Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-11-03
TRIBUTES TO GEORGE.
Sixty Thousand People Honor the
Memory of the Single
Tax Advocate.

| ings but admired his honesty and man
| hood heard the public funeral services in
| the Grand Central palace Sunday after
| noon. Another multitude viewed the body
| during the early hours of the day No
| such impressive funeral has ever been
| known III this city III honor of a private
| citizen. Able representatives of many de-
| nominations united their praise of the
| man who had died in his battle harness
| The eulogiums dealt with his life. The
| spirit OF politics for Il time bowed before
! the greater spirit of united humanity. In
| the vast auditorium where the dead rest
| ed, inspired men, teachers of all faiths
Jews, Christians. Catholics and Episco-
| pallanS-Wlth hearts Wrung with pain
| spoke words which confessedly fell far
| short OF the great waves of emotion that
| sought to find utterance.
The great hall OF the Grand Central
palace had been left singularly free from
memorial decorations. Above the stage
| was large photograph of the late Henry
| George, surrounded by national flags,
| draped simply and surmounted by an
American eagle. The stage itself was
| backed by palms, and upon the front
| were crowded many massive floral trib-
| utes, which spoke of Mr.. Georges poSu-
| larity with all classes and communities
| OF people. Just to the left of the center
| upon draped pedestal stood the bronze
bust OF Henry George executed by his
| son, Richard +. George, which had been
removed from its usual place in the hall
OF Tie family residence at Fort Hamilton.
Thousands View the Remains.
While the body of the dead philosopher
| lay in state 10000 people reverently
! passed the casket and looked upon his
face. From o'clock in the morning till
. Ill the afternoon a stream of men. wom-
| en- and children poured into the hall The
immense throng was composed of repre-
Sentatyes of all classes. of all shades of
NE and all religious opinion. On every
face was stamped the unmistakable signs
OF sincere regret while hundreds of faces
were drawn with suffering and pain.
The casket-On the silver plate of
which was the simple inscription, Henry
George. died Oct. % 1S97''-was placed
at the head of the central aisle about fif-
teen feet from the stage. 1t rested upon
a pedestal four feet high, which was sur
mounted by WreathS and floral offerings
through the open glass was seen the
face. which wore a calm and peaceful
expression: Upon the glass lay one little
handful of Withered violets
Many of the women broke the imTrcs-
slye silence by stifed sobs as they moved
away from the casket. Throughout the
large hall every one spoke in whispers
The services began shortly after 3 D. N.
Young Henry George occupied the chair
next to the aisle i'll the front row. His
mother sat beside him. Mrs. George was
heavily yelled when she entered the hall.
but during the speaking she raised her
veil and followed the speaking of each
Spea ker attentively. While showing plain
~ the strain that she has passed through
she maintained her composure with strong
fCrtitude.
To the right of Mrs George were seat
ed the other members of the family and
relatives. including Richard George, a
son OF the philosopher. and his daughter,
Miss Anna George. John V. George,
brother of the deceased. and other rela-
tives were present.
The honorary pallbearers, some of
whom sat on the platform, included May
or William l.. Strong of New York, May
or Frederick Wurster of Brooklyn, Willis
}; Abott, Albert l.. Johnson. John p
Crawford Charles w. Dayton, George
Carey Eggleston Horace White, Edward
McHugh. Bolton Hall, John Miner.
Charles O'COnnOr Hennessey. John Swim
ton, Lawson Purdy. John H. Gardner A.
Nandusen, john r. Waters. NJ H. Lever
son; Frank Stephens and Robert SchaI
kenbach.
Feeling Trib utes Paid.
The exercises began at 3:25 with the
singing of the hymn, Lead. Kindly
Light by the Plymouth church quar-
tette. The Rev. Heber Newton, who
was Mr.. Georges warm personal friend.
as we'll as pastor, read the burial serv-
priesty robes, and he had no reading
desk. The service was therefore in a
way, entirely informal there being also
no responses. 1t was, therefore, the
regular burial service of the Episcopal
church. The only music rendered in
connection with it was the chanting of
the Lords prayer.
At the conclusion of the burial service
DIR. Lyman Abbott spoke briefly upon
the character and public services of
Henry George
Rabbi Gotthel spoke next. and then
after hymn by the choir Rev. DR.. Ed
ward McGlynn spoke. Prior to his adj
dress the vast assemblage had preserved
u church-like quiet, but the ringing
words of DR.. McGlynn soon evoked an
outburst Of applause which could not be
repressed. He spoke with great feel
ing.
At the conclusion of the ceremonies
another opportunity was given those in
the hall to view the remains Then the
out into the streets.
At O'Clock the casket was carried out
into Lexington avenue and placed upon
Il catafalque, drawn by sixteen horses.
Many labor organizations and single
tax societies had massed their Num-
berS in the side streets and Joined the
procession. which wendell its way slow
ly down to the bridge and went over to
Brooklyn.
All along the line of march the prevail
ing sentiment was one of sorrow and re-
spect Even the policemen removed their
helmets as the cortege passed The
streets were black with people, and here
again all classes of society We're rep
resented. In such a demonstration one
would naturally look for disorder. To
the credit of Chief of Police McCullagh.
who was personally in charge of the po-
lice arrangements perfect order was
maintained. 1t was Il fine Illustration of
systematic discipline
Upon the arrival Of the cortege at the
city hall in Brooklyn the casket was
transferred to the hearse and taken to
the George homestead at Fort Hamilton
Interment was made today.