Evening journal., 1893-06-29
THRONG MADE TROUBLE
Mayor Shortlidge "Walks
Over" Manager Benson
BUT HE WAS CALLED UPON TO DO so

BUT HE WAS CALLED UPON TO DO so
Two Statements Of the Trouble At the
Auditorium Last Night which Are at
Nariance-Many People Went to Eszr
the High school commencement, Bus
Only Heard the FortissImo Parts Of the
Exercises.
That which has been most talked about
by the scholars OF the public schools, the
High School commencement. was held
last night in the Auditorium Building.
Much confusion was caused by DELAY
In seating the vast crowd Many persons.
not seeing an usher, would sit down
wherever fancy struck them and in
short time would be routed out by the
ushers.
All the boys who spoke could be heard
all over the house, but those in the rear,
or even the middle, could not hear the
girls
The first two musical selections were
not heard on account Of the confusion
and neither was the prayer Of Rev. w.
| L Swartz. The first essay, "The Poets
Mission, was read by Miss NJ. Isabel
Macallister.
The debate on the question: "Re-
solved, That the Annexation Of Canada
Would Be a Greater Benefit Than q
Detrlment TO the United States" was
well taken by James Mahaffy for the
Affirmative and II. L Rice for the mega
tive.
Albert w, Foreman was the class
orator and he took for his or4tion
Depew's struggles Of Discovered"
HIS Grafton would have been much
better had he spoken slower from the
start
Rev Merritt Hulburd, d d delivered
an eloquent address TO the graduates
The complete program was published In
yesterdays EVENING JOURNAL
They Acted Like Crazy Men.
Relative to the charges brought by
the clamorlng multitude at the Audi
torium last night that the management
was not able to seat the large crowd
Manager Il r. Benson was interviewed
this morning by an EVENING JOURNAL
reporter He said:
1--WE were seating the people well aud
not having any trouble at all when Or
Shortlidge, a member of the board, came
TO the door and demanded that the
other door be opened. Mr. Mason, my
door tender, informed the doctor that
that would not do, as it would be
impossible to take the tickets and
would make perfect jam In the aisles.
"Iie paid no attention whatever. to
this explanation but deliberately opened
the other door, and you can very readily
imagine the result. The people Just
hocked into the house, aud
blocked the aisles so that IL was inn
possible for the ushers TO do anything
with them. / had twelve ushers for
last evening, which was an ample mum
Der for the house
Il am surprised that a man like our
new mayor has no more iuogm snt than
he exercised last evening. The News
this morning criticises the ushers This
r Is an injustice to them and to ali parties
3 concerned, aud II most certainly would
not have happened had we not had q
crazy man 10 deal with
Il estimate that there were at least
200 people who entered the hall at the
time who had no tickets at all and who
got the seats that belonged TO the per-
T sons who had paid for them
~ am certainly sorry that this thing
j has happened, but | also do not care to
4 have the house condemned ON account OF
/ the action Of man whose better judg
ment should have taught him that such
action would be sheer folly. / an
thankful that no one was seriously in
3 iured, although one of my ushers was
knocked down in the mad scramble
< Mayor shortiidge Talks.
a Dr. Evan g. Shortlidge was seen ia re
lation to the above and was told that the
management Of the Auditorium blam
, him or The Board Of Education for th,
confusion last night. Mr.. shor.lidg'
J said;
al arrived at the building about Il
o'clock and saw that there was a Jam o.
r people from the door TO Madison street
rhe people were complaining becaus'
, they we're not being admitted to th'
d building and were talking about thu
Il poor management.
II went around the building but could
e not get in by the doors 80 / climbed IL
Il one OF the windows
a "rhere we're two men at the door tax
r ing tickets and / asked them why tn
a sids doors were not opened. They salt
0 that there were only two ushers and the
could not attend to seating all tn
ia people.
Is ''Then I went and opened the sid
Is double doors and told the people TO com
D. in and take seats, regardless of checks
There were fully 1900 people standiD
outside at the time 1 opened the dooii
and at the rate they we're coming
before, they would not have all bee
Is seated by 10 o'clock.
"The management was very bad and
g would take the ushers some time {
,5 decide where to place the people, an
,r they did not appear to know where th
ID seats we're
"When went in the house Willial
d. II. Foulk, Clement B Smyth and Geore
ty w Todd were standing there. aske
= what was the best thing to do and MI
es Foulk agreed with me, that the onl
:. thing to do was to 60 and open the sid
st doors"
BOTH LEGS HORRIBLY cRUsHEl
Andrew johnson, Colorsd, Goes to slee
Under Freight Cars With Serious Result
U.s. Andrew johnson, colored, and
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