The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-30
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when told of the death of..Henry George
said:
~ am deeply panied at the sad news
of the death OF MIR. George While not
in harmony with his ideas and doctrines
| regarded him as one of the brlghtest
men OF the times. That he was honest
and sincere Will be denied by no nail
mindedsman.. am not familiar enough
with the situation to say how Mr..
Georges death has changed it,
NEWSPAPER COMMENTS.
The Evening Post says editorially:
''Mr. Georges untimely end before
the close of the canvass gives certain
tragic interest to contest which already
had moved the community to very I'M
usual degree. The time and form OF his
death leaves nothing to be regretted as
to Icok forward to, for it is all but certain
that he could not be elected. HIS real
value lately has been in his stern and
energetic presentation Of Platt and Croker
as criminals to be punished. We belleVe
every word he said in this canvas winch
will now, that he is gone, rebound TO the
advantage of Low.
AIo Evening JOurHal says
1.-The sudden death Of Henry George re-
moves from the mayorality contest one
OF the most conspicuous pubic men
New York has ever known. Stead1est IN
MS beliefs, honest and brave IN MS con-
Vloblons and true to every purpose Mr.
george has ever commanded the respect
ana confidence of all men and as leader
OF labor welded immense power. His
death Is regretted by all classes.
The Mail and Express says:
henry George is dead. But the prin-
clpals for which he fought lives. and will
i've until bossism Is dead. The only
man IN the field who represents that for
which. Henry George gave his life is Seth
Low"
SCENE AT GEORGES HEAD QUAR-
TIERS.
The scene at the George headquarters
TINS morning was indesoribsble.
men and women, earnest followers of
the candidate, stood about detected and
melancholy. Some of the men were weep
ing ana q number of the women who had
called were sobbing bitterly.
LON Johnson arrived at the headquar-
tiers. He said that the shock was terri
pie; he declared that he could hardly
realize 1t it was SO sudden. He said that
Mr. george had looked to be in splendid
so Ne114i& VIC CdIlphlRA
Later Mr.. johnson made the announce
ment that the voters OF the George sup
porters would go to Low He said that
ne OF course, had not much if anything
70 say about asking the supporters of Mr..
George to cast their ballots for Mr.. Low,
but hesfelt that 1t would be done in pre-
ference to giving up all the VOWS they
had made against bossism. 1t was said
that the George meetings would go on
and that the aH6ion0QQ III hn asked n
vote for Mr.. Low in obedience to the re-
peated requests and wishes of Mr.. George
and that Mr.. Low should get his votes
If he could not be elected.
1t was said that the people who had fol-
lowed Mr.. George and who knew him to
be an honest and sincere man would
stand loyal to him and his wishes.
DR.. M'GLYNN HEARS NEWS.
DIR. McGlynn reached the Union Square
hotel shortly before eleven o'clock. The
despatch which summoned him merely
announced that 'dear friend" was dead
But bearing in mind his own premoni-
tions and the promonitions that Henry
George had confided to him, he concluded
rightly that his great associate in the
single tax battle of other years had ex-
pired. He took the first train from New
burg, and, arriving at the hotel, was met
in the corridor by Henry George, Jr.
When he Was taken into the room where
his friend lay dead he burst into tears.
The scene was distressing one. After
ward he said
Henry George died as Abraham Lin
coin did. Lincoln was assassinated just
after his great work of saving the Union
was contaminated. It was said that he
was mercifully spared the petty annoy
ences and chickering's OF the reconstruction
period. Henry George was struck down
by fate in the zenith Of his powers But
the great work that he inauguratd will
go on. AS a man, as a philosopher, it will
be long before his like will be seen again
His goodness and his gentleness singled
him out among all men and, with others
I almost worshipped him."
When DR.. McGlynn was able to think
calmly over his recent intercourse with
the dead man, he recalled that his FRIEND
had frequently expressed to him his
premonitions that his end was approach
ing, and had used language that he nov
saw indicated presentlnent that III
would not outlive his campaign.
SENATOR PLATT'S VIEWS.
New York, October 29.-In Statement
Senator Platt says: "Unless the Jefferson
Democrats are betrayed by Tom johnson
who has been their hoodoo from the start
| their votes: will be easily consolidated OF
the other candidate. The disreputablt
deal between johnson and the Citizen
union has further responsibilities as fal
as Johnson is concerned. They are no
deliverable in bulk to anybody except t.
another bona fide candidate of the party.
Gen. Tracy will not lose single Re
publican vote as the result of Mr.. George
death. The Republican party will pol
it's vote with substantial entirety for Gen
| Tracy and nothing could affect that fact
Republicans recognize the Low movement
as Democratic conspiracy. They SCI
in Low an attempt to revive Cleveland
ism and to betray the Republican part.
by another of those characteristic trick
of the Cleveland Democracy. 1t is al
old and well understood thing. In every
| political crisis during the past ~ year
the Cleveland Democracy has undertaken
to divide the Republican forces, by with
drawing from the Republican candidate
the support of Republican voters upon I
| dishonest pretense of reform purposes
In the existing situation Low stands TO-
| Cleveland and for the Cleveland method
and manouvres.
But Republicans understand the game
They remember it's consequences to tn
party and to the public in former periods
Attempts to stampede them now only ex
cite their indignant disgust. they will
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