The record-union., 1897-10-30
PRESS COMMENT.
What is Said EditorialIy of the
Death of Henry George.

NEW YORK, Oct 29.-The Evening
Post Qow) says editorially: Mr.
Georges untimely death before the close
OF the canvas gives a certain tragic in
terest to a contest, which had moved
the community to very unusual de-
gree. The time and form of his death
leaves nothing to be regretted so far as
he is concerned. He had nothing to
look forward to, for it is all but certain
that he could not have been elected.
His real value lay in his stern and ener-
getic presentation of Platt and Croker
as criminals to be punished This was
in certain sense a new idea The moral
law for the first time in politics, we may
say, spoke through him to the masses
of this city. There was no mincing, no
allowance. no courtesy, no complaints
showered on some other city thieves and
reprobates, but the ten commandments
in their naked majesty. For this, we
honor his memory We believe every
word he said in this canvass will, now
that he is gone. rebound to the advan-
tage of Mr.. Low"
The Commercial Advertiser CTracy)
says: The personal aspect of this
stroke of fate may be lost to sight quick
ly in the certain revolution it will make
in public affairs. 1t deprives a great
and menacing body of opinion and ac-
ton of more than a leader of its very
soul, of all that held it together, of all
that made it formidable. AS direct
influence in the campaign, Henry
Georges party disappears with Henry
George, though its elements remain as
a dubious menace. No leader can be
found to hold the party together,
though some of it may follow the anti
Croker leader. But the seething mass
of discomfort, the restless seekers after
a vague social revolution who made a
large part of it, are left leaderless and
purposeless. Much of the vote he prom
ised to poll will be silenced or divided.
The campaign is flung upon an abso-
lUtely new basis four days before cleo
tion.''
The Evening Journal mo prefer
erce expressed) says: THE sudden
death of Henry George removes from
the Mayoralty contest one of the most
conspicuous men New York has ever
known. Steadfast in his beliefs, hon
est and brave in his convictions, and
true to every purpose, Mr.. George has
ever commanded the respect and conf
dence Of all men, and as a leader Of
labor welded immense power. His
death is regretted by all classes"
The Mail and Express Oow) says:
Henry George is dead. But as every
cause that makes for right is greater
than the greatest of its champions, we
must turn from the bier whereon he lies,
and without waiting for his consign-
ment to earth, resume the battle now
within weight hours of its close.
This is as he would have had it, for
his course in the face of stupendous is
sues at stake shadows the creed which
inspired his life and won for him the
regard even of honest men who in
stinctively repudiated the theories which
made him famous. The only man in the
field who now represents that for which
Henry George gave his life is Seth Low"
The Times (Tammany) says:
Henry Georges sudden death is an
event of the deepest sadness, and one
that will cast a gloom over the entire
country The fact that he became reck-
less in his utterance about his oppon-
ents is forgotten in the presence of his
Iifeless body. His following in this fight
for the Mayoralty has been largely
personal one, and what those who intend
to vote for him will do now is a prob
lem"
LONDON, Oct. 29.-The news of the
death of Henry George was received too
late to permit of general editorial COM
ment in the afternoon papers. The
Echo however, refers TO his world
wide fame and says: The news has
come as a great shock to his friends in
England He had endeared himself TO
q. large section Of our social reformers.
The Star" expresses the opinion that
the death of Henry George is 1.-The most
severe blow that could be dealt to Tam
many, for the George voters are pretty
sure to transfer their votes to Seth
Low"
The Westminster Gazette" says:
seYhatever opinion may be held as to
the soundness of Henry Georges theor-
les and the legitimacy of his conclusions,
it is impossible to deny the skill and elo-
olence with which he expounded his
views and impressed them on the at
tention of a not very sympathetic world.
His burning eloquence and the plctur-
esoue vigor of his writings has brougnt
home to the every day reader the prac-
+ical application of his single tax doc-
trine."
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