Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-11-04

to his words, Henry George, the apostle
of the rights of man, died as he wished
to die-in the harness fighting for the
cause-toward the close of the greatest
municipal political contest the world
has ever seen.
He kept it up to the end and only
few hours before the dread messenger
cried halt, Henry George had addressed
enthusiastic audiences in three of the
towns of the boroughs of Queens and
still larger assemblage in an uptown
hall here. He spoke at Whitestone at
O'Clock and made speech at College
Point and Flushing before returning to
New York to speak at the Central opera
house. Mrs. George went with him.
All the halls in which he spoke were
filled and at College Point and Flush
ing crowds were turned away. AT
Whitestnna bc are.esfr ..l.-- lesii. -.s,s
station to the meeting hall at gallop.
To the cheering crowds he said: II
believe that all the needed reforms are
summed up in the philosophy, the right
of every man to eat, to drink, to speak
as he sees fit, so long as he does not
trench on the rights Of any other man.
believe that God, the Father, can
take care of His own laws. There is nc
need for us to get into trouble trying to
meddle with Gods laws to enforce
them. If am elected, and I believe
that will be elected, will enforce the
law upon the rich and poor alike.'
Sketch of His Career.
Henry George was born on Sept. 2,
1889. He received common school
ing room. He was also a sailor and
afterwards learned the printers trade.
In 1858 he reached California, where he
worked at the printers case until 1866,
when he became a reporter and after
wards editor, working at different times
on the San Francisco Times and Post
He returned to New York in 1880 and
went to England and Ireland the fol-
lowing year, where he was twice ar
rested as a suspect, but was released
when his identity became established.
Mr. George is best known to the world
at large through his writings upon eco.
nomic questions, notably his work en-.
titled Progress and Poverty" publish
ed in 1879. His other works are "Ou1
Land and Land Policy" 1871; "Irish
Land Question" 1881; "Social Prob
lems," 1888 Property in Land" a con.
troversy with the duke of Argyle
1884; "The Condition of Labor" Gar
Open Letter to Pope Leo KILL" 1891
and "a Perplexed Philosopher" (Her
bert Spencer, 1892. In 1886 Mr.. George
was nominated by the United Labo,
Party for mayor of New York, polling
$4,000 votes, against 10000 for Abran
S. Hewitt, the Democratic nominee
and 10000 for Theodore Roosevelt, nov
assistant secretary Of the navy, Repub
lican. After his nomination for mayo
by the Jeffersonian Democrats montl
ago, Mr.. George made an extremely &C
tive canvass, speaking several time
every evening and working from earl
to late at his headquarters. He gave t
the campaign its most sensational Incl
dents, his attacks on Richard Croke
and Senator Platt, whom he threatene
, to prosecute for various crimes, such O
levying blackmail upon city contractor
and aspirants for office, should he b
elected mayor. His candidacy gave
|. the coming election its greatest elemer
Q of uncertainty, for, according to expel
Q politicians, it was practically impossib
Q to estimate how much of Bryan's vol
n of last year would go to George instea
of Van Wyck