The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-17
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ORATORS ACCLAIM HIM FROM II
sTUMPS IN ONE BLOCK.

TUMPS IN N bLOCh,
ne Tall. the Crowds That ne win ne Counted
m, Th,. Time ,r Elected. and what re Will
no Tor Equal Rights ir ne Gets the Great
Powers the Law Gives to the Next Mayor.
Henry George opened his campaign in Harlem
last night with a whoop and a hurrah that must
have sent the cold shivers down the backs Of
the men who are running on Tammany Halls
yellow-dog ticket. There were seventeen meet
inps In one block In l25th street and In Lexing-
ton and Park avenues. The streets were filled
with people, cable cars were delayed. regular
traffic was interfcred with. and, taken alto
gether, 1t W 8 as hot an outdoor affair as has
been seen in this town in a municipal campaign
In many years. The seventeen meetings in tho
one block were held under the direction OF the
Sixteen to One Club. Sixteen Of the meetings
were held out of doors and the other in q hall,
the Majestic, at 1875 East 125th street. At this
meeting an admission fee was charged, and tho
place was damned, though Henry George didn't
speak there.
George lived in 121st street eleven years ago,
when he ran for Mayor before. and there was o
meeting there In addition to the seventeen
meetings in East 125th street. This ono was
held near the corner Of Park avenue. One house
on the block sets back from the street, and tho
front yard Of this house was covered over with
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n huge crowd early in the evening. AS 1t was o
street meeting of course there were a great
many children around, but the crowd
was made up Of voters chiefly, and
they were tho kind of voters who knew what
they wanted and were satisfied to wait for 1t.
There was no band to draw them or hold them.
and they stayed from shortly after z o'clock
patiently waiting until after 8 for Mr.. George
to appear. He came in n carriage, accompanied
by Wilbur Eastlake, H. Martin Williams Of
Missouri, young Mr.. Abbot Of his campaign
committee. and Charles Frederick Adams, who
declined the U. d. nomination for Chief Justice
Of the Court Of Appeals. On the platform at
this time were about fifty of the old neighbors
Of Henry George. who had come to welcome him.
AS Georges carriage drove up the crowd
broke loose and cheered i'm until he disap-
peared out of sight in the building next door to
the platform. The meeting was opened imme-
diately after his arrival by Mr.. Eastlake. who
introduced Mr.. II. Martin Williams Of Missouri.
Mr.. Williams spoke for fifteen minutes on Bry.
anism and the need of loyalty among true Dem.
ocrats at this time in order that there need be
no backward step from the stand taken by tho
Democratic party at the last election. Then
| MIR. George was introduced by Mr.. Eastlako.
! When the cheering had died away somewhat
Mr.. Eastlake said:
"Before l permit him to speak to you l wish
to have a wori to say to him. Upon this plat.
form are some old residents Of Harlem. They
are around You to night to testify BY their pres.
sent the ideal that they have ~striven for"
were thrown In tho air and tn cheering lasted
fully a minute. When he could proceed. he said:
Friends, neighbours, and fellow Democrats;
men who were here eleven years ngo rs my
friends and my supporters In that great struggle
a Tle WI, WITCH a'f friehtsn"d the the 'i piSutoerats and made
resource, that abundant means could bring
'f am nDf here s1'' with IN you - again. lchesrs.i I
m here at your order; nm i, here ito to
S Stands Ear which you f have Unit Entrusted to my
hands. tCheers.l That STANDARD was raised at
sas 0f YPToions Cd ' ap sSsnsaf' 4 4 i 1ass, %h Ssn we
have hoped for, what We hnve longcd for. what
We have dreamed Of. has come 70 pass, ana the
lar Democracy. comes to the front prolonged
ba ami eses sPd y move m foa%ard. N w'it n0 Mh dR 'h RE
lasts, shall IT drop. lCheers.| II | am elected l
will be counted in, not out. Tremendous cheer
Na;fhe votes shall not merely, be cast for mo
this time: They will iii, 1 believe; t be RECORDED Te o foF
may DO honestly and logically used BY. a man
that ali men are Created equal. Lons-continuedd
cheering,l will do what l can to make this
enormous fortunes, but a place where the equal;
I ~ Of N %an nT6s, sh1 ,la Ss Eefc oWs fnoE !ch y e gnd I
equal right to live and an equal right to work.
e"Yon know me: ICries Of You bet we DOL
You know what stand for. lCries Of Yes.
faithful. iCheers. Elected ! Ave! believe
!!sys Ey 4iHi " y!., s'f + ]e, %seIf I siri p Be COUNTED Ms si'i in.
Friends. old neighbors, Did supporters. fellow
D dEanOG 'hs , rai,S aSa Of Tb iHnss.js efrc ns,ly f Ralig
again arouni the emblem of the rooster. Rally
As MIR. George finished his speech the cheer.
cries Of 6 ahead, Go aheadl Don't stop
to attend nsi GsS and 5 he could s"i not Wait He hurried
from tho, platform and out into the struggling
mob in the street. They grabbed his hand and
slapped his back, and it was q light for him To
get to his carriage. which stood around the cor,
ner at Park avenue, As it drove OF toward
in the crowd raced after him, and. though
the driver whipped up his horses, he
Inc earEiase, and they shouted; Here r b
comes, here he comes; here's George; r..t IN nj
began yelling a welcome to the single taxer
His carriage had hardly proceeded 200 fee,
surged around it and yelled for n speech. Mr.
George had intended to speak from one or two
OF the sixteen trucks. but that was out OF the
question. and 30 the carriage was drawn one
side, off the cable car tracks. and he stood up IL
that. AS he did, and took off his Int. 1851
street rang with cheers that rolled forward and
back the length Of the block. Mr.. George said
here:
hat to that transparency, to the coming, agar
of the Democracy of Thomas Jefferson lcheersl
the Democracy that has be n despised, the De
mocracy that has been bafi1ed, the DO
mocracy that has it in it's power to %renovate thu
world. IGreat cheerinR.l I am elected to beal
your standard. accept tho trust. Cheers ant
cries of And you'll win;"l II elected ] will us,
know. lCheeri.l Good-bye! Go on! On the sec
ond day Of November we'll win a good old Demo
As he sat down there were yells OF $1,000
bow. Good hoy!' "You bot it'll be a vic
tory!" Mr.. Abbot, who was engineering tn
carriage, got the driver to go ahead. Nj
George drove across to Fifth avenur. hundred
of the crowd following and cheering him unit
the carriage was driven out of sight down tn
avenue. The Q wcro forty-eight speakers Y
take care Of the crowd after Mr.. George hat
gone. and they made an average, or. thre
speeches apiece. 1t was n great night for MI
George and for Mr.. Charles w. Dayton, VIII
lives In Harlem, near whore the first meeting
was held. Mr.. Dayton himself did not appea
at any of the meetings.
The women who arc to boom the social part o
the George campaign held a meeting In one o
the narlOra nj the linton SuuaFe Hotel laa