Introduction
November 2, 1886. For the past week a late autumn fog has blanketed the city. Today, however, the sun has broken out. The Statue of Liberty, unveiled less than a week October 28, breaks out in glittering spectacle over the city.
Nearly 220,000 people would go out to vote, in a city that would soon boast over 1 1/2 million residents in 1890.
The Candidates
Henry George
George led the first Labor Party in the city's history. Famous for his book Progress and Poverty, George advocated for a tax on land and a citizen's dividend, and was the most pro-labor candidate. George was in favor of municipalization, the transfer of entities that he considered "natural" monopolies.
Theodore Roosevelt
The 28 year-old dude had just returned from his ranch in the Badlands, preparing a secret engagement in London to his second wife, Edith Carow, when influential Republicans asked him to accept the Republican nomination. A relative latecomer to the race (by about two weeks), Roosevelt took an odd position besides the pro-labor George and the pro-capital Hewitt. A staunch civil service reformer, Roosevelt had served for 4 years in the state legislature, and was responsible for the legislation greatly empowering the mayor. The future president, a man of extreme energy, Roosevelt spoke to 5 crowds October 29. Responding to a Labor party official one day, he described, "If you had any conception of the true American spirit, you would know that we do not have ’classes’ at all on this side of the water."
Abram Hewitt
Hewitt, the man who eventually won, is the least known today. The son of a furniture maker, Hewitt benefitted from the last minute desertion of Republicans to stop Henry George's victory. The final score settled at 90,000 for Hewitt, 68,000 for George, and just 60,000 for Roosevelt. Hewitt, the "father of the New York city subway," was the most pro-capital, but still reform minded like his opponents, although said that "Unnecessary taxation is unjust taxation."
> Hewitt had a troubled term. He alienated Tammany Hall (despite reappointing Richard Croker fire commissioner), for he cracked down on gambling, whoring, and saloons that broke the blue
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Look I understand a lot of people would love to live in New York supply and demand and what not. But with such a well developed area how can a 1 bedroom apartment cost 5,000 a month? Where do all these rich people come from? I make close to 100,000 a year and I couldn’t even afford the basic necessities in a place like NYC! How do like 20 million people afford it? If just make no sense to me. Please explain like I’m five.
I live in a small town in Tennessee and I am insanely jealous of New Yorkers because they have 24/7 public transportation that doesn't require you to call three business days in advance to schedule and you also get free transfers. I'd love to live in a city where you don't need a car.
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