The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-11
SETH rows REspoNs1s1IIrE.
The Trnth About Fis Relation 20 the George
sociniistic Movement.
Ero,n the Albanp Ereninn .rn,rnnL.

~ chhtt 10 tho "ouEko
Sociniistic Movement.
From the Albany Eren no Journal.
1t is said by tho admirers of Mr.. Low that Mr..
George will not be elected. He certainly will
not DO II Mr.. Low retires from the field, but 1t
may DO said in all seriousness that by remain.
ing u candidate and thus inviting the danger Of
division Of the sound.moncy vote. Mr.. Low will
help materially to aid the Organizes to win the
victory Of which they dream.
The election of Henry George would be due
entirely to Mr.. Lows action In refusing to retire
when there Is not tho slightest chance Of his
own election. The material fruit Of the victory
which was won last year would thus be swept
away, and the followers Of Bryan. who have
been growing detected over the growth OF pros.
perity in the country, would pluck up their
courage, grid up their loins, and resume the
fight which cost tho country 30 much in 1896.
What that cost would be cannot now be esti-
mated. We would have another season of un-
rest, suspense, and prodigious loss. Everything
would come to a standstill, all values would be
affected, and a deplorable condition OF Affairs
would be reached.
The proceedings OF tho George meeting last
night should be read with the closest interest by
all citizens, and it is to be hoped that their full
meaning will be- comprehended by the citizens
Of Now York, who made such a gallant battle
last year for right and Justice.
From the Troy Times.
The Henry George people in New York are
making a strong bid for the position of regular
representatives of the Democratic party. Tho
Georgcites talk tho Chicago platform
with screaming emphasis. Tammany Hall
Is Justly alarmed at the detection.
With the Greater New York Demoo-
racy divided between Tsmmany Hall and
unconcealed Organism, there is q noble op.
portunity for all friends of social order to unite
under the worthy candidacy of Gen. Benjamin
F. Tracy. This candidacy will steadily increase
in favor ns it is seen to have a fundamental
bearing on the vital issue of to-day, the contest
between tho institutions that represent moro
than a century of American progress and the
revolutionists who would raze everything to the
ground and begin over again.
From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Tho Ne,D York Times makes this queer state
ment: NJ Low has become a ~unifying forco
among the friends Of good government" The
statement is queer, not alone because it is a
violent stretch Of imagination, but because 1t
comes from a paper that recently denounced
the ~unifying business as nonsensical and undo
sirable. The Times recently proclaimed that
the Citizens Union was sufficient unto itself.
that 1t neither sought nor wanted the co6pera-
ton Of other friends Of good government, that
1t was quite as hostile to the Republican organi-
cation as to Tammany, and was equally bent on
smashing the one and defeating the other.
II the Times spoke by authority when it
made this double declaration OF war. why
should it now falsely boast of a condition which
1t before said was impossible and against the
purposes of the Citizens Union3 The Low
or ruin" organs seem to realize that they have
gone too far in their programme of exclusive
ness. and are evidently trying to hedge. But
1t Is still evident that they have other objects
In view than the promotion of good govern.
ment, and that as these objects come to light
the public will become Disguised with them and
turn to the Tracy ticket as the one which stands
for truth and sincerity in behalf of New York;
highest interests.
From the Ne,rdrk Daily Advertiser.
Tho logical opponent of the George movement
is the Republican party with the square declara
lions in its platform. 1t is not In tho power of
few men to manufacture issues for an importan
political campaign. These irresistibly shap,
themselves. as has happened in Greater New
York since the time the Low managers decided
to confine tho election exclusively to loca
affairs. Tammany initiated these tactics in 81
far as 1t avoided all mention of silver in its plat
form. and it is confronted by a revolt tina
threatens to disintegrate the party. Positive
not negative, forces count in great political con
icoIo, II TX WV pOSAtlNc loICebl III IL DAtIl
for supremacy in Greater Now York are q Re
publican party and the George movement. l
will be under their respective banners that tn
great body Of militant voters of New York viii
array themselves.
From the ST. Louis Giobe. Democrat.
From present indications the real fight will
be between Tracy and George. for the momer
tum which the rush from Van Wyck to Georg
has already obtained is sure to carry to the lal
ter many other Democratic clubs, as well as tn
/ Socialists. the Anarchists and the other fotsar
and jetsam Of society. In fact, as George stand
on the Chicago platform and Tammany evade
it, George has a certain claim to regularity
which Van Wyck does not possess. and thi
consideration will add to Georges prestig
and strength. When the voters of Now Yor
begin to grasp the fact that the next Mayor @
the enlarged city must be either Tracy or George
the result will be no longer In doubt. Enough Q
the independents will abandon Low and so I
i. Tracy to give Tracy the victory. The p~ossibilit
of Georges election and the triumph of all til
fads and follies for which he and his supporter
stand will force n concentration of the cor
sentative elements of the city's voters on tn
stronger of the two conservative candidates
Gen. Tracy, and elect him.