The age-herald., 1897-10-14
TO THE DEAR PEOPLE FROM'HENRY GEORGE Explanation Of His Acceptance of the
 Nomination BY THE SEVERAL PARTIES His Action Was For Himself as the May
 orally Candidate. OTHER OFFICES TO BE LEFT THEM Hoped For a Combine, Thus Insuring Success For the Entire Ticket Withdrew From
 United Democracy Because They
 Wanted to Go Alone.
BY THE SEVERAL PARTIES
OTHER OFFICES TO BE LEFT THEM

Wanted to Go Alone. New York, Oct. 13.-The chairman of the Henry George campaign committee today announced that Charles M. Day. ton, until recently comptroller of New
 York, had assured his willingness to ac- cept the nomination for comptroller of New York on the Henry George ticket. Negotiations between the Citizens
 union and Henry George campaign com mittees resulted in the withdrawal of Charles S. Fairchild for comptroller from the Citizens union ticket and the substitution of Dayton.
 Henry George tonight issued a state
 ment giving his approval to the deal
 made between his committee and the Citizens union committee as to the re-
 spective tickets.
 Gen. Tracey addressed large meeting on the east side tonight.
 Tammany Hall will hold a big ratifi-
 cation meeting tomorrow night New York, Oct. 13.-Henry George, candidate of the Thomas Jefferson de- mocracy for mayor, tonight gave out the following concerning the recent com- bination with the Citizens union: "On Tuesday, Oct. 5, in Cooper Union. I accepted the nomina tion rendered me that of the people there assembled,
 upon the platform and resolutions there adopted; that of the united democracy; that of the democratic alliance; that of the Manhattan Single Tax club, and that of the peoples party.
 "On accepting the nomina tion 1t was
 my intention to do so for myself alone, and to leave the question as to who
 should run with me for the other offices to be settled by the organizations
 themselves trusting this might be ac-
 complished either by a union upon such officers or by my running for mayor upon the tickets of all. leaving subordin- ate offices to be filled in by each.
 "As the only way of satisfactorily set tHng these details lies in the necessity
 of action under the law submitted this
 question of how should run to com
 mittse appointed by the chairman of
 that meeting composed of men for whose
 probity, prudence and character I could
 personally vouch.
 Upon investigation this committee
 has recommended to me that there be printed upon the ticket to be given of- ficial currency under the emblem of the rooster such names for city offices as may be selected; that there should also be printed the names selected by the Citizens union for candidates in the county of New York by the democratic organizations for the counties of Kings
 and Queens and by the democracy of Thomas Jefferson for the county of Richmond. The judgment of this com mittee, unanimously expressed, com mends itself to me and has my full and unqualified endorsement. I am the can- didate for all who may choose to vote for me and do not presume to ask him l to vote for any one else. But since
 we have the Australian ballot 1t is nec-
 essary that I should take the most care full means of being presented to the vot- CTS of the city. I do this in the manner
 recommended by the members of the
 committee who have the matter in hand in all it's bearings and to put assocla- tions and organizations favorable to me upon an equality, leaving to the in- dividua1 the responsibility of selecting
 whom he may choose for himself.
 have at the same time withdrawn my
 acceptance of the nomination of the
 United Democracy, the only organiza-
 tion supporting me that has made a
 separate ticket.
 q thus carry out in spirit and mean
 ing the pledge made at the peoples mass
 meeting at Coopar Union on Octob-r 5.''
 In an interview as to what he intended to do if eleo.ed mayor of Greater New
 York, Henry George tonight said:
 q will execute the excise law just as I understand it, but will tell you frank ly what think of excise law: It is an outrage and an absurddty and I am op- posed to the existence of any excise law at all. If I could I would abolish it along with many other laws. If elected mayor I will execute the excise law just so far as the letter of it requires and not a step beyond.
 q believe in the largest possible Aber- ty for tha individual l am Jeferson-