The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-30
VIEWS or POLITICIANS,

Even Mayor Gleason Counts on Re-
ceiving the George Vote.
Party leaders have made haste TO lay
claim to the George vote, now that the
leader has been removed by death, and
all can see wherein their own candidate
will be benefited
Senator Platt says: Unless the JEFF
ferson Democrats are betrayed by Tom
Johnson, who has been their hoodoo
from the start their votes win be easily
consolidated upon the other candidate.
The disreputable deal between Johnson
and the Citizens Union has further
possibilities, so far as Johnson is con-
cerned, but not so far as the real
friends and followers of George are
concerned. They are not deliverable
in bulk to anybody except to another
bona fide candidate of the party. Cen
eral Tracy will not lose single Re
publican vote as the result of Mr..
Georges death. Republicans recognize
the Low movement as a Democratic
conspiracy. They see I'm Low an at
tempt to revive Clevelaudism and to
betray the Republican party by an
other of those characteristic tricks OF
the Cleveland Democracy If the
George party should split up the So
cialist-Democratic element may be car
ried by Johnson to Low Low is some
thing Of a socialist himself, or rather
he is so much of a demagogue that, as
he says, he is willing to stand on any
platform that will fetch him a handful
of votes If George had lived he would
have secured an enormous labor sup
port that win now come to General
Tracy. OF all the candidates in the
field the Republican candidate has
much the best of it,"
Mr.. Sheehan the Tammany leader.
said: George was too weak physically
to be put up as a candidate, and the
strain of the campaign was too great
for him. / think that the great ma
jority of men who were following him
viii vote the Van Wyck ticket"
Mayor Gleason, of Long Island City,
a candidate for mayor of greater New
York, said: Mr.. George was indeed
the friend of the workingman, honest,
capable and conscientious His sudden
death will completely change the COM
plexion Al the political situation. The
vote which would have been cast for
Mr.. George next Tuesday will now be
split up, and as most of Mr.. Georges
followers were workingmen 1 fully
DtlleNe lldl 20 per cent OL IHeHl Will
now come over to me-"
William ]. Bryan was interviewed at
Logan, o., regarding Henry Georges
death. He said: THE suddenness with
which the summons came will make
more keen the sorrow which the public
generally feel at the death of so great
so pure and so brave a man. By his
own unaided genius he made his name
familiar to the reading public of the
world around. Those who agreed with
his theories found in him an ideal
leader, while those who opposed him
admitted his ability and moral cour-
age. He was one of the foremost think
ers of the world. His death viii prove
a loss to literature, society and poll
tics"
At Indiana Mineral Springs Ind, Ex-
| Governor Altgeld expressed himself as
| follows regarding Mr.. Georges death:
Henry George was one Of the great
men of his age and he made a deeper
| impression on the economic thought
of this country than any other man
| He was true and patriotic, and always
on the side of justice and struggling
| humanity His fame will grow broader
| with time"