The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-30

Opera house He Was greeted by large
and enthusiastic crowds everywhere
in one Of his last speeches, Mr.. George
said. \ have
LABoRED FOR YEARS
10 make myself known. and now at
last these things are all written doWn.
I believe that the needed reforms are
summed up in The philosophy; The
right OF every man 10 eat, 10 drink,
70 speak as he sees fit. so long as ne
does not trench on the rights Of
others"
In the same speech he repeated
threats against Mr. Croker in a ring
ing voice that greatly affected his
hearers, saying: Let him go to the
pen. He shall SO there"
Mrs. George accompanied her bus
band on most of his speech making
trips and she VAS with him last night.
Newspaper Men who nave been with
George durins the campaign have felt
that the strain Was surely and rapidly
breaking him dOWn. At times he has
been incoherent His whole tempera-
ment underwent complete change
His speeches delivered By the half
dozen each day. we're often rambling.
though their trend WIS ever faithful TO
the toilers whose devoted champion he
has been all his life.
TERRIBLE STRAIN.
have been solicitous regarding the ef-
have been soIicitous regarding the eff
feet Of the terrible strain of his being
bundled about from place to place each
day far into the night and making
speeches before wildly enthusiastic
GATHERINGS of his admirers, and il has
been noted again and again that mis-
faithful wife sat beside her husband
on the platform from which he spoke
and watched closely from place Of
vantage close by.
lIr. George has not been strong for
/ the past three years, and his son, Henry
George, IT., has been his companion in
almost every enterprise in which ne has
engaged going with him on his tours of
the west as a special newspaper CORE
sponIent in the late presidential cam
paign. and keeping close at his side in
his movements in this campaign With
in the past day or two, close friends of
Mr.. George have noted with apprehen-
sion marked changes in his manner and
appearance Wrinkles came to The cor
neFs of his eyes, which we're duh and
( sunken. His voice, usually resonant
and pleasant. now pitched almost to
piping treble in conversation. Wds
ouerulous, while he seemed like one
whose nerves were SO highly wrought
/ that they might snap without Earning.
The hardships of the campaign we're
greater than this man, high strung and
! sensitive. could maintain.
HOW CHANGED,
The Journal and Advertiser this
morning contained an article written hy
! Alfred Henry Lewis. who visited the
! famous single tax advocate at his head
quarters in the Union Square hotel yes
| terday. OF his impressions, Mr.. Lewis
wrote:
The Henry George l found was not
! the Henry George l had met fewer
! than Two months ago. When I saw
| him last he was tranquil, quiet, even
! steady as to nerves. rational. sedately
! contented, talking of his hooks and his
/ tax dreams. Today I met man nag
sard. pinched. with face as thin and
/ peaked as 4 pin. His eye TOred. his
/ hair was tumhed. his face a theatre
! OF disorder. II he vas the picture OF
anything. il was his unfed ambition
made desperate. There was despair, too
! in his face. as if in a dim way he looked
/ into the future black with disapDolnt-
rent / tell you it vas shock 70
! Sc the man"
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.
! The committee in charge of the fu-
| neral ceremony Of Henry George have
arranged the following order of SER
| vices From sunrise on Sunday until
! sunset of the Same day the body OF the
| great leader viii lie in state IN the
| Grand Central palace. Ushers will be
present to direct the people in their
passage before the platform upon
which the body viii rest, every one
who feels the nobility and single heart
! edness of Henry Georges life work is
! invited to be present at this ceremony
! During the afternoon beginning at )
O'Clock the funeral services and Grafton
viii take place.
1.-THE funeral car will start from the
i Grand Central palace at o'clock on
/ Sunday evening and proceed by a route
| 20 be announced later via the Brooklyn
bridge 70 the Brooklyn city hail In
( this informal procession every friend
and a6ntrer of Henry George is in
/ Vited 70 take part
JONI Brisben Walker will be chief
marshal.