The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-08
HENRY GEORGE
Tendere the Nomination From Several
Organizations-His Speech Of Acceptance
An Immense Crowd Present

speech Oh acceptance
An Immense Crowd Present
New York. October 5.-Henry George &C
copied the nomination for mayo of Great
er New York at Cooper Union tonight. 1t
was in the same hall and before many of
the same people that he accepted the
nomination eleven years ago. In 1856 he
received 5000 votes.
Tonight's gathering was the greatest
outpouring of the people seen in this city
during the present campaign. The doors
were opened at 7:15 o'clock and in less
than two minutes every seat in the big
hall was occupied and the aisles as far
as the police permitted were crowded.
Hundreds were turned away during the
next fifteen minutes. and by s o'clock
several thousands. unable to gain admis-
sion. assembled outside and held open air
meetings in the plaza, which were adj
dressed by local speakers. Henry Georges
appearance before the meeting was the
signal for an outbUrst of cheering that
lasted three minutes.
Jerome O'Neill, of the Central Labor
Union. presided. In his address the chair
man mentioned the Chicago platform,
w~hereupon the entire audience rose to
it's feet as one man. hats and handker-
chiefs were waved in the air and the
cheering contiued for several minutes.
Inc secretary tnen read the following
telegram from c.. A. Walsh, secretary of
the national committee and a member of
the committee from Iowa:
There is no democracy save the dem
Ocracy of the Chicago platform. The To-
cal organization that refuses to recog-
niZe majority rule as binding on the dem
ocrats of this country cannot be the reg
ular democratic organization. Whoever
has charge and keeping of the principles
Of the Chicago platform is and must Of
necessity be the regular democracy. In
New York city that charge seems 20 rest
with the organization supporting Henry
George, and, as l see the situation at
this distance, were l in New York 1
should vote and work fer his election.
A telegram was also read from Senator
BENJAMIN F. Tfllman, Encouraging the
George and promising that he would work
and vote for the recognition Of the Or
ganization in the national committee.
Charles O'Connor Hennessey, in making
the nomination of Mr.. George. said: II
have no speech to make. but l nominate
for mayor of New York Henry George"
This was followed by a frantic outburst
of cheering, and the nomination was
made by reclamation.
William McMurtrie Speer then moved
that an executive committee of five be
appointed by the chair, with power to add
to that number to select the remaining
candidates on the ticket and to carry
out the campaign. The only restrictions
placed upon the chairman in the naming
o. liz committee WeIe lHdl liz dIlc
should be acceptable to Mr.. George. The
resolution was passed. The secretary then
read the platform, which was adopted.
While all this work was going on Mr..
George was still absent from the hall.
When he entered, accompanied by Tom
l.. Johnson, the audience again arose,
with more fervOr than before, if that
were possible. and for several minut
there was a wild hurricane Of cheering.
A. B. Cruikshank, of the united dem
ocracy, then formally rendered the nomi-
nation on behalf of his organization to
Mr.. George.
Charles Frederick Adams. on behalf of
the democratic alliance, then offered to
Mr.. George the nomination of the organ-
ization which he represented.
James T. Carney, of the peoples party,
and John H. Crosby, Of the Manhattan
Single-Tax Club, also notified Mr.. George
of his nomination by their respective or
was the signal for another outburst OF
cheering.
Mr.. George said: Fellow democrats,
men who voted last year for William Jen-
nings Bryan, I accept your nomination.
From now until election closes I am
yours. Aye, and after election, too. I am
a democrat. (Thunders of applause and
. cries of mot of the Hill stripe.') I can
not divide into parts the questions which
I, as a citizen, have to deal with. For
the same reason that I oppose this mOn-
reason that 1 would vote wherever 1
could for the utter abolition of the tariff,
for that same reason I am opposed to
the interference with individual. liberty
which you See here in New York. I am
a democrat in the Jefersonian sense, be-
cause 1 believe in the principles and
stand for the philosophy Of Thomas JEFF
ferson. 1t was for that I voted at the
last election. Because the Chicago plat
form represented the idea of giving to
the great common people what belongs
to them that I stood for it, voted for it
and was sorrier than 1 was ever before
; when it was defeated"
Mr.. George then declared that he had
not sought the nomination: that it was
%repugnant to him, but he accepted it for
the cause of democracy.
Mr.. George spoke for twenty-five min
i utes. Immediately after the conclusion
of his speech the meeting was declared
adjourned. Many of the audience climbed
over the press tables to the platform and
took turns in shaking the hand of Mr..
George.
Don't nauseate your stomach with
teas and bitter herbs, but regulate your