Henry George and the Labor Vote by Editor

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 2, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 46.

Henry George and the Labor Vote

By Editor

MR. HENRY GEORGE is an avowed Socialist, he pretends to be nothing else, and hitherto he and his theories have been considered unworthy of any serious notice; but since he polled 68,000 votes in New York City alone, he has become a very respectable personage. The papers are perplexed and politicians are dismayed. They hate to indorse his theories, yet they know not how to draw away his followers without, and they dare not enter a presidential campaign against the so-called labor vote of the whole country. An immense amount of trimming may be expected between now and 1888. As might be expected, neither is this pie free from Rome's officious finger.