New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-03
OFFERS FOR BALLOT REFORM.
RINGING SPEECH BY HENRY GEORGE.
rrruBL1cANs. DEMOCRATS AND SINGLE TAX

prpupr1cANs DEMOCRATS AND SINGLE TAX
MEN CROWD COOPER UNION.
ar Jcsersonian Democrat. but shall vote
for the Republican State ticket ana worn i'r t'
erection said Henry George at the ballot reform mass
oiS 0., =, cooner fnlon last night. and the great
c,owd that filed the big subteranean auditorium
tr, tho nlatform 10 the doors cheered ana shou'ed
Ill tho massive stone walls and arches seemeu
oiled with the echoes Of cheers. IL was sooio VI
enthusiasm amounting almost 10 oAo'.c"o"' "'''
followed this declaration. which was al 'io Hioio
.,pnacent because the meeting was IN no sen'o o''
a. which Republican forces or Republican n'huehccs
~ - Tbere were present Republicans,
Dsmocrats. slngleTax advocates, Aht'fo'erv u''"
.nd oven Murwumps. who seemed glad to mo thehi-
It, once morn I'm congenal company. All uieso
represented counter elements uniteo III 'ho ""'' '
publican cause Of ballot REFORM ,.,.,
uorace = DemIng presided, and on the pia~orm
with him. among others were Wheeler a. ee ,
~ 7 Crossdae, Thomas C. f. Ecciesine' hicharu
IT mana NJ Massachusetts,; Henry George Lucien
ondIn william F. opdyke. George V. ~ BALDWIN,
% scboverlnc Lawrence Dunham, W. 1. Muuc'on
samuel Gompers Hamilton c. .IompKns' Euwaiu ~
Curley. Edward NJ. Vallandingham ana LOWS F. u.s.
Mi Deming made a brief opening aduress III "ni0n
be referred to the present movement Ill iasor Vi
ballot reform as the natural outgro"th Oh icon"e
among the better class Of voters In all parties 'na'
49, limo had como for demanding emancipation rom
49, hond.oe Of machine methods in elections. lie
introduced Richard II. Dana who, he SAID haa uohe
much TO bring about ballot reform III Ihc oiu Day
Stale. .,, -. h mead
Mr. Dana said that the system OF vothg 10 DO useu
in the Massachusetts, election Oh Tuesday, was as yer
unt,ied in this country, but he could not SEQ DO" 1t
Ill tail The expense would be borne by the state,
d ,here would be no burdensome tax upon tho people
az a result In each voting precinct o. say oo'
voters there would be two sets OF Vo'hs sneN0s %
oons,cted that they could be folded up and stored
ow,v for future use Each of these sets OF shelves
cost s11; an extra table cost o.
and the horses upon which the shelves resed cost Slo
making a total of only $50 for each voting
precinct. The cost of printing the ballots ana all
the paraphernalia would come within the appropra-
tion NJ 500 600 As most OF the material would last
for ten years its represented tax upon inc 'o'es
OF the state of only one cent per capita per aihu'
Mr. Dana said that other States could easily nave
similar system the only difficulties in the way were
no more than mole hills
"Ips worse than that in this State !" exclaimed
fat Jolly and apparently well-todo man in the audi
ence "We've got the David b. HIS not mole hills.
for obstacles at which there much laughter.
Henry George, as usual, was greeted with en-
thuslasm II IS not often that a public speaker
creates as much enthusiasm as was evoked oy Mr.
George when he made the declaration contained In
the opening sentence of this report The speaker
TO that as between hePuohO&is I'll"
Democrats Tammanyitcs or County Democrats, he
cared not the toss of card which should win ord-
narly but in this fight he was out for the candidates
who favored ballot reform that meant ballot reform.
He had been told, he said, that Mr.. Rice, who heads
the Democratic State ticket was decent
sort of a man, but rs for inc os'
Of the ticket-heTe Mr.. George threw up Ms
hands with an expression of disgust so apparent
that the audience fairly groaned in sympathy. lie
then went on 10 say that the Democratic oate TICKET
and the Tammany ticket meant. If elected the perpeI
uation in and city Of corrupt elections broery
and all tina, evil. Ut, a,
The Republican principle OF the Kepublic-the
franchfse-he said was I'm danger The Australan
system would not save the Republic, but II gave an
opporlnity to bring about reforms that would In
this meeting. the pure element In all parties was
represented in desire TO break the power OF the
machine al elections .
secretary Lawrence Durham real list of cand-
dates frum the city for the Senate and Assembly who
lad committed themselves ballot reform. This
showed that OF the Senate candidates, five county
Democrats and three Republicans were in favor OF
H. and five Tammany men were against II. of the
candidates for Assembly. there were In favor OF 1t
nine County Democrats. thirteen Republicans and one
Tammany man while against II we're seven Tammany
men and nine County Democrats. ,,. :, ~,
Brief addTe, scs wcse also made by William NJ WINS
George Cary EgglestOn, Wheeler ii. Peckha ana
+. W. IInIichS.