The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-01
GEORGE MAN FOR LOW.
WOULD NOT Vote ION HIM NY
LF," SAID THE DEAD LEADER.

SLF,V SAID THE DEAD LEADER.
y GeerEe. the Sos, Rensws HE BathorN
lsdEeo-Formal Statement BIZ the Can
nisn MANAGERS ResentipE Levitt Grab 70,
10 vete-Esunate OF 90. $50 In This City.
Q Campaign Committee Of the Jofersoniar
ocracy made this formal statement yester
ONO men and some newspapers arc On
'oring to make political capital for tn,
tidate Of the Citizens Union out Of tn,
b Of Henry George.
hey mako quotations from Mr.. GEORGE,
ches which. separated from their context
pt represent his viows or the viows of hii
,ortors.
nthe last night Of his life. at Flushing, he
. a. follows:
! wish to say I have advised no one TO vote
Ar. Low. In q way Mr.. Low and myself
! for the Same principle in this campaign.
areformer, and I am . reformer. But Mr..
10 an aristocratic reformor and I am from
common people. Mr.. Low 10 Q Republican
am q Democrat tCheers.l 1 advise NO
to vote for Mr. Low. I wouId not vote
lin MYSELF
the Campaign COMMITTEES of tho Democ.
OF Thomas Jefferson had failed to name q
idate who stood upon the platform upon
hHenry George was nominated, they would
been faithless to the trust reposed in them
10 people in mass meeting assembled who
them power and to the leader who ap-
cd their appointment.
hey have been faithful to that trust, and
named q candidate who stands for all his
Or taught and died for.
he Democracy OF Thomas Jefferson pro-
the only Democratic candidates for Mayor.
ptroller. and President of the Council who
seeking the votes of the people. This II no
y contest for the offices. no mere effol. to
men whose personal character 10 good, but
tat deal more and better than this. We are
his contest for he great principles Of
ocracy, equal rights for all and special
lleges for non Mr.. Van wyck stands for
.er's privileges, Mr.. Tracy for Platt's privi-
}. and Mr.. Low for class privileges"
tached to this was the following:
stand for the principles advocated by my
er. HENRY GEORGE"
tho evening Henry George. Jr., made the
wing statement:
"a Cfttsens Of the Greatsr Nstv York:
im an affcctionate son of a most loving
or. Between us has subsisted the closest
~panionship. 1 have q clear understanding
nd profound admiration for all that no
said and done. A man has but one
here to live. 1 solemnly dedicate
, to the cause to which my father
} his. If elected to the exalted onico
ayor of Greater New York I shall hold my.
pledged to fulfil every condition and prom
made by him, and most especially shall I
e swif; and terrible Justice upon those pub
lieves and corruptionists who so long nave
ated their deeds In the faces OF the common
lie whom they have insulted and robbed.
70 all the world I proclaim this: My fathers
/, as he planned and pursued II, shall DO
led forward without faltering or swervtng.
al who took hope at sight of his standard
heart m follow, for 1t presses on, n shall
> on and on while life Is left.
HENRY GEORGE"
/. Dayton, tho candidate for Comptroller on
Jeffersonian Democracy ticket. issued yes
ny the following statement in reply to the
aration recently made by Mr. Richard
ter that he had not given Nj. Dayton Q
~ination for Office this year because cit was
his turn:
No man in this country should DO clothed
. the power to say that of or to me. or any
lie man politically. Others may have sub
Jed to that kind OF dictation. / refuse to do
For the principle on which that refusal 10
ID / stand In this campaign. Mr.. Fairchild.
Fitch, INT Mr.. Coler are able mon n emi
tly qualified to serve as Comptroller. but I
the votes of citizens for the reason that /
b been selected by tho one-man power now
rolling Tammany Hal as . sacrifice to Illus
o his absolutism. Ev cry vote for me viii be
test against such absence Of democracy and
Inst the establishment of q political tyranny
he second city Of the world. On my own be-
I In this cause. and on behalf Of others who
y DO subjected to o similar outrage on politi-
rights. I appeal for the votes of my fellow
Eens In the city of my homo. 30 that the vol
eof the protest may be an effective warning
y man who shall hereafter presume to imi-
10 George c~ampaigners gave ont the follow
yesterday aB tho figures OF tho vote which
Y expect TO got for their candidates In tho
,ughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. b
lbly diatricta: