The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-24
WILD OlER SENATOR HILL.
Brooklyn Greets Him More En-
Enthusiastically than EvtE
CHEEREo FOR MAHY MINUTES.

| snd Explains How the Country Fen Vpon
| Hard Time--Beter Tine- Io,inu- Tho
| Beneat- Conferred ny the Democrats
| when they Came Into rourr speeches
ny Mr.. Grou, and r. EiIcry Anderson.
| ~ have been informed that there has been q
| reorganization ~ the Democracy uf Kings
| county. Well. II you have another reorgauiza-
| tion you'll have to hire another hall"
| MY! how those Brooklyn Democrats gathered
| In the Academy of Music did cheer VIXEN David
H. Hill smillnply made that remark nt the olc1-
| ing Of his speech last night Gathered" IN the
Academy is not the word to describe that crowd.
| Compressed comes nearer describing tho condo
| tiun. Each NJ the several notable times senator
| Hill has spoken in that hall the reporters have
| truthfully recorded "a larger crowd than ever
before" Another record was made last rirh.
| The doors were opened at . o'clock. BEFORE 10
hall was filed and at T the police lost control
| Of the thousands on Montague street who
| were struggling for admission at the three en-
frances, and rushing past the powcricss biuo
coats, particularly those at the stage entrance,
| until there were thousand men on the stage in
| space which will comfortably scat 200. Attic
main entrance the police were similarly power
! less in their efforts to place any limit on the
| number Of enthusiastic Democrats who gained
| admission and after every seat In every part Of
the house. including the window stills OF the top
| most gallery, the crowd wedged down the aiscs
| until there was no more possibility Of entrance.
| still the crowds in the lobby pressed at the
| top OF the al les until n curious thing happened
The pressure became So great that the compact
| column Of people standing in the aisle began to
| upheave. geyIer-like, each upheaval higher than
| the preceding one. When these conical erup-
| tions OF humanity, surgng and waving. became
| too high for their bases to support them longer
| there was an explosion, and the cones scattered
their particles, forcing them into the directions
| Of least resistance which happened to be tho
| spaces between the seated auditors and the
backs OF the rows Of seats before them.
| For n time this created considerable excite
ment and some alarm. but In the mysterious
way in which such ovcrfows do adiust them
selves. the commoton gradually -ubsided.
| There are many large boxes In the Academy
and some OF these. which could hold twenty
| five persons under the prevailing conditions last
night, were occupied by only half dozen.
| SCmc men who had women with them became
| desperate aftcr their long unavailing efforts to
| get into the theatre from the Hobbies, or out Of
| 1t anyway. entered one Of the stage boxes. This
was stage box occupied by Chairman Edward
| NJ. Grout's party. Mr.. Grout still in the
box. the meeting ~, yet having been called
| TO order, and he anxiously beckoncd for
policeman the stage to come
to his . rescue. When the officer forced
| his way tn the front OF the box. from the stnpe
! the crowd saw the situation and called on him
| to Let EN- alone: they're Democrats" So no
| let them alone. and no harm followed. all the
| other boxes were similarly filed.
| In of the topmost boxes. reversing the
| error of the ostrich. and thinking himselfwholy
| concealed because only his head was exposed.
leaning over those in the front Of the box, star
| ing down upon the mighty crowd Of tumultu-
ously cheering Democrats. frantic with IIill
enthusiasm himself seeming daacd and wonder
stricken at what he heard and saw, was tho
oracle OF the Shepardtes. st. Clair McKelway
In spite OF all the discOmforts it had to endure
the crowd good natured while waiting the
forty minutes after o'clock for the appearance
of the hero OF the evening. Every one in tho
building knew well enough that had Mr.. Hill
arrived at the theatre, near Us he could
approach unaided, at promptly. as, indeed. he
did. IL would take at least half an hour for tbs
police TO make a way for him through the pack
about the entrance, and ten minutes would not
be too long to allow the Senator to recover his
breath and rearrange his clothing. As it was,
his usually carefully arranged black tie was
sadly awry when he spoke.
There WAS a false hope that Senator Hin had
arrived at 81? when man who resembles him
somewhat appeared on the stage, and the audi
ence chcered for two and a half minutes. IL
was $40 when the senator really did appear.
Then the cheering broke out wildly. The Soma
tor, looking extremely we'll and hearty, accom-
panied by the Hon. James ID. Bell and Mr.. Il. NJ.
Circuit walked to the front of the stage, bowed.
and sat down. The audience In every part ~
tie house rose and their enthusiastic shOuts
grew louder. At the end OF one minute OF cheer
Ing Mr.. Bell could be seen urging the Senator
to rise and again acknowledge the greeting.
Senator IIill smiled and shook his head. With
out a wave of intermisslOn the vast crowd COM
tinued and increased its enthusiastic shouts.
This went on while the second minute passed.
and then the senator rose and gravely bowed To
all parts of the house. That instead OF quieting
the tumult, only intensified IL. Men who had
been standing on the floor and merely cheering.
jumped on chairs and shrieked; women in the
boxes who had been waving their hRndker-
chiefs jumped to their feet and waved more
handkerchieis and flowers aud fans, and Joined
in the cheers.
Thus the third minute passed.
Then temporary Chairman Bell raised his
hands in appeal for quiet.
Evidently he did not know how glad those
Kings county Democrats were to see Mr.. Hill.
Al the end of three and half minutes Mr..
Bell was seen 10 be talking, but the cheerers
went on. 1t was exactly four minutes alter the
first cheer that the reporters made out through
the reluctantly ahating storm that Mr.. Bell
was saying, " Let us have order
1t was four and half minutes before all the
audience heard the appeal, and that was a
pretty good wei, ONE from an audience every
mothers son and daughter Of which had GER
tainly been squeezed quite breathless In the or
deal Of entering the building The audience re-
covered its breath again quickly. for there were
lois OF cheers for things Mr.. Bell said. There
was big responsive cry Of "Hin!' when he
said The most important thing, after all Is
who shall be Governor" and there was a bigger
cheer yet when the speaker declared, tie Is at
the head Of the State ticket because he Is a
Democrat" There Was a significant emphasis
on the his" when Mr.. Bell said, I'VE are Just
a. loyal as ever 10 Grover Cleveland, aud ne arc
here waging his battle"
CHAIRMAN OROUT on HILL
Then he introduced the permanent Chairman
Of the meeting Edward NJ GrOuL The latter
put himself In good temper with the audience
At once by sAyinkt Am an ind pondent Demo-