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Show f and mm ; jjjlf ttable Dcnioiisfratioii in j y !T of Hie Present Re- -! jjjSubliean Campaign. ! 4lfoN SQUARE GARDEN j ?M 'ANNOT HOLD ACDIENCE i$Bf v . ytit ' 1 iiP ac lnabIe 0 Sl,cak' at vA rtli Because of His Ex- Jremc Hoarseness. ! :l iS BOX SQUARE GARDEN, 'pil ORK", Oct. 28. William H. Taft Si Jles E. Huc'neS wore the attrac-uTi attrac-uTi great Republican mass meet-atS meet-atS Fsdison Square garden tonight. difiS &ing was remarkable in several -5 ' At ecry mention of Gover-tiS Gover-tiS fbs'a uamo the hall resounded (1,51 iering. and when ho entered the -Sfcrowd, which filled every avail-a3co avail-a3co in tho auditorium, cheered tT'JJ sixteen minutes without, slop- ifSlpvernor Hughes made a cbarac-T.fcl&d'lresa, cbarac-T.fcl&d'lresa, which was received en-l4icallv en-l4icallv SpJCremaincd for Mr. Taft to in-t&V in-t&V greatest demonstration. For fjfc minutes Madison Square gar-f.wiblcd gar-f.wiblcd with tlio stamping of feet ? ASfcronr of voices. Mr. Taft tried ftnho racket, but was unable to "RSWhen the noi3e ceased Mr. Taft tMihiB address. Uis. voice , was ro'M'but the crowd was satisfied i :S4ko look at him and his every t cheered, audldato Works Hard. --"wwere a number of other speak-rZm speak-rZm tore Judge Taft and Governor Jm vcd. but the throne was im-fB im-fB to hear the -presidential and the twm fcniinecs. Their appearance, at itMH Square garden came, at the ivelS ' a3" which, from a political JmS lview, was most remarkable. tTh he day Mr. Taft addressed ;!aS'rneetiuc3 and Governor Hughes JrSt' fifteen. Then iohight. while -ajson Square gardeu meeting was iSfcw, a giant parade was wending 2sFin a downpour;' of rain down JjSSlthe. heart of tho city. ffflnbefore the doors ot tho garden -aown open loner lines of ticket "Mbad formed. It soon became "Uj:to tho police that llierc would wBfcpaco enough for the crowds ''SJsmJoutaulc. At 7 o'clock a heavy wMfin, aud it was thought the ""prbuld dwindle, but this was a WiBTlie streets for block? around 3 Ptfpta with umbrellas and fewper- 1 5crted. Excellent police regula-temfcvciited regula-temfcvciited anv unseemly crowding SaKjtho doors were opened. By S srewkhc po'ico had tQ bar all except imW scat tickot holders. The gal- iftll'; tho garden were girdled with dittifo flairs., tho dome was hidden refclfairaotii American flag, and over T7?i. entrance hung a big bluo Yale mbai&flth portraits of Taft and Sher-v".lfa Sher-v".lfa it. and in tho center "Yale w. jltwdpo Taft having been a gradu- :gf Senator Lodge Cheered. 'clSSa of three hundred pieces kept rvlkrtrd rom hecoming impatient Jlfcrtihe hour or more that elapsed foiicral Horace Porter, who nrc-filjUlcd nrc-filjUlcd tho meeting to order. When VlSftflenry Cabot Lodge appearoil JjjJfUtform the music was drowned f-ipplauso and cheering, Senator tXTtm M- "opew and State Chair-fflj3othv Chair-fflj3othv L. Woodriiff w.oro greeted c4ilHr demonstrations. tDMtl Porter was introduced at S:P0 gi'and began by saying that he rJjtr attended such an enthusiastic iBT-fl?. Then ho attacked William J. jjajrjeaying that hn was aufTering or fiwjllitical and tiuuncinl delusions, .-frjiiiainnan took up the issue of &!jj(jjrantce of national bank deposits HofgfiLtunt Brj'an's political economy 'nji'jiltrying to make tho governmont 5-cent cigjirs. when it took 10 lijgjjbrth of matches to light them. iTisfiiitly General Porter prophesied 6efcion of Mr. Taft. At the mcu-lxiA0iG mcu-lxiA0iG Pin'li'lotc's namo thero was r,'-nad cheering, and when a mo-i mo-i Suitor the speaker mentioned tho 2 Governor JIughcs there w'as au t yeypontinncd on Pago Two. TAFT AND HUGHES IN GREAT MEETING Continuod From Page One. outburst Unit lasted moro than two minutes. min-utes. Hundreds Of small American flags were waved. General Porter finally made li is voieo heard nnd introduced Senator Lodgo, who said he would attempt onlv testate how the contest against Governor Hughes looked to outsiders. .Said ho: "Wu see in Governor Hii-Iick a man who rendered a great public servico i the insurance investigations. Wo see in liim an able governor, who has labored la-bored fearlessly and unceasingly for what lie believes to bo right nnd in the highest interests of -tho people and for good government. We may or may not agrco witli all his views or policies, but it is clear to us that his purposes are lofty and that his aims arc high. He is a man of deed?; he has striven for what is best; ho has shown a greit generosity and proved his staunch Jie-publicnmuiri Jie-publicnmuiri in laboring for tho national cause, oven (o tho sacrifice of his own personal interests. His defeat, ns wo look at it, would mean a blow at the best ideals of American politics and would havo to say to every man struggling' for tho fight in public life that safety nnd success are to bo found in low aims and subserviency to soltish interests, and that tho reward for a brave battle for the right can only bo political defeat. We cannot bolievc that the people of New York will permit per-mit sucli a miserable message of discouragement dis-couragement and defeat to go forth lo us on election night." As lo Governor Hughes' ononout, Senator Lodge said: Respects to Ohanlor. "We outsiders know that M"r. Chan-lor Chan-lor was elected lieutenant-governor on the Hearst ticket two years ago. That is all wc know nbout him. If he has done or saiil anything in tho interval worth doing or saying, it has not peno-trnted peno-trnted to other slates. The Abbe Rives, when asked what ho did in Paris during dur-ing the reign of terror, replied, ' I lived.-' This was a. considerable feat under thoso conditions, but it is not a remnrkablo achiovemcnt to hnvo lived through the last two years in the stale of Now York, and we are not. aware that Mr. Chanler has dono anything more, "It. is Iru". I boliove, that he has thrown Mr. Hearst, whose creation he was, overboard, ami has now sworn t'oa 1 1 3 to Mr. Connors and Mr. Murphy. This change of allegiance may have been righteous, but it was hardly grateful. grate-ful. Kiting Ihe haud that feeds is never an inspiring spectacle." 4 Wc have a way of asking ouestious in our campaigns in Massacliusscts. It is an Yankee habit and wo expect candidal can-didal es to reply squarely nnd at once. A candidate who refuses to answer, who keeps sileucc or who hestitates or evades, would be condemned and defeated. de-feated. "Wo ltnqw thnt thousands of honest hon-est men and good oltiz.eiis wiil prjbabh-votel prjbabh-votel for Mr. Chanler. But, although tho elements which support Mr. Ohanlor arc not all bad, it seems to us that all ihe bad elements are with bin. Somebody is being deceived nnd wo think Now York ought at least chooso a governor who docs not deceive' nor seek lo deceivo airybody." "They all know whero Gov. Hughes stands. He misleads no man. The country admires him. Ho is able and honest. He is a strong, real man. Will you set .him aside for an amiable young man who merely deals in generalities, gen-eralities, which do not even glitter, and who has no record tto givo assurance of his future? "Wo of the other states look to vou in the name of good politics, for "tho sake of honesty and. deconcy and all that is of good report, once' moro to make governor of your great stato Charles I'J. Hughes." Minister Straus invited a burst of applause by alluding to President Roosevelt, as the greatest president since Abraham Lincoln. Mr.- Straus was interrupted by tho appearance of Gov. Hughes in tho hall. Tho crowd sprang up, waving flags, tho baud played a lively- air. arid for sixteen minutes thero.was an uproar, -Tho c.v-citoment c.v-citoment increased when Gov. Hughes reached the platform. Meu wero standing stand-ing on chairs, throwing their lints into- tho air aid shouting at tho top of their voices. Mr. Hughes stood smil-in" smil-in" beforo tho turbulent audience, and Gen. Porter found it impossible to restore order. "Hughes. Hu-h'os Hughes," rang from all parts of" the hall. Whenever the applause showed signs of dying down the band would start up, and this would be the signal for renewed cheering. After ten minutes had passed and voices began to grow weak, the crowd began to stump, and the building trembled from the uniform pounding of thousands ot feci. ,' , . ! The governor, who had spoken at six meetings tonight before reaching , the Garden, paid a tributo o Mr. Taft, nnd then took up the issues oi the slate j campaign. . . While Gov. Hughes. was speaking cheers were heard outside nnd shouts of "Taft, Taft, Taft," made him cut his spocch short. Mr. Taft did not appear, ap-pear, however, and George A. Knight or California was introduced as the next speaker. It was two minutes after 11 o'clock when Mr. Taft arrived. As soon as he was recognized there was a tremendous tre-mendous cheering, which lasted for nineteen minutes. The crowd shouted "Taft. Taft. Taft. Big Bill Taft," and pang Vale songs, while the band played, but the instruments- could be only heard when the cheering died down a bit. Mr. Taft stood on the platform plat-form with a smile of appreciation wreathing his round, good-natured face. As the cheering continued minute aftor minute, Mr. Taft grew more serious, and tried io compel silence by holding . up his hand, but this simply caused more cheers than ever. Gen. Porter stood beside tho candidate, and finally obtained comparative quiot. Then he introduced Mr. Taft as "Our next president." and the cheering was resumed. re-sumed. Whcu it. stopped .ludgo Taft started his speech. His. voice was very hoarse, and lie made his speech brief. His first words produced a general laugh over his huskiness. When it. sub sided he continued with much impres-sivencss. impres-sivencss. Taft Throws Bouquets. "Tho inspiration of this presence, no matter what happens on November 0. will be the sweetest moinory of my life," said Mr. Taft. This" sentence won the andience at once. Ho added: "The spirit of loyalty lo Republicanism Republican-ism that is instinct in this audience makes me rejoice that I have always been a Republican.'' A moment later the candidate commended com-mended the Roosevelt, policies and an oilier mighty shout of approval went up. When he said: "Bryan claims lo be the heir of those policies," a voice piped up, "Yes, hot air!" and another big laugh was indulged in-dulged in. A review of what the Republican party has dono was briefly givcu b' the speaker. Mr. Taft spoke for less than ten minutes min-utes because of the huskiness 'of his voice. Ho stood for a few minutes on the platform before leaving tho hall, smiling smil-ing broadly as thousands cheered him and shouted that he would win. . From the hall ho hurried to tho railroad rail-road station, whero he boarded his special spe-cial train aud began his .-journey up the stato, Mado Other Talks. Beforo going to Madison Square garden. gar-den. Mr. Taft spoke at Cooper Union. Thero ho discussed tho labor question m greater detail than heretofore. He discussed the labor decisions ho mado while on the bench, which have been tho subject of political discussion, and ho answered some of tho fresher charges against him which he has heretofore ignored. Ho indorsed the recent letter oi President Roosevelt to M.r. Bryan, asking whero tho N'cbraskan stood on the. bills favored by Mr. Gompers. which are said clearly to demand legislation legis-lation for labor as a class. Judge' Taft then took up tho reccnl chargo of Mr. Bryan that during the hard times of lSt)4-iG he had declined to modify au order of a receiver appointed bv him as .ludgo, reducing tho wages of tho cm-ployces cm-ployces of a certain railway 10 per cent. Judge Taft asserted that; this order was tho last extremity which could be resorted to lo save tho road to tho city of Cincinnati, tho owner, aud thus make, it possible for these same employees to obtain an- wages at all. . In justification of the infuiictions ho issued in secondary boycott cases. Judgo iatt said that the best labor unions today to-day rocognizod that the use of the sec-oudaiy sec-oudaiy boycott in industrial disputes is bad policy, un-American. un-Rcpublieau and an instrument of tvranny. "Aud until Mr. Bryan answers Mr. Roosevelt this question wc must assume that ho also believes with Gompers in tho secondary boycott," he added. B tiring the evening Mr. Taft also ad- dressed" Catherines at the 7inn I iit M. K. church. Camp IIuXs cLJ S",-the S",-the Thalia theater in tho ft he had been preceded V, Straus and numerous other and Muber's casino. .Judge Taft boarded tho t, cial nt the Grand C'putta u!! S" J1:.J5. o'clock tonight ft Stf where ho is scheduled to iM,y" row morning. Before Ivavinp L ii "That last meeting, the .Jjj W son Square garden, was oneofll i impressive I have cvei; bcea lo speak at. It did nol Hcom, ' crowd would ;vor got throw,"? !f mg. I appreciated it all vf2!, 1 I regret that I could ma jc ' but, owing to the fact thnt WJ & hind the schedule on arriving i i4 garden. 1 had to out it short , to Now ork since Suudav hai 1 tW thoroughly en.jnyable one." 1 V.J (21, and talked with so many w fUG the number seems eountleej."' |
