The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-19
IrINs CoNTRADICTs GEORGE.
..Bnd Memory Colored by the Haiiucinations
OF q Defeated Cnndidnte."

BAD Memory C0tOreu by the Hntiucinhtiobb
OF n Defeated Candidate"
The anecdote told by Henry George in q letter
to Abram 8. Hewitt, published in TIE sun yes
terday, about an alleged offer to George by
Tammany and the County Democracy in 1885
of n scat in Congress IL he would not run for
Mayor. has brought out this statement from w.
NJ. Wins:
mir. Georges statement leads me to pity
him rather than to blame him. 1t would DO
laughable were 1t not pitiful. There is no
form OF mania moro common among defeated
candidates than what might be calledthe count
ing out mania When.a candidate does not get
enough votes to elect him he: usually asserts
that he has been counted out. He does not al.
ways, however, allow the mania to drive him
further along lines of distinct falsehood.
According toSMr. George 1t would appear
that l, as an emissary of Tammany Hall, gave
him notice that he would be counted out, and
offered him a certificate Of election to Congress
II he would retire from the race. I never was
an emissary of Tammany Hall for any purpose
or for any one. 1 have never voted for a Tam
many candidate in my life and never expect to.
Mr.. George and 1 have always been friends.
No one admires his literary capacity more than
l.. At the time of which he speaks no candi-
dates had yet been dominated by any party in
urging him to run and were circulating a peti.
ton urging him to do 50. l met him at sieg-
the course Of our talk, which was very general
and of the usual political kind, l told him that
strength from tho Democratic party; hat the
result OF this would be to compel n coalcscence
VI %hi tde You'd wouid be D' a great nds 1ftn"s'i because aaas;
Tammany would dictate the nominee, and their
election, and that / thought it would be very
much better for Mr.. George under the cirsum-
stances. II his sole object was to defeat Tam
many, to make common cause with the Demo-
cratic foes of IN
Then l asked him what he wanted to DO
would kill him If he ever got into it, that he was
better fitted for a legislative than for an admin
didacy would awake all the conservative forces
in New York, and he would be showed under. I
Congress, and that being a brilliant writer aud
in the Mayors office. and 1 added that he would
nominated for Congress by the Democrats i'll
his district, because he was so stout a free
That was all there was of it. 1t was the
advice of a friend, and of a friend who was so
not even Vote for Mr.. Hewitt when he first ran.
Now, however, it appears that as Hewitts
the bride Of a certificate Of ELECTION to Congress
II he would retire from the Mayoralty;; Tbs
i Msnt q S'1F Of Ss;iG %eR ny NE co Ssssf9 BY IS the Z h hsil u:
cinatlons OF a defeated candidate. If his state
truthful than are those " With regard 4 to me, not
much reliance is TO be placed upon them. So
far as 1 know, Mr.. Hewitt had never been
spoken OF or thought Of as Il candidate at the
time of which Mr.. George speaks. 1 was dis
liked by Tammany quite as much then as l am
now, and 1 was not in the councils of the Coun-
~ Democracy, and yet Mr.. George would have 10
appear that l was going about with my clothes
stuffed out with certificates of election to offer
as brides in behalf OF Tammany Hall and its
candidates, although it as yet had not selected
one."
Mr.. George insisted yesterday that his version
was correct. He said:
What l stated was absolutely true. Mr..
Wins made the appointment with mo for the
interview himself. Whether he had authority
to offer me the joint nomination or not | CANNOT
state, but he did offer it and told me that 10
would not cost me a cent"
Did you understand Mr.. WINS to say that, no
matter how many votes YOU received for Mayor,
you would not get a certificate OF election q he
was asked.
II understood what he meant, though he
made no definite statement to that effect"