Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-11-03

New York True TO the Party
Adyices from New York at ii
O'Clock last night indicate that Mr..
Hewitt is elected to the Mayoralty
of New York city without any doubt.
This news will be received with gen
uine satisfaction in all parts OF the
Union, by all conservative men, and
intelligent lovers OF their country.
This is said in no spirit OF unkindness
to Mr.. Henry George, nor in any lack
of appreciation OF his conceded great
talents. He appears to our mind as
one thing in the role of philosopher
and as another in that of Mayor OF
go great city as the metropolis OF
the New World.
It seems to be rart OF the
law of compensation which runs
through all life, that no man
shall be pre-eminently great in
more than one branch OF mental
achievement. This rule holds
particularly good in the case
of the pure philosopher. He
is essentially dreamer, an
impractical dreamer, who spins
fine theories, the seeds OF much prac-
tical usefulness in the future. But it
is remarkable that the philosophic
dreamer seldom knows at all what to
do with his theories. They
are the raw material which he has no
mental machinery to convert into
any fabric OF use. The genius who
dreams his fine spun theories is
generally y unconscious Of what he is
dong. The real genius is usually
without conceit or pride in his work.
He is like the unconscious acts OF
nature which deck the meadows with
flowers and clothe tie mountain side
with foliage. The great, deep spirit
of the universe is all unconscious of
what it does, or the meaning OF it
all. That spirit merely dreams, and
throws off in dreams all these myriad
forms of beauty. Practical man takes
all these productions and makes
thereof all the useful commodities
that minister to his life. So with the
dreams of the Henry Georges of the
world. They are seized upon by the
practical man, and made into laws
which bless the every day lives OF
men in this work. a-day world. The
world can not do without the dream
er, still less can it do without the
practical, plain man who makes
these dreams useful to his brethren.
Mr.. George writes Progress and Pow
erty, and Mr.. Hewitt governs the
great municipality. Change their
places and Hewitt writes a very
stupid book, while George guides the
destinies OF the municipality as
Apollo drove the chariot of the sun.
Now in the laws OF nature il takes
about one Henry George to a genera
ton, and that one, however neces-
sary he may be to that genera
ton, is greatly in danger OF
driving it crazy. Nature has wisely
decreed that the genius shall fail
at whatever he touches ct Il
practical nature, and thus she drives
him back to his dreams. She has
need of this raw material, this lovely
flower OF imagination and fruit OF
thought, out of which her more pro-
sale and practical sons shall frame
new codes of laws, and rules of life.
She only gets one genius in life
time to do her dreaming and she
wants to keep him down to his pro.
per work, and not waste him on the
mere practicalities OF life.
The people OF New York are work
ing in perfect harmony with nature
when they insist he shall seclude
himself from tie hustle of the world,
from the cares of life, and dream on
his dreams, furnishing raw material
for some Legislator like Parnell or
Gladstone to frame into laws, which
some administrative men like Cleve-
land or Hewitt shall put into prac-
tical operation.
Therefore to all wise and conserva-
tive persons it will be eminently sat
isfactory that this proper distribution
OF labor shall be made between these
two men. George goes back to his
books, his pencil and his dreams, and
Hewitt guides the city with success
in the practical channels OF com
merce, finance and trade.