DE OMNIBUS REBUS.

If there is one thing that quicker than another will drive a man to drink, it is thirst.-Life.

BASEBALL clubs are ruined by "weak" batting by day and “hard” batting at night.-Lowell Courier.

A CONDUCTOR can be polite to the ladies and at the same time knock down the fare.-Philadelphia Call.

THE Voice of anarchy is a mingled wall of indolence and shriek of ferocity.-Cincinnati Times-Star.

Ir is quite as much in the power of labor to oppress capital as it is for capital to oppress labor.- Washington Critic.

THERE was a time when a man thought twice before marrying. he thinks three times after marrying.-Burlington Free Press.

Now

THE “New South" which some people prate about is fast picking up the worst things of the old North.-Macon Telegraph.

A BACHELOR clergyman acknowledges that the most trying thing he has to do is to christen babies in a heavy squall.-New York Journal.

THE Chinese claim to have discovered the art of sneezing, and to have practiced it 2,000 years before any other nation caught on.-Detroit Free Press.

HENRY GEORGE is bald. When Mr. George gets to be mayor of New York he will no doubt turn his attention to bringing about a more equitable distribution of human hair.-Louisville Courier-Journal.

CHURCHILL'S exploit in avoiding the crowded paths of diplomacy and communicating personally with Bismarck, has about it a Napoleonic air that strikes profoundly the European imagination.-Ohio State Journal.

DR. TALMAGE was fortunate in this, that the man who wanted him to lecture so that the proceeds might pay for his wedding trip did not ask him to throw in a present for the bride.-New York Journal.

IN a campaign like this the unpurchasable voter is the one that gets left. He stays at home and attends to his business, while the purchasable voters go to the polls and elect the wrong candidate.-Philadelphia Enquirer.

THE mercy shown by the man in Danvers, who stuffed "Rough on Rats" into a pie, which his enemy was expected to steal, thus doing his best to shorten the torture which the pie was bound to inflict, was above the human.-Lynn Bee.

MR. EVARTS says that he takes a great interest in the political situation in this town. "I am now giving some attention, with other gentlemen, to the subject," says Mr. Evarts. Bless his innocent and long-winded soul! Does he think he knows anything about the mysteries of politics in this town?-New York Sun.

THE iron and coal interests are among the most thoroughly protected interests of Pennsylvania, and yet the wages of labor in iron, iron-ore, and coal are lower than in any of the unprotected industries. If the protective tariff insures higher pay to labor, as is claimed, why do the wages of iron and coal workers rule so low?-Philadelphia Record.

It is the most humiliating of our continental disgraces that a man can steal $500,000 in the United States and be protected from punishment by the Canadian government. And it is a sad commentary on our civilization that the two greatest nations of the earth can not agree upon a plan of extradition which shall not be all in favor of thieves and rascals.Chicago News.

EVENTS OF THE WEEK.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9.

On Friday night the MohamFOREIGN.-The situation in Delhi, India, grows critical. A cable dispatch from medans destroyed a Hindoo temple. Troops had to be called in. Sofia represents General Kaulbars as saying that the salvation of Bulgaria depended upon the acceptance by the government of the province of the Russian overtures.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10.

DOMESTIC.-The Anchoria, with her main shaft broken, is under sail off the coast of Newfoundland. Third Auditor Williams, of the Treasury Department, has addressed a letter to the Governor of Indiana, detailing the frauds perpetrated in the settlement of war claims made by that State. A national convention of distillers, brewers, and liquor A genuine and beer dealers is called to be held in Chicago on Monday, the 18th instant. tragedy is enacted in a variety theater at St. Louis, an attache named Sandmeyer killing his reputed wife in a dressing-room and then taking his own life. Dwight L. Moody, the great modern evangelist, is holding revival meetings at Nyack. The Knights of Labor will make an effort to close the work of their General Assembly at Richmond this week. Minister Cox is home on leave from Constantinople.

FOREIGN. False charges against the Irish National League are answered by Timothy Harrington, M. P. Elections are proceeding quietly in Bulgaria.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 11.

DOMESTIC.-The Knights of Labor make holiday at Richmond, parading in a body and engaging in various enjoyments provided for them, day and evening, by their local brethren. Mr. Powderly publishes a letter on the race issue. Major Cole, one of the jury that condemned the Chicago Anarchists, has been in jeopardy of his life twice since the trial. Sixteen thousand workmen in the packing-houses at Chicago are on strike against the resumption of ten hours' time for a day's work. A meeting is held at Jefferson, Ill., to denounce the judgment passed upon the Anarchists. Two thousand car-drivers are reported on the eve of a tie-up in Boston. Congressman Abram S. Hewitt is nominated by the County Convention of Tammany Hall for mayor of New York. General Miles' report A quarrel between stuproves the surrender of Geronimo to have been unconditional. dents and negroes at the State University, Chapel Hill, N. C., results in an attack on the negroes' dwellings, the killing of one student and the wounding of two others.

FOREIGN.-The Anchorla is safe in the harbor of St. Johns. The Bulgarian elections, so far as the results are known, have gone against the Russian party, four hundred Min. All the government candiisterialists and twenty-one Zankovists having been chosen. dates have been successful. A Canadian gun boat commander hauls down the American flag on a schooner "detained" for alleged violation of custom-house regulations.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12.

DOMESTIC.-A heavy storm prevails along the Gulf coast. John Clark is shot at and killed at Morrison, Ill., by Sheriff Reach, from whom he tries to escape. Edwin W. Burrage, assistant postmaster at Troy, is missing, and his accounts are reported to be $3,740 The chances that the short. Neeld, the fugitive packer from Chicago, is in Montreal. General Assembly of Knights of Labor, at Richmond, will close its labors with the present week seem impossible. Forty arrests are made by the Chicago police in connection Four of the men are with the assault upon Waller, the witness against the Anarchists. identified by Waller and are held. The laws of marriage and divorce are before the Episcopal general convention. Secretary Manning returns to Washington. The Elevated Railway bill is defeated in Philadelphia councils. The Theiss boycotters, in New York, having been pardoned, are released.

FOREIGN.-There is a good deal of war feeling in France. Caricatures of Bismarck are suppressed in Paris.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13.

DOMESTIC.-At the Convention of the Knights of Labor General Master Workman Powderly is re-elected, and the Constitution is so amended as to extend the term of officers to two years. There is talk about the secession of the Southern Knights of Labor from the order on account of Mr. Powderly's position on the race issue. Lynchburg, Va., is cele. The fourth annual Indian Rights Conference convenes at Lake brating her centennial. Mohonk. The President issues a proclamation revoking the suspension of the discriminating customs imposed on the products of and articles proceeding under the Spanish flag from Cuba and Porto Rico. The General Railroad-Time Convention meets in New York. At the Episcopal Conference in Chicago, there is an animated discussion on a After the substitution motion to send congratulations to the "Congregational Church."

of "brethren" for "church" the resolution is adopted. The President appoints Colo. nel James C. Duane to be Chief of Engineers, U. 8. A., with the rank of brigadier-general. The remains of the late Chief Justice Chase are removed from Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, for reinterment in Cincinnati. The address of the national committee of anti-saloon Republicans is issued.

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FOREIGN.-The London Times publishes a leader commenting on the Henry George movement and on the torpor which it says has fallen upou American politics. The Belglan government asks the aid of the detective agents of Berlin, Leipsic, and other social1st centers in tracing the ramifications of socialist plots that have been discovered in Brussels and Antwerp. Slight earth tremors were felt on Sunday and Monday at Strasburg, Benfield, and Gerstheim. The Bulgarian government, replying to Russian notes, says it will explain the precautions taken in the election on the ground that they were justified by knowledge that armed bands were preparing to disturb the polling. The elections in Bulgaria for members of the Great Sobranje have resulted in the return of 480 government candidates, of 26 of the Zankoff party, and of 15 adherents of M. Karaveloff.

VOL. II.

POLITICAL.

THE CANDIDACY OF HENRY GEORGE.

Few events of the year have excited so general and profound an interest as the candidacy of Henry George for the mayoralty of New York.

New Yorker Staats Zeitung (Ind.), October 19.

[Translated for PUBLIC OPINION.]

THE Republican press, before the presentation of a Republican electoral ticket, were intent upon promoting the George boom. The latter could never have extended itself beyond the sphere of fanatical and thoughtless workingmen, if it had not found a support among conservative citizens through a justified discontent with the regular political organizations. This support was withdrawn from him, on the one hand, for the reason that George threw himself into the arms of socialists and anarchists, and on the other, by the fact that the Democratic organization, taking cognizance of the situation, presented in Hewitt a candidate who possessed the requisite ability to combat a mischievous policy, and unfolded, through the mode and manner of his nomination, a guaranteed independence. Under these circumstances, the restriction of George's candidacy might have been assured within the circle in which alone it could have found an echo, according to its character, if the leaders of the Republican machine had not found it good policy to bestow upon the candidacy of George their benevolent sympathy. This course of conduct can not result in the election of George, as no kind of intrigues would avail to defeat a candidacy so supported as that of Mr. Hewitt; but the result would inure to a considerable enlargement of the vote of George, if the significance which Mr. Hewitt himself has given to his candidacy had not penetrated through, and especially among Republicans, exposed the unworthy attitude of the Republican press and of Republican politicians. Washington Evening Star (Ind.), October 19.

HENRY GEORGE is coming to his senses. He finds himself deserted in the midst of his campaign by many of the respectable persons on whose support he had counted, because they can not even appear to countenance such rant as he has been indulging in at meetings of foreign malcontents. He is moved, in view of this defection, to write a letter to Mr. Hewitt denying that he is an anarchist, a nihilist, a socialist or a communist. Then what is he doing with Justus Schwab and fellows of that sort for his lieutenants, speaking from the same platform with him and youching for his present opinions and future conduct? And what does he mean by his declaration, unaccompanied by regret or a deprecating word, that we are on the verge of a revolution like that in France nearly a century ago? The denial comes too late. A better place and time to make it would have been on the rostrum, when the mob orators were identifying him with their cause. The accusation which he will have to meet at the polls on election day and which has doubtless already, a fortnight in advance, cost him thousands of votes, is not an invention of the enemy but a charge of his own making. He deliberately forced the law-abiding and self-respecting citizens of New York, thrifty workingmen as well as rich capitalists, employed as well as employers, to turn their backs upon him and vote for somebody who, at least, stands as a representative for government and good order.

Courrier des Etats-Unis (Ind.), New York, October 18.
[Translated for PUBLIC OPINION.]

MR. HEWITT declares that the question presented is between his candidacy and that of Mr. Henry George; that the respective personality of the two candidates before the public plays but a secondary role in the contest; that principles alone are at stake; and finally, that the majority of the electors are called upon to decide whether the progress to be realized should be pursued by the regular working of institutions which have taken precedence in the development of the public prosperity during the first century of the national life; or whether it be expedient to have recourse to new methods, experimental in character, which constitute the essence of doctrines vaguely designated under the name of "Socialism." It is entirely upon this theme that the letter of acceptance of Mr. Hewitt turns, and which says: That the problem being thus stated, and the two great factions of the Democratic party having, by common consent, designated him to represent the first-mentioned of these theorems, which, since its origin, has been the fundamental basis of the republican institutions of the United States, and which is the logic of all its past life, he does not believe himself morally justified in declining the honorable task for which he has been selected.

Brooklyn Eagle (Dem.), October 18.

No. 28.

Irish World (Rep.), October 16.

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HENRY GEORGE, whom the workingmen of New York have nominated and whose "canvass" during the first few days was quite promising, has suddenly found a lion in his path, since the hostile fraternities in the New York Democracy giving heed to the admonitions of necessity, not to their own impulses, have united upon the great and popular manufacturer, Abram S. Hewitt. Some few Democratic papers of New York were inclined, at first, to vigorously attack Mr. George, a course we could not approve of, for he is an honorable and able man; but the mayoralty of New York is not his place. The Herald has recently suggested that Mr. George should withdraw his pretensions, and instead, become a candidate for Congress in Mr. Hewitt's district. Certainly the pride of the man will scarcely permit his withdrawal from a candidacy which has excited so much noise, nor will his constituents, probably, consent to his doing this. It is, therefore, to be regretted that so much energy as Mr. George and his partisans have developed, should be so fruitlessly expended, while to Congress-if the idea of the Herald be really practicable-a power of the first rank would be assured.

New York Evening Post (Ind.), October 18.

EVERY thoughtful man who has studied the workings of the elements that support Mr. George knows that the "movement" is a great conspiracy of the employed against the unemployed, and is a closer monopoly than any railroad or land monopoly that can be found in this country. Its central idea is that the men engaged in any particular employment, as, for instance, car driving, have the sole and exclusive right to drive cars on their own terms, and that anybody who drives cars without their permission, or who offers to do so, should be beaten and stoned until he desists. And if, as Mr. George hints, the police interfere with the brick-batting and clubbing of the unemployed, they are to be taught that they are the servants and not the masters of "the people." What people? Not the American people as a whole. They are the servants of the American people as a whole now, and they follow the rules laid down for them by the American people. No; they are to be the servants of a particular class or clique, namely, of the clubbers and brick-batters who are striving

after a monopoly of employment and seeking to make the condition of the unemployed more miserable than ever.

Anzeiger des Westeus (Dem.), St. Louis, October 16.

[Translated for PUBLIC OPINION.]

WITH the nomination of Abram S. Hewitt has vanished all prospect of the election of Henry George, if any really existed, which, indeed, many doubt. That portion of the workingmen which was not rather strongly inoculated with socialism had, moreover, become more and more perplexed by his candidacy, the more boldly the socialists-anarchical elements among his adherents pressed forward into the foreground. By reason of the demonstrations with which, on Tuesday last, the pardoned 'boycotters" were received, the defection of the more moderate will be yet more expedited. No word of gratitude for the act of grace! On the contrary, hatred and derision only. As a consequence, the candidacy of Mr. Hewitt as a sequence of the acts of the New York socialists and anarchists; the candidacy of Mr. George will more and more shape itself into a mere muster of the strength of which the party hostile to social order can dispose in the city of New York, and will hence be very useful and edifying. So far as the number of votes is concerned, it will doubtless be exceeded by even that of the Republicans.

L'Eco d'Italia (Ind.), New York, October 18.

[Translated for PUBLIC OPINION.]

In every respect the electoral contest of this year will be the most bitter that has yet been seen, at least so far as regards local elections; and, perhaps, it has never before been so difficult as on this occasion to foresee, even approximately, what will be the result. It is necessary to note a most important circumstance, and it is this: that if the two principal factions of the Democracy, the "County Democracy" and "Tammany Hall," are in accord, in voting for a common ticket, that of "Irving Hall" has not condescended to unite itself with them-at least up to this momentand in order not to pass directly into the camp of its adversary—that is to say, the Republican, seems disposed to cast its vote for the third party, that of Henry George. If this should happon, the defection will be most sensibly felt by the mass of the Democracy, as thereby it would lose many votes from the protectionists. The latter are fighting without any prospect of victory, but their votes scattered, are assuredly lost, to the detriment of one or other of the parties which contest the result.

Minneapolis Tribune (Rep.), October 17.

THE mayoralty contest in New York is to be one of the most peculiar and notable in the history of any American city. Mr. Henry George has been in the field for some days as the workingmen's candidate. He is famous as the author of trenchant economic essays devoted chiefly to attacks upon the private ownership of land. He has had no experience in political life, and none of any kind that could be called a preparation for the duties of the mayoralty. But he is not a cheap demagogue nor a man lacking in capacity. He is personally honest and high-minded. The men who have given him the nomination and are supporting him earnestly have in the past been largely at the beck of Tammany leaders and Democratic ward strikers. They are not supporting George in any revolutionary or socialistic spirit, but chiefly out of disgust for the old political alliances and methods. They are at least working in an honest way for an honest man; and that is much to be thankful for. They are on a higher political plane than they have been wont to occupy.

National Republican (Rep.), October 18.

For obvious reasons the nomination of Henry George as the workingmen's candidate for mayor of New York, on a platform embodying the theories of which he is a leading representative, imparted at once a national—and we may truly say international-interest to the pending municipal campaign in that metropolis. The high character and conceded ability of Mr. George, not less than the orderly manner in which his supporters proceed to put him in nomination, and place their issues on trial, were a loud challenge to the old parties to exercise unusual care. The new movement, however radical it might be regarded, or whatever might be feared from its tendencies, was a long way above contempt and far beyond the reach of ridicule. Thus challenged to bring forward their best men, the old parties have responded-the Democrats by naming Abram S. Hewitt, the Republicans by calling Theodore S. Roosevelt to the front. Both are upright men, and either would be a much better mayor than New York has been in the habit of electing.

Chicago Herald (Ind.), October 15..

LET the men who are now so much afraid that the class idea is to be introduced into American politics look around them and they will see that it has been in American politics for twenty years. During that time the monstrous fortunes whose possessors sat with Mr. Blaine at Delmonico's table were made. They were made through the operation of laws designed to benefit a class at the expense of another class. When this selfish and purse-proud element uncovered itself in 1884, it sounded the key-note for the Henry George movement not only, but for many movements which have not the character and dignity which belong to that. One small class having obtained vast power in the republic through unjust laws, it is imperative that the opposing class should take measures for self-protection. Conducted lawfully, as the George campaign is, there is no danger in the movement. The real peril was in the original venture and in the long indifference of the mass of the people to it.

New York World (Dem.), October 18. THE two candidates afford perfect types of the theorists and the practical men of the world. Mr. George has written books about things while Mr. Hewitt has been doing them. Mr. George has told his sympathy for the workers while Mr. Hewitt has shown his. Mr. George has tried to invent ways in which the Government can help men while Mr. Hewitt has helped them to help themselves in that best of all ways-by giving them steady work at liberal wages. Mr. George has philosophized about "Progress and Poverty." Mr. Hewitt has progressed from poverty to property by the road ordained by God and nature-that of honest, indefatigable, individual effort. Mr. George means well. Mr. Hewitt not only means well but does well. It will not take the intelligent American workingmen long to decide which will make the better practical chief executive officer of the business concerns of this great city.

Charleston News and Courier (Dem.), October 15.

THERE is glory enough for Henry George in the single fact that he alone, by virtue of his integrity and force of character, and by virtue of the trust reposed in his personal motives and purposes, has brought about this changed state of affairs in a city whose name has heretofore been associated with what is most corrupt and condemnable in the conduct of political campaigns and in the administration of municipal government. It is glory enough for him, even if he shall be defeated, to have accomplished so much. New York city is likely to elect this year the purest and truest, the most honest and honorable mayor it has had in very many years, and that mayor will be either Henry George himself or a man who shall have been chosen because he most nearly approximates to the exalted standard which Mr. George has set up in his own person and character and in the unbroken record of his unselfish life.

Cincinnati Volksfreund (Dem.), October 17.

[Translated for PUBLIO OPINION.]

THE Democratic factions of New York city know sufficiently well that on the 2d of November they can only win when they put into the field a candidate in common for the mayoralty. Those voters who support the workingmen's candidate, Henry George, belong almost exclusively to the Democratic party; and the workingmen's party will consequently so weaken the latter that it can only be victorious when it is united and votes for a single ticket. If the Democrats reach no agreement the Republicans reap the advantage from it, and in the event of their being fortunate enough to elect a mayor out of their ranks, they would acquire almost the entire civic administration, and it would be attended with the most serious results results which might not remain without influence upon the next Presidential election.

Atlanta Constitution (Dem.), October 15. HENRY GEORGE's candidacy has had the effect of bringing to the front all the demagogues in the country. Among the new and old frauds that have bobbed up serenely Dennis Kearney deserves a passing mention. Kearney's real character was exposed years ago, and the honest workingmen dropped him, but he is again on deck, brassy and impudent as ever. He now wants to be sheriff of San Francisco, not for the office or salary, he says, "but to break down a vicious system." This glib reformer makes even bigger promises than Mr. George, and the old carpet-bagger offer of "forty acres and a mule" sinks into insignificance by the side of the inducements held out by these modern Jack Cades. George and Kearney are birds of a feather. The dignity of the one is equaled by the extra strut of the other. They are after the same prey and they are traveling in the same direction.

Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.), October 14.

A FEW days ago Henry George was nominated by 30,000 workingmen of New York as the labor candidate for mayor of that city. There is no more extreme, aggressive and earnest free-trader living than Mr. George. Tuesday Abram. S. Hewitt was nominated for mayor by Tammany Hall, an organization which has long been recognized by the workingmen of New York as their friend, and whose membership is very largely composed of workingmen. It does not, therefore, appear that the workingmen of New York city believe, as the protectionists charge, that free trade would mean the ruin of the workingman. On the contrary they seem to have rather a partiality for free-traders, if we are to judge by the recent developments in New York politics.

New York Times (Ind.), October 19.

THE significance of the candidacy of Henry George in the municipal canvass is generally understood. It represents the power of the labor unions of the city, and its chief purpose is to relax the execution of the laws so far as they bear upon lawless efforts of men connected with those unions to carry their point in contests with employers. It is intended to prevent the police from interfering to put down such demonstrations as we had in the street railroad strikes of last spring and to remove the ban from boycotters and blackmailers which has been established by a prompt execution of the conspiracy laws of the State. Incidentally it is expected to promote the application of the Henry George remedy to the wrongs of workingmen.

that Roosevelt and the Republican machine, tied behind the chariot of Warner Miller, constitute only a comparatively insignificant wing of the general opposition. It is said by Republican critics that Mr. Hewitt has devoted altogether too much attention to the George movement by making it almost the exclusive topic treated in his letter of acceptance. We do not think so, and we are pleased to see that Mr. Hewitt does not enter into the canvass with too low an estimate of the new force in our politics.

Las Novedades (Ind.), New York City, October 17.

[Translated for PUBLIC OPINION.]

Ir would be far more expedient, not alone in the interests of party, but for the good government of the city, that the ex-member from New York should accept the candidacy and triumph in these elections. By this would be avoided, in a great measure, the disintegration of forces with which Mr. George's candidacy threatens the Democracy. Mr. George calls himself the representative of the workingman, but sustains economical ideas which could find no echo among the great majority of the electors of New York.

Omaha Republican (Rep.), October 15.

PERSONALLY George is a man of definite originality of mind and singular purity of character, and no dangerous consequences would follow his election. It is objected to him that he is lacking in administrative capacity, but this is a rather premature accusation inasmuch as he has never held an administrative position. The platform upon which he stands has some features calculated to alarm conservative people, but it will have little bearing on the campaign since the reforms demanded can only be obtained through the medium of national legislation, and many of those who will vote for him neither understand nor care for his theories.

Rochester Herald (Rep.), October 18.

EVEN with so respectable a candidate as young Mr. Roosevelt, Republicans will not be wanting who will give Mr. Hewitt a cordial support at the polls, not because they wish to assist in the election of a Democrat to any office, but for the simple reason that by voting for Mr. Hewitt they will add just so much to the emphasis with which the dangerous socialistic, communial teachings of Mr. George are stamped out. It is more a question of self-preservation than of politics with the people of New York city this fall and the party lines are not, we believe, going to be drawn very tight by the thoughtful Republicans of the metropolis.

New York Tribune (Rep.), October 20.

THE plain truth is that the Democratic party is enormously weakened, disorganized, and demoralized. Its rank and file have revolted and gone over to George. The Republican party is practically intact, with organization and numbers unimpaired, and for the first time in years thoroughly united and hopeful. Is it not clear then that, if George is to be defeated, the Republican is the party that must do the work? What folly, what madness it would be to abandon the strong, sound organization, and rely for safety in this emergency upon the one that is already confessedly deserted by half its members!

New York Commercial Advertiser (Rep.), October 16.

THE French revolution was entirely justifiable, in spite of the horrible butcheries that signaled the reign of terror, which, in itself, was but a side issue of the movement for the overthrow of a corrupt monarchy and a tottering throne. The workingmen of the United States have no such cause for complaint, and all who teach them otherwise are foes to society and to order. If Mr. George's supporters had the benefit of a common school education his appeal to them in the name of the patriots of the French revolution would be as ridiculous as, under the existing circumstances, it is dastardly and criminal.

Richmond State (Dem.), October 18. GEORGE, representing a class, is the only candidate who has the public support of clergymen. Rev. Heber Newton, Rev. Mr. Huntington, son of Bishop Huntington, and two or three other Episcopal preachers, several Catholic priests, a Congregational divine, a Unitarian divine, and several others have made speeches in behalf of George. A Protestant minister presided over the meeting that indorsed his nomination. One of the peculiar features of George's campaign is that the principal executive work is done on Sunday, and that Sunday is a day fixed upon for public meetings.

New York Herald (Ind.), October 20.

THE disgruntled members of Irving Hall met in convention last night and indorsed Henry George. That was to be expected. They have had politically no local habitation since they were left out in the cold by Tammany and the County Democracy. It was absolutely necessary, therefore, to go somewhere where cakes and ale are to be had. They have solemnly resolved to get all they can from George, but they will probably vote as circumstances may dictate or as opportunity may suggest. Politics is a curious game, and the looker-on sees very funny things at times.

New York Sun (Dem.), October 16.

SINCE the nomination of Mr. George there has been an unworthy freshness in all party politics about here. It blew a breath of invigoration through all the organizations and made them all bestir themselves with agility to hunt up the very best candidate, wherever he could be found, and to nominate him. The Democratic ticket bears the mark of this pur

pose in having the name of Mr. Hewitt at its head, and this and the satisfactory sight of a solidified city Democracy, in a judgment of fairness, must be in a great measure credited to Mr. George.

Pittsburgh Labor Tribune, October 16.

HENRY GEORGE's candidacy for mayor of New York is gathering adherents from business circles and the learned professions. The opposition is centered on Mr. Simmons, ex-president of the Stock Exchange, the names to whose call represent $400,000,000 of capital. As this is corporation and speculative capital, it would be interesting to know how much is water and how much solid-how much swindle and how much honest. The square property owners and owners of industrial capital rather like the George movement. New Haven Palladium (Rep.), October 19..

To the fact that Mr. George has disturbed the previous routine of the "machines" must be ascribed the nomination of two so good men as Messrs. Roosevelt and Hewitt. In doing that he has deserved well of his city. Irving Hall is the only organization which is completely disgruntled, and Irving Hall is not a power to be compared with either of the other Democratic machines. If, as is now considered possible, it decides to indorse Mr. George, Mr. Roosevelt's chance of election will thereby be somewhat increased.

Hartford Courant (Rep.), October 14.

NEW YORK was the scene Tuesday night of a reception to the pardoned Theiss boycotters. Justus Schwab at the festivities remarked: "Just wait till we elect Henry George and you will see some things you never dreamed of." The same evening Mr. George in an address to voters said: "If elected mayor I will loosen the bonds of the police and make them the servants of the people." Some New Yorkers are growing nervous over this kind of talk and are afraid of seeing things they have dreamed of.

Ohio State Journal (Rep.), October 18.

THE nomination by the Republicans of Theodore Roosevelt for mayor of New York gives definite shape to the canvass in that city. At this distance it does not look as if he could be elected over Mr. Hewitt, the candidate of the combined Democratic factions. But there are signs that the combination is not altogether sincere. Henry George will draw heavily from the Democracy; Mr. Roosevelt is a man of the highest standing with all classes, and so the Republicans by no means despair of success.

Boston Journal (Rep.), October 19.

SOME Surprise was expressed when one of the anarchists convicted at Chicago, in his address to the court, said that he began his training by reading the writings of Mr. George. The latter's own development, since he entered the arena of politics and became a candidate for mayor, shows that it is not a very long or difficult step from his theories to anarchy, and that a man who has been regarded only as a harmless doctrinaire may easily become a dangereus leader of malign political forces. St. Louis Globe-Democrat (Rep.), October 19.

Ir is declared by Henry George in his book on "Progress and Poverty" that "the experiment of popular government in the United States is a failure." This is probably the basis of his expectation that New York will elect him mayor on a platform which purposes to subvert the whole existing schemes of society and introduce the rule of anarchy; but he will discover that the American people, with all their faults, are not yet ready for a change of that foolish and disastrous description.

Boston Post (Dem.), October 16.

PERHAPS it is well that Mr. George's views have been brought into the clear light of open-air discussion where their tendencies can be better seen. As a gentle philosopher, discussing queer theories of land and property in books that are always entertaining, if not sensible, he has received the kindly consideration of the people whom he amused. As a howling sans culotte, hinting at a guillotine in city hall park under his mayoralty, he is quite another person.

Philadelphia Times (Ind.), October 19.

INDIRECTLY, the candidacy of Mr. Henry George for mayor of New York may yet result in some slight financial benefit to the workingmen of that city. The additional prominence into which he has been brought has so increased the sale of his principal book that it is announced he will clear fully $25,000 during the present year. This, of course, holding the tenets that he does, he will divide with all his followers. Perhaps we may all be happy yet.

Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph (Ind.), October 16.

MR. GEORGE'S literary work is being quoted against him with telling effect in the mayoralty canvass, and the more conservative of the workingmen begin to question whether it would be wise to place a man holding such views as George does at the head of the government of the greatest city in the land. He is evidently losing ground now as rapidly as he gained it at first, and his chances of success are waning.

Chicago Tribune (Rep.), October 18.

ABE HEWITT did not want 30,000 names. He would be satisfied with less than a dozen, but he wanted the privilege of naming them himself. As compared with Henry George, Mr. Hewitt will rank about the same in point of modesty, but as a political tactician he looms up like a Colos