New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-04
HENRY GEORGE DECLINES.
UNABLE TO ACCEPT THE sILvERITEs'
NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR.
HENRY NJ MDoNALD TAKES HIS PLACE ON THE
TicKEr-THE PARTY OBLIGED TO SEEK
NEW HEADQUARTERS

NEW HEADQUARTERS.
Inc Silver Democrats yesterday found themselves
IN the same confused state as tho Citizens Union
members vlre plunged into when Colonel Roose-
veit refused the independents nomination
Henry George declined their nomination for Gov
ernor. asserting that he was too busy writing his
fathers biography to engage in active politics He
also SAID tlat he is not advocate free coinage
which may not be much comfort to the Chicago
Platform Democrats. His letter reads as follows
. Fort Hamilton, ~ Y Oct. 2 1895
Messrs Willis J. Abbot. Samuel Seabury and Ezra
A Iutte Notification Committee.
thy of the sunrages Of ones fellow citizens. and it
Is an especial honor to receive the nomina ation of
dom; and / deeply appreciate the action Of the
party OF the Chicago Platform Democrats in
State Of New-York. But. after - careful consdera rae
tlon; ! must decline the nomination. for am per-
Of Writing my dy ynf to duty MY
tathers memory and to the cause 10 which he gave
MS lfe-l can do more for the principles of freedom
than could by engaging actively in politics.
For at time when the great political machines
the war and the criminal scandals growing out of H.
and over questions Of official corruption and mis-
far greater economic questions would be lost sight
Of. and thus an Independent fight would not stand
scant attention in the public eye might be d.
verted from the fight over political debauchery
to those who honestly advance the silver question
to the rank Of first Importance, that am no more
than my father advocate Of free coinage.
he condemned its economic soundness. being, In
credit or paper money ~ ne suppoed o5 the cRcaga
platform not on account OF. but in spite OF, rs
in other respects stood for the principle of free
dom. because It took the side Of the weak as
against that Of the monopolists-because 1t sided
with the House of Want against the House Of
Have.
| am in enti,o accord with these views, and I
think It proper to state them frankly that there
may be no room for misunderstanding on the part
With renewed expressions Of appreciation OF the
great honor conferred upon me by your party. and
HENRY GEORGE. Jr
TIE committee. having authority to hl vacancies.
nominated Henry NJ Mcdonald Of Ncw-York. In
place of Mr.. George.
received n telegram from Ole F. Snyder, the
nominee OF the party for Attorney-General, in
which Mr.. Snyder positively declines 20 take the
nomination.
I'm place Of Mr. Snyder" Mr. Mcdonald ex-
planned I'VE have nominated Ezra T. Tuttle. a
well-knowr lawyer OF Brooklyn. with an office at
No 200 Broadway. 1t understood that Mr..
Tuttle would accept the nomination If Mr.. Snyder
found himself in position where he would have to
decline
Mr. Mcdonald went on TO say that he was much
gratihed by reports which he received while in the
northern part Of the State on Sunday. He asserted
that the strength of the Silver Democrats In that
region Is far greater than any outsider has an Idea
Of From all he heard Mr. Mcdonald declared, the
support given to the silver ticket would he fully 10
to 30 per cent of the cast for Bryan In 1896.
The Silver Democrats have been obliged to seek
new quarters. Franz Neumuller, OF the Union
Square Hotel on Sunday informed the members OF
a committee of the party that he could not allow
them 70 establish their headquarters in his hotel
In a statement giving his reasons for the step he
had taken, Mr.. Neumuller said yesterday after
noon:
| allowed the Silver Democrats to make their
headquarters In the hotel when the late Henry
George was running for Mayor account of my
friendship for Mr. George. / was great friend OF
Mr. Georges He used visit me. and used 70
visit at his home. But having the headquarters
here did a good deal Of damage TO my hotel Men
went about the parlors smoking cigars and cigar
cites and splitting tobacco juice the carpets and
planting their muddy boots in the plush h-uphol-
stored chairs. They threw cigar stubs a pictures
and bric-A- -brac ard knocked down the supports Ot
mirrors and injured the chandeliers. They paid me
for the use OF the rooms but this did not compen-
safe me for the damage they did at the hotel
Now, the Union Square Hotel Is a very small
hotel The guests are respectable people, and were
disturbed by the politicians coming In at all hours
OF the night and becoming hoisterous. | lost no
money aside from the da mage and the few checks
which were cashed at the desk for politicians for
small sums and which not honored by the
banks Last Friday they came here and raised a
fuss again. and concluded that they had best not
come here this year
The Silver Democrats yesterday secured ne"
quarters al No. 1l9 East Twenty-third-st