The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-16
ANEW In new YORK
HENRY GEORGE TO BE ITS CAN.
DIDATE FOR MAYOR,
And win Be Supported by the Rev.
Father McGlynn and the Rev.
Heber Newton.

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that the moving spirits among thu
100000 organized wseeSorkers on tht
Island of Manhattan are actively en-
gagged in moldiDg into shape a politi
cal organization, which they fondly
hope is destined TO shatter the Older
political bodies in the fall elections
This new move had been persistently
mooted in the vsrious local assemblies
OF the Knights OF Labor as far back as
the Cleveland convention and even
before 1t; but the public and Official
announcement that such action was
in contemplation was first made a,
the meeting OF the delegates to the
Central Labor Union last Sunday after.
noon. The conviction of the Thesis
and Llndgraf boycotters has fur.
nished the new party with a war cry
and has awakened a strong feeling
among workingmen generally.
Rev. DR.. r. Hsber Newton and the
Rev. Father McGlynn are the most
noticeable names on the roll Of the
party, and as Don as organization is
perfected these gentlemen will step 10
lhe front and general the movement.
Within the coming week q manifesto
will be issued 10 the workingmen OF
New York, arraigning Office holders
for their conduct toward labor. Mem
bers of the State Legislature will be
attacked as well as the officers Of the
municipal government. The mani
les,o will cell attention TO the follow
ing bills introduced into the last leg
islature: Senator Cullen's bill to in
crease the pay OF po'ics captains, the
bill to increase the pay OF seIgsants,
and Senator Murphy's measure to in
crease the police force by 500.
Judge Barrett, District Attorney
MARITIME and the penal code Conspiracy
clause will be severely criticised.
The penal code Is styled "a conspiracy
on the part cf capitalist, police and
Legislature to put down organized Ia
bor." The manifesto will conclude
with a declaration OF principles, which
will serve al a platform for the party,
and the work uf organization will be
begun at once. The various local rs
semblies and trades unions Will be
turned into mass meetings for political
propaganda. An alliance will be
sought with the sociallstic labor party,
but only on the distinc. understanding
that the socialists will keep their pc
culiar views in the background. A
daily newspaper will be established to
support the candidates OF the party.
The money will be raised by subsciip-
tons from the trades unions aud by
contributions in the form of loans and
donations from organized workmen
throughout the country.
The wo%rkingmen's party will nomi-
nate an entire ticket Of candidates fer
the Board of Aldermen and the AS
sembly. On the subject OF the May
orally there is a difference of opinion.
One wing Of the party favors running
Henry George, the political economist,
while another section advocates max
ing no separate nomination, but iI-
dosing the candidate of the local
political bodies who promise to do the
most for workiDgmen. All candidates
will be required to pledge themselves
il elected % Iepor; to their constitu-
ents assembled in msss meeting once
each week for instructors. One of
most enthusiastic advocates Of the
new movement said yesterday: "We
shall nominate only conservative men
at convention, because we desire
to draw the vote OF the small manu-.
f~acturers and retail dealers, whose
natural allies we are. 1t is almost as
much to their interest as it is to ours
to crush out monopoly and the misuse
OF capital"
Henry George was found in his pub
fishing house on Aston place revising
the proof sheets Of a new book. 81
read the account of the new move of
the Central Labor Union in this NOM
ing's Star" he remarked, dropping his
work and becoming animated. 81
do not wonder that the workiDgmen
are aroused. The action OF Judge Bar.
rett in sentencing those Theies boy
cotters was the most outrageous thing
which has come to my notice for years.
There appears to be a conspiracy at
work to crush the labor organizations
out OF existence. | have carefully read
the sections of the penal code which
ara supposed TO cover boy citing, and
| declare | cannot find the slightest
justification in the law for the convic-
ton Of these poor fellows"
Would you accept the nomination
for Msyor on a workingmen's ticket il
were offered tn your
Mr.. George hesitated a moment,
and then said: "If the working men
perfected their organization and offered
me such a nomination l should feel
bound to accept 1t. 1t would be dis
tasteful to me to undertake q CAM
paign, but l would feel that a great
principle was involved and | would
fight the battle to a finish. | don't
want to be a candidate, and l don't
suppose they will ask me to be one,
but l do want 10 see the workiugmen
thoroughly organized, and l do want
to hear tnem speak out in the next
campaign in a way which will make
professional politicians and rum sellers
shake in their shoes. There ia a wide
field for reform in New York, and the
election of a few honest men, Just by
way of a change, would do incslcula-
BILE good"
MI. H. A. Pierce, the proprietor of
the defunct Dial, was waiting in Rob.
ert Blissert's shop TO try on a new
coat when approached. 81 have heard
a good deal from Blissert about the
new party" said he. "The idea sp.
peals to me in the strongest manner
possible. The workingmen must be
in sele citing their candidates,
and, above all, they must look for con-
sentative men, who will draw votes
the great middle class. Their
votes tell. Above all, great thought
should be given to the subject before
any combination with the Socialistic
party is perfected. Americans
don't like the word socialist 1t
smacks too much OF the old world"
Mr.. Theodore F. Cunno a promis
nent socialist and an editorial writer
for the Volksseitung, said that he did
not wish to speak for his party, but
personally he was inclined to
q combination with the working
men. I'VE have preached abstention
from the polls for some years." he
said, "but quite possibly a full social
Isle ticket will be circulated next
election. This Thesis business has
us many converts, and we
single handed, to poll 10000
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