Evening journal., 1907-04-09
N roenonse ~ III can Samuel Bishop

In response to his call Samuel Bishop.
a bright and earnest mechanic, called,
and thoea two issued the call for the
meeting at Fifth and Walnut streets.
OF the thirty men in the hail there
were but eight IL I remember right
who were intelligent supporters OF
Georges philosophy The other twenty
two represented all sorts of ideas.
There were socialists, anarchists.
greenbackers. free silver men, and one
fellow who seemed to labor under the
idea that we were going to organize a
religious sect.
CIV s.fted the chaff from the wheat
and organized with eight men, think.
AS the word single tax was not yet
in use, the club was named 'Ihe
Henry George Land and Labor Club
We sent twenty-five dollars to New
York to aid the Henry George cam
paign then in progress. We purchased
five thousand tracts on the land ques-
ton and proceeded to send them out
through the mail We placed them in
street cars, barber shops hotels, work
shops. railroad cars and etc. But for
eight men to keep up a campaign OF
cradle Of a task as well as expensive.
And so, while not single man
ever apostat zed. yer here one,
then another, Of the li.tle hand grow
tired. disheartened and ceased to at
tend the meetings.
Finally there were but three who
held to the regular systematic work.
George W. Kreer, Samuel Bishop and
myself. We gave up the han, and we
afterward met at the residence of Mr..
kreen and one man Looked through
the city directory selecting names.
another wrapped up the tracts, the
third directed them. Thus we bonn
barded the city.
slowly but surely the grain Of truth
took root We formed a new club, but
1t died from the same cause. Lack of
funds and discouragement But there
was always the old guard left In the
fight. One Of our clubs was so hard
up that our hall was lighted with
candles.
From 1887 to 1895 we had several
clubs some lived a year. some less.
In 1896 Harold Suddell of New Castle
a man Of great energy and some means
! entered the movement, and we formed
the Wilmington Single Tax Society.
The society invited the Single Tax ma
eional committee TO enter the state and
begin an aggressive cam9algn.
That campaign lastad until election
day. 1896. The Single Takers ran q
state ticket against tie ttnnsylvan'a
railroad crowd that carried the Dela-
ware Democracy in its pocket.
In that campaign the Single Takers
We're the real Democrats party i'm Dela-
ware. For while they fought local plu-
tocracy they supported Fryan. HANDY
and National Democracy. while IN,
first families who have 50 long feasted
at the Democratic lunch counter were
supporting lceal plutocracy and oppoa-
ing Bryan and Natioanl Democracy and
with the gall CT the devil those same
traitors TO Democracy are stin running
the Democratic party in Delaware. ami
they have run Il with q vengeance.
In forcrer years the city OF Whining
ton, the counties OF New Castle, Keat
ana Sussex and the State were Demo
crate Today the Republican party is
IN supreme power
Yes. ana they viii be in power just
as long as those spurious Democratic.
those corporation agents. are In control
Of the Democratic party Of Delaware.
The city election IS cc,ning on. ana
the Democratic party might just as
well save time. energy and money If
hey put ~ any man connected in any