The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-27
The Political Kettle Boiling
Over in New York.
WILL Mr.. BRYAN COME?
GEORGE WANTS HIM BUT WILL
NOT ASK HIM TO COME.
sETHLOW'S MEN PREPARING FOR THE DAY

NhiCn J, L, White doeS Tor Gafter Tar
rison--The Tracy Nesting in Brooklyn
Was SIimIy Attended.
New York, Oct. 26.-The campaign
committee of the Henry George forces
decided tonight after a long meeting not
to formally invite William J. Bryan to
come to New York. 1t was stated that
the Henry George forces believe they
now have Tammany at a disadvantag"
in this repsect. They claim that MIR.
Bryan has declined to come in response
20 an invitation from Tammany, and
this, they claim is practically triumph
for Henry George. If Bryan were asked
to come in the interests of Henry George
snd should refuse, the Georgeites argue
that it would reduce them to the level Of
Tammany in Bryan's estimation. OF
course, said prominent member of the
committee, if Mr.. Bryan decides to come
here and make speech for Mr.. George
we will be only too glad to welcome him.
We will meet him at the train with a
band and make his stay real pleasant.
But we shall not invite him. If he wants
TO come, let him be the judge.
Henry George spoke in the Ice Pal
&uEE Oh upper 4SSAluS lOu uSSuuS
to a large and noisy audience.
After the cheering had subsidized Mr..
George, among other things, said:
Eyes, / remember 1886. remember
the courage and devotion which elected
me then. remember how by a juncture
OF corrupt combinations / was counted
out then. No, l shall not be counted out
now. This time the laws are much bet
ter than then. We shall be more careful
as TO the watchers at the polls. This
time every vote will be counted.
81 was only called Socialist for main
tanning the rights of humanity, and was
counted out to save society from my
baneful influence. Years have passed;
the cycle comes again; the people have
arisen; the law of God has spoken. L
shall be elected, and ! shall not shrink
my duty"
At this juncture man in the audience
asked the question: "Will you put
Croker in jail?'
This provoked loud laughter and
shouts of derision.
Mr.. George replied Il shall not I'll
put no man in Jail. I'll do equal justice.
All citizens shall have their rights, and
that will involve putting Croker in Jail
if he is a malefactor. shall put Croker
have robbed the poole"
Here the appaluse was something phe
nomenal. AS fast as one wave Of deaf
ening cheers faded away another tre-
mendous outburst occurred.
Continuing Mr.. George said:
II shall do right, and right is what
evil-doers most dislike. If Croker has
honestly got his money, if he has worked
hard in any way and with the proceeds
got fine horses and run horses on English
race tracks, it is none of my business.
The question is how he got it. If he
got it by robbing the people, by naming
men and measures, then, if / have the
power, Mr.. Croker will go to jail"
The cheering at this point interrupted
Mr. George for several minutes.
CITIZENS UNION.
New York, Oct 26.-The executive
committee of the Citizens Union tonight
continued it's work of selecting witness
es to place in the polling places to watch
the count. The judges Of election are
under the law appointed by the regular
Democratic and Republican organiza-
tions, and occasional rumors Of deals
have induced the Citizens Union to
take this action. They say that the men
placed in the polling places will be of
more than ordinary intelligence, and fully
posted as to their rights. Many will be
law students.
Union No. $40 of the United Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners an
nounced today through its president,
secretary and board of trustees that it
will support Seth Low.
A number of men who last year
formed the Business Mems Republican
and Sound Money Association met at
the Citizens Union headquarters to-
night and passed resolutions indorsing
Seth Low. Twenty-eight out of the
thirty-fiye organizations in the Sound
Money parade were represented, eight
in person and twenty by proxy.
The Henry George campaign commit
tee tonight issued a statement in which
John u. White, candidate for Congress
In Chicago district last fall, expresses
his opinion of Carter Harrison and his
approaching visit to New York.
Mr.. White says Harrison's election as
mayor of Chicago was purely accidental.
He attributes it solely to the fact that
Mr.. Harrisan was the son of his father
He says Harrison is not Jeffersonian in
his ideas, but of that class of which
Richard Croker, David B. Hill and
Mike Mcdonald, Of Chicago, are types.
Mr.. White says the Chicago corporations
used their influence to elect Harrison be-
cause they feared Harlan, and that Har-
rison has betrayed the Bryan men.
TRACY MEETING.
A Republican mass meeting was held
In the Academy of music, Brooklyn, to-