New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-23
SINGLE TAKERS INDIGNANT.
THEY MEET At COOPER UNION AND DE-
NOUNCE THE SENATE.
"u.n,s lives AGAIN IN WASHINGTON HENRY
GEORGE SCORES THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
MN, VII SON RIII.

JUDAS LIVES AGAIN IN WASHINGTON hENRf
GEORGE SCORES THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
AND THE WILSON BILL
A. meeting was held last evening al cooper
Union in response a call issued by the Manhattan
Single Tax Club. The meeting was caheu " %
press Indignation at the treachery OF 'he De",o
cratic Senators who thwarting the peopie ue
mand twice victorious, for a radlcal reuu0"o "
the tariff" The chairman of the CLUB, AIireu
Bishop Mason, the first speaker sa'u' ouI"'
lives again in Washington; Benedict Arnold SITS
in the Senater' And after dwelling upon '"e VII
faithfulness of the Democratic Senators 10 theil
pledges to the people given In the platform VI
1892 he called upon them, IN the name Vi w.
employed labor, I'm the name OF ldle capita" anu
the name of the plain people to near 'ne peoP'
cry and the people free
MIR Mason then introduced Henry George ana
as the latter rose the audience gree,eu nun ",s'
cheers Mr. George said In part: III - almost wv
years since the election of Grover CIeVelanu' o.
the placing OF the Democratic party IN coh'io, "a
all the branches Of the Government AZ 'iat WV
ton the Democratic party denounced frotec'io" IL
IFS platform \ year and almost three Won'"'
have passed since the Presidents inauguration anu
tho Mckinley hill IL still the law OF the land we
were promised bread. we have been gwen stone
(ApplauseD And the party that dehouhceu
lection has been occupied and Is occuped to-u"y' "
taking care Of the protected Interests we u'e "'''
tonight to protest against inS SPiiiN W
mise with wrong with injustice and with rooDery
that has brought the country-so strong h'""
over n year ago-nto paralysis We are mere u
protest against the cry. Give us n Dill; no iha..ee
what kind Of n bill. but give us ON. 80, 10; ,t
II the Democratic party cannot give US pet,ci
ariff hin than the Mckinley bill let the McNihIey
iii stand cloud appause) Let them say w NJ
have failed and again ask the Nerdlct ol VI.
naonle II the Democratic party doeS h"' w'.'
H. assume I'M. responsibility for the acton OF us
,rosent members In the Senate. let IT drive ule
,rottors out and proclaim that no man VINO a'ts
as a protectionst has any business IN me party ..
viii he recognized In It, The Wilson BIZ was lol
framed for the purpose or carrying OUT t Pr"s, q,
made hv The Democratic party to the people puN ~
US modelled after the Mckinley bill ana at eVery
steD the trusts and the rings asserted thcl pOvwe5
M every step there was the fear OF huIthk MAJ
-, hurting The country? no. Of lnjurng the pro,
,ected interests, Finally II passed the rouse lul
~, concessions TO trusts and rings, full or pro
tection and then n passed into "hat mas DE-
the American House of Lords. lou knoM v,,r
rest Never has bargaining been so clear; never
hos corr,iptlon been SO open. The Democratic
narty has been I'm power In the senate anu thc
Earnyocrafic party has been paralyzed there ny
sorts n placate the Protectionists or agents OF the
,rotccted rings in their own number, -,
." p.solutlons were then adopted denouh,anB thc
v'rlson hin as A concession TO trusts ana not Al,
honest carrying ont OF the peous Wishey, n.y.
,rosoiyi,g that reform Is needed IN the lnlte'
a,,,es Senate ns at present constituted. . -,
sT,bc other speakers OF the evening were frsnklI'
Pi.rce James T. Achibald and Thomas ~ smear
man aahhar,es ( Tairchld. who was TO have Spoken
cont n message that illness prevented MS attend