The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-31
HANKERING BY A COFFIN.
Low EMIssARIES REBUFFED BT THE
GEORGE MEN.
Tho Fruits or Georges Work Not Tor The'n-
They Wanted the Right or Line mt His
Funcrai-They won't Get There Never
Was Any Idea OF THROWING the Vote to Low.

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E"hcA'-'heS WON'T yet -'" WV
WnS Any Idea OF Throwing the Vote to Low
Notbino IN ,,.o ,ho noor,o man IN their
do,,rr,ir-,a - - hordor Than cy.r
m olo,, n,.tu .n.l,a.,o nj, ,bc oc,ion
of tho candidate ~ tho CitIzens' Union
and his ronres,ntativea in trying TO steal
tho work of The dend leadcr. The effort was re-
newcd Yesterday. sprh conservative Citizens'
Union mon as Joscnb Inrocoue. Oscnr L. Strnus.
f. X. L.. Gould. Austen q. Fox. Edward F. Nc.
Sweeney. and Ron i,min y. Hall were hanging
around the bcadounrtcrs of the Jetrcrsonian
| Democracy and would NOT 90 awny.
Itcr the Executive Committee meeting in tho
afternoon DIR. John H.. Girdncr was the only
member left in charge while the others called on
the George family. DIR. Girdncr was astonished
when the committee room door was stcalthily
opened AMI Austen G. Fox, Cit candidate for
District Attorney: Edward +. insolvency. cit
candidate for sheriff. and BENJAMIN +. Hall, Cit
candidate for County Clerk. came in. The JEFF.
fcrsoniRns. in order to I'LL out n ticket
under the Ballot law, put the names OF
these men on their county ticket. Not once
during the campaign have the Jcffcrsonians ad.
Vocated their election nor were their names
mentioned at any time by the Jefferson
ian speakers. When Mcssrs. Fox. Insolvency..
and Hall were up on the second floor. Joseph
"''NfNS ooS"i 'ilhuo nv To. ~ L- VI
were downstairs on the first floor presenting
resolutions to the family ostcnsibly. but in
reality trying to buttonholc the George men.
Mr.. Larocque. with Oh rles Stewart Smith, pre-
sented the same rcsolu ions on Friday.
Apparently the Larocque party did not know
that Fox insolvency and Hall were upstairs
in the COMMITTEES room until a slim
young man with an incipient mustache
who seemed to be acting ns n Citizens
Union steerer in the George hcado uarters
whispered IT to them. Then Messrs. Lnrocoue
| Streus. and Con d hastily forpo, ahou, al or.
pressions Of sympathy. and hurried upstairs to
tho Executive mmit room.
They remained in here half n, hour mr. moro
and whom thew came ont went rich, ont NJ tho
hotel Dr Girdner vben . after,vard ,hout
the object Of the visit NJ thcs. mon w.. IN n
very angry mood. Ho restrained himself with
difficulty when talkin. of their visit. but had
this to say:
"Thev sn;d ,bev ca,lea no n coruittea from
tho C;tizcns. Union IN secure ,ho rigb, ~
tho line of tho funera, nrocoss;or for ,
deIepation from that oryapiznt,or Tho s,id
they Thought that we niyb, bov. sor.
dolicocv about ;nvitine , do,o,ot;on ,rou,
tho Ci,i,cns, Union and ,hav dcciIeJ ,ooom.
around Themselves and ask obor, q 7 toId
them that the commit,oo had dsciaod ,ha,
tho funeral was IA h. ~ M noIi,ioa, -.
| n;aranrs yh,t,ver and That b.r,,a 81, -,
which ,hc committees Ind issred RI tho fr;ona.
OF Mr. George l,yitbopt reyard IN cro.d no,i.
tics. or any belief wbatsocver w,s Ill
that had hcen don. in m. ua,,ar -,
invitations tola ,hcm TIM, tho Ci,;,.,..
Union might attend IL they wished. tho
seme as any labor union; but ir they wanted to
they were given to understand that the labor
organizations. which were the true friends of
would have to follow these IL they wanted to. /
do not know what they decided to do"
1t was evident that DR.. Girdner did not want
to say ANYTHING about the visit NJ these mo
that would appear in tho sliphte., ssns. ,na;.
nihed. but Willis ]. Abbot. the Chairman n, Nh.
Executive Committee, when asked what he
knew about their visit said.
"Nessrs. Fox. NcSwecnev and Hall ,n. l..
wbi,c 7 was M, hut whom 7 roturn,a -.
FORMED that ,hcv had calIed m osL nho,h--
tboro was IN m, ,,-+ -, o..t
o,eociote, with Mr. Goor,o 49, ,a,h"
indigpa,io, bccousc n, tho c,ion -, ,hoi. -
,,,,,oa In .,ot;r, tho. u ,ro. AZ, 90
thot thcir candidate Seth low oho,Is -
voted for nv hjs fo,lowers /, .an.
cold not he oIec,ed 7 nm ,nl, 81. ~.
was made c,c,r IN tbem tb,, tbor. 49, "
cided feeling Of indignation on the mart NJ ovcrv.
body connected with the George moycment
Regarding the statement in the UorId yester.
day that the Executive Committee OF the Jeffcr-
sonian Democracy had nominated young George
only after 1t was found legally impossible 10
substitute the name OF Seth Low, MIR. Abbot
said:
THAT Is a lie. At no time was thcrc a sug.
gcstion OF nominating Low. and evcn n
we had wanted to do That wc would
have been rcpudiatcd by our foIIow.
ers IL We had done IT.. The men in
charge OF the Henry George campaign will
do everything in their power to elect their can.
didatc. We believe that the sympathetic vote
for young George Is likely to he very great. We
anticipate that the vote cast for the son will
be as great as would have been cast for his
father. il not greater. The efforts which have
been made by the representatives and spokes-
men of one candidate to make it appear that he
alone stood as the political lcgatee OF Henry
George have been discrcditable to him and TO his
supporters. There WAS among a certain num.