The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-28
GEORGE MEN SEE VICTORY.
HIS LEADERS SAY THAT TAMMANY
IS ALREADY BEATEN.
The Bottom KuockodOut OF ssthlouism-Tracy
IL the Only Candidate They Fcar-Thc Ice
Palace Meeting Bigger Than Any Held
Sc Far - George Attacks Croker Again.

Palace Meeting Bigger Than Any Held
Sc Far - george Attacks Croker Again.
Tho leaders of tho George campaign de-
clared last evening that they were confident
that ,thoy not only had Tammany beaten, but
that they had knocked the bottom out of the
Citizens Union movement. They pointed to
tho fact that their meeting in the Ice Palace on
Tuesday ~ ght was larger than any Tammany or
Low meeting held during tho campaign. No
such meeting in point of numbers in attendance
or enthusiasm has been held by tho Citizens
Union, and the George leaders declare that they
are drawing bigger Gro wds all over the Greater
New York than any Of the other parties. The
one thing that ia bothering them now is wheth'
er Low will get enough Republican votes to or
set tho Republican machine vote, which they
believe will DO solid for Tracy. Low has no
following among the masses. tho George mon
say. lie Is too much Of an %autocrat to BIO toll
Grated by them, and the men around him are
known to be hostile to workingmen's wants.
Although the Cts county ticket is in the same
column with tho George ticket on the official
ballots, the George men have been very careful
to warn their friends against voting for 1t.
They were obliged to take in the Cts county
ticket at the eleventh hour because hey had no
line to procure he necessary signatures to their
nominees, to place them on the official ballot,
BeSlut6 Int ulbtOlltulCu INCpuollSuio ~ oAo
followers Of Low. the George men say, that ne
will get only the support Of the cleveland
i Re% s%%pn,Sy as w III f The G @sss Of m tHs RsGR.' r are
ognizing that it has the true spirit OF Bryanism
in it. Seth Low cannot get the workingmen's
vote, no matter how hard he or his allies. may
plead for it. as workingmen know whore Henry
George stands and do not know about Low.
SO the George men say that, IL they beat the
Republican machine vote, thor candidate Will
Tammany is now out Of the question. as far
- -;nntr~ fa rptnaFnAd Tho Favnlt aRAtnAn
Crokerism is too great TO DO stopped, and Tam.
many has lost its following in The ranks Of the
pendent on tho organization for patronage, or .
living. These end the Jefersonian Democracy
more in conformity with the t PPGinoi ibs C %ntGn
than ever confident that he viii be elected.
Mr.. Croker that voters might as well throw
their votes in the sewer as cast them for JouI'
Mr.; George was asked ys na fbay h. should sav
what he likes about voting for me. He is bluff.
ing. He has been P ot Eii E. a blum e game ann rig right
well he says that you have the same advan-
tages as ~a.private. citizen as you would have as
gin aaso an IL inv ss as to the source Of his
wealth. Do you consider that a bluff, tool"..
"Ab y 70 StIy:o u He 40 5 n0yts, night Mb Msli he that bas TIC as
am elected: when am officially Put forward d
cut at tho base, then It viii be my duty to go
forward, and | will. II Mr.. Croker has got his
f %sney If h2 Re has ns ss R RfS p sben 4 t Gsh power i ia
my hands enables me to discover where he has
not got it honestly. and where he can DO pun
t ti0n; H against EDw'E6 i %.kf L SSf P.p Low 1sA is 9 e!s siss 'Y 10
that testimony would be- available then that Is
not ayailable now. simply because the people
aMr. Croker says, in excuse for not nomi:
mating nr. Dayton. that i was not his turn
Srofers man. They don't 60 in rotation IN
As far as his saying that there was no opposi-
ton to Van Wyck. he is right. Why; damn it,
there's s. no opposition 70 bo SToS Snre ih o lne n1 6im.
his heelers would throw the kicker out Of the
organization. He is the absolute boss and there
Is no opposition to ANYTHING he says
What can you say about the Ice Palace
merely in the immense number of people in at
tendance, but in their genuine and thorough
enthusiasm. Yon could feel it, and 1t was OF
the kind that will make Smen vote. When l
mentioned what / intended 10 do with regard to
Messrs. Croker and Plat. j felt from tho en-
thusiasm that I had struck a responsive chord.
are tired Of this whole business. When l men
t Insfssed a tS S0pi I T 90 Id be- PsS SIee,e eiHS''nF me- 'ne'
Where do you suppose that Croker and Plat
have been making their money!
w ny, Ilt1 q lNS mo q NHO "ol
they make money to buy men with and vote
them as they choose. I'm abiding In the con
R Wiii be t a Change ! n Shi pc feel s,ff that i Pam am jus. just twice tsfc
as strong this time as was In 1856. The
people are alive to the effect Of this thing and
are interested all over the country. My tinan'
cial support is better.n this campaign than ever
it was before. Money is coming In right along,
and we simply are using 1t To hire halls and sc,
out campaign literature. Our speakers are all
volunteers and we are not paying money fol
i've gained in health and strength stead
lily during tho campaign. When | began ] eS
pected that l would have to make only a few
now l find that the people arc so reused about
this matter that III go wherever they want m'
Another Indication Of this is In the fact tina
my mail has become so voluminous that !
would be folly for me to attempt to attend TO II
and l have turned 1t over to my committee
They give me a letter now and then from an ole
friend, but otherwise ain obliged to lot then
There has been some question as to the posi-
ton of your friend Tom johnson in this cam
psign. Would you care to state what tina
81. am only too glad to do so; Tom johnson
has been one OF my dearest and closest friend
me when ran for Mayor before. have beel
close TO him'when he was inSCongress and hi
fIh hSIsaapo SFe ny knew anS%sfhiis his fat %S' a naa m hrsi =
financial friend had e come m Onward and q
but / can make money. ana what ! want to d
is TO use that money for this fight He wa
tho first strong financial friend to come TO tn
front, and then August Lewis, a gentlema
who did not know me at all. came along an
contributed 800. 49,.
as radical as i am. i used to think that tn
best thing that could be done was to redpc
the people want to do Is to run tho railroad
themselves. and not charge anything for ridin
In the cars. 1t 10 an absolute economy. II 20
run free roads the people will not ride too much
Leave the roads thoroughly open to the peOpl,
Mr.. johnson has railroad interests. but no doe
not 20 into this campaign for that. He was 4
favor especially Of FREQ trade. and although
steel rail manufacturer he voted for no tarii
"Dr. McGlynn called on me to-day to ga
in support OF my candidacy, and dispel tn
deluslon that some would like to have sprea
that the Catholic Church is opposed 10 my do,
trines. At tho time that DIR. McGlynn was r,
instnted: the. Church diRnltarics went "a
through my doctrine and decided that there wa
nothing inlmical to the interest OF the Catholi
Church In it,
DR. McGly1n had this to say to the reporter
iammAny men in their desperation had d,
ciared that the Catholic Church was again,
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