The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-10-30

New York. Oct 90 The doath Of l1only
George, coming as it did, recalls viViuly to
ths minds of every person who nutenacu
The maas meeting at Cooper Union ht
which he was nominated, tho vow thon
mnde by him. Ho said in accepting the
nomination. II will accept tho non,ina-
hpn even if die for it,"
Since his nomination Mr.. Gco"go has
made ut least two speeches every day ana
lately AS many as four. lilo spoke veho.
m,ntly and ut length but tho tmc was
Awaya too short for him to express what
he wanted to say. and his audiences wcro
alWa anxious for moro. 1t was real
labor for him and was n tax upon his phy.
sical energies beyond the strchsth, rs l
havo said of any man.
In these dispa ches l have sent within
FEW hours report of u fow words had
with him ut his headquarters He took
time to refer to matters quite apart rom
thu campaign and to say IL was II real rest
II. have brought back some "reminiscences.
H. was brsiegeA Oh every hand. Tho
wurd workers were throngng about him
to report thor distriCts;tO say that they
Were in working order ana tho cause was
prospering. He shook each by tho hand
enh replied with something Of encourage
ment. But that hc was tired AMI weary;
that his strength was the fire OF temporary
pYcitomont was al! too evident. But oven
thon he said, us he said Il few hours befoio
his death, that ho was never better Ill Ills
lilo.
kFs-. WANTED TO WORK HARDER.
He was perfectly honest In this opinion.
Two days ago he snil to Jaines X. Brown,
who had general charge OF all tho orators
Of tho campaign:
"Why don't you let mo speak moroS
These good young fellows from Philndel-
phia and St. Louis, these brave men from
Chicago who have como on ut their own
expense to llght for me, arc speaking night
and day. They not only speak from tho
tailboard Of trucks ut night, but thoy 20
along the water front and among the fac
tories at noon time and talk for the cause.
must not shirk tho work. must do my
ihurc must speak at noon every day
aud all The afternoon il necessary
Mr.. Brown assured the prophet, as he
was faniilarly spoken Of around head
uuRrCers, Tint it was uniItentunal that hs
had becn omitted from some OF tho noon
meetings. fIc promised Mr. George that
he should be scheduled In tho future to
spepk more in the day time, besides letting
him speak three or four times every night.
Bat Mr.. Brown felt inwardly that Mr..
George was oveaworking himself and dld
not schedule him to speak except two Or
Glree days NJ noon.
HIS INFLEXIELE WILL.
II may die, but l will never resign,
was af expression which Mr.. George used
sayeral times in the course OF the cam.
paign when any one asked him II 1t were
true that ho intended to get ont OF the
race near the close for tho purpose Of
throwing his strength to Seth Low. ~
may die, but l will never resign, ho would
say. "rho Georges were never: known to
quit. I am iu the fight TO stay US long as
am alive
These gloomy forebodIngs gave pain to
Ear. Georges followers They thought
that thoy saw (but they tried to conceal
their thoughts from hiln) that he Nigh {
xgain DO subject to ali illness which over
lOuk him about six years ago.
Two days before his death he sat down
10 dinner In company with friend, but
bn beginning to converse on u subject
which interested him, his appetite failed
him, and il the subj,c had not been quick
~ changed he would not have been able to
bht Mt all.
Ho Struggled manfully, und rs It now
Appears most pnthetically with this weak
ness Next morning after this incident he
had to all appearances completely recover.
I'd He had IL good color, his voice was
strong and he was confident OF himself
huu HIS WOih'
Tho grief Of the city is very profound.
The uluenoc of the man was never folt
30 koenly as at the moment Of his death,
nor appreciated till ho was gone. But 1T
is not ouly in tho city. From every source
expressions Of the deepest sympathy came
lowing in.
After the news OF Mr.. Georges denth
had been flashed over the city and
country messages and kilograms OF
sympathy began to pour In upon the
bereaved widow and the party man
ayers from all sections. Among the
first to tender expressions Of sym
pathy were his opponents for the
mnyoralty campaign.
Then came expressions of opinion az
to tho effect that the death would have
upon the mnyoralty canvass. and the
friends of each candidate declared that
the bulk of the George. vote would &c
to their man. The Jcffcrscn!an Dcmoc.
racy. however. promptly placed in
nomination the son of the dead leader
Henry George, Jr. The young man has
accepted and the name Of Henry
George will still head the column OF
that party on the ballots next Tuesday
II is not probable. however. that tho
full party vote will bs cast for its
non1fnecs nSw that that grcut leader