National Republican., 1886-10-08
Press Views of Henry George.

lbe Boston Transcript says that "Mr
Henry Georges nomination rs mayor Of
New York has resulted in forcing the two
parties to thinking Of their very best men
for that Office. One scheme suggested to
beat the workingmen's nominee is a union
OF Tammany and the county Democracy
upon Mr.. Edward Cooper as the Democratic
candidate. Mr.. Georges selection was rat
fled by an immense meeting last night.
His speech Of acceptance contained one adj
mirable sentiment at least. He said 'he
would not shame his manhood TO seek Office
for Office sake Some very pretentious
statesmen and would.be statesmen of our
acquaintance have no such computations.
Theorists and idealIsts like Henry George
do some service in holding up higher poit-
ical standards than generally prevail"
The DaRy ErcaiDg Telegraph, OF Phila-
delphia, says that the address, when It Is
studied In It's lengths and broadths, Is well
calculated TO make the iudicious people Of
New York carefully consider whether their
interests are likely to be better conserved
by an honest crank than they will be by
mayor OF the regulation pattern. As for
Mr.. George, he apparently has no doubt
whatever about his election, and we are
much disposed TO hope that his confident
expectations will have frultion. Take him
at his worst, and there Is a chance that
Henry George will do BETTER and great
deal better than some OF the men who have
filled the Office of mayor Of the city Of New
York; while the expert meut Of intrustlng
the gentleman with very large official
powers and responsibilities Is almost worth
making for the sake Of seeing what effect
authority and responsibility will have on
him and on his relations with his following
The Boston Hcrdld takes the following
view Of the matter: "IIenry George is a
| candid a sincere, and a thoughtful man,
without question. lie has some good ideas,
and some not so good, but they are all his
own. and he is ready with reasons for them,
ably and courteously given. lie is not a
socialist to the extent Of dividing property,
but he would do all he could to tax land
held for speculative purposes in way
which would make II the interest OF its
holder to dispose Of H. lie believes in free
trade outright, not because It would benefit
British or iDjure American manufacturers,
but because he sees in 1t the true interest
| Of the American workman. lie would take
the bands Of the state government of Of the
city Of New York, make 1t re-
| sponsible for its own legsla
tion, and thus vindicate the right
Of self.governmen ent. lie would stop the
use Of money in elections, but does not say
how this could be accomplished except by
introducing the secret ballot, which is one
step, perhaps toward 1t. Mr. George
however, descends from being the phIloso-
pher to become the poll tician when he tells
his supporters that he would select, other
things being equal, those who had sup.
| ported him first to fill the offices. A scheme
of craftsmanship much sounder than Mr..
| Georges could not stand against this rule
in New York city. Mr.. George, himself
| would be a much wiser man after he had
years experience in administering affairs
under it.n
The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN does not be-
lieve that the laboring men Of America will
indorse Henry Georges views favoring
free trade.