The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-29
HENRY GEORGE.
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bryan vote or last year N0lld 60 10
George instead Of Van Wyck.
HIS LAST SPEECHES
asst night Mr. George spoks in the
borough of Queens and later in the
borough of Manhattan, mt the Central
Opera House. lie was greeted by a large
and enthusiastic crowd everywnere. In
one of his last nights 5 speeches. Mr.
GEORGE said
IL have labored for years TO make my
salf known. and now at last these things
ara all written down. l balieyc that ali
needed reforms are summed up in the
philosophy OF the right OF every man TO
eat, TO drink, u speak as he sees lit SO
long a. he do,s not trench upon the rights
OF. any other toiierS whose devoted
hamp on has been all his lif."
HIS FAMILY SOLICITOUS.
Mrs. George and Henry George. Jr.,
nave been soiicitous regarding the effect
OF tina terrible strain OF his being bundled
about from place To plscs each day and
far intn the night, and making speeches
before wildly enthusiastic gatherings OF
his admirers, and it has been noted again
aut again that his faithful wife sat be-
side her husband on the platform from
which he spoke or watched closely from
place Of vantage closa by.
Mr.. George has not bean strong for the
past three years and his son. Henry
-
almost every enterprise in which he has
engaged. going with him on his tours OF
the West as special newspaper cores
pondent IN the last presidential campaign.
and Keeping close at his side in his move
ments in the campaign.
A MARKED CHANGE NOTED.
Within the past dav or two close friends
OF Mr.. George have noted with apprsbsn-
sion marked change in his appearance
ILL
. Wrinkles came at tho corners and his eyes
sunk in hollow cavcrps. His voice, us
ually resonant and pleasant, now pitched
alomst To piping trsble in conversation
was querulous, while he seemed like one
whose nerves were so highly wrought
that they might snap without warning.
The pace OF the campaign was harder
than this man, high strung and sensitive,
could maintain.
Mr. George was about 3 feet 5 inches
tall, and OF slender build. His head was
bald and his brown beard was fast be-
coming grey.
AS A NEWSPAPER MAN SAW HIM.
The journal and Advertiser this morn
ing contained an article on Henry George
written by Alfred Henry Lewis who
visited the famous single tax advocate at
his headquarters in the Union square
Hotel on yesterday. Of his impressions
Mr. Lewis wrote:
1.-The Henry George l found was not
the Henry George l had met fewer than
two months ago. When l saw him last,
he was tranquil, quiet even steady as
TO nerves, rational. sedatcly contented,
talking OF his books and his tax dreams.
Today | met man ha9gard. pinohci,
with n face as thin and peaked as pen.
His eve roved. his hair was fum bled. hi 9
face the theatre of disorder. III he was the
picture OF anything IL was his unfed
ambition made desperate. There was
despair. too, in bis face. as If i'm a dim
way he looked into future bla,k with
disappointment. 1 tell you it was shock
to see the man..
CAN MAKE ANOTHER NOMINA-
TION.
Under the state clection law, the jefferson
ton to fill the vacancy caused by George :
death. At the election bureau this morn.
ing ii was said that Section 66 OF the
Election Law covered the case.
Subdivision l of this section says:
"lf "a nomination Is duly de ,liued, or a
candidate regularly nominated dies before
election day, or Is found to be disuuali
fled to hold the Office for which he is
nominated, or ii n certificate of .nomina-
ton is found TO be defective but not
wholly void, the committee appointed on
the case OF such certiiioats OF nomination.
as permitted Ey SertlOns 66 and 01 of this
act. may make new nomination 10 I'll
the vacancy 80 created. or mas supply
said defect as the case may To, hy max
ing and filing with the rroper officers, n
certificate setting forth tae cause uf the
vacancy and tho nature of tho cefect. the
name of the new candidate, the title OF
the office for which he ia nominated, the
name OF the original candidate, the
name Of the political party or
ether nominating body which was in.
scritcd on tba,oris inal certificate, ar Il srIeh
further Information as il required TO be
given by an original certificate of nomi-
natiou: except that whers certificate is
flied pursuant 10 this section 70 flll "a
caucy, it shall not be lawful To select a
now cm blem or device, but the EN- bcm or
davics chosen In represent and distin-
guish the candidate nominated oy the
original certificate shall be used 10 repre-
sent and distinguish the candidate nomi-
mated as provided by this section. Tbe
certificate 80 much shall be Inscribed and
acknowledged by a majority OF the mcm-
bers Of the committee, aud the members
of the committee subscrl bing the same
shall make oaths tefors tho officer or OFF
GERS before nom they scyernlly acknowI-
edge The execution of the said certircats
that the matters therein stated arc true
to the best Of their information and be-
lief.
In the ease Of tho death Of n candidate
after the official ballots have been printed
(probsbly the cas-. nov IL u provided
that pastors containing the name of the
new candidate shall ie furnished
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