Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-30
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 80, 1897.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR:
j. HOGE TYLER,
Of Pulaski county.
FOR LIEUTENANT-GO GOVERNOR:
EDWARD ECHOLs,
OF Stanton.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.
ANDREW JACKSON MONTAGUE,
OF Pittsylvania.
nEATH oF HENRY GEoRGE.

The New York mayoralty contest, full
OF interest and excitement as II was be-
fore. has now been intensified and COM
plicated by the sudden death Of Mr.
Henry George. This took place yester-
day morning, and is fairly attributable
to the great strain TO which he subjected
himself in making his canvass Never
a robust man, he had been in feeble
health for some years past; yet in ac-
cepting a nomination he undertook to
do an amount of work that would have
taxed the endurance of the strongest
man.
MIR. George became utterly absorbed
in his candidacy, and he had of late
been making half dozen speeches a
day. More-he had come TO be very ex-
citable, and some OF his latest utterances
were characterized by wild charges and
extravagant language.
He was fighting Croker and Plat with
a fierceness which aroused the attention
of all New York, and which secured for
him astonishingly large audiences.
From having been an inconsequential
candidate at the outstart, he had ex-
cited the alarm of all his opponents.
Day in and day out he labored with
frenzied zeal, and spoke with sharpness
OF tongue that cut both Croker and
Plat TO the quick.
But in the midst Of all his activity he
was suddenly cut down. He awoke from
his nights sleep to find himself in the
embrace Of death. His followers, however,
seem to have lost no time in choosing an
other leader. Henry George. Jr., his son,
has been selected to fill his place on the
ticket, and It is hoped that he will hold
together his fathers vote. But as to
this we entertain much doubt.
Mr. George attracted many voters by
his commanding ability his attractive
personality, and his close connection with
the cause of labor. His son can only
hope TO retain these because he has been
named as his fathers political heir. Our
own opinion is that many of those who
would have voted for the elder Mr..
George will now ally themselves with
Tammany or Low.
II Is known that Henry George hoped
that II he could not succeed Mr.. Low
would. Indeed. his crusade, though
ostensibly made against Plat and Croker
both, was more particularly directed
against Croker. On the other hand, Mr..
Georges personal following was largely
composed OF former Tammanytes, and
we presume that many of these will now
rejoin their old political companions.
However. all this is matter of con-
lecture merely. There Is so much under
tow and there are so many cross cur
rents in the raging sea OF politics in New
York. no one can confidently predict what
via happen there. But Of this we may be
sure--the contest, so far from having lost
interest because OF the death of Mr..
George, is now OF more absorbing interest
than ever before.
= II Is due to the deceased gentleman to
say that ne was a man of honest con-
ylctions and uncommon ability lie was
an original thinker and a bold writer
and speaker. Most OF his theories are
impractlcable. we think. but that they
were put forth with sincerity and with
the hope of benefting mankind we can
not but believe Doubtless II would have
been better for him and as well for the
country n he had continued his philoso-
phizlng and publishing instead OF enter
ing the maelstrom OF New York politics
at time when his physical condition
must have warned him CT the risk he
was taking