The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-02
enemies of the common people and in the
triumphant election of Robert A. Van
Wyck and the rest of the Democratic
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enemies Of the common people and in the
triumphant election of Robert A Van
t'oyyas W'yyck and the rest of the Democratic
The executive committee Of the Jefferson
Democracy to-day met and issued the fol-
lowing address:
'"phe spontaneous and patriotic tribute of
the people of Greater New York paid on
Sunday. night to the dead tribune of the
people has demonstrated beyond the shad-
ow of doubt that Henry George, the ia
ther, would, had God spared him to us,
have been elected to the mayoralty of our
with equal certitude the complete victory
CT Henry George, the son, who now leads
the host his father marshaled.
we call the attention of Democratic
voters who hate and Scorn the ignoble and
corrupt men who have seized the machin-
cry of their party to make it serve selfish
and venal ends that that lifelong Demo-
crat and valiant foe to bossism, Charles
W. Dayton, still leads in the battle of the
Democracy of Thomas Jefferson against the
Democracy of Richard Croker.
TO Workingmen who with heavy hearts
and bowed heads saw the body. of their
bravest champion borne to its resting place,
we declare that his work is not ended, his
principles survive, and in contributing to
the triumph of all he contended for they
would have had the elder George lived. And
we point to Jerome O'Neill as a man nobly
qualified to represent in public station the
workingmen of the city, and we urge that
the political strength of the laboring
masses will be measured by his vote.
This is STILL as it has been, the struggle
of the people against bosSism, chosen and
supported by chosen classes. 1t is still, as
it has been, a battle for real Democracy.
The death of the great leader no more
closes the contest for equal rights and the
attack upon special privileges than did
WarrenS fall at Bunker Hill end the DOM
ination of our land by British king"
detailed statement by Assembly dis
tricts was given out to show that George
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Manhattan and the Bronx. No estimate was
made on the Brooklyn vote, but unless an
extremely large George vote is expected
from that quarter, it would appear from
the $1,000 estimate that the Jeffersonian
Democracy leaders do not claim the cleo
ton Of their candidate.
The following official statement was is
sued by the Citizens Union campaign COM
mittee:
THE most striking thing to-day in the sit
9atlon T1 Is the complete generalization of the
republican machine. This has been evil
dent, especially since the meeting in Car
negie Hall Saturday night, over which the
president of the Republican county commit
tee presided. The abuse of Mayor Strong
and misses which greeted the mention of his
name have done their work, but not as
disgust in the minds of scores of Repub-
licanS who have come to the Headquarters
of the Citizens Union and announced their
intention of supporting its methods. The
statement in some of the papers, emanating
from Republican sources, of the intention
OF the Republican machine to throw part
of its strength to Tammany, do not cause
surprise. The evidences of the inten ed
deal between Tammany and the Republic
ans are conclusive. The canvass made by
the Citizens Union in the boroughs of Man
haitian and Bronx is now practically com
plete Returns have been received from 663
election districts, out of total Of $685. These
election districts are distributed over thirty
assembly districts. The canvass shows con-
clusively that Mr.. Low will have more than
twice as many votes as General Tracy and
a safe plurality over Judge Van Wyck.
The campaign closes with the Citizens
Union feeling perfectly confident of vic
tory"
Charles Steckler, for the Citizens Union,
claims a plurality of 1900 for Low over
Van Wyck in the present city of New York,
and in support thereof gives figures from
each assembly district, which, he said, are
based on actual canvasses made by Cfti-
zens Union workers. He added that GER
tiicates' and vouchers signed in all cases
by the men who made the canvass are ON
file at Low headquarters.