Wichita eagle., 1888-09-07

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An enclosure formed around the platform
| rallied in about $50 chairs reserved for fav
ored ticket holders. As early as 6 O'CLOCK
the doors were beseiged by old politician:
for admissions Only few Of those wht
held tickets to the platform for reserved
seats succeeded in getting in. Forty min
utes before one hundred and fifty police
men marched into the garden and tool
the places assigned them. At o'clock {
single door was opened on the Fourth
avenue side for the general public and an
| other on the Madison avenue side for the
holders of tickets. Through each poured
a steadily increasing stream OF people witt
the roar of mountain torrent. The ticke
holders, among whom were number o.
ladies, rushed for the front seats in the
reserved enclosure, while the other:
clambered over the railing of the
| gallery onto the speakers platform anc
mounted the tiers of seats like beslegine
army storming fortress. At the same
moment the band struck UP and its strain
mingled with the noise OF feet and The
! shouts of the crowd. In an incredible
short space of time the several galleries
were packed and few minutes later the
southern galleries were filed. Then the
| crowds surged on the main floor, and
every minute saw them packed closer and
closer to the stout railing OF the reserved
| enclosure, and every minute saw the re
naming feet for standing room growing
less and less until it entirely disappeared
Still hundreds more pushed in and
squeezed room for themselves until the
walls of the building fully held its esti-
mate of Is, 900 persons.
At precisely o'clock Calvin s. Brice
| chairman of the national campaign com
rlittee, appeared in the speakers stand
and at length made himself heard above
! the din called the meeting to order and
presented Hon. Roswell II. Flower, who
| made brief address.
| While Mr.. Flower was still speaking,
the crowd near the Madison Square en-
trance began to cheer. The cheers swelled
and ran to the body of the hall, down tc
| the Fourth avenue hall, completely drown
ing the voice OF the speaker, as they wei
| coined the coming of Mr.. Thurman. AS
cheers were redoubled, bandanas were
waved and the band struck up Hail to
the Chief" Mr. Flower, who had not
attempted to continue his speech, at
once introduced Mr. Thurman. saying
Fellow citizens, | have the honor to
introduce to you the cold Roman" Allen
g. Thurman" As Mr.. Thurman stepped
! forward to the speakers stand. and stood
erect, wiping the preparation from his
face with his faded bandana the widest
| excitement followed. Every one having a
! seat stood upon it, Bandanas and flags
were waived and the crowd cheered and
reduced TO muffied sound the strains of
the band The cheering continued foi
! fully five minutes and then in q voice SO
! feeble that only those within few feet OF
him could tell by the motion of his lips
that he was speaking. Judge Thurman
said:
Mr.. President. ladies and gentlemen-1t
| has been said by the Republican party
since | was nominated for the vice
presidency the Allen G.. Thurman is
an old. frail, decripid and broked down
man. | do not know what | should reply
to this, although | well know that | am in
mense audience such as this. However,
want to speak, and in spite Of illness am
going to make the attempt. L beg leave
however TO withdraw and thank you fol-
your kind reception.
A hush fell upon the assemblage as all
saw that the hero of the evening was try
ing to speak to them but was unable to dc
so. Colonel Brice and Nj Flower stepped
forward and taking Mr.. Thurman by the
arm assisted him back from the speakers
stand He was almost fainting, and for a
few minutes was too Tx to be removed
from the building. When he had recov-
cred sufficiently Judge Thurman was
taken in a carriage direct to the ladies'
entrance of the Fifth Avenue hotel, accom-
son, Allan w. Thurman. The judge was
conducted to his room and was attended
by Or. dthwaite, the hotel physician
The latter applied remedies and later it
was said that the distinguished patient
would be all right il an hour or two.
! DR.. Goldthwaite said the judge had been
afflicted with cholera morbus at 3 o'clock
/ in the afternoon. He advised his patient
not to exercise himself by remembering
/ the big meeting. Judge Thurman in
sisted upon going to Madison Square gar
den Notwithstanding the advice of his
physicians Mr.. Barnum came out of the
apartments in a little while, and though
he looked seriously worried, announced
that Mr.. Thurman would be all right in q
couple of hours. In the sack room leaned
Mr.. Brice and Allan w. Thurman, Jr.,
and the physician. Meanwhile, in Madi-
son Square garden, the throng called fol-
Governor Hill, when Mr.. Thurman had
gone. He was present and at once re
I ferred to Judge Thurman's sudden Illness
saying it was an illness which had come
upon him but an hour before. The gov
ernor said he took great pleasure in an
nouncing that the illness was not serious
and that Judge Thurman would be able to
proceed with the work laid out for HIM in
| the campaign.