, 1888-09-07
Thousands Greet Thurman.

exhausted it served as the centre to many
thousands of people, who were addressed
by speakers on stands at each corner OF
the building. The interior of the garden
was profuselY decorated with American
%colors, and when the doors were opened a
tremenduousHstream of people rushed in,
trembling and hustling the $50 policemen
present, who vainly tried to preserve or
der.
In an incredible brief space of time the
southern gallery was packed, and a
few minutes later every seat in the north
ern galleries were filled. Then the crowds
surged on to the main floor, and every
minute saw them packed closer and closer
to the stout railing of the reserved en-
closure, and every minute saw the remain
ing feet for standing room grow less and
less.
Still hundreds more poured in and
squeezed room for themselves until the
builing fully held its estimated capacity
of $4,000 persons.
Suddenly there was heard a loud crack
ling and men mounted their chairs and
looked about them with anxiety. Before
any panic could be created, however, it
was seen that the impatient crowd packed
against the reserved seat enclosure, had
violently seized the ratings and wrenched
| them from their places and made a rrsh
for the chairs of those who had risen to
see what had caused the disturbance. No
harm was suffered by anyone, however,
| excepting those who had lost their seats.
AT s O'Clock CALVIN S. Brice, chairman
of the national campaign committee, APP
peared in the speakers stand, cane in
hand, and raped for order. He at
length made himself heard above the din
and called tie meeting to order, and pre-
scented Hon. Roswell P. Flower.
Flower made a short speech, touching
mainly upon the treasury surplus. Flower
referred to Judge Thurman as that ripe
scholar, that able and upright Judge, that
leader of the senate and that %incorrupti-
BILE statesman" While Flower was still
! speaking the crowd near the Madison
| square entrance began to cheer, drowning
the voice of the speaker as they announced
the coming of Thurman. AS he made
his way to the platform the cheers were
%redoubled, bandannas were waved and
the band struck up Hail to the Chief"
At the same time there reached the
platform Governor d. B. Hill, who took
a seat beside Mayor Hewitt, Congressman
Mcmillan, Patrick A. Collins and ex-
Governor Abbott of New Jersey. A
| greeting in the form of a resolution was
then read and adopted.
Flower who had not attempted to con-
tlnue his speech at once introduced Thur
man, saying: Fellow citizens, [ have
the honor to introduce to you the Old
| Roman, Allen G. Thurman"
AS Thurman stepped forward to the
speakers stand and stood erect, wiping
the perspiration from his face with the
famed bandana the widest excitement
followed. Everyone having a seat stood
upon it, bandanas and flags were. waved
and the crowd cheered and cheered again,
drowning into mufled sounds the strains
of the band. The cheering continued for
fully five minutes, and then with a voice
so feeble that only those within a few feet
of him could tell, except by the motion OF
his eyes, that he was speaking, Thurman
said:
Mr.. Chairman and Laiies and Gen
hemen: 1t has been said by Republican
papers since | was nominated for the vice
presidency that Allen G.. Thurman is an
old, frail, decrepit and broken down man.
| do not know what | should reply to
this. although | well know | am in no
condition to-nigh: to speak to an immense
audience such as this is. However, |
want to speak and in spite of illness | am
almost induced to make the attempt. |
beg leave, however, to withdraw and
thank you for your kind reception. A
hush fell upon the assemblage as all saw
that the hero of the evening was trying to
speak to them but was unable to do so.
Col. Boyce and Nh. Flower stepped
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arm assisted him back from the speakers
stand. He was almost f~ainting and for a
few minutes he was too sick to be re-
moved from the building.
When he had recovered sufficiently he
was taken in a carriage to the ladies en-
trance OF the Fifth Avenue hotel, accom-
| Allen w. Thurman. The Judge was con-
DIR. Goldthwaite. the hotel physician.
The latter applied remedies. and later it
was said that the distinguished patient
would be all right in an hour or two.
DR.. Goldthwaite said the Judge had
been attacked with cholera morbus at 3
o o'clock in the afternoon and he had ad-
vised his patient to not exert himself by
attending such a big meeting, but Judge
Thurman insisted upon going to Madison
Square Garden, Notwithstanding the ad.
vice of his physician.
An Associated Press reporter called on
Judge Thurman about 10 O'Clock tonight
and found him fast asleep and apparently
ENJOYING a wakeful slumber,
Allen w. Thurman sent this dispatch
TO his mother at Columbus late tonight.
IF you see reports in the morning papers
about father being sick don be alarmed.
1t is simply an old fashioned case of
cholera morbus, and he is all right now. -