The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-30
saw indicated q presaitfneft that he
would outlive his campaign.
HENRY GEORGES CAREER

II.
Henry George was horn on septem-
oei :, 1888. He received common
sohool education and then went into u
counting room. He WAS u sailor, and
learned the printers trade In 1865 he
tsacheu California. where he worked at
Inc printers case until 1866, when he
pecame reporter and afterwards cdi-
Ior' working at different times on the
oah francisco Times and Post He re-
turned to New York in 1850, and went
10 England and Ireland the following
year. where he was twice arrested as
u suspect. but afterwards released when
MS Identity became established
Mr. George Is best known to the world
at large through his writing upon eco
noinlc questions. notably his work en-
titied Progress and Poverty" publish
ed 1879. His other works are "Our
Land and Land Policy" 1871; Irish
Land Question" 1881: Social Prob
lems." 1883; Property in Land" "a
Controvcrsary with the Duke of Ar
Syle,' 1854; 'The Condition of Labor"
AN Open Letter 10 Pope Leo XIII, :"
ISL; and "A pcrpleNed Philosopher"
lferDert Spencer,) 1892. in 1866 Mr..
George was nominated by the United
Labor party for mayor of New York,
polling $4,000 votes against 10000 for
Apfam 5. Hewitt, the Democratic nomi-
nee and 10000 for Theodore Roosevelt,
now Assistant Secretary Of the Navy.
Republican.
After his nomination for Mayor by the
Jeffersonian Democrats IL month ago,
hlr George made an extremely active
canvass. speaking several times every
evening and working from carly to late
at MiS headquarters. He gave to the
campaign its most sensational incidents,
ITS attacks on Richard Croker and Sem
ator platt, whom he threatened to pros
ecute for various crimes, such as levy
lhS blacEmail upon city contractors and
aspirants for office. should he he elected
Mayor. His candidacy gave to the
coming election its greatest element of
uncertainty, for according to expert pol
iticians, it was practically impossible
to estimate how much of Bryan'S vote
or last year would go to George instead
of Van Wyck. Last night Mr.. George
spoke in the Borough of Queens, and
later in the Borough of Manhattan at
the Central Opera House. He was greet
cd by large and enthusiastic crowds
everywhere. In one of his last nights
speeches, Mr.. George said:
Il have labored for years to make my
self known, and now at last these things
are all written down. l believe that
all the. needed reforms are summed up
in the philosophy: The right to every
man to eat, to drink. to speak, rs he
sees fit SO long as he does not trench
on the rights of other men
Later in the same speech he rcpea ted
his threats against Mr.. Croker in n
ringing voice that greatly affected his
hearers. saying:
IF | am elected, and I believe that
will be. will enforce the law unon the
rich and poor alike. have pledge I
n IN ,h
!arly made against Mr.. Richard CT ,l;cr
If ] am elected these charges Shalt he
investigated. If they are proven untrue
!Ci min so unscathcd back - england
or II any other land he plcases But if
they are true" MIR. Georges voice rang
out in mcnacinc tones that visihIy rx-
cited his audience, let rhe law he zn-
forced, let him 20 TO The pGniientia. =
lie shall so there"
NJ College Point last night there
were 100 common lab ,rers 4 rough
crowd, closely packed i'll rhn hall Mr.
George WAS intro iuC=d as the friend
OF the working man. lie began: II
have never claimed ID !.a q friend of
The working man. ] in not now make
any such claim. CThcrc was pause
OF dead silcncc) ! have MT and 60
not intend to advocate anything in thc
Special interest Of the laho";ng man.
ts) " I.
cd 10 the full length of the platform,
ana let out his full voice in a shout.
Il am for men Uhc crowd set up such a
cheering and stamping that the room
was filled with n choking dustD IL am
for mcn--thc equal rights nf all men,
Let us be done with asking special
privileges for the lahoring men"
There was much more cheering and
shouting as the speaker pushed his way
out of the hall. He drove 10 Flushing,
Il long ride, ut the end of which he
spoke 10 500 people, who had waited an
hour To see and cheer for their idol
When Henry George broke away from
the crowd his long days work was
over; ls busy life's work was done.
Newspaper men who have been n
part OF the George campaign, have felt
that he was undergoing n strain which
was surely and rapidly breaking him
down. At times he has becn incohcrcut
Ills whole temperament underwent a
complete change. His speeches, deliy-
cred by the half dozen each day. were
often rambling. though their trend was
ever faithful to the toiers whose de-
voted champion he mad been all his
life
The Journal and Advertiser this morn
Ing contained an article on Henry
George. written by Alfred Henry Lewis
WHO visited the famous single tax advo-
cate ut his headquarters in the Union
square Hotel yesterday. or his i'm
presS'nns Mr.. Lewis wrote:
THE Henry George I found was not
The Henry George I had met fewer than
two months ago When | saw him last
he was tranquil. quiet. even. steady az
to nerves. rational, scdatcly contcntcd
talking of his books and his tax
dfcamS To-day met a man haggard
pinchcd with face as shin and pcalIr(,