The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-30

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q leader. OF Is very soul - al tat held i
together. II al thas made K Formidable.
As : dlrcct insas1cs II ire campaign.
Aszyv Georges party disappears with
Henry George. thcuSh rs elements remain
as 6uAsCaS menace. Nc ether leader can
- found 70 acT the party together.
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Croker leader. But TIE seetains raass -
Gsc71tsrr TIRE restless seekers after \
vague social reTolutian WHO made large
part Of g. are leEt iea5s-less and purpose
less Mach % the vote Ae promised 20 pcll
Wiz - sIsncess and divided. IRE campaign
Is nung anon ar absolutely new basis toar
Gays before elacst01.
TIE Evsn.uS journal (uo pronounced
view expressed says TIE sudden &c n
q Henry George removes from the mayor
airy centeSt ere 81 tie INST CT pfcGozs
rnen New York hss ever known. Ste&dssst
II his eel.sts. hsnssr and brave IN his can-
vsctio1s, and rue 70 every purpose. NJ.
George has ever commanded the ~ peet
snG corfdeaes q al rnen ard as 8 lead =
% labor, wiel3ed lmue s. power HIS
death IS regretted ny al asses.
The MAJ and Express LOW SAYS:
Henry George Is dead Bat every
cause that makes tor riSht Is greater than
tie greatest q It's champ -o1s. We must
turn from the bier wher upon ne ! - ard.
TltheA1t waiting for MS CO. sign zssnt 70
earth. resume the battle. now " th.n forty
eight hours % its close This Is as he
would have had Il. for his course in the
face Of the ssup@n6ouS issues al stake.
shadows the creed which inspired his e
and wen for him the regard even ~ aonest
men, who instinctively rspudiated the the
Dries which made him famous. The only
man IN the field who now represents that
FOR which Henry George gave his lie IS
Seth Low.
The Times tTammany) says: Henry
Georges sudden death IS an event Of the
deepest sadness and one that viii cast a
gloom over the entire country. The fact
thar ne became reckless IN his utterance
about his opponents is forgotten in the
presence Of his hfeless body. His follow
ing IN this fight for the nlsyoraity has
been largely personal one. and what
those who intended 70 vote for him VIII
do now is a problem.
The Evening Post low SAYS editorial
": M Georges unttmely death before
the close OF the canvass gives certain
tragic interest 20 a contest which already
had moved the community 70 a very IN
usual degree The time and form Of his
death leaves nothing TO be regretted as
far as he is concerned He had nothing
70 look forward TO- fer Il Is al bur GER
tain that he could not have been elected.
IFS real value lay in his stern and ensr-
Eetic presentation Of P,stt and Croker as
criminals 20 be punished. This was in a
certain sense a new idea. The moral law.
for The first time In politics. we may say.
spoke through him 20 the masses Of this
city. There was no minCing. no allow
ance. no courtesy. no compliments or
Qualifications. such as have been show
cred on some other city thieves and rep
rebates but the Ten Commandments n
their naked majesty. For this We honor
his memory We believe every word he
said IN this canvass will, now that he is
gone, rebound TO the advantage OF Mr..
Low