The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-01

this InS IVhn ny. sn aasman before the mast cir,
cumnavlgating tho Garth, his tramp printer
mohn lot occupation 10 snr good which be' he.
came.
But as ho grew up, he Vas t Snnsns oyer S.d n
these great economic questions TO which nc AZ
ttS 'irSG 3D., fhoySted his HE iA1 n Sis nSst' th %G crime rSc.
and Q degradation he saw, on every side. Ho
cried ont in bitterness Of spirit SS sSin pag. sh ,SSS 9 mes.
tory 30 often seem to 20 to the W ongi Why do
The wicked and the crafty so often seem 10 sue.
SfSSGf s G IN beating down the q, masses II "0n' "
His death has stirred the hearts OF men AL
%sny tue S,i Mor Iliiza ID i GlI Sivi MhSrov seP' the sH tole,
graph wire has carried tho news ihss nenpS
SGGrte has passed away tho w world nnd hSs s WS1
is this vast crowd here today. and n vastly
greater, crowd seeking admission outside to
that vast maititudes have passed before this
colin to-day ! II is because there was a man
sent OF God, and lis namo was Henry george.
MORE APPLAUSE.
There was another %outburst. of handclnpping
that wa general throughout, the hall, and then
tho stamping of feet. Then DIR. McGlynn
And when God has sont such a messenger
with such a message The hearts Of mankind are
should should !! 6a we SsSsNs siio ct S0 Mayo p't Of New YORK tasIa
II is well, that he was spared the ignoolS strife
aa% . .fe n Ho'l Sf sieep was g 'e Mer,S by s OF hi sn e SmST;
nature, his great sympathy, and his noble aims.
"Mo died lust as he SHOULD T. have died Just soo as
better thing to be an apostle, II is the greatest
and the best thing to add to the character Of nn
apostle that OF a crusader. 1t adds to the great
crusader to have died for his faith.
THE HEROIC MARTYRDoM.
at was by dying for their faith that the
crusaders of old began to live. 1t was then that
men began to take on somc adequate idea ;%, OF
sordid as to to i've this life because no believes
that mankind is manly concerned with eating
and drinking and sleeping, and possessing
wealth and the comfort and distinction that come
With Wealth; any man who believes that man;
lie may well envy the heroic martyrdom Of
Once more the speaker was interrupted by APP
plausc. but he was talking with such fervor that
he would not DO interrupted. and the outburst
Fatho, McGIynn went on to say that Henry
George had the heart of a lion: He was one of
tho manifest Of men. and yet, like most great
that OF a. woman. He spoke Of Henry Georgia
book S0Ss, " "15 qGr ,sn and Poverty +. n as an immortal n nc o tai
work Of "a seer. a poet. a philosopher, and a
lit is not merely political economy" said
Father McGlynn. "it is a poem. 1t is a prophesy.
1t ID a prayer"
YELIs AND CHEERS.
DR.. McGiynn declared that the theory OF
Henry George had never been successfully
combated, and then GANG the greatest Of the
ouibursts Of applause: 1t was ACCOMPANIED by
the audience cried. :" And it never will be-" and
the cheering was renewed. It was all very
cheers and the applause or MIR. Georges family.
Someway it seemed to lessen their sorrow.
hopeful of something. DR.. McGlynn continued
when he could, .
Of GOD. not %s only n to this fi,o eoun M9s asd senefat as%s
but to the generations that are to come. His
d R!f Fte T $ be Of a09 9hs H thnn ns STATES Of n SeT Ehs s sIo:
rious day that is to come. There will come q
TINE when Shs III the pI names Of + the En- Mayors n!ni,sd Of I, New
shall be but brief entries in the catalogue be.
side that Of Henry George. and the friends of
noble cross which death has shut from him"
There was more applause when DR.. MeGIynn
Howard Crosby. Mr.. Crosby,s address was
P PSG sssb ib by oPPb]S S,u McG GGre frequently 4 Sns yd than am
ordinary funeral address. Mr.. Crosby said:
JOIN HOWARD cRosBY's TRIBUTE.
cient to pay tho tribute which l would like to
the memory of this man. Standing here in his
him, but of his principles. which viii never die
SO long struggled TO secure practical recognition
in the politics Of tho country; the cal! upon you
that fight Until the victory is 5 won. GApplause.i
On this sad sabbath day lot US ask this
ing man, this man whose great book has rarely
eyer appeared In anything more ,pretentious
we on this Side OF the Atlantic. but til that those o
on the other side of the Atlantic and across the
continent in San Francisco, are mourning for his
loss. There is SO much mourning in San Fran
cisco to-day that an audience is standi z at this
very hour in the hall where he made his first
public utterance of his sublime theory. lap
plause.l
HIS EQUAL NEVER KNOWN.
"Why is it that throughout the land there is
an uprising such as has not been seen in the his
was n good man. Good men die every day, and
l vol fharn I q M 0tN.l rtG ~ nc hta In Ann -
them. No whittier soul than his has ever taken
wing, but it is not for that reason. You answer,
Then why this Unprecedented Demonstration
Because this man had n theory; this man who
of his was a mere vagary., why is it that the
world as he passes. away rises to pay tribute !
the civilized world that the theories Of Henry
George Eere correct. lApplausel Not in the
Zone word about this theory of his. Much
has been said about il eloquently here. But
or mine. Henry George, has demonstratcd
tice. They say that he threatened estab-
lished institutions. Threatened thcmi He has
them. Whom have you erected monuments on
your public squares to but men who threatened
crs. threatened an institutio! which for years
was defended from the pulpit. Those %institu.
the rock OF justice. but upon the sand of eXpe-
dicncy.
Henry George believed that the Declaration
of Independence was in a certain sense proof
that those self-evident truths were incontro-
v%ertable; that man had certain inalienable
him., [Applause.l Oie Of those rights he saw
clearly was 4 right to place on earth. lGreet
much right on earth as another man. and that IL
one man had as much right as another man, no
plause.l His book, Progress and Poverty"
has never had its equal in portraying. what
ought TO BIO known by every American citizen.
He went on in it to a logical conclusion and no
man has ever answcre H..
"But great as he was. he did not believe him
self TO be above the work OF getting down even
70 politics and interesting men in carrying out
those principles that he recognized not only as
essential to the welfare OF this day, but to that
OF generations yet to come.
GREATER THAN JEFFERSON.
There are the remains of n man who was
Thomas Jefferson's equal. [Applause.l Greater
than jefferson even, because. though jefferson
saw the wrong OF property in land. 1t remained
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