The Portland daily press., 1894-10-16
PANDEMONiUM REIGNED
How the Republicans welcom ed MI. Reed
to New York.
From the New York Sun. /

Political mania in a virulent form
broke out at the Repu blican mass meet
ing at Cooper Onion last night. Tom
Reed was the cause of it. He reused
the crowd to frenzy of enthusiasm that
shook the building. Every form of
noise-making at the command of crowd
was put in use. Men not only stamped
and yelled, and olapped and howled,
but they hammered the pillars with UNI
bre.las and canes; they blew horns, toot-
ed whistles and.sang songs, and produced
such an overwhelming clamor that even
the stolid policemen, accustomed as they
were to outbursts of enthusiasm, were
aslonished.
A very hard time these same police
men had. Long before the doors were
opened an eager crowd gathered around
every entrance waiting with an inn
patience that they made no endeavor to
conceal. Before O'Clock the hall was
thrown open and the rush began. Many
of this foreguard were women, whose
escorts had brought them early with
out avoiding the rush. Most of the
women got seats in the front of the mid
die section, where they formed conspic-
nous and highly enthusiastic part of
the audience. Quarter past saw every
seat filled and the people massing in the
aisles back of the seats. Here the real
work of the police began. Orders had
been given that the aisles that radiated
from the stage should be kept clear and
this was only done by main force OF re-
sistance to the empress by the police.
Back i'll the hall and even on the stair
cases every foot of space was occupied,
On the stage every seat was taken, a
number of the occupants being women.
Back of the platform was a huge bic
ture of Morton aud in front of the speak
ers desk portrait of Saxton. The hall
was trimmed throughout with flags. By
7.30, with half an hour still to wait, the
audience began to amuse ITSELF Some
hody shouted: Three cheers for
Thomas B. Reed, our next PRESIDENT
this was only starter, and, though the
we'll restrained enthusiasm. A man with
rattle helped in the cheering, and a
scattered chorus of small horns and
whistles formed high obligato. Evil
IDENTIFY the crowd was warming up. 1t
reached high pitch when a man on
the stage proposed three cheers for DR..
Parkhurst, which were given with
nWiuSs am .oPoabou ny Rcntfa1 equeSU.
By way Of change one OF the audience
suggested Grover Cleveland, which
reused a storm of Kisses. Then from the
middle of the audience a strong baritone
voice started well known air. Other
voices joined IN, and presently the whole
section were singing: "Dayy's in the
cold, cold ground"
This took like wil1hre, and on the repe-
tition the whole crowd Joined in, the
tUnmpT'S vOlcpG haino Gil a., I'll
able in the chorus. Just here Republic
can who has been prominent locally for
many years came in for demonstration
of disapproval. Inspector Williams an
peared on the stage and some of the au-
dienee began to app aud, but just as
quickly Others Kissed, and the kissing
was quite as strong as the applause.
kept their spirits mp to mark by cheer
ing for Morton and Saxton. In lull in
the noise there was comlnotion at the
left of the stage. A woman down in
front cried shrilly:
Reed Reedl He's comingin
1t was guess. for nothing could be
seen from where she sat, but it was
good guess. The people on the stage
rose. Then the shining head Of the ex-
Speaker appeared, moving through the
crowd toward the centre, land the audi
ence rose to it's feet as if propelled from
their seats by machinery. A long, deaf
ening yell went up. Men and women
jumped upon TIL. seats, waved handker-
chiefs, threw hats and canes and u,n-
brellas into the air, howIed and yelled
and cheered and whistled like maniacs.
Mr.. Reed finally reached an open space
in the center, bowed to the audience,
thereby setting them off in fresh
paroxysm. and sat down. william
Brookfeld shook hands with Mr.. Reed
and took a chair next to him, and COR
nelius Bliss sat down on the other side
Congressman James j. Bel6en of Syra.
cuse came out and took CT air near the
trio.
sour next Speaker" said Mr.. Brook
field, as one who needs no INTERPOLATION
to any audience in the land. We ali
know, honor and admire Thomas b.
Reed"
The crowd went mad again. The band
was playing, but nobody except those
within a flew yards of the musicians
knew it. They finished their tune and
repeated it with never a hearing. The
crowd was still drowning ali other