Show Henry Georges Speech Union was NEW YOBK Oct 5Cooper crowded tonight with workingmen Thou ands were unable to gain admission Over streets flow meetings held in the adjoining meetngs When George were addressed by speakers l entered the hall the entire audience rose wild with enthusiasm When order was restored re-stored the chairman of the meeting John MoMaoMn formally tendered George the nomination for Mayor George after the enthusiastic cheering subsided said the step he was about to take was not one to be ste1 lightly entered upon When the nomination nomina-tion was first mentioned he regarded it as something not to be thought of He did not care to be Mayor of New York His political politic-al ambition had ended because he saw politicians pol-iticians cringe and crawl He would not shame his manhood to seekofEce for office sake He believed and long believed that workingmen ought to go into politics Cheers He believed and long believed through politics was the way and the only way by which anything real and permanent could bo secured for labor Before he would consent to accept the nomination he had asked for some tangible evidence of his fel lowcitizens that the City of New York really wanted him to come to the front That evidence ev-idence thev had given him tonight Turning to the chairman George said MrMoMack in I accept your nomination and through you I shake hands with every workingman of this city It now only devolved on them he said to elect him Cries of tWe willf As they had asked him for no pledges he would make none He would not ask endorsement en-dorsement from any party but labor Whoever Who-ever accepted him did s astnorjSpresenta tive of organized labor The cdming election elec-tion would be the fiercest contest ever known in this city Everything that money and influence could do would be used to defeat de-feat him He said the city government should be modeled after that of the United States with an executive head responsible to the people for subordinates I elected he would discharge the duties of Mayor faithfully and give an honest clean government gov-ernment giving his influence for wise legislation legis-lation The duty of the hour was to do away with industrial slavery He advocated advo-cated a Government proprietorship of telegraphs tele-graphs and railroads In conclusion he urged tho workingmen stand united and win Telegrams were received from the Bridgeport Central Labor Union the Chicago Chi-cago Cook County party the Labor Convention Conven-tion at Richmond and from Syracuse wishing wish-ing him success Nearly 500 was turned in by the audience as a campaign subscription |