The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-05
DENIS. DESERT To GEORGE.
he OUTLINES HIS PLlTFoRH TO
a REPORTER OF THE Sun.
Would. n ne Couia. save the L1quer Busiss>s
Nc uere Restricted Thas the shse business
Won't Dictate Vyho shall Ne Or Ms Ticket
-a.nAneE Gnnt Erc.idn fr Hin Io-NlEhL.

"0uies " "N Noulo, bANe inc Lacquer n9aha~
No mere R~s,ricted Thas the shse Bps'-ess
Wont Dictate Vyho shall ne Or MS TicE~t
-s.s,n.r Casr rre.,a. fer H,n ro-NiEhL
Union souo,s ~ $500 - RON r.stsr.
SniOn S6uGIe hoUel SHORTY SiNf noon yesN
UAy' Oh MS way uptown from the FORT haulI'
ton Ferry lie dropped in,o The Office o. Charles
O'Copor "a, ,,.ssy,, u..kn-n 80, ubor.
the committee appointed 10 complete arrange
ments for he meeting 81 Cooper Union tonight,
"ne" VI "eofRe WIZ DC notiheu o. ms hom'hA'
tioh' was IN session most Of the Gay. Mr. george
tho co,nmi,,ss wnnid snish g. .o,L ,rithor,
- nm "0"u Nn1Sn % "'FA "i'"ou
hs assistance.
Mr.. George accepted his dismissal with pleas
pre and ,yo,, =, -. ho,.I Tla.u .naatr.d
SaS.a Wv " q uoN tnele NC 80
cratic organization or another, which came to
n,esye ,hsir sun,o-, H., .I.osw ,rut., =,
other men who have been. for many yearA. high
In tho rou,ciIs NJ T.mmanS uan NJ Coz.
when a SCN man called. had this 10 sly:
III many more persons come to tell me that
get a larger place in which to roceivo. them.
But it isn't these calls that convince me, as l am
OCH' 'HN''' '""' = " t'tnk " 10 e'oeVeu' Ane
PLAIN people are In this movement, and they are
L,,a u,rH 49,. L.-a-..--..,
ALL" "orus' Aho"' VI not tho equivalents Oh
votes. ] do know, however, that the tide has
set in il our favor. Tho common pcop.e are
In me Saddle and the victory will be theirs"
What about the platform upon which you
are 70 run, Mir. George Q
You will Know all about that II you come to
the meeting TO morrow night. | voted for BRYAN
because / believed be represented the true De
as ! understand the term, because. he STOOD
v]ention, With. the majority OF the pISnks OF
that platform | agree. am heartily opposed
that decisions Of the United States Su.
preme Court are fal!ible, an. therefore may
properly be reviewed / b.!iere that trusts
and monopoiies should be put down. l believe
that the State should own all railroads, surfR,e
and otherwise. so far as the excise question
goes, | am in favor OF allowing any one engaged
in the liquor business 10 sell his goods as freely
asthe shoe dealer or the dry goods merchant
do not believe that he should b. compelled TO
Therefore l am unalteraoly opposed 10 the
sSah lsI iH tssG Es & aoS i' be mnd isT les, %lihpel sns
than there is at present.
,o "l ss q GI say net nil At this mpmsnt Just t
declare in favor OF most OF the views l have eI-
pressed TO you. My views are fairly well known
l would and be honest, Let me state now,
very frankly. that l shall not. equivo.
D msS be eP P@ised in G5 this as' ssmp ANY q lSf tSe sake ,sa of
making votes. I am a Democrat OF the Chicago
| platform stripe; and the quicker everybody
am the kind o: a man he wants for Mayor.
There are plenty of candidates from whom to
choose. 1t ought TO be easy Tor the voters 10
find one out OF the lot whom they can support.
Now you know where | stand. and you didn't
have much difficulty in finding out did you1'
The committee having in charSe the arrange
mcnts for to-night's meeting at Cooper Union
received a letter from Justice Gaynor yester-
day, in which he explained that II would be I'M.
possible TOR him TO preside at tho meeting
owing to the fact that, months aRo, he
promised 10 lecture tonight before the
Brooklyn Literary Union. SO the commit.
toe sent a messenger up to Rhinebeck
to ask ex.Assemo lymAn Ernest II. Crosby II ne
would preside. Mr.. Crosby has recently with.
drawn his support OF Seth Low. The doora Of
the hrll will be opened at : o'clock. There will
be no reserved seats. except those on the nlnt.
form and for the press. The platform tickets
will be divided equally between the United
Democracy and the Democratic Alliance.
II was learned from mem bers OF the Commit.
tee OF Arrangements that a platform suhscri6e
ing TO all the blanks of the Chicago platform
except free silver has been prepared and sub.
mitted to Mr.. George for his approval. There
will he a committee appointed at the
meeting to take charge OF all the details of the
George campaign. 70 this committees will also
be delegated the business of filling out tho
ticket headed by Mr.. George. With reference
10 candidates for other Offices Mr., George had
this TO say last night:
~ shalt moi mrddIe with the nominations for
other city and the county Offices TO be made by
any OF the organizations supporting me. | do
not consider thar to be any Of nv bust.
ness. The United Democracy and the