The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-02
HENRY GEORGE FOR NAYoR.

HENRY GEORGE FOR MAYOR.
The workingmen of New York have
nominated the author and agitstor,
| Henry George, for mayor of that city,
to be voted for next month. Some
weeks ago when solicited to permit the
use Of his name as q candidate for the
Office, be refused, unless he was given
an assurance that . certain number of
votes would be cast for him. The as
Surance has been given, 60, 900 members
of unions, labor societies and organi
zation having pledged themselves to c@st
their ballots for George on election day.
The gentleman has therefore accepted
thO domination, and is now 4 recog-
AiESd candidate for the mayoralty of the
great city. That Henry George will be
elected Mayor of New York is not
among the probabilities; that he could
be elected if the workingmen Would
stand together is certain, but they will
not stand together. New York is I'M
like San Francisco in its population.
In the latter city it Is no trick for =
sAooth-tongued demagogue to bar
raasue tha masses and sci
them wild With enthusiasm. A Kear
naF saR raise q m0b in San
Francisco large enough, and control it
long enough to elect KAiloch mayor,
but . Kesrney in New York couldn't
carry q single ward. Party allegiance
is stronger in New York than in pretty
nearly any other city in the Union; the
voters do as their party bosses tell teen
to do, and unfortunately for Georges
ambition, there is not boss in the city
who 'aYors his candidacy.
Again. capital is q controlling ela-
nent in New York politics, and this
will all be arrayed against George, be-
cause of his socialistic views and utter
ances The milionaires of Gotham are
not going to permit the city govern
ment to come into the hands of man
who is only less pronounced and unrea
sonable in his sociaIistio ideas than
others because he is better educate :, has
moved in better society than they aud
is generally more int .ligent. He openly
denounces, in all his works,
moneyed and class aristocracy,
and is a social leYeler, hence
society will do its utmost to defeat
him. He IS perhaps not an infdel, but
he breaches against the churches, his |
gospel being one of socialism rather
than one of divinity; hence the
churches will make it their pleasure TO !
oppose his election, and churches do
have and exercise political influence in
New York. As George is a confessed |
radical conservative people will be
against him.
So that altogether, Notwithstanding |
the pledged votes, the outlook must be |
but bright if Mr. George is |
cool enough to calmly and inteIligently |
gaze over the field. The workingmen
are undoubtedly in the majority, and |
could send him into office with an en-
doTsement that wonld astonish if it did |
not paralyze the opposition, but as re-
marked, the workingmen will not de-
sert their own parties as they sometimes
do in San Francisco, and under the i'm
pulse OF temporary enthusiasm run |
off after strange gods. Georges $1,000 !
pledged votes, even shall they remain
true to him, which is doubted, will cut |
a small figure. Two years ago the vote
for mayor aggregated more than 225, 600. |
and while it will probably be less this
year, the total viii hardly fall below
2l5 900. In 1884 there were four regular
candidates for the Office, and the poll of |
the successful one was above SO 900, his |
nearest competitor being 5000. |
Georges nomination makes il certain /
there will be three candidates this year, |
and if the Democratic factions fail to
agree, as they failed to before, fourth
man will be put up. Mr.. Henry George
stands about as good a chance of being
elected as he does OF swimming the At
IanEc.