New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-14
!. .,.mse,ves. their relatives and cronies" are 70
INNER FOR TWO DOLLARS.
.,.NHATTAN SINGLE TAX CLUB HAS A
MODEST FEAST.
SPEAKERS AND THEIR rorrcs-LErrERs OF RE-
cREr FROM wELLKNowN PEoPLE-ANTl-
,,rprcAN UrTERANCES APPI.AUDED.

,xpRs AND THEIR TOPrCs-LErrERS OF RE-
nvr FROM wELLKNowN PEoPLE-ANTI-
MEXICAN UrTERANCEs APPI.AUDED.
,,-.u. the friends and adherents of Richard
w. were testifying their loyalty to him last
oiV =, the Metropolitan Opera House at the rate
ns. IN an,ece and incidentally paying homage to
oi,.mory O, Thomas Jefferson. the Manhattan
the Tax Club was holding its eleventh annual
s'e r On commemoration Of the birth OF the same
o' n" AT the Hotel Marlborough at 81 plate.
pe was n sensation at this dinner when
stephens raised his hand to heaven and
I'D that the god OF battles might smite Ameri-
pro- .oons IN the Philippines with fearful and
can ,elno,ne defeat. Mr.. Stephens is one Of the
os,s single-taxers. John s. Crosby was called
i' .o respond the toast Our Country. but
upo. he had made few remarks he asked his
- 10 allow him to retire In favor Of Mr..
s.snbens. who he said. would have much more
"a cav than he could say
~, stephens then took the floor and began his
II nv making a violent attack upon the Ad-
sp,,ra,ion for its course in the Philippines. He
..,o,sd that the man who cried for liberty In the
rSnnn,nes was having bayonet thrust down his
.oat He said that the country was In state
:. s..aAsnce that the boast of chivalry and love
~ Trsedom had practically passed away. Nothing
80 cruel than the war In the Philippines had
NV heen known. he said 1t was shameful. dis
e,sosf,l and scandalous and deserving of a dread
ful rebuke, be declared
rhen hating for a second the speaker raised
III. hand and said: 81 pray that the god Of bat
49,, nul snite our soldiers in the Philippines with
= fearful and overwhelming defeat"
ror an instant his hearers gasped and then
xoLa ont in tremendous applause. Apparently
every single-taxer in the room was with the
speaker
r.xars were present and they included both men
"a women The speakers kept closely to the
|a,,b az the club and few references were made
81 the other "Jeffersonan" dinner, which was
going on few blocks away; J. j. Murphy pre-
sSaS in the absence of President Samuel Seabury.
- ,,os unavoidaby detained in the South. and
~. ether speakers with their subjects. were:
-, George ir Thomas Jefferson Still Lives;
80 Rev Dr. Edward McGlynn, I'VE Hold These
Tru,hs": Bolton Hail. "a License TO Live'-A
Fable: Dawson Purdy. 1.-The Single Tax and
1ohn Crosby "Our Country" The speeches
ra ,nterspersed with musical selections, and
"chalk Talk" by Dan Beard
Mr. Murphy after calling the meeting TO ORDER
r,ounced that letters of regret had been re-
..,ved from, Senator John Ford. Samuel NJ. Jones
wavor NJ Toledo Charles w. Dayton, William r.
Hearst John P. Aitgeld. James K. Mcclure. Err
nest Howard Crosby. George Fred Williams and
~ ,be Single-Taxers in foreign lands were also
read Michael Daytt Of Ireland ana iba A. Tone meo
cd "lmpOSSlbe
eNr Johnson is at present in Detroit and In
,imatons were given that he could have been pres
emf inst as well as not 1t had been planned that
one OF the vocal solos should be. Mr.. johnson.
Turn Me Loose" in his honor. but this was
changed to Take Your Clothes and Co.
A solemn feature of the programme was the
drinking in silence of a standing toast to Henry
George who seemed be almost much of a
National saint in the eyes of the Single Takers as
Thomas Jefferson.
Henry George jr began his address by referring
10 the growth Of the United States from the time
Of the Declaration of Independence, and tracing
the change from political problems to social ana
economic problems. Continuing, he said in part:
"In Iefferson's day there were few rich and very
few poor With the years have come the locomo-
tive and the multitude of inventions and discov-
cries but the tramp has also come.
What has been the consequence? Some OF our
people are so rich that they are above the law; a
vast number so poor. much in fear of pow
ertv that they sell the law or are careless Of II.
Our pottcs are therefore. for the most part aban-
doned 10 a crowd of professional rulers. Take this
city Without holding office Of any kind. man,
rising n is said from barroom and prize ring.
grown rich without visible means of support. die
fates nv his simple word who shall and who shall
moi hold public office. And such is the glamour Of
his power that when he says. for instance that
there shall not be more than two tracks a
certain avenue where certain respectable citizens
want no more than iwo. though the railroad
.nrafions want four mass-meeting of these
W. nv RESPECTABLE and self-respecting citizens
shoL, themselves hoarse. Has not our city ruler
sald N, THEREFORE, is IL not good as done?'