The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-18
NEW YORK DIGGING
UP Old SKELETONS
Political Campaigners Going
Back Twenty Years TO Find
Material for Scandal.
ALLEGED RECORD OF WINS.
HEARST'S REPUBLICAN STAY
Claim Made That in 1886 He
Tried Hard TO Buy of
Henry George.

NEW YORK. Oct 17.-Tsken from
| the grave yard Of forgotten campaigns
a political skeleton was brought out
in New York tonight after twenty years
hiding, adding intensity TO the three.
coraercd struggle for the MAYOR S chair
Tor which William j. Gaynor, Demo
crat, William r.. Hearst, Independent
and Otto T. Barnard, Republican, are
struggling. 1t had 10 do with the poli.
teal record Of William NJ. yins.
Hearst 5 ardent Republican supporter.
II came 10 the form Of statement bv
Henry George, IT., son and biogTaphcr
Of the famous slngle-tax reformcr. who
charges that WINS went TO his father
in 1856 and offered him inducements
10 withdraw from the mayoraltv race
against William r. Grace As a matter
OF history George refused TO be side
tracked and eutcrCd the contest only
10 meet defeat
WINS Expected Attack
Last night Wins. apparently expect.
ing AN attack on his alleged connec-
uun with the George Grace campajgn
denied that he had ever made any offer
to Henry George 70 retire. As opposed
TO this, Henry George. Jr. said tonight:
In his statement Mr.. William WINS
denies story that in behalf Of Rich.
ard Croker, he offered TO Henry George,
my father, S22j,0 TO withdraw from
the contest in 1856.
In response to Il statement in the
newspapers by Abraham d. Hewitt. rel.
ahvc 10 the campaign, my father. TO.
ward the close of tho 1897 campaign.
and Just few days before his death.
issued statement which with the AT
toudant circumstances, can be found on
pages 1928 of The Life of Henry
George.
The statement follows;
Before my nomination had formally
taken place, i'm 1856. / received a re-
quest from Mr. William Nj. Ivius. then
chamberlain of the city and close
political friend and representative OF
MI. Grace, privately 10 meet him. /
lid so at Lafayette place. We sat down
in private room and smoked some 1,
,iGarS together. Mr., WINS insisted that
could not possibly lee elected mavor
Of New York. 20 matter how many pco.
pie might vote for nc; that the men |
who voted knew nothing of the real |
forces that dominated New York. He
said that ] could not be possibly |
counted in.
He offered on behalf of Tammanv |
hall and the county Democracy that il |
mayor, iheN would run me for congress b
select city district in which nonipa.
ion wns equivalent to election: that !
hould be at NO expense whatever. but
night go 10 Europe or anywhere !
wished and when | came back should |
'ecclve a certificate Of election TO the
lousc Of representatives,.
IL,
nc | can I possibly get the office. Why
hen II ] caunot possibly get tho office
10 you want me 10 withdraw
Short Emphatic Reply.
" His reply was: won caunot get
lcll.
"I said; You have relieved INC
u Embarrassment. ] do not want the
responsibility and the work of the of.
&c OF mayor OF New York. but do
want to raise hell. ] am decided and
will run.
Gaynor will this week take the stump
lnder the auspices of the regular or.
anizatlons in the several boroughs. He
viii appear in public at least twenty
lmcs before the campaign closes.
Mr.. WINS issued the following state.
lcut late tonight in reply:
The question which Henry George,
IT., now makes is, if my recollection
crves. taken from that gentleman 5
ifc of his father. Ny own memory is
. no respect faulty with regard TO nv
clation with Henry George. Sr.. but
hat rs no issue in the present cam
aigu.
I'm 1897 l denied that ! had ever
ffcred Mr. George a nomination i'm he.
alt of Tamnany Hall, and | also do.
jed that any such conversation as that
ere given took place between us. ! ,
till deny u, Mr.. George is dead and /
are 10 say nothing further Of the mat
or Even the courts will not permit
n" 10 testify as 10 conversation with
arries deceased
'It will uc noted that Mr. George !
ocs not repeat the accusation which Z
'aS made yesterday that ! attempted !
> brihe his father