Evening journal., 1897-10-30


be advisable TO nominate Henry George,
Jr.. in his fathers stead. vote was
taken, and this was done unanimously.
willis j. Abbot said after the meeting
was over that II would be necessary to
use a paster although the names were
the same 1T may be possible" said
Mr.. Abbot. that we shall allow Henry
George. the younger, to run under the
name of Henry George, Jr., so that no
charge OF confusion may be brought
Rgainst us. / believe Carter Harrison
attached the Jr' 10 his name In the
recent canvass for mayor in Chicago,
although his father had been dead more
than a year"
Young Mr.. George informed the
committee that he would abide by It's
decision and ne will do his best to car
~ the ticket through successfully.
Henry George was OF English and
Scotch descent and the son OF a small
bookseller Of Philadelphia, where he
was born on Sept. 2, 1889. His father
failed TO make a success Of his business
and accepted a clerkship in the custom
house during the last years OF his life.
Young George was thrown on his own
resources at a very early age. He went
to sea. His grandfather Richard George,
who fought on the American side in the
war OF 1912, had been a ship captain,
and the boy seemed to inherit a love
for the sea.
Young George shipped as a foremost
boy on the HindOO. BY the time he
was 16 he thought he had had enough
Of seafaring and was glad to learn how
to stick type in the office Of King &
Baird Philadelphia. Here he remained
but short time, however, the coniine-
ment wearing on him. The fancy seiz-
ed him to go TO sea again. and he took
his kit aboard a small coal schooner
plying between Philadelphia and Bos-
ton. Coming up the Delaware on the
return trip George became Interested
in a sidewheel steamer that was build
ing for the Pacific coast lighthouse serv-
ice. and then and there he made up his
mind to try his fortune in California.
1t was in California that George be-
gan 10 study the land question and
evolved the single tax theory For a
time he had a hard struggle. When his
fortunes were at the worst George mar
rled The young woman was Miss Annie
c. Fox. Her parents were opposed to
the match, for George seemed to have
no future.
II George had no means. he had
friends. One of them offered TO give
the lovers credit for a fortnights board
and others arranged the wedding. and
all hands had a very happy time. The
next morning George was out at 9
o'clock looking for work He got II on
a morning paper and the two weeks
debt was wiped out.
Soon after his marriage George
moved to Sacramento TO work on The
Union. There his son Henry was born.
a quarrel with the foreman caused his
return to San Francisco where, with
two other printers, he started job
office. The partners could get little
business.
At this time of destitution a second
child was born TO the Georges The job
office proving a complete failure, George
tried his hand at writing for a living.
His first article appeared in The Alta
Californian, and its merit was such
that attention was drawn to 1t in an
editorial Between setting type and re-
porting Georges fortunes began to look
up. He even saved a little money, but
lost 1t in a mining deal An article
which he wrote for The Times brought
Afterward he was managing editor
Of The Chronicle and editor of The Her
aid. a new paper Coming east TO Sc
cure a telegraphic service for 1t, he
wrote for the New York Tribune his
first article on political economy. II
was entitled THE Chinese on the Pacific
Coast When he got back to Sar
Francisco. The Herald was in extremis
and George went over TO Oakland C
edit The Transcript. He left that paper
to take charge of The Recorder which
Governor Haight had started to fgh'
the Pacific Railroad company.
With profits made In his new ventur'
George started penny paper. His ed
itorial work on The Recorder had sug
gested some papers on the land ques
tion. from which his work. Progress
and Poverty" was developed. The bool
was published in 1879 and made Henr!
George famous. In 1881, during th
Land league agitation, George went e
Ireland as the correspondent OF a syn
dlcate Of American papers.
He was arrested as a suspect, released
and afterward lectured in England
Returning to New York. George EN-
barked in the publishing business. Il
1886 he was nominated by the Unite
Labor party for mayor polling $500
votes. The following year he ran 70
secretary of state to exploit his singl
tax theory but his vote in New Yor
city was barely $4,000, and throughou
the state It was insignificant.
Trthuta Frorn CarrIaon