatre, SPC propaganda meeting, with James Simpson, Toronto
6–8 October Nelson, Miners’ Union Hall, SPC fourth provincial convention
7 October Nelson, Fraternity Hall, SPC meeting re: Socialism
11 October Revelstoke, Selkirk Hall, SPC meeting re: Socialism
2 December Vancouver, Grand Theatre, SPC propaganda meeting: “The Carnival of Crime”

1907

19 January Nanaimo, Opera House, re: SPC provincial campaign, with J. H. Hawthornthwaite
3 March Vancouver, Sullivan Hall, SPC meeting re: evolution of human society
17 March Vancouver, Grand Theatre, SPC meeting re: anniversary of the inauguration of the Paris Commune
2 August Vancouver, Recreation Park, SPC open-air mass meeting with Keir Hardie, leader of the British Labour Party

1908

9 February Vancouver, City Hall, SPC propaganda meeting
1 May Vancouver, City Hall, SPC May Day celebration
23 May Fernie, Miners’ Hall, SPC interprovincial convention
27 May Calgary, SPC propaganda meeting
28 May Winnipeg, Hay Market, SPC open-air meeting, joined by Polish and Ruthenian speakers
29 May Winnipeg, Trades Hall (James Street), SPC public lecture: “Socialism”
12 June Port Arthur, SPC propaganda meeting
14 June Cobalt, SPC propaganda meeting
21 June Toronto, Labour Temple, SPC propaganda meeting
c. June Montreal, SPC propaganda meeting
c. June Peterborough, SPC propaganda meeting
c. June Allandale (Ontario), SPC propaganda meeting
c. June Toronto, SPC propaganda meeting
c. June Hamilton, SPC propaganda meeting
c. June Berlin (Ontario), SPC propaganda meeting
c. June Galt (Ontario), SPC propaganda meeting
c. June Guelph, SPC propaganda meeting
c. June Lindsay (Ontario), SPC propaganda meeting
c. June Sarnia, SPC propaganda meeting
c. June Port Huron, SPC propaganda meeting
18 July Winnipeg, Ruthenian Hall, SPC propaganda meeting
28 July Winnipeg, Trades Hall, SPC propaganda meeting
2 August Calgary, Trades and Labor Hall, SPC meeting re: Socialism
12 August Edmonton, Club Hall, SPC propaganda meeting
24 August Lethbridge, Oliver’s Hall, SPC meeting: “Labour and Its Economies”
18 September Denoro (near Greenwood, BC), Peoples’ Dinner Hour address re: Socialism
c. 19 September Kaslo, SPC propaganda meeting
20 September Revelstoke, Opera House, SPC meeting: “The Cause of Strikes”
30 September Vancouver, City Hall, SPC candidates’ meeting during federal election campaign
7 October Vancouver, City Hall, SPC campaign meeting during federal election
19 October Vancouver, Opera House, VTLC meeting during federal election campaign
21 October Vancouver, City Hall, SPC campaign meeting during federal election
23 October Vancouver, Opera House, SPC campaign meeting during federal election
11 November Revelstoke, Opera House, Liberal Rally meeting re: Socialism
13 December Vancouver, Rose Theatre, SPC meeting

1909

24 January Victoria, Grand Theatre, SPC meeting
28 February Victoria, Grand Theatre, SPC meeting: “Signs upon the Horizon”
18 March Vancouver, City Hall, SPC meeting commemorating the thirty-eighth anniversary of the inauguration of the Paris Commune
10 April Vancouver, City Hall, VTLC mass meeting re: Eight-Hour Day
1 May Vancouver, Cambie Street Grounds, May Day Celebration hosted by SPC
2 May Vancouver, Cameraphone Theatre, May Day Celebration hosted by SPC, with W. Dreaver and L. T. English
17 May Vancouver, City Hall, SPC protest meeting against arrest of street-corner orators during Vancouver Free Speech Fight, with Beamish, McVety, and English
6 September Revelstoke, Revelstoke Trades and Labor Council–sponsored Labor Day Celebration: “The Labor Question”
12 September Vancouver, National Theatre, SPC propaganda meeting
17 October Vancouver, National Theatre, SPC propaganda meeting
17 November Vancouver, City Hall, provincial candidates’ meeting for Vancouver City, hosted by SPC

1910

23 January Victoria, Romano Theatre, SPC propaganda meeting
10 April Vancouver, SPC propaganda meeting re: control of the state
1 May Vancouver, Cambie Street Grounds, SPC May Day Demonstration, with Hawthornthwaite, Williams, and Pettipiece
11 September Nelson, Crystal Theatre, SPC meeting: “The Class War”
25 September Vancouver, Empress Theatre, SPC meeting: “The Class War”
30 October Vancouver, Empress Theatre, SPC propaganda meeting
27 November Victoria, Grand Theatre, SPC meeting
4 December Vancouver, Empress Theatre, SPC propaganda meeting

1911

8 January Vancouver, Empress Theatre, SPC propaganda meeting
5 February Vancouver, Empress Theatre, SPC propaganda meeting
19 March Vancouver, Empress Theatre, SPC propaganda meeting
9 April Vancouver, Empress Theatre, SPC propaganda meeting
4 June Vancouver, Crystal Theatre, SPC Local 15 meeting
6 September Vancouver, Pender Hall, SPC campaign meeting: “Enslavement of Workers”
8 September Eburne (South Vancouver), Oddfellows’ Hall, SPC campaign meeting, re: Socialism
19 September Vancouver, Horseshow Building, federal campaign meeting with J. H. Senkler and H. H. Stevens

1912

1 February Vancouver, Dominion Hall, protest meeting sponsored by the SPC and IWW against the “Bloody Sunday” attacks and incursions on freedom of speech
3 February Vancouver, Horseshow Building, protest meeting attended by 2,500 people and sponsored by the SPC, IWW, and VTLC against the “Bloody Sunday” attacks and incursions on freedom of speech
18 February Vancouver, Grand Theatre, SPC propaganda meeting
17 March Vancouver, Electric Theatre, SPC propaganda meeting
24 March Vancouver, Electric Theatre, SPC propaganda meeting
21 April Vancouver, Electric Theatre, SPC propaganda meeting
1 May Nanaimo, SPC May Day celebration
6 October New Westminster, City Theatre, SPC propaganda meeting
20 October Nanaimo, SPC propaganda meeting

1913

26 January Vancouver, Labor Temple, SPC propaganda meeting: “Socialism”
2 March Vancouver, Empress Theatre, SPC propaganda meeting
16 March Vancouver, Empress Theatre, SPC propaganda meeting
10 November Vancouver, Dominion Hall, Miners’ Liberation League meeting re: Vancouver Island Miners’ Strike
8 December Vancouver, Horseshow Building, Miners’ Liberation League meeting re: Vancouver Island Miners’ Strike
14 December Nanaimo, Athletic Club, SPC meeting re: Socialism

1914

22 March Vancouver, Empress Theatre, SPC meeting re: anniversary of Paris Commune
3 May Vancouver, Empress Theatre, SPC propaganda meeting
21 May Cumberland, SPC propaganda meeting
24 May Nanaimo, SPC propaganda meeting
28 June Vancouver, Empress Theatre, SPC propaganda meeting
26 July Vancouver, Empress Theatre, SPC meeting re: the Komagata Maru incident and “The Battle of Coal Harbour”
17 August Vancouver, SPC meeting re: the world situation and the revolutionary movement

1916

11 September Vancouver, Labour Temple, with Robert Gosden re: corruption in provincial politics

1917

3 June Vancouver, Orpheum Theatre, against conscription
13 June Vancouver, Empress Theatre, against conscription, with William Pritchard, James McVety, Parm Pettipiece, and Wallace Lefeaux
26 July Vancouver, Avenue Theatre, against conscription, with Helena Gutteridge and Jack Kavanagh
10 November Victoria, Knights of Pythias Hall, in support of federal Labor candidates, with Albert Wells and Joseph Taylor
23 November Saanich, St. Marks Hall, in support of federal Labor candidates Joseph Taylor and Albert Wells
24 November Victoria, Princess Theatre, in support of federal Labor candidates Joseph Taylor and Albert Wells
25 November Chase River, in support of federal Labor candidates Joseph Taylor and Albert Wells (afternoon)
25 November Nanaimo, Dominion Hall, in support of federal Labor candidates Joseph Taylor and Albert Wells (evening)
28 November South Vancouver, McBride School, in support of federal Labor candidate J. H. McVety
12 December North Vancouver, Knights of Pythias Hall, in support of federal Labor candidate Victor Midgley

1918

1 February Vancouver, Labor Temple, FLP founding meeting
23 February Vancouver, Labor Temple, first FLP public propaganda meeting
9 March New Westminster, St. George’s Hall, FLP propaganda meeting
14 March Vancouver, University of British Columbia Assembly Hall, Vancouver Institute meeting: “Capital, Labor, and the State”
17 March Vancouver, Colonial Theatre, FLP meeting: “Paris Commune and the Bolsheviki”
31 March Vancouver, Colonial Theatre, FLP meeting: “Civilization: Its Cause and Cure”
14 April Vancouver, Rex Theatre, FLP meeting: “The Collapse of Capitalism”
12 May Vancouver, Rex Theatre, FLP meeting: “The Civic Employees Strike and Bigger Things”
28 July Vancouver, Rex Theatre, FLP meeting: “Road to Freedom”
13 October Vancouver, Rex Theatre, FLP meeting: “Reconstruction of Society”
24 November Vancouver, Rex Theatre, FLP meeting: “Now! What?” following the Armistice in Europe
1 December Vancouver, Empress Theatre, FLP propaganda meeting
29 December Vancouver, Empress Theatre, VTLC meeting, re: censorship regulations and Allied intervention in Russia

1919

5 January Vancouver, Rex Theatre, FLP propaganda meeting
26 January Victoria, Columbia Theatre, FLP Victoria Local: “The Bolsheviki”
2 February Vancouver, Dominion Theatre, FLP propaganda meeting
2 February Vancouver, Broadway Theatre, FLP propaganda meeting
16 February New Westminster, Columbia Theatre, FLP meeting: “Problems of the Hour”
23 February North Vancouver, Knights of Pythias Hall, FLP propaganda meeting
2 March Nanaimo, Dominion Hall, FLP meeting re: the Russian and industrial situation
30 March Vancouver, Theatre Royal, FLP meeting: “One Big Union”
20 April Vancouver, Royal Theatre, FLP meeting: “The Class Struggle”
27 April Revelstoke, FLP meeting re: the world unrest and its causes
late April Silverton, FLP propaganda meeting
late April Nelson, FLP propaganda meeting
1 May Fernie, Grand Theatre, Gladstone Local May Day Celebration
4 May Victoria, Crystal Theatre, FLP meeting: “The Machine”
1 June Vancouver, Columbia Theatre, FLP meeting: “Capitalism”
3 June Salmon Arm, FLP propaganda meeting
4 June Summerland, Campbell Hall, FLP propaganda meeting
6 June Nelson, FLP propaganda meeting
8 June Fernie, FLP propaganda meeting
15 June Lethbridge, FLP propaganda meeting
22 June Calgary, FLP propaganda meeting
13 July Vancouver, Columbia Theatre, FLP meeting: “Labour and Political Action”
31 August Vancouver, Columbia Theatre, FLP meeting: “The Machinery of Slavery”
23 November Vancouver, National Theatre, FLP meeting: “Civilization”

1920

2 February Vancouver, Royal Theatre, FLP meeting: “The Ruling Class Debacle”
21 March Vancouver, Royal Theatre, re: anniversary of the Paris Commune
25 April Vancouver, Royal Theatre, “The End of an Epoch”
24 October Vancouver, FLP Hall (Cordova Street West), “The Break of Capitalism”
26 December Vancouver, Columbia Theatre, re: bankruptcy of capitalism

1921

29 May Vancouver, FLP Hall (Cordova Street West), FLP propaganda meeting

1925

29 March Nanaimo, McGarrigle Hall, “Civilization versus Nature” (afternoon)
29 March Nanaimo, Foresters Hall, “Civilization versus Nature” (evening)
26 August Summerland, Log Cabin, Summerland School of Social Science lecture: “The Case of the Farmer”

1926

9 September Vancouver, Hamilton Hall, re: federal election campaign
12 September Vancouver, Royal Theatre, re: federal election campaign

Kingsley’s Speeches