Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-06
HENRY GEORGE accepts
The Nomination for Mayor Of Greater
New York City.
His Appearance and Every Men
ton of the Chicago Platform
Drew Forth Storms Of Applause.
Cooper Union Crowded in lew
Minutes After the Doors Were
Opened and Thousands Who
Were Turned Away Held Meet
ingS on the Outside.

New York, October 5.-Henry George
accepted the nomination for Mayor OF
Greater New York at Cooper Union to-
night. 1t was in the same hall and be-
fore many of the same people that he
accepted the nomination eleven years
ago. The doors were opened at 7:15
and in less than two minutes every seat
in the big hall was occupied and the
aisles, as far as the police permitted,
were crowded Hundreds were. turned
away during the next fifteen minutes,
and by 8 o'clock several thousands,
unable to gain admission, assembled
outside and held open air meetings in
the plaza, which were addressed by
several local speakers. Henry Georges
appearance was the signal for an out
burst of cheering that lasted several
minutes. Jerome ONeill, of the Central
Labor Union, presided. The chairman
mentioned the Chicago platform,
whereupon the entire audience rose to
its feet as one man, hats and handker-
chiefs were waved in the air and the
cheering continued for several minutes.
| The secretary then read kilograms from
| G. A. Walsh, secretary of the National
Committee, and a member of the COM
mittee from Iowa, and Senator Till
man, encouraging the movement for the
! election of Henry George
Charles O'Connor Hennessey, in max
| ing the nomination of Mr.. George, said
simply: Il have no speech to make
but l nominate for Mayor of Greater
| New York, Henry George
| This was followed by a frantic not
| burst Of cheering and the nomination
was made by reclamation.
| The secretary then read the following
platform, which was adopted:
The platform reaffirms adherence to
the creed of Democracy set forth in
| the platform by the national conven-
ton of the Democratic party in Chi
cago, July 8; we declare our allegiance
to the principles enunciated in that
document, pronouncing them the for
NAL expression of the spirit of true
| vrrrvore ,Uy punt in corrobOra.
ZION OF this belief to the fact that the
mere PRONUNCIATION of the doctrines
drove from the Democratic part those
who for corrupt, mercenary, or ambi-
! tlous ends had striven to make # .
menace to the rights and liberties OF
the people rather than the defender"
| The platform sends greeting to the
( gallant leader of the Democratic party
William ]. Bryan
The remainder is devoted To nurelv
| local matters.
| While all this was going on Mr.
George was absent, but shortly after he
made his appearance and for severa,
minutes there was a wild hurricane OF
cheering. Mr.. George said:
Fellow Democrats, men who voted
| last year for William Jennings Bry-
an, | accept your nomination. From
now until election closes, 1 am yours.
Aye, and after election, too, I am a
| Democrat. Thunderous applause and
cries of mot of the Hill stripe"
| Il cannot divide into parts the cues
lions which |, as a citizen, have to
| deal with. For the same reason that
/ oppose this monstrous tariff in all
| its forms, for the same reason that
| would vote wherever I could for the
utter abolition of that tariff. for
that same reason 1 am opposed to the
interference with individual liberty
which you see here in New York. l
am Democrat in the Jeffersonian
sense. Because the Chicago platform
| represented the idea of giving to the
great common people what belongs
to them l stood for it, voted for it, and
was sorrier than I was ever before
| when it was defeated"
Mr.. George declared that the nom
ination was unsought and not desired,
but that he accepted it in the name
of the real Democracy. He spoke for
twenty-five minutes. Immediately af-
ter the conclusion of his speech the
meeting was declared adjourned and