Show Vast dst New York Throngs jive Bryan fire at est Ovation e I of the Wild Plaudits Begin When lis sTrain Train rain Arrives Streets Packed So Thickly Has is Carriage a i Can scarcely Pa Pass Stampede To Do Him hm lionor r four Meetings Are Held ie d and At Each Is a Tremendous Crush sh L Men and aid Women Delirious With Enthusiasm m Cheering Being Behag long and ag at Open Air j Au ir Gatherings s Are So Thick Thiel the Candidate C nd d a e Can Scarcely Reach Platform Ste Stevenson venson and aid Others TaSk alko T o New York Oct 16 William Jen Jennings Jennings Jennings Bryan received here today and tonight the greatest greot st reception given any candidate during the present cam camp campaign p From the time of his arrival at the railway station until he reached his hotel after addressing four immense meetings he was w the recipient re of plau plaudits plaudits plaudits of the wildest character charn ter terA A tremendous throng met him at the station tation and the streets were so thickly packed that his carriage could with difficulty reach his hotel After fter a dinner at the Hoffman House attended by bv fifty persons Mr Bryan vent Ont to the Madison nd Sn Square S garden where he addressed a throng that filled that vast auditorium a to overflowing Mr Stevenson and others spoke there Mr r r Bryan also addressed meetings at avenue and Tw ent fourth street at nt Tammany halland hall hal and nd at Cooper At each place more people sere ere E rp packed in than could be reached b be his voice and the demonstration was the warmest within the range of ofIn risibility In STREETS PACKED Mr 11 Bryan arrived in this city at 2 55 o dock dok today toda His Hie reception was an emphatic ovation As the train steamed sti into the annex of the Grand Central station that part of the im imin imn in nse e E building was thronged with a multitude Mr Ir Bryan was driven to the Hoffman H Hu bf A in an open carriage in which he hen Fat gat n next to Richard Croker and with U v vi fr red d head bowed and smiled to toi th i thousands who cheered him Forty Rd nd street treet presented an animated se n ne From Lexington avenue on one i o to t Sixth avenue on the other the tt walks Iks were lined with the la a i e hout l mt 2 Captain Price at the f id nd Central station began begun to take H a ilia H measures measure to open a passage passageway way f the tho Tammany Hall reception committee com comee ee to tr the station st t tion ion A squad of t policemen cleared Forty wl nd street str t and about si sixty more po mon men under Captain Price marched too t n h n annex and established police pollee jl beyond which the curious could nt a t go got t i 35 3 a loud cheer went up and the then i r n carriage containing the Tammany Hal Ht u reception r committee rode to the anex William Wiliam R Hearst led the way limed by Richard Croker O H P president of the borough l mc m s j Coogan lames James Shevlin Sh Lewis iv x n Lawrence Lawrene Delmour and about a an n others ot hErs Three Th cheers for tor Croker n Y J Vs tl the time tim approached ti ro ched for the ar r i i of the train the Ute reception com corn in Life t t started to move further and f h r along the track At this point th h police poh te e lines were made ineffectual by n y a regular guar football rush While the r committee was waiting every F sib inch inh of oC space on stairs at win Ij 1 p ph torms and on the big iron bridges crossing the station were f rI r f The TE narrow passageway Along th n tacks was a mass of people when th en 11 ins int of the Bryan train blew Its Yarning earning tells le Then tn n came ime the mad macI scramble to reach the th rear car ar of the train in which Mr Ir 1 IV was supposed d to be Mr JJr r Ct Cro o k kr r Mr Ir Ha Hearst Ht art t and the other members If t f the tho r o tried spoon option committee to J h in a dignified manner toward the 1 t In n to greet Kivet I pt the presidential can l JL d h but the crowd lOd wa was too great t T i I 3 were Wrt pu IU pushed bed and shoved shoed and 1 ong i hn until they th had almost to brak lv mtr int a R run nan before they could Min me in thorns themselves ms es on to the rear plat form If f m rn and give gie Colonel Ionel Bryan greeting WILD GREETING M I the crowd was las ti 1 It cheered bend and hll hallooed l as Mr 11 TT Yan ai the out nut on platform n l by Richard Croker and th ht ha h began I n the journey a k rd the stiv street t t A number of or people taped 3 ta a 1 a i ped Mr Bryn Bryans hands The can good through he n 11 h aIL dirl In 81 spite ite Of or the fact that both a and Mr tr Croker were being rather roughly jostled a about ut utA A hE ent entered red ired the t open carriage and hat h 1 t k hIs seat t Mr Br Bryan Bran an took oft off his and 1 and bowed on evary ev ty t Richard Croker sat next to w him Mr hir Hearst and nd Mn Mr Shevlin oo copied Pled the other two o seats eats s In ln the e car ea easome r I lag It t took ks some me tin tInt tine e to te t clear a ato to street but J it was finally managed and then the carriages In which were ere the reception committee members started for the Hoffman House The party drove through ond street to Fifth avenue and then down to the Hoffman House Mr Br Bryan an reached the Hoffman House at p m All the way down Fifth avenue he was cheered by the crowds that lined the thoroughfare The demonstration as Mr Bryan left his carriage and entered the Twenty sixth street entrance of the hotel was wasa a repetition of that along the line The Democratic leader at once went to his rooms A few minutes later he re received received received a delegation from the St Mat Matthews Matthews Lutheran church North Fifth street Brooklyn Rev Re Augustus Som Sommers Sommers Sommers mers the pastor presented him with witha a cane which had hacI been won by Mr Bryan in receiving the largest number of votes at a fair held by b the church He made a speech of thanks and then retired to rest before the banquet THRONGS EARLY EARI T For hours before the time for the opening of the doors 5 30 p m Madi ladi Madison Madison ladison son Square garden where Bryan and the head of the state ticket John B Stanchfield spoke was besieged by crowds Throngs gathered and massed before the two main entrances of the building on Fourth and Madison av avenue avenue avenue as early as 2 Z hoping to get in w when hen the doors w were ere first opened At 4 at least 1000 persons were in n the amphitheatre having haing gained ad admission adI admission I mission on tickets which had been dis distributed distrIbuted distributed and which were given pre precedence precedence precedence over box seat tickets About OO ushers were on hand and at 5 the police I olice details arrived Deputy Chief Cortright with nearly a score of and a number of sergeants and were in charge In the half hour pre preceding preceding ceding the opening of the door the po policemen policemen policemen marched and countermarched about the garden the crowd cheering The policemen wore their dress coat I uniforms and white gloves I BOMBS EXPLODE I At to the minute the II sound of exploding bombs outside the garden announced the opening of the doors Instantly there was a great I rush from the M Madison dison avenue hallway and from th the street en entrance enI eni i I trance which according to police pollee arrangements ar arrangements was to be kei kept t clear for ticket holders In Iu the first rush were I a few women who got near the speak speakers ers stand In less lesa than ten minutes every seat seaton seaton on the floor was wa 3 taken and the crowd which had begun to pour I our in from all sides attacked the galleries Five min minutes minI minutes utes later saw the balcony and a part I of the galleries black with people The rush was then over but there came a steady stream through the principal doors and all empty seats were soon I filled The crowd did not appear at first to tobe tobe tobe I be demonstrative When the lights I were all turned on there th re came a brief cheer ch er The big semicircular electrical display over the speakers sneakers stand bore I the ix portraits of the two Democratic candidates the Democratic emblem and amI the Democratic watchword credit credited ed to Mr lr Croker We Ve wish to remain free people m jn great tr letters of light FLAGS WAVED I Th Thin n the band struck up a national air and as the people recognized Yan Yankee Yankee kee Doodle they got up In their seats with uncovered heads and as they 1 w WR waved av ed cd thousands ot of l small American flags shouted out the words of the I sons song son The garden was decorated in the na national naI national colors onlY onty Streamers radiated I front from the center from the roof under underneath underneath underneath neath the skylight to the heads of the theiron theiron iron pillars over the galleries and fes festoons festoons festoons I of flags with the colors of the different states lined the galleries The i speakers stand was wa draped simply with American flags and red ted white and blue bunting At the only seats remaining va vacant vacant a cant in the entire garden was an oc occasional occasional box the tickets for fot which re remained remained remained good until 7 The crowd was as orderly and frequent per performances performances performances by the band brought out enthusiasm m The arrival of prominent Tammany men before the oi opening ening of i the meeting brought out the first strong applause of the evening As 7 I I approached ap the hour when IVran was as expected to arrive the crowd began to warm up The garden was jammed but the police kept the aisles fairly well cleared and back from the gallery seats there was not an inch of ot available spa s space ae e WILD CHEERS CHEEKS Mr Mt 11 Bryan entered en red the garden at As the face or of Mr Croker behind h appeared stIr Bryans t r was Wp seen the crowd cr wd burst forth in one I great prolonged yell yea Every one stood I J tiptoe on his seat se t and ani the garden was wasi i a a sea of waving fin flags s As Mr hir Bryan 1 I escorted by Mr Croker mounted the speakers stand the cheering was continuous con continuous I The two climbed the stairs and made their way vay to the front fol lowed by the reception committee Mr Bryan Bran and Mr Croker r frequently re responded responded to the lime cheering by bowing to the vast a audience and the he faces fa ces of both bot were wreathed with smiles Just behind the two ai as a they mounted the platform pl t orm Mayor Van Wyck escort escorted ed Edward M 11 Shepard who was chairman of the meeting The cheer cheering ing continued now dying down now being renewed with increased vigor It continued for five minutes not abating when Mr Bryan Bry n rose to his feet and raised his hands Mr Croker pulled him hack back into his seat The cheering went wen ton on Mr Croker rose hesitated a at moment then raised his hand for Tor silence In Instead Instead Instead stead of ceasing the crowd broke forth louder than ev ever er Do w what hat he could Mr Croker could not silence the crowd After Arter nearly near fifteen minutes of cheer ing the applause began to decrease Mingled cheers and hisses the latter for silence lasted l sted a minute longer A call for three cheers for Our next president brought out a final cheer but an effort to repeat it was drowned in cries of put him out The enthusiasm enU nearly nealy nea p ly carried the crowd away The throng at the Madison avenue end of the garden jammed down the aisle and the sixty odd policemen at that point had to do battle with the crowd to seep ee it under control MEETING OPENED When quiet was restored Mr Croker rose took Mr Shepard by the hand and introduced him to the audience as chairman of the meeting Before Mr Shepard could get into he the subject of Imperialism to which most of the address was devoted the crowd became so impatient to hear Mr Bryan that Mr Ir Shepard could not pro proceed proceed proceed He suddenly stopped and intro President of the council who offered the formal of the th evening These welcomed Mr Bryan and Mr Stevenson to New York approved the Kansas City plat form opposed imperialism protested d against an enormous standing army any as asa asa asa a menace to the republic praised the volunteer army as being sufficient in emergency opposed entangling foreign alliances sympathized with the Boers denounced trusts pledged pled ed the party to bring back to the people constitutional government and charged the th Republic Republicans ans with having raised a gigantic cor corruption corruption corruption fund to debauch the suffrage The resolutions were cheered though they could not be heard for the shouts for Bryan and air Mr Shepard at once introduced the latter In a few short sentences Mr Bryan stepped to the railing about the stand as the throng broke out afresh into cheers He raised his hand for silence but the cheers did not subside Mr 11 Bryan was dressed sim simply ply ly In a black suit with a short sack coat Tree Three e cheers for our next president came up from the audience Mr Bryan raising his hand in deprecation de BOMB IN AUDIENCE The crowd was about to become quiet when with a boom and a flash of fire a flashlight bomb went off in the center of the room Women shrieked and the crowd yell yelled yelled yelled ed not knowing vv w at It all was There was great excitement and disorder for fora a moment and calls for the police A dozen policemen rushed to the spot where the man sat w who ho had fired the tae I bomb grabbed him and anca an hustled him 1 I and his camera out into the aisle and out of the garden Mr Bryan Brjan had stood quietly at the rail on the platform There was another attempt to renew the cheering but hisses greeted it and Colonel Bryan commenced speaking BRYANS SPEECH Mr Bryan began by referring to the vast audience before him and said that I it indicated an interest in the I campaign w which must be gratifying to 10 i all who ho realized the importance of the th I questions involved He immediately entered upon a defense of ot the Demo cratic cause and said I uTo To say that the people gathered here w who ho support our cause I are the ene mies of honest wealth is a slander which could not without th the one who uttered it knew it to be false We are not opposed to that wealth h which comes as as s the reward of honest hones t toil toll and is enjoyed by those who give e to society something in return for that which society throws upon them The Th e Democratic party today is not only not no t the enemy of o honest f wealth but the th e Democratic party of today Is the best t friend of that th t wealth which presents is Continued on Page 2 21 J 1 71 I VAST NEW EN YORK THRONG Continued from page 1 1 L ability of muscle or of mind employed I in its is accumulation Mr Bryan Bran went on to say that the th e party draws the line lne between honest hones t wealth and predatory wealth between betwee a that wealth which is a just compensation tion ton for services rendered and that tha t wealth which simply measures the ad advantages advantages ada vantages which some ome citizen has taken take takeover a over many citizens He declared that no no honest industry no honest occupation no tio honest man mai r I need fear the success of the Democratic c I party The Democratic party he said I showed its Is honesty by stating what wha it believed and ad telling the people what wha t tit it will wiil 1 do REPUBLICAN CON GAME GAl GA Taking up the Republican declara declaration declaration tion ton of principles Mr r Bryan Bran said that tha t the party Is not prepared prep red today to tomake t 0 make a fight on a question queston before the th e country countI And he continued if i c f you want proof let me remind you OU that tha t the Republican party today instead of 0 j f presenting any ay great principle and de defending fending it it is 13 i presenting an appeal to toe t 0 every e ry class cass of people supposed 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