The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-11-03

Mr.. George arrived at the hotel at /
o'clock this morning. He had just come
from large mass meetings in the bor-
oughs of Queens and Brooklyn. The
work OF the night had made him tired,
but his friends and relatives thought
it only the natural fatigue that follows
such hard campaign work as Mr.. George
has been doing.
When Mrs. George was awakened at
$3.50 o'clock she was startled to find
he, husband sitting in an armchair.
Il am not feeling quite comfortable"
said Mr.. George to his wife,
Wont you 60 back to bed?" in
quired Mrs. George anxiously.
Il will sit here a WHILE" was the
response.
Mrs. George at once took alarm as to
her husbands condition. She assisted
him to the bed, when he gradually grew
incoherent and lapsed into uncon-
seriousness.
Mrs. George hurriedly called her son.
and a call was sent to DR.. Kelly, of
III East F'ifty-ninth street. He came
without delay, but all efforts to revive
Mr.. George failed. Without a sign of
recognition to those around him he
passed peacefully away.
Mrs. George was Frustrated. She Was
cared for by the friends of the family
at the hotel, and the men who had been
closely associated with her husband in
his war on political corruption we're
summoned.
Tom L. Johnson, the manager Of Mr.
Georges campaign, came before sunrise.
He announced that a meeting of the
George leaders would be held at the
Everett house at II o'clock this morn
ing to determine upon the course of &C
ton. His king was dead; long live The
cause of his king.
It seemed the scene in the death
chamber was like the scene Of the falling
of a hero on the battle field. There
were brave men weeping for the depart
ure of magnanimous soul-then drying
their tears in the face of the need to
choose at once some one to take his
place. The son showed courage which
would have been the admiration and
joy of his father stopped in his sobs
to help save the day by filing the gap
in the line which death had made,
Henry George, Jr., and Mr. Johnson
got their heads together and decided the
thing the stricken champion would
most like them to do would be to seud
rallying word to the startled army
and save the rout. The son agreed to
put on the mantle of the father.
From his old friend, Doctor Edward
McGlynn, came the following: Henry
George died as Abraham Lincoln died
Lincoln was assassinated just after his
great work of saving the union was
contaminated. 1t was said that he was
mercifully spared the petty annoyances
and chickering's Of the reconstruction
period. Henry George was struck down
by fate in the zenith Of his powers. But
the great work that he inaugurated will
go on. AS a man and a philosopher,
it will be long before his like will be
seen again. His goodness and gentle
ness singled him out among all men,
and, with others, 1 almost worshiped
him.
Hon. w. j. Bryan said: "The sud
denness with which the summons came
Will make more keen the sorrow which
the public generally will feel at the
death of SO great, so pure and so brave
man. By his own unaided genius he
made his name familiar to the reading
public of the world round. Those who
agreed with his theories found in him
an ideal leader, while those who op-
posed him admitted his ability and
moral courage. He was one of the fore
most thinkers of the world His death
will prove loss to literature, society
and politics."
Mr.. George was born in Philadelphia
Pa, Sept. 2, 1889. He was therefore
over So years of age at the time of
his death. He has been a merchants
clerk, a sailor, printer, an editor, and
an author. He was not, in the narrow
sense Of the word, a politician. He
was, by nature, a philanthropist, and
by instinct an ant1-monopolist He
fought the railroad ring of California:
the landlords Of Ireland on Irish soil
and was imprisoned in an Irish prison;
he opposed the oppressors of the croft
tiers of Scotland in old Scotia itself: and
attacked the money power of the world
in philippines from the very steps of
the royal exchange, London
He gave powerful impetus to the re-
form movements of the time, through
his great works especially that entitled
Progress and Poverty"
He leaves behind him memory that
will endure for ages. Hail and fare
well!" IN
ARBITR ALTON