Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-29

the night and making speeches before wild
iy enthusiastic gatherings OF his admirers.
ana IL has been noted again and again that
/ Ills faithful wife sat beside her husband
on the platform from which he spoke or
watched closely from some place OF van
tage close by.
Charge I'm His Appearances.
Within the past day or two close r.sras
OF Mr.. George have noted with annrehen-
zion marked changes in his apearance ara
| manner. His great. clear evcs shor,rr
through big-rirsmed spectacles out pnon q
world he loved and beaming with eIoou.r,
| kinoiinees upon the masses with whom he
was 30 clearly In touch. grew dull. Little
wrinkles came at the corners and his evas
SUNK IN hollow caverns. His voice usually
! resonant and pleasant, now pitched almost
10 piping treble in conversation. was
querulous. while he seemed like one whose
nerves were SO highly wrought that they
might snap without warning like an over
taut banjo string. The pace of the cam
pHsn was harder than this man. high
strung and sensitive could maintain.
MI. george at the outset of his CAM
paien Kept open house and tried in his
e'"'i honneiy frankness and openness to
see all those who sought him. But this no.
managers were compelled to seek safety
ior their Champions health by establish
ing GORDON of sentinels and guards over
MIN at his headquarters I'm the I-,io,
square Hotel, and during the past few
Gays complaints were finding voice tba.
Henry George plain. honest. open-hearted
frank and democratic Henry George-was
eetuhe TOO exclusive. and that his friends
lound IL harder to get into the inner sane
lum where the sage of Fort Hamilton was
ehScohced than 1t was to get the ear of any
che or the three opposing candidates for
tne nigh honor of the first mayoralty of
Greater New York.
Croker Sends Condolences.
among the first, in fact, the first to offer
.heir COINCIDENCE to Mrs. George and the
I; miiy were Richard Croker and Jobn q
oheehdh. Special messengers were hur-
r;ed to the Union Square Hotel bearing
the following letters:
TO Mrs. Henry George:
Allow me to express my deepest svn,-
pathy for you, in your great bereavement.
CSigned RICHARD CROKER"
Mrs. Henry George:
deeply sympathize with you and your
family in the great loss you have sus-
tanned tSigned JOHN c. sHEEHAN."
Later Richard Croker seen at the
Murray Hill Hotel In a sympathetic and
apparently sincere tone he said:
Nothing has given me greater sorrow
during my political life than this-the death
OF Henry George. 1 believe he had been
failing man for some time and / am
sorry his friends permitted him to enter
into this exciting canvass. His family has
my most earnest sympathy 1 never met
r. George In
sight but 1 understand he was not physi-
cally fit for such an exciting campaign as
the present. Please say for me that I am
sorry from the bottom of my heart"
Platt Says Nothing.
No word came from Thomas c. Plat. the
recognized leader of the republican forces.
Newspaper men sought him in his office.
bearing In their minds the generous words
OF the Tammany leaders. Platt has been
bitterly assailed by George. He has even
been called a common thief"
Croker had the grave end all the bitter
ness between the Thomas jefferson demo-
crat and himself. What would Plat say?
His office was thronged with reporters So
Letting an expression on Mr.. Georges
death. In answer to these repeated re-
quests he sent from his private office the
following message:
Il am too busy. 1 have really nothing to
say"
Crowds at the Hotel.
When the news of Mr.. Georges death
was spread broadcast, a large crowd i'm
PEELED. for the most part by curiosity, gath
cred in the corridors of the hotel The
George headquarters were i'm q state of
decentralization. j. seemed as If the work
of weeks had been lost. Messages of cor
doience were pouring in upon the widow
and on all sides there were expressions of
regret. Congressman Sclzer. the free silver
Tammanyite, went around from Tammany
Hall to say: Il am deeply grieved at the
sad news of Mr.. Georges death 1 knew
him personally ever since he came to New
York. L entreated him, before he received
the nomination, not to enter into this cam
paign L said it would kill him. Besides
there was no chance for his election L do
not know of any one who can take his
place. He was thoroughly honest and q
man Of ability i'm his own line of political
economy"
LAW AS to Substitute
The law provides that the vacancy caused
by Mr. Georges death may be filled any
time before election. The matter of filling
the vacancy is provided for by subdivision
2 of article of the election laws of ls96.
as follows:
I'm case Of the death of a candidate after
TIE official ballots have been printed and
before election day, the vacancy may be
Med by filing the proper certificate of
namination of candidate to fill such va
oancy with the officer hoard with whom
the original certificate was fled and 1t then
shall be the duty of the officer or board
furnishing the official ballot to prepare and
furnish to the inspectors of election in the
election districts affected, adhesive pastors
containing the name OF the candidates
nominated to fill the vacancy and the title
of the office for which he was Nominated
1.-The pastors shah be of plain white paper
printed in plain black ink and in the same
kind of type used in printing the titles of
the Offices and the names of the candidates
upon the official ballot. and shall be of
size as large and no larger than the space
occupied on the official ballot by the title
of the Office and the name of the candi-
date in whose place the candidate named