The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-22
LIFE IN GEORGES CANVASS.
LEADER SAYS NE rs ABsoLUTELF
SURE Of ELECTION.

AaANH NuNA
to Cheer H~im-TackIes East side Tonight.
Henry George, the candidate of the Democracy
OF Thomas Jefferson for Mayor. is feeling suror
every day that no will win. He said yesterday
that he was Ill when the campaign opened and
felt that, although able to get nround, he could
not stand the rigors OF a hot canvass. But since
he got back into harness, Mr.. George says, he Is
growing younger and stronger, and stumpine
around the confines of Greater New York has
braced him up. He likes 1t.
comparing the condition Of the present
campaign with that Of my former campaign
Mr.. George said yesterday, II can sec no
reason why | should not DO elected. Tho crowds
that gather at our meetings are as large as they
possibly could be, and the enthusiasm is Of that
genuine, hearty sort which makes me feel con.
Hdent. The people who wanted me to run for
Mayor said, when they asked me to take the
nomination, that / could sit down on tho porch
of my homo at Fort Hamilton and look over the
bay while they elected me. but 1 felt that I
ought to take a hand in tho campaign, and |
feel that not only have 1 been growing stronger
in health. but also In the number Of men who
believe that I represent the true Democracy"
"what do you think OF Tammany's arrange.
ment to have Carter Harrison and q delegation
of Cook county Democrats come here and aid in
its canvassf'
Il hlh 4 IL - VI jill
Tammany's part. and an effort Of one corrupt
machine to get the aid OF another corrupt ma
chine. II a few torchliRhts and uniforms. with
Carter Harrison at the head. p~arading around
the city, can change tho minds OF persons who
intend voting for me, then all l have to say is
let them 10 ahead and vote that way. But
don't think it will. know 1 stand for real De-
mocracy-the sort of Democracy that resulted
in the election of Carter Harrison-and IL he
don't want to Join in the same movement here
that elected him Mayor of Chicago. then he need
not. / didn't ask him to come on here and speak
for me. 1 have enough friends here to spenk
now. Some Of my friends, or rather somo Of the
men who are with us, may have asked him.
NJ George. there arc some men in the Cen
trail Labor Union who object to your candidacy
on the ground that you do not stand for organ
lied labor"
That's part OF Tammany's game said Mr..
George. "Tammany has a few labor fakirs who
stir up that sort Of thing among the unions.
These are men whom they have taken into their
employ, and who make n living year in and year
out by hiring themselves out to Tammany.
While 1 am talking on that subject l will ex-
plain the charge that 1 had my house at Fort
Hamilton painted by non-union painters. l
wasn't foolish enough to enter into any
such agreement as that. / let the con-
tract TO the lowest bidder. naturally. who
was William A. Carloy, and he built q mighty
good house for me. which is the only one I ever
had. There was no labor union in the district
where Mr.. Carley's men work. but he promptly
formed one himself, and all his men Joined him.
Mr.. Carley is a stanch labor union man. and
the union which he organized himself for mis-
men is the strongest in Brooklyn to-day. am
confident that the labor vote will be for me. I
can stand any amount of Safeguarding from
the professional labor fakirs of Tammany Hail.
what have you got to say about the silence
of Mr.. Van Wyck in this campaign. Mr.. Georgei"
"As to that said Mr.. George, with a
twinkle in his eye. II should be very glad to
meet Mr.. Van Wyck on the same platform in
manly fashion to express as we'll as We could
tho reasons why he or / should be elected. l
would like to have such a debate with him con-
Quoted on fair conditions SO that We could lay
before the people what we stand for. He will
find that l know how to treat him respectfully
and politely. Ioffercd that to old Hewitt when
he was running, when he had the same powers
of blackguardism. money and cohorts behind
him that Van Wyck has. but the only way I
could meet him was through an open letter.
However, he says l am half sane. and ! have no
hard feelings against him now. i will work as
hard in this campaign on the stump. and in
other ways, as l did in the Bryan campaign. I
have the greatest respect for Mr.. Bryan, and
worked hard and enthusiastically for him and
all he represents in the last campaign, and was
sorry when the combined forces of plutocracy de-
feated him. I feel an absolute certainty that I
will be elected. il ! am elected l will perform
the duties of Mayor to the very best of lay
ability, but II l an beaten l won't cry, but will
turn around and 70 to work right over again.
Mr.. George was asked il he had said, as he
was quoted as saying the other night, that
Bryan, was defeated and should remain de-
"sometimes / have a trick of saying things
which l do not mean to say. but that was n mis-
dons, 0 4em ,ne PsFih s OF the sa psin seytBB F0eas Of t0d !
sort, and certainly do not want such u meaning
TO be taken from 1t. / did say, however. that Il
Would rather vote for McKiniey than Cieve.
land, as AL that Cleveland represents is worse
Mr.. George was asked to give some figures OF
what he thought would be the probable vote.
be elected by 10000 more votes than Low gets.
l think that Low will get second place. that
Gen. Tracy will come next, but Van Myok will
under this time"
One Of the conspicuous callers at the George
Commissioner Waring. He said he came to see
Tom Johnson to inquire as to whether sewer he
was working properly. Col. Waring talked With
Mr.. johnson a few moments and then departed.
canoe in Col. Warnings visit. He said: II don't
know OF any, but he is very favorably thought of
by our people. WI wanted to nominate him on our
ticket, and ] must say that he is the best official
that ! know Of at present for the department of
which he has control"
Ex-P Postmaster Dayton dropped into the George
headquarters for a few moments. He said that
the Academy OF Music meeting on Wednesday
night In Brooklyn was one of the most enthu-
siastic gatherings that he had over attended
oven in Presidential campaigns.
you believe that Tammany Hall will get
245,OOO votes, as Croker and Sheehan say T.
g Bosh," said Mr.. Dayton, that's IitIumany
blufing. 1t 10 the same bluff they made in 1894.
when, they went around declaring that Grant
would carry the city by sc, 600 plurality, and
had their men making offers to bet on it., The
result shove cd that their alleged house to house
canvass was u blptf, for Grant was beaten by
10000, When l left the Academy OF Music
after the meeting on Wednesday night hun
dreds OF young men came up and shook ands
with mo. and ! took t as an indication that tho
young Democrats are with us in this campaign"
The George men Mt headquarters are working
with all the enthusiasm possible. and there is u
hustle about them that is refreshing when COM
pared with the apathy at Tanmany headquar-
tiers. One OF the guests Of the Union Square
Hotel set fire to n lace curtain in the dining
room Of tho hotel yesterday morning, causing n
fire that called out the engines. but the George
men could not stop 10 20 to the fire. They kopt
right on working. The committee in charge OF
tho va N Dniyn fluid q n a. tI.y ~ uattinr MI thn