Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-29


by exciting hopes and fears, class jealous
, interests working through all parties with
, political methods and periodic restless
, ness on the part of the great mass of the
voters and (now mark this auy accident
may start series of the most dangerous
actions and reactions. When discontented
men have votes, it is not TO be expected
that the demagogue viii appeal to the dis
content for the sake of the yotese" i
That is what Henry George said in 1880.
And now he tells you that these same
conditions have arisen in New York. 1t
is the burden of his song that there are
vast masses of people in this city suffering
from want, badly housed, badly fed, badly
clothed. He tells you there are rich men
living in palaces and vast monied inter
ests grown rich out Of the labor of the
community He sees two opposing classes.
On the one side are the poor, who are
mostly workingmen, and they are in an
tagonism to the rich on the other side.
GEORGES CAMPAIGN.
Cooper Union was packed last night
with workingmen and their wives. There
was not policeman in sight 1t was the
second meeting held under the auspices Of
the Henry George Central Labor Union
campaign executive committee. The Rev.
| DR.. Kramer acted as chairman. He said:
Il have piece of news for you. A mes
senger has Just arrived from Tammany
Hall. 1t is not full and there is no enthu-
siasm there 1t would be fuller if some of
! its friends were not in Canada"
William McCabe said that he had got
ten permit from the police to march 100,
900 men next Saturday night, and he
wanted them TO be there. James Redpath
said that he had heard there would be an
attempt made tonight at Tammany Hall
| to prejudice Irish-AmericanS against Henry
George. He said that Michael Davitt,
Bishop McNulty and Archbishop Croke
were friends of Henry George. The speak
er then read letter from Colonel Bob H.
gersoll. Among other things the letter
| contained these sentences: II am a
believer in homes The idle live on the
work Of the industrious" Il do not be-
lieve the dishonest idle should live on the
work of the industrious. At last people
are beginning to see that they must help
themselves. Poverty is not virtue, and
wealth is not crime. Labor is entitled
to share the profit of what it produces My
sympathies are with the laboring men.
The industrious should wear the robes and
crowns and sit at the banquet. If the
workingmen are true TO themselves they
will win the respect of all men, and the
next Mayor of New York will be Henry
George"
Henry George, who had just come in,
thanked the Irish Independents for words
Of encouragement, and said: This is 4
sufficient answer 10 the poor lies of Tam
many Hall. There on this platform sits
Patrick Ford. He is the man for whom
crossed the sea. That have the support
of such man is a sufficient answer to
those lies. But am glad TO have the sup
port of the Irish Independents. My first
speech in this city was from this platform
with Michael Davitt. There are stupid
lies that am against the Irish, and in
favor of Chinese emigration. 1t is like
the cry of Mr.. Hewitt that society will 20
to the bowwows The bruisers, the heel
ers, all that is bad in New York politics,
are putting Mr.. Hewitt to the front to save
society"
THE REPUBLICANS.
Candidate Roosevelt was a very busy
md afternoon at the Republican headquar-
ters looking after the details of his cam
paign. He made three speeches in the
evening at the meetings of the Citizens
Committee of One Hundred at Parepa
Hall, in Harlem. at ratification meeting
of the enrolled Republicans Of the Twenty
first District Assembly at Morton Hall,
aud up at a ratification meeting of the
Seventh Congressional District Repubh-
| cans in the lecture-room of the Cooper I'm
ion.
In the course of one speech Mr.. Roose-
welt said: II wish 10 deny any statement
that Mr. George if elected Mayor would
! make any better friend to the laboring
| classes or do more for them than myself.
| | stand here rs an American freeman talk
ing to you rs equals. There are no class
distinctions on this side of the water. If
elected l shall strive to honestly serve
every citizen of New York. / don't care
what his creed, color or where his birth
place may be. All shall ask: Is he 10y
ally in accord with the principles OF our
institutions? and shall do the best IL
my power to give him his rights as such.
II am glad 20 say that ! am strong
party man. bat ii am elected Mayor ard
| find bad or incompetent man in office
shall remove him, though he may be back
ei by every political organization in New
York. Ifyou object to that kind of re-
FORM why you must object to me- (Ap-
plause.)
PREDICTIONS on TUE RESULT.
The political lightning calculator was
/ abroad at the Hoffman House in all his
glory. There were three of him-he of the
Tammany- County Democracy order, the
Republican "I-know-it-alr' leader and the
George worker, who talked loudly about
what he would be doing this time next
year when he would be in the Department
Of Public Works or somewhere else draw
a salary just to please the people.
Here is TammanY estimate of the vote
on n total vote of 225, 600 made during the
evening:
Hewitt ~
.O0O1
0JVJV
Here is another, made by one Of the most
expert political judges in the city:
Hewitt
ogOlJ
yEeOTSe SJVSV
The County Democracy leader who
knows thing or two, and has been pres
ent at every meeting at which Henry
George has made a speech since the cam
paign opened, said this is the way the
newspapers would have it the day after the
election:
-,,.I ,o,o qNo.,
Hewitt Democratic votes esl-...........lOl,Op
Hewitt Republican votesl.........-.. l5,OO-ll50O
o0OO
George.-............. .......,..-......-...-- 4hVuo
The George worker 'had it down fine, "
thus:
ovJJ
Roosevelt ZOO
hewitt. WV
The only thing noticeable about this es-
innate is the kind consideration Of the
''woTNer" TO let Mr.. Hewitt have any vote
at all, in the face of the fact that the COM
bined Democratic votes for Grace and
Hugh J. Grant for Mayor in 1884 was ISL