Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-21
New York's Madison Square
Garden Made the Scene
of a Demonstration
RARE EVEN IN GOTHAM.
Both Candidates Notified Officially of
Their Nomination.
ORATORY AND LOTS OF APPLAUSE
Usher in the Campaign for the Leaders
of the Free Trade Cause.
RUTH CHEERED TO GROWERS DISGUST

NEW YORK, July 20.-Before the SUI
had set this evening, people commence
what, an hour later, had become a dens
mass of beings in the streets and avenue
which bound Madison Square Garden
q Each was intent upon getting inside. t.
witness the formal notification of Messrs
Cleveland and Stevenson OF the fact tina
they had respectively been nominated b,
the Democrats for the Presidency and Vic,
Presidency.
The struggle with the police for place.
near the doors was constant and vigorou,
until 7:45 p. NJ, when the doors swung
open and the thousands hustled in with 9
thunder of footsteps. Meantime, member.
of the Reception Committee had driven tc
the home of ex-Secretary of the Navy
Whitney, where they took Mr.. Cleveland
into a carriage, which was at once driven to
the Manhattan clubhouse, where the Ma
tional and Notification Committees were
waiting. There they were almost stimuli
taneously Joined by others of the Reception
Committee who had escorted Mr.. Stevenson
thither from the Hoffman House.
The three committees, with the candi-
dates, at once entered carriages and were
driven to Madison Square Garden, where
display of fireworks
Fifteen Thousand Enthusiasts Present.
The party alighted and entered the hall
amid cheers. As the candidates passed in
side more than IL, 900 people were awaiting
them. The assemblage was truly Demo
cratic one, the admission tickets being ex.
clusivelv confined to the stage and boxes
and the vast amphitheater being thrown
open to the general public There was the
same decorations, the same gay streamers
variegated colors, and from the topmost gal
lery surrounding the enclosure were sus-
pended the coats of arms of the various
States and Territories of the Union.
While awaiting the arrival of the guests
of the evening the audience passed the time
cheering alternately for Cleveland, Steven
son and Governor Flower, and occasionally
snatches of campaign songs or joining in the
s'Boom-de-aye'' of the band. At exactly
$40 there was little commotion in the
rear of the stage, and a moment later the
committee entered headed BY Hon. Perry
Belmont, who walked arm-in-arm with
General Stevenson.
Ovation to the Candidates.
Instantly there was cry of "Here they
come" and as the crowd recognized the
Vice Presidential candidate the vast building
fairly trembied with loyal Democratic
cheers
General Stevenson bore his honors mod
estly, and bowling his acknowledgements
gave way to Governor Flower, who entered
q moment later and received q f1attering
welcome from the New York Democracy.
Of course the great ovation of the even
ing was reserved for Grover Cleveland. As
he entered the hall, and ere he had scarce
crossed the portal of the stage enterance, a
sharp eye from the rear gallery, 800 feet
awav, recognized his familiar form, and a
shrill cry of ''here comes Cleveland" was
the signal for a demonstration that Grover
Cleveland has not witnessed since 1888. Of
course the Presidential candidate received
the ovation with his usual stolidity, but the
very modesty of the great Democratic
leader seemed to excite his admirers to
greater efusion.
Chairman Wilson's Address.
When silence was finally restored Chair
man William L. Wilson, of the Noti6ca-
tion Committee, stepped to the front of the
stage, and facing e1-President Cleveland,
who arose ct the same time, spoke as fol-
lows:
message from the Democratic party. We
come as committee from its National Con-
vention, representing every Democratic
constituency in the country, to give you
official notification that you have been
chosen as its candidate for the Office of Pres
ident of the United States.
In great contest your party has sum-
moned you to be its leader. Four years ago,
in the mid-career of a service that well de-
served the highest honors that your coun-
trymen could oestow, as we feel sure that 1t
will receive the highest encomiums that
history can award. you were struck down
because, as Democrat you could make no
terms with those who wished to plunder the
peoples treasury, or those who sought to
perpetuate the passions OF civil strife. Your
countrymen will right that wrong. They
have seen an attempt to turn the gratitude
of great nation into an electioneering fund
for a political party, and service to that
party in the conflicts of peace count for
more than service to the country in the con-
fiicts of war. They have seen every power
of the Federal administration passionately
used to destroy free elections in the States.
And seeing all this, they have lost no oppor-
tunity in the past four years to honor your
administration,
And now, sir, we put into your hands the
commission OF which we are bearers. 1t is
the highest honor your party can bestow. 1t
is the gravest call to duty yoEr fellow
Democrats can make. But we believe we
can assure you that there are no weak
weary or Respondent Democrats in the
ranks OF our party to-day, and that with the
peoples cause as our cause we doubt not you
will lead us to victory in which the princi-
pies of our party shall gloriousy triumph,
and the welfare of our country shall be
nightly protected.
During Mr.. Wilson's address Mrs. Cleye-
land, who had been detained, strove to
enter the hall unobserved, but the audience
caught sight of her and fairly went wild
with enthusiasm. In the very midst of Mr.
Wilson's speech three cheers were given for
Mrs Cleveland, and when a voice from the
gallery proposed "three cheers for Ruth"
the enthusiasm reached such height that
the Chairman was obliged momentarily to
suspend.
Mr.. Cleveland's visage darkened with
displeasure, but even his frown was power
less to check the enthusiasm of American
chivalry, and it was fully q minute before
that enthusiasm exhausted itself At the
conclusion of Chairman Wilson's address
the Secretary read the following formal
notification letter to Mr.. Cleveland:
The Oficial Notification.
To Grover Cleveland. New York:
As members of the Notification Commit
tee delegated by the National Democratic
Convention, which assembled in Chicago
June 81, it is our agreeable duty to inform
you that, upon single ballot, you were
unanimously nominated for the Presidency
OF the United States.
Nothing could evince the affection and
confidence in which you are held by the
Democratc party more positively than the
fact that you have three times been made
to the principles of the party Of Thomas
jefferson, you fidelity to every trust reposed
in You by the people, your courageous. con-
servative and exemplary administration
when Chief Executive of the United States,
and the prosperity of the country under
that administration, have won for you the
respect of every citizen.
In the maintenance of the doctrines which |
Won have so clearly expounded and 80 con-
sistently advocated, and which form the |
basis OF tho declaration OF principles formu- |
lated by the Democratic convention which |