, 1880-09-18
A GREAT EFFORT.
Certainly the Greatest Mr..
Conkling Has Made
in Many Years.
Speech Of the Distinguished SEN
ator in New York Last
Night,
Before an Enthusiastic Audi.
ence Of Ten Thousand
People.
Twenty-Five Thousand Others
Unable to Gain Adj
lnittancc.
4 Clear Exposition Of What Is Act
ually at Stake in the
Campaign.
The Proportion Of National
Control In the Hands
of Rebels.
Comparisons Of the industrial Con-
dition Of the North and
South.
Desperate Determination of tic
Democracy to Ruin tho
Natfon..
A Review OF Its Stubborn Opposi-
tion to All Honest Political
Measures.
The Country's Credit saTed Solely by
the Efforts Of the Repub-
lfcan Party.
hr. Conkling's High Appreciation Of |
the Republican Candidates Flo.
quently Expressed.
The Conntr5's Credit SaTed Solely by
the Efforts Of the Repub.
1ican Party.
hr. Conkling's High Appreciation Of
the Republican Candidates Flo.
quently Expressed.
His Frank and PAtteripg Tribute to the
Character and Worth Of Gen.
Garfield.

SptefdE Dhpdteh 10 The Chicago Tribune.
NEw 1nIK. Sept. 17.-rhe meeting Mt the
Academy Of Music this evening to hcar tic
address of Rnscoc Conkllng WIS an inI,nc1su
gathering. The hall was packed and the eal.
lcries wero filed. There were roo people OF,
the ssa8c, a.ld 2h,0oo people In the streets
were annblo tn gain adnlttance. Thcspeak-
inR wns advertised to commence, ut 7:3o
O'Clock, but Mr. Conkling did not appear TIL.
Ill o'clock. The doors OF the Academy nf
Music wcrc thrown open Mt o'clock. Il
large number Of policemen Ind hcen
stationed I'll front of the building
III Irving place to control the crowd
and assist In the collection of tickets. There
wcro at this hour at lelst Is, 900 people wait
ing to rush in. As soon as tho doors wcro
open the scramble commenced.
THE cnCs1t WAS TERRIFIC.
Tie police were b0rl,v down by tho weight
OF the crowd. and were completely power
less. The do0rkeepers wure entirely nuable
to collect the tickets, and were pushed ustdo
or tramplcd Oil They were glatt to save
themselves from bodily l1arm b. getting
themselves out Of tho way, and allowing the
mass OF humanity to rush By.
They might as we'll have tried
to ssop q herd OF buifnlos
an 4 Western praIrio when III full flight.
People werc carried from tho street Into the
hull without touching their fret to tho
ground. Tto immense building wtS titlctt
from r0of to basement In fifteen minutes, nnd
those outside struggled yaln'yin rot through
tho doors. until It seemed rs II tlle walls
would burst. Men shouted md cursed,
women screamed, tie policc alternately
menaced tlle mob with their clubs and cx-
lt0StulatcA with ulenl~ Il sccIe was e,,nctcd
which It IL impossible adequately to describe,
and the like ut which will mt soon occur
again In this city. Ones inside
THE UTMOST G6un MuM0R
prevailed. 4 yoicu lu the auditorium struck
up "Jol'n Browns l'o.ly," al,sl it was inI,ue-
diately jolnctl l'y a thousand other yolces ln
tho audience, which sslug tho verse through.
This singing was excellent, antl tho effect pn,-
dglous, nronslng enthusiastic cheers ol. tl,e
part Of tho waiting multitude.
After Il brluf Interval, "Auericn" was
satnE BY tho sant0 chorus Of a thousand
voices. Then followed tbs Stnr.SpanEletl
BANNER" About this time some ,'atrIot dir
Gov. Cornell III n private lax will.
sums If tho laties If hts fumily. lie wns greet
ctl with thrcu rOnHi1iE Cl,ecrS n1ltl wullid nut
be loft alone until he nroso nlul l,owu.i his
tu tla audience TIlun
soinu QUO pr0msctl three cheers for Grant,
Which brought tho wllolu audiences 10 u,cfr
feet In response to tho Gull. The cheers
were given with will.
For few minutes tho nutt'ellco Ind moth. |
luz to occupy Its attention. Then grutle.
llIatl IN tic parquct arose and appealed to the
gallantry uf tllosU near hinl 0n bellnEf uf u |
[Atly who wanted Il sent. After 4 c0,Istlert- |
EI1u ttniny, during which tlle attention Ut tic |
andLonce Ind been attracted that why, a
rn!urc't rltlzcn arose a,l4 p0litely guyo
his seat to tIte lady. Tl,e Immense allllIulco
recognized thu gEAcf0us net, alNl brokt Into u
prolonged shout nj approval.
ESTEIt SENATOR C0SKIlNf,
Promptly ut y o'cloek 3lr. ConkIIng, nc
by lIamllton FisI. a.ut several
'tlier prominent gentlemen, al,l,s..rrtt un the
lido entrance Ut the platform. Instantly
,yery ,nan aud woman III the building arose
u their feet, ana swinging hnts alltt llalutlsgr-
'|'Iufs tn tue air, shouted until the building
rembtetl. Alr. Conkltng walked ulmn the
platform anu bowed several times slightly,
md with that studied Rrace fur which !!u il
When thu cheering had
ubsIticd hs tuck scat, whcru.lpUn
perfect hurricane Of enthusiasm broko out
lgain, which compliment the SENATOR ac-
by arising and bowling repeated
J. as before.
LETTER FROM GEN. GRANT.
A letter was then read from Gen, Grant,
addressed to Gen. Chester H. Arthur, ex-
PRESSING his regret that he could not be pres
nut On this occasion, and tho hops that the
Meeting would be successful one, aud say
NJ that he Intended to do all In Ills power
or the success OF the tlckot, and that he In.