Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-03
SINGLE TAX MEN.
Work Of Their Afternoon Session In New
York YESTERDAY.

In the afternoon session OF the single tax
convention in New York yesterday the Eve
delegates at large, who, with delegate from
each state in the conference and the one from
the District Of Columbia, will constitute the
national committee, we're appointed % follows:
VIM. I. Croasdale, Louis r. Post, August
Lewis, R. d. Gordon and G. st. John Leuvens.
"A recess was then taken to allow the delega-
lions from the states to select their own dele
gates. The result was az follows:
National committes-Alsbama, B. C. Norton;
California, H. L. Pieace; Colorado, James W.
Buck.in; Connecticut, Lawrence D. Sharon;
Delaware, Geo. w. Kreer; District Of Coium-
bia, Robert J. Boyd; South Dakota, W. E.
Brokaw; Illinois. ". W. Bailey: Iowa, R Spen-
Gel; Kentucky, r. Spencer; Louisiana. James
Middleton; Minnesota, Oliver T. Ericsson;
Michigan, A. +. Wettlafauer; Maine, Fred T.
Syford: Massachusetts. James r. Carrot; Mary
land. DIR. Vim. A. Hill; New Jersey. John W.
!akeway; New York, Thos. G. Sherman. Ohio,
L. i. Sieman; Pennsylvania, 4. II. Stevenson;
Rhode Island, David Harroway; Tennessee,
Bolton Smith, Virginia, c. J. Conroy; Missouri;
H. Martin Williams.
1t was agreed to refer tho work OF issuing
an address to all labor organizations through
out the country to the national committee.
THE MASS NETTING.
Fally 1900 people attended the mass meeting
in Cooper Union last night to hear speeches by
the leading single takers As Dr. McGlynn
came into the hail the meeting rose on masse
anu cheered. There were loud cries Of plat
form" but DIR. McGlynn merely bowed his &C.
acknowledgements and took a seat at the back Of
the hall
Chairman E. o. Brown of Chicago said
'Single tax men hold the divine right Of man
to himself, and that means his divine right to
liberty and the fruits of his own labor"
VIM. Lloyd Garrison spoke at some length OF
the progress Of the single tax movement and
the position Of the democratic and republican
parties In regard to II. The mention Of Mr..
Cleveland's free trade message evoked loud
cheers from the meeting. Our reform has
been marked with great wisdom. Its power
has been felt by the democracy Of the state of
New York and the republicans of the country.
II. F. Ring of Texas told how Texas would
be benefited by single tax. He was followed
by Judge Mcguire of San Francisco.
Lee Merriweather of Missouri said tho wis.,
dom OF man should devise a system by which
every man could get the result OF his labors.
II. Martin Williams Of Missouri was the next
speaker.
Thomas L. Johnson OF Cleveland, Ohio said
the idea of single takers was to tax map--make
man pay in proportion to the amount OF
ground he occupies. This country has substi-
tuted the monopolist for the aristocrat, and has
lost by the change.
A. II. Stevenson of Philadelphia said that
although Pennsylvania was highly gifted by
nature, she was awfully cursed BY men.
Although rich and fertile she has thousands of
paupers. In Pennsylvania the democrats have
a good man nominated for governor. but q bet
ter one for lieutenant governor. Chauncey F.
Black was as good single taxer as could be
nominated by the democratic party. The dem
ocratic party, the speaker said, can never carry
Pennsylvania as protectionist party.
II. Balton Smith said the aGolitionists had
MT fha hlaal- hy,x
proposed to do it..
standard bearer of the Farmers Alliance in his
state. Sidney NJ. Owen, would rescue the state
from protection.
SPEECH ny HENRY GEORGE,
1t now came Henry Georges turn to speak.
The chairman introduced him as free-trader.
a single-taxer and the author of Progress and
Poverty" and he added: ''This is his birthday
and he is fifty-one years old" Mr.. George was
enthusiastically received. He said, Judging
from the speeches he heard, he was no
longer needed on the platform. There were
others than he to talk single tax. A few years
ago he said that they we're educating men In
the movement who would change tho destinies
of the country, and he was glad to see his pre-
dictions were true. But it was the silent work.
ers who were making the progress-the men
and women who worked necessarily and made
no fuss about it. They sought no office and
had no use for political party, except to
further their own cause.
This concluded tho speech making and the
meeting dispersed at HAS.