Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-10-29

New YORK. (9:lb m OctoberzS
Henry George, the cit'zsns' cnndi
date f1r mayor OF Greater New York
disd Of apopiexy, at 5 O'Clock. thi
morning, after night Of electioneer
ing. George had worked hard, h
this campaign, for his election, which
was, no doubt, the direct cause OF hi
death. MIR. George returned to thu
Union Square hotel at IL O'Clock, las
night, after making speeches 10 Queen
county and in Harlem. He also mad,
q short ad iress TO some followers wht
awaited him at the hotel, after mid
night. lie ate light lunch with Mrs
George. Mr.. George had been doing
three mems work, not only last night
but every night during the campaign
H. felt and looked tired, but, to Mrs
Georges inquiries, he replied cheer
fully that he was well, and that good
nights sleep would put him right.
He fell asleep at O'Clock, but at 4
he awakened Mrs. George, aud COM
planned OF great weakness. A doctor
was hastily summoned, but the great
refcrmer lapsed into Inconsistencies.
and died, at O'Clock, of apoplexy.
There was nothing to do, when the
nature of the trouble was known, but
to wait the end. DR.. Kelly, Mrs.
George and Henry George, jr., we're
with him till death. Henry George
leav n wife and three children.
Mr.. George had too firm a hold on life
to anticipate death. but ii the srfeclion
with winch the common people re-
gArned him is allowed TO express Itself,
the funeral will be the greatest public
oulpouring in the city's history
The nomin ation OF George for mayor
OF Grsater New York, was the result of
circum stances. Many supporters OF
Bryan and the Chicago platform
thought that Tammany should name
supporter OF Bryan, but Tammany did
no. George theE was naturally looked
to by these persons as their standard
bearer, end when approached, he said
he would stand for mayor if Tammany
did not name Judge Gaynor, or a man
OF his calibre. Tammany named Van
Wyok, and then George made good his
promise and entered the field. He
was nominated by four or five different
Organizations. He has made nurri-
caue campaign and gained strength
day by day to such an extent that he
was looked up01 his week as a winner.
He AID his friends were coaf1ent %
victory, and hs was the N SO notable
figure IN the campaign. because OF MS
attacks o. Richard Croker and Thomas
G. P.att He WAS ths first politician
who hsred to publicly attack these
men.
In. pace of the campaign was
hsrdrr thaB this map, high-strung aud
sensltive, could maistain. The fear
full STRAIN, telling upon him became
evident, in the slips that occurred 10
his last few speeches. His hearers,
as a rule. believed they were simply
errors that might be made by one VINO
Thought more rapidly than he talked
Now it app ,srs they wera the tifs
Indications of the break-d ,wo.
Henry G -orge was bora in Pniladel-
phia, on September 2ud, 1889. Hs
attended public school until 1858
when b. went into counting room,
d hen to sea. In 1858 he reached
California, where he worked at the
Gas, a0ul 1866, when be became,
rpparta and afterw ards editor OF varl-
ous papers, among them the San
Francisco Times and Post. In Angus
1880, he removed to New York, where
b. mad since resided. He spent 1872
ID j. gland and Ireland, whers I'D was
twice nuder arrest as s'suspect," bu,
was reisased, his identity being estsb
iisbpd Gladstone ordered his release
from an ish prison. George wrote
Of h,s xpsrlence to the president ana
Secretary Freylighuysen, aud som
after wards the English government
offered TO pay him damages. Gaorgs
replied that he wanted no damages,
bis object iu wri ing being merely 10
make clear the manner in which
American citlzans we're treated IL
ireland.
MIR. George was chiefly known
throagh his speeches and books up,n
economic questions. IN which he altrib
utes the evils of society. to the
treatment OF land as subj.c to full in
dividu Il ownership, aud contends that.
while it tne possession Of lands had
been left to the individual, II should be
subject to payment 10 lbe community
OF land values proper, or eoouomic
rent. This doctrine is now known a.
nThe Silgle Tax" which aims al
sbolishing all taxes for the raising Of
rev-uue-. ,Kcept the tax levied on the
value of land irr-sp c ,ve Of in
provements. He had publ shed many
famous b poks and was one of the mos
briIlian m4n ia America.
H. 1885. he ran f9r mayor OF NV
Yvtk, RECEIVING oysl 1000 Votes, de