The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-09
NOT IN THE FLESH, BUT IN THE
SPIRIT OF HIS
WORK.
HUNDREDS WERE PRESENT
AT MARKET HALL TO Do REVER-
ENCE TO THE NEW YORK
REFORMER.
WALTER t. MILLS, OF CHICAGO,
Orator of the Evening, EulOgizes
the Martyr OF the Greater
New York Fight.

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Several hundred people assembled in
Market hall last evening to do rever-
ence to the memory Of Henry George.
| In the audience were a number OF
ladies and also a delegation from Min
reapolis, among whom were E. S. Cor
ser, John Day Smith, A. D. Smith,
]. E. Nash, F. B. Long, 7, j. Cation,
H. D. Stocker, George S. Garfield, w.
P. Wingate, George E. Dickson, j. B.
| Roberts, G. E. Beebe and L. B. ElWood.
On the stage was a memorial tablet
inscribed with the words, Memorial,
George and wreathed in evergreen,
symbolic of the undying hold which
the dead statesman and philosopher
had upon the affections of his follow
ers.
The meeting was under the auspices
Of the ST. Paul Bimetallic league, and
its president, DR.. o. S. Pine, presided.
In opening the services, he said:
Henry George laid down his life in
the midst of the turmoil and strife or
the recent New York campaign. 1t is
conceded by his friends and opponents
foes he had none-that his death has
removed from us a man whose every
thought was for his fellow men. Henry
George was, par excellence, a positive
! character; he gave forth no uncertain
sound. He was not an enemy OF
wealth, but he opposed conditions
which segregated wealth in the hands
! Of a few men. His prophetic mind, In
! advance of his time foresaw the re-
suit of the economic conditions which
produce on one hand millionaires and
| on the other 'hoboes" and tramps VINO
have not even a right on the king S
highway. For originality of thought
and for genius, this generation-nay,
| this century-has not produced the peer
of Henry George"
C. J. Buell., of ST. Anthony Park,
president of the Minnesota Single Tax
league, was then introduced and gave
a few personal "reminiscences of Hen
ry George, saying in brief:
while I am grieved deeply at the oc-
| casion of this meeting, to commence
rate the death Of Henry George, IN
| stead of doing honor to him living.
I rejoice in the thought that his words
| will live and bear fruit after him.
| became acquainted with his writings
| twenty years ago, and have known
! him personally for the past ten years.
I remember wildly the impressions
produced upon me by the reading OF
his first book, Progress and poverty
and how 1 sat up nights until early
morning.
"I first met Henry George in Mime
apolis ten years ago, when l intro
duced him to the first audience he ever
| addressed in Minnesota. The following
night he spoke in this hall and was
| introduced by E. V. Smalley, who
said: Beware when the good God
| lets a thinker loose on earth, FOR then
| all things are at rest. Those words
have been borne out; the works and
writings of Henry George have done
more to bring forth new era than
those of any other man Of recent time.
"Since then, as | became personally
known to Henry George, l learned to
love him. In 1890 I had the pleasure
of meeting him on his return from a
trip around the world. large crowd
assembled in New York, and, at the
meeting the followed, the first interna-
tional congress of his followers was
Instituted, and the first platform of
that association was drafted by Henry
George himself 1t was adopted al
most word for word as he had drawn
it.
1.-THE last time saw him was a year
ago. He was then travelling as special
correspondent of the New York jour
nal, and, coming to st. Paul for few
hours, sent a message for me to meet
him.
"The boyhood of Henry George was
a ceaseless fight against poverty. Cast
on the world at the age of twelve
| years, to shift for himself, he went to
sea, shipping as a sailor before the
mast. He afterwards learned the
printers trade, and went to California
as a tramp printer. He worked his
way up through the various stages
! until he became editor and controller
of one of the most influential news
papers on the coast. 1t was in this
capacity that he showed his sterling
worth In his paper he waged a bit
ter fight against a Pacific railway mo-
nopoly, and it, wishing to get rid OF
him, offered him a check for $4,000
If he would cease his opposition. Do
you suppose he accepted the bribe?
No; he spurned it, and continued his
fight against monopoly, and has gone
on fighting it ever since. He was a
man whom money could not buy; when
he once put his hand to the pillow, he
never turned back He worshiped
truth, and tried to present it to the
people so they could see 1t as he saw
IT. He was man who could see
through shams, and his whole thought
was to alleviate the suffering Of the
people. He finally gave up his life in
u struggle that the people might be
restored to their own.
''They tell us that Henry George is
dead. My friends, Henry George is
not dead; his spirit still lives and just
so long as it lives will it be an in
spiration to the masses of down-trod
den and oppressed people, not only Of
this nation, but of the entire world
| That spirit will live and its cause will
| triumph, and the name of Henry
George will be remembered with that
of Abraham Lincoln, of George Wash
ington and of Thomas Jefferson"
The speaker Of the evening was
Walter Thomas Mills, of Chicago, pres
ident Of the Peoples University of that
city. Mr.. Mills is small in stature, but
has a resonant voice, an eloquence and
a stage presence which filled every
portion of the large hall. He said, in
brief:
cit is said that Adam was the father
of the human race and Adam Smith
| the father of political economy. 1t has
| been said that political economy is a
| cold heartless science, but Henry
George went after it, captured it and
put a heart in it: he gave it power
and made it the servant of humanity
I never met Henry George but a few
times, but I learned to love him; he
came nearer to being like him who was