The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-28

New York, Sept. 21.-The most i'm
portant development in the Greater
New York political situation today was
the unanimous nomination Of Henry
George for mayor by the United De
mocracy, composed OF numerous free
silver and Bryan clubs.
Mr.. George once polled 6S.0G0 votes as
labor candidate for mayor Of New
York His strength, if he should ac-
cept. would be drawn principally from
the Democratic vote. The United De
mOcracy also adopted Il resolution con-
demning the action of the state COM
mittee in refusing to TeaffiFm the Chi
cagO platform and in nominating as
candidate for chief justice Of the court
of appeals Allen y. Parker. whose
party fealty is so doubtful that he IS
popularity believed to have voted
against the Bryan and SewaN electoral
ticket last year" The convention nom
mated John c.. Boyd for comptroller
and Winfield s. OYerton for president
of the municipal council.
WILL GEORGE ACCEPT?
A belief is current that Mr.. George
Will not accept uOnights nomination If
Tammany endorses the Chicago plat
form. On the other hand, the old-time
Democratic leaders prefer to ignore the
silver question altogether So the
Democrats are as much worried over
Henry George as the Republicans are
over Seth Low.
The Republican assembly district
leaders of the borough of Manhattan
met tonight and after q long confer
ence decided to place IN nomination
at the city convention these names.
Mayor Benjamin F. Tracy; comptroi-
Ter, Ashbel p. Fitch; counsel, Ross APP
oieton.
At a meeting Of the executive com
mittee of Tammauy hall today the roll
of assembly districts for nominations
for city and county officers was called
with the following results; Mayor,
| William Schermer, George b. McCiel-
| Ian, Charles J. Knox, president of the
borough, George w PlunketC, Charles
f. Allen: comptroller, Ashbel P. Fitch.
BRYAN To BROWN
I Much stir was created in political cir
! cles today by the publication of let
| ter puTpOrting to have been sent to
| Colonel William L. Brown Of the New
| York Daily News by Hon. William j.
| Bryan, urging him that the municipal
! campaign in Greater New York should
| be run in harmony with the principles
and declarations Of the national organ
! izatiOn. The letter says,
4 -
! Greater New York, excerG under THE
! auspices of the issue ttar an-uates she
| party. WE have tine same nc4al effect
| rs a renewed and affirmed triumph OF
| the agencies led by Senator Hanna
! Wl9n parties Ce4Se to represent certain
I fixed PRINCIPLES me supreme 3rerCsa-
| tive of t.le baMC- becomes Dr0stttuted
| to a contest between CrEarliz1,tlJHs for
ne s1cfls of office ard the enjoyment
I Of success.
ITO This prostitution Of the ballot may
( be ascriiB5d every chapter OF shame and
! corruption in tIe history OF American
! municipal government 1t IS better TO
! have q COVER EEncGt by the Republican
| party, responsible To its declarations.
| than government by Democratic par
| tisauS WiulCut responsibility to Demo-
crate pTi,lciples.
"Ilre Democratic party is tine party
I Of home rule, and home RUE DOES not
| mean responsibility to the nation at
| large TIE great cities ara part OF the
state ard country. They are the gran
| aries. treasures, clearing houses anti
| capitals of culture and science. They
are created, not of themselves. but OF
{, the whole peoples ton and PROGRESSES;
I therefore it IS urr9Lurai and artificial
to avoid responsibility to national is
sues and political cOwardice and pOlfti-
| cal crime
THE UNCROW NED CAPITAL
Greater New York VIII be the UNI
crowned capital Of America. The Demo-
Gratis of New York will have a RESPONSE
bIlaty not Cgly to themselves and the
| great city, but TO their party and its
living principles and the nation. This
election IS the most important and in
fiuential political event between 1896
ard 1900
ITO suggest that Ire Democratic
parts platform has no place in this con-
test is to admit doubt Of ITS wisdom
ari1 places the Democratic party on a
J par with tae fallacy of nOn-polibical
government.
THE issue is the life Of the party.
| not trle garment, and to alter OF deduct
from the celebrations OF the assembled
I party is mortal INJURY; EsOr have bat
taItou5 which fought, now On one side
now on another. ni1W shoulder to sh-ul-
der as friends, now bayonat to bayouat
as enemies, a. place in honorable war.