Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-04
BODY LAID IN STATE
Many People View the Corpse Of
Henry George.
TAKES Up HIS FATHERS CAUSE.
H snFy George, Jr., Vows 10 Carry Out His
Dead Fathers Pledges and solemnly
Dedicatss His Life 70 That
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showed honor to the man who had
fallen In the battle for what he be-
lieved to be the right Henry George,
apostle Of the single tax, leader Of the
new Jeffersonian democracy, stricken
on the eve Of the election, was honored
as no private citizen Of America was
honored before. The body Of Henry
George lay in state yesterday In the
Grand Central Palace and $4,000 pco-
Pile reverently passed the casket and
looked upon the face Of the dead phil
osopher Public griefs have been many
in the great metropolis Of the western
hemisphere; many have been sincerely
mourned, but none, save he who went
TO eternal rest after having served his
people as q leader Of soldiers and
as chief executive Of the land, had
laid at his bier such evidences
Of public grief, widespread sorrow and
sincere grief as was laid at the bier OF
Henry George. No one would permit
q reminder that he had been Q candi-
date for public office and had been
carrying on bitter warfare on those
he believed we're enemies Of the public
veal, no one recalled the strong words
Of denunciation that fell from his lips,
while on the political rostrum; he was
remembered only as man who SO
loved the people that be gave his life
for them.
From the dawn till far into the
night the outward manifestation Of
grief lasted, thousands gazed upon the
familiar, beloved features, cold in
death, yet smiling serenely as in sleep,
other thousands heard stirring ora
tons, magnificent eulogies upon the
martyr dead. In every temple Of God,
wherever men gathered to worship or
gathered to hear lectures and philoso-
ply taught, garlands Of praise were
bestowed upon the memory Of the re-
vered dead
In the vast auditorium where the
dead rested, inspired men, teachers Of
all faiths, Jews, Christians, Catholics
and Episcopalians, with hearts wrung
with pain, spoke words which comics.
sedly fell far short Of the great waves
Of emotion that sought to find utter
ance. Not dissenting voice was
heard to the declaration that Henry
George was lover Of the people, who
he believed we're being oppressed, and
that he gave his life that humanity
might live.
The eulogies uttered, the day gone,
the streets became filed with people
who wished to see the funeral cortege
as it passed in solemn procession down
New York's greatest streets, thence
across Brooklyn bridge and through
Brooklyn's streets to the Brooklyn
city hall.
There the public gave over the body
to the family and the casket was taken
to the modest home in Fort Hamilton
from which they were borne to their
final resting place in Greenwood this
morning. At the lowest estimate 49,
900 people saw the casket as 1t wendell
Its way to that point where the public
was compelled to stand aside in rever-
ence and sympathy while the family
claimed its own.
TAKES UP HIS FATHERS CAUSE.
New YORK, Nov Henry George,
Jr., son and successor of the late Henry
George, has issued the following state
ment.
| am on affectionate son of most loving
father. Between us has subsisted the clos
est companionship have clear understand
ing Of and profound admiration for oil that he
has said and done A man has but one life here
to live solemnly dedicate mine to the cause
to which my father gave his II elected
to the exalted Office Of mayor of
Greater New York | shall hold myself
pledged to fulfill every condition and
promise made by him, and most especially
shall bring swift justice upon those pub
lie thieves and corruptlonlsts who for so
long have Haunted their deeds in the faces of
the common people whom they have insulted
and robbed To oil the world proclaim this
My fathers work, as he planned and pursued
II, shall be carried forward, without faltering
or swerving Let oil who took hope at the
sight Of his standard keep heart and follow, for
It presses on, and shall press on and on while