The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-01
[10'LL GET THE VOTES
81 Would Otherwise Have
"''I Gone to Henry George.
,,rsr,oy AGITATING NEW YORK.

of the Dead Mans Son To Fill
be s'''0 Considered Uniting In the
liabilities of Politics-Low's Bid
ooorce Vote Criticised-How the
!" ,a,,,ne d uotations stand-Funer-
!, of Henry George.
y.w York, Nov. l.-specuiatlon as 10
tho mayoral candidates. will fan
the votes that would have gone
u.rrv George had he not died is su-
s,ne discussion of the issues of the
.sr New York municipal campaign,
aoratively few regard it as likely
| no Younger George can poll more
fraction Of the votes that would
S~a gone to his father. the general
r'.,on being that the selection o. the
I 70 carry the banner let fall from the
Us diving hands, while appropriate
,onching in the abstract, is uniting
| 49, nracticalities of politics. So far
4 the public is aware young George
- NOT represent in any essential de-
L. the philosophy Of his father.
| worLer i'm Journalistic Ranks.
r.. the most part it is pointed out
kot the younger man has been but
forver in the journalistic ranks, rndis-
[vnrsbable by any mark of special
R9tv beyond that which Is poss essed
|. thousands Of others, and that he has
I.yor appeared before the public as the
|dyocate of any distinctive political
lem or economic theory. This latter
a test which, in the case or at least
H. of the other nominees, no one has
kouoht Of applying. In this latter in
[orce however. it is fair to concede to
{ndge Van Wyck the point that he has
k00n MT forward as the personality
gonresenting a political organization;
nd this issue, partisan responsibility
= against a candidate representing a
kore or less transitory movement, is one
lhch enters very largely into the cam
lass
Bid for the George Vote.
There is a disposition in both Re-
Iublcan ard the Democratic camps to
|iSpute the claim put forward by Mr.,
NV that Mr.. George, had he clearly
|breseen his demise, would have advised
Ms followers to go into the battle on
tuesday under the colors of the Citi-
lens union. There is also much said
bout the alleged improperly in Mr..
Low putting forth what his opponents
Term bid for the George vote while the
korpse of the dead leader was yet UNI
loflned. These criticisms are expected
d have much effect with the enthusiast
lie adherents of Mr.. George, whose fol-
|bwing, it has been argued, was largely
PERSONAL. Whatever force there may be
b all this, ii is the fact that In the bet
(ing Van Wyck has gained more than
Low by the newer conditions.
Latest Quotations.
The latest quotations are as follows:
Van Wyck VS. field, 5 to 2; Van Wyck
Vs. Low, IA to 5; Van Wyck VS.. Tracy.
to /; Low VS.. Tracy. to 1. These odds
|re regarded as more closely indicative
f public feeling than any that have
been posted before.
Al certificate substituting Henry
ro3ge, Jr., to fill the vacancy on the
ptket of the Democracy Of Thomas JEFF
Ferson caused by the death of Henry
George was filed at the election bureau
by E. Lawson Purdy. The certificate
PROSTITUTES Henry George. who up to
lhe time Of the decease of Henry George
WAS known as Henry George, junior"
The paster, therefore. will read
Henry George"