The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1897-10-29
Greater New York.

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paign committee of the Henry George
forces decided tonight after Ions
meeting not to formally invite William
J. Bryan to come to New York. If was
stated that the Henry George forces be
lieve they now have Tammany at 8
disadvantage in this respect. They
claim that Mr.. Bryan has declined tc
come in response to an invitation from
Tammany, and this they claim is
practically triumph for Henry George,
If Bryan were asked to come in the in
terests of Henry George and should re.
fuse, the Georgeites argue that it would
reduce them to the level of Tammany
in Bryan's estimation. Of course, said
a prominent member of the commit.
tee, if Mr. Bryan decides to come here
and make speech for Mr.. George, he
will be too glad to welcome him. We
will meet him at the train with band
and procession and make his stay real
pleasant. But we shall not invite him.
If he wants to come let him be the
judge.
Henry George spoken the Ice Palace
on Upper Lexington avenue tonight to
a large and noisy audience. After the
cheering had subsided, Mr.. George,
among other things said: eyes, re :
member 1886. | remember the courage
and devotion which elected me then. |
remember how by adjuncture ofcorrupt
combinations / was counted out then.
No. I shall not be counted out now.
This time the laws are much better
than then. We shall be more careful
as to the watchers at the polls. This
time every vote will be counted"
The executive committee of the Citi-
zens Union tonight continued its
work of selecting witnesses to place in
the polling places to watch the count.
The judges of election are under the
law appointed by the regular Demo
cratic and Republican organizations
and occasional rumors of deals have in
duced the Citizens Union to take ac-
ton. They say that the men placed in
the polling places will be of more than
ordinary intelligence and fully posted
as to their rights. Many will be law
students.
Union No. $40 of the United Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners, an
nounced to-day, through its president,
secretary and board of trustees, that it
will support Seth Low.
A number of men who last year form
ed the Business Mems Republican and
Sound Money Association met at the
Citizens Union headquarters tonight
and passed resolutions indorsing Seth
Low. Twenty-eight out of the thirty
five trade organizations in the sound
money parade were represented, eight
in person and twenty by proxies.
The Henry George Campaign Com
mittee tonight issued statemeot in
which John Il. White, candidate for
Congress in Chicago district last Fall.
his opinion of Carter Harrison
and his approaching visit to New York.
Mr.. White says Harrison's election as
mayor of Chicago was purely acciden-
tai. He attributes it solely to the fact
that Mr.. Harrison was the son of his
father. He says Harrison is not Jeffer-
sonian in his ideas. but of the class of
which Richard Croker, David B. Hill,
and Mike Mcdonald of Chicago, are
types. Mr.. White says the Chicago
used their influence to
elect Harrison because they feared Har-
Ian, and that Harrison has betrayed
the Bryan men.
A Republican mass meeting was held
in the Academy of Music, Brooklyn, to-
night under the auspices of the McKin-
ley war veterans, in the interests of the
ticket headed by General Tracy. In
point of numbers the meeting was
hardly up to the mark of those which
have preceded it but there was no lack
of enthusiasm. Several veterans of
local prominence spoke before the ar
rival of Corporal James Tanner and
General Tracy, who reached the hall
late and addressed the meeting.