The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-25
NORTHEASTERN TO GEORGE
aERMANs, roo, SINCE Low rs SILENT
ON M~PERSONAL LIBERTY.N

8tI NooNtuGn AttAhkee hSt NhS h@Nt NNON "
the Ca~HnpaiEn-Next sunday Wight TO Bs n
lAternry and Artistic EveninE-EIesus Tan,-
n-any List OF Labor Sacu Tsrn to Tatters.
Henry George was up early yesterday, in
npito Of the fact that he had covered over TWEEN
~ miles on Saturday night, whom he spoke at
Iiyo big and enthusiastic meetings.
Ho found O statement In ono OF the Tammany
organs which said that tho walters of New
York had decided to support the Tammany
candidate, and that the men employed In Lyons's
restaurant on the Dowery had agreed to vote for
Mr.. Van wyok.
''That Is untrue said Mr.. George, "for the
walters organizations constitution prevents
them from indorsing any candidate"
While Mr.. George was talking ono OF the
men employed In the Bowery restaurant walked
into tho room where Mr.. George was sitting
and said:
II cam here to inform you that the walters
In Lyons's restaurant are indignant. They are
all fol tho George ticket, although our union
40 an Organization has not taken any action
toward indorsing any OF the candidates, Still,
we want to be set right in the matter"
"Just as l believed said Mr.. George. "1t
Keeps us busy denying the falsehoods which
the Tammany people are circulating. Many
mon who will vote our ticket on election day
arc afraid to say SO, because they are afraid Of
losing thoir situations. Numerous instances
have been brought to my attention Of men who
have been threatened with dismissal II they
voted for me. Ono of our volunteer speakers
wrote yesterday asking the Campaign Commit
tee to take his name on our list as he dared not
let It DO known that he was for me. To-day a
waiter from n large restaurant on the Bowery,
which was reported in the Tammany papers to
be solidly for Van Wyck, came and stated that
hiafpe1f md fpllnNy xyaitnrs had hnnp aal,l b-
tho head walters to sign a paper in favor of
Croker's candidate. OF course they signed.
II they had refused they would have becn
bounced without ceremony. But the waiter
said that moro than 80 per cent. OF those walters
would vote for me-. Times are hard, and there
arc SO many idle men that to be thrown out Of
work now means absolute want to n working
man. Therefore,, l ask no man to lose his en-
ployment by declaring openly for mo-. There
10 q secret ballot. and men can vote as they
please without being made TO suffer for their
action.
. The present system Of voting is n great i'm
provement over that in use when ! ran in 1886.
j was elected then by the votes OF men who be-
lieved in the principles for which l now stand;
Of men who saw in them the only relief from
the evils they felt, the only means by which
tho republic could be raised to the high posi-.
sASa "hhAS a. wv NhAAN wv IA bAO
,ame way now. know that many men are de.
pendent for their living upon contractors and
corporations and dare not say how they intend
to vote, but in the silence Of the voting booth,
with no witnesses but their conscience and
their God, they can vote as they please
Tonight Mr.. George will speak at Prohibi.
ton Park, on Staten Island, where arrange.
nents have been made for the holding Of
monster mass meeting. He will also speak at
a meeting in South Brooklyn, at Carroll street
and Hamilton avenue.
There will also be a George mass meeting in
williamsburg tonight at Masonic Temple, cor.
speakers will DO Tom johnson, former Pest.
master Dayton. and Jerome O'Neill.
In Grcenpoint a George meeting will be held
at Smithsonian Hall, corner Greenpoint and
avenues.
Another George meeting will be held at the
Athenseuln, at Atlantic avenue and Clinton
street, In South Brooklyn.
The German Thomas Jefferson Democracy Of
will hold a George meeting tonight at their
new headquarters, 80 Third avenue. Among
the German speakers will be George Strassner.
Joseph ZeisSler, Bernan koeni9, and Martin
One Of the most interesting meetings of the
campaign will be the George Literary Meeting,
on Sunday night next, at the Carnegie Lyceum.
This meeting will be held under the auspices Of
Mr.. GEORGES literary friends and artists who
purpose of this meeting viii be to show the out.
George for Mayor-an interest entirely outside
Of the labor circle. The arrangements commit
tee include James A; Herne, hamIin Garland.
Kellerd, ". i. McCrackan, and Dan {. beard.
Among the features already arranged for nre
to be drawn BY Dan Beard. and the reading edineo By
John i; kellerd of the apostrophe to Liberty
The Henry George Campaign Committee was
busy yesterday making arrangements for a
com combination mass n;g meeting S to be held in Har.
there will be music and fireworks in addition to
Dayton. The meeting viii be held under the The
auspices OF the allied Democratic Clubs OF
Greater New York, comprising the Progressive
Double Standard Club. the sixteen to Ono
League.
II was stated at the George headquarters
yesterday that since Friday afternoon thousands
Of Germans who had been in the Seth Low
camp had stampeded to the George army. The
reason given for this, it was said, was that the
George managers say that the Cts made ar
rangements for a big German night in Brook
lyn,, getting up six German mass meetings on
at the rink under arrangements made by Her
man hidder and the stauts.Zeitung,
George managers, They went there to hear
MT. LOW ucCldTc nlHl5cu III favor OF personal
liberty, but no was silent on that Question.
Eighteen hundred German saloon keepers, who
attended the Low meetings sat for hours wait
ing to hear some Of the Cts speakers declare
themselves on the excise question. They be-
leyed that Mr.. Low would denounce the
Raincs law, but he disappointed them. Now
they have Topped over to ouI side. and before
the week is over we expect to get 20, 200 more
Germans in line for Henry George
When Henry George ran for Mayor as the
candidate OF iaDOr in 1886, he received SO. 100
votes, although the Tammany leaders were
offering TO bet any amount OF money that he
would not get more than $1,000. Now that
Henry George Is again the candidate Of the
working people, the Tammany campaign man
ayers are trying to show that the labor vote
which will go to-George this year will not ex-
coed 65, 900 votes. Ever since Mr.. George was
nominated amman has been searching for
men who were with George in 1886, but who
will not support him this year. As a result of
nearly three weeks careful investigation she
has prepared II list, published in some Tam
many organs, OF less than 80 voters out OF the
6S, 100 who are not going to vote for George
this year. This list is being used to show that
tho working people are no longer friendly to
George. In reality, tho George men say, il Ia
the very strongest proof Of the .reat strength
Of the George movement. For an examination
of this list OF names shows Mat more than three
quarters OF those on tho list are either office.
holders, candidates for Office, place hunters,
Tammany heclars, or members OF the Socialist
party. OF tho remainder some are dead, others