The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-15
The Big Auditorium damned with
People Eager to Hear the Sound
Doctrine from Senator Thurston.
THE ENTHUSIASM INTENSE
TELLING POINTS OF THE NEBRAS-
KAN'S GREAT ADDRESS.
-IntroductOry Speech by the
Chairmaa, Ex-Judge Howe.

John NJ Thurston, one of the United
States Senators from Bryan's State. with
his ideas of sound money, protection and
reciprocity, drew to Tomlnson Hall last
night the biggest crowd of people that ever
packed itself into the building. Every pos
sible nook and corner in the big auditor
ium occupied and for every person
that was fortunate enough to get in there
was at least one more who was forced to
turn away because the capacity of the han
had been exhausted and for once the old
saw that there is always room for one
more proved false. Those who were denied
admission to the hall were largely of the
clubs who acted as escort to Senator
Thurston from the Denison House to the
hall. Long before the clubs had even gath
cred at their own quarters to march to
the Denison House the people had crowded
into Tomlinson Hall and occupied all the
chairs, content to wait an hour to hear
the famous Nebraskan. When the escort
parade reached the hall there was but lit
tie space into which people could crowd,
but it was all utilized. Every spot of floor
space in all the aisles, but one, which
was kept open, in front of the stage, in
the galleries and on the stage, was taken
by human foot. People were sitting on
every available inch of floor space. 1T was
the largest crowd that was ever in the
hall.
Early in the evening rain threatened to
put an end to the proposed parade of clubs
escorting the speaker to the hail. but when
the time for formation came it was found
that the weather was fine and there was
nothing to keep a man out of line, nothing
except a selfish desire to get place in
Tomlinson Hall, where the speaking could
be heard. 1t was understood in advance
that standing room would be al premium
and a good many men who might have
otherwise been in the escort parade were
among the early corners to fill up the hall.
AS it was, however, there Were several
thousand men in line and every club pres
ent was sufficiently strong to make a good
showing.
At about 7:45 o'clock the first of the clubs
began arriving at the Denison House. The
first to appear the Herculean Club,
with drum and fife corps. Then came the
Hebrew American Mckinley Club, with
fifty members in line. 1.4eir appearance
brought forth vigorous cheering from the
big crowd of people that had gathered
Then came other clubs in quick succession
keeping up a continual cheering and hur-
raining LOT hcAlIlIey. the
Club with the When Band at it's head
playing Marching through Georgia. came
around from it's clubhouse on Ohio street
1t took up a position in two lines so as
to lead the procession when Senator Thurs
ton entered his carriage. Senator Thurs
ton was escorted to his carriage at just s
o'clock by Charles w. Fairbanks, Harold
Magrew and Robert Oliver.
CLUBS COULDN'T GET IN
The procession then moved but it was
not much of procession for when it's head
reached the hall and found there was no
room for it there the rear could not move
1t was mass Of clubs doing honor to the
distinguished visitor, but unable to escort
him except by it's leaders. Thousands of
the club members were turned away from
the hall. The procession, as it formed and
would have marched into the hail. was as
follows: Marion Club. Columbia Club,
North-side Republican Club, South-side Re
publican Club, Columbia Lincoln. League
Club, Deaf and Dumb Republican Club.
German-Ame Republican Club Four
teenth Ward Oliver P. Morton Club Com
mercial Travellers Republican Club Rail-
publican Club, Logan Republican Club,
Kinley, Club, Ninth Ward Railroad Mems
keystone Panhandle Sound-monev Club
Haughville Colored Republican Club. Col,
Overstreet Fifth Ward Club. Hobart Re-
publican Club Oriental Republican Club.
Hebrew-American Mckinley Club, Twelfth,
ship Republican Club, First voters Repub-
Ican Club, Saw Makers Sound -money
Vap; RRigm IGnooi Clip LINCOLN League Tenth
Republican Club, Woodworkers' sound
money Club, Highland-avenue Republican
Northeast Republican Club. the Fourth
Ward Harrison Club. the Haughville Re
publican Club, the West Indianapolis Re
publican Club the Southeast Republican
Club, the Fifteenth Ward Republican Club
the n A. A: Young e. Republican Club, the John
Club.
While the clubs were forming at the Den
1son House the people who had taken adj
vantage of the opportunity to get seats in
Tomlinson Hall were not without some
thing to while away the time. There were
who came to the hall in a body and re-
ceived tremendous ovations as they en-
tered Among them was the Mckinley and
Hobart Club, of Danville. $50 members and
a band. The Bald-headed Glee Club at the
the stage and enlivened things by singing
some original campaign songs. The club
has a little book of them. from which it
sang last night, and which proved to be
very entertaining and amusing Then there
was a detachment from the High School
Lincoln League Club, which occupied po-
sition in the rear of the stage. and which
sandwiched the songs Of the gee club with
its rip-roaring yell for Mckinley
Senator ThurSton escorted to the
stage by Mr.. Fairbanks and then the
When Band, which had taken up position
in the top gallery, struck up THE Star
spangled Banner" and the meeting was
ready to be called to order. The call to
order was by A; A. Young, chairman of
the county Republican committee. He in
troduced the chairman of the meeting,
ex-Judge D. W. Howe. and the latter
spoke for a few moments previous TO his
introduction of Senator Thurston.
EX-JUDGE HOWE'S INTRODUCTORY.
Ladies and felow-citizens" ex-Judge
Howe said. II am glad to see
you so enthusiastic tonight for
want our distinguished visitor
to see and understand that in Indi-
ana this year there are no Republicans
who are sulking in their tents They are
all in the field. brimful of enthusiasm
and eager for the battle. / want him to
understand that we appreciate the part
which are TO play III this. the most i'm
portant campaign we have seen. The old
Democratic party is disrupted. Its old-time
principles are discarded. Its oid-time lead
ers are driven to the rear and hooted out
of the party. The only President they have
elected for third of a century stands to-
day without party hated and despised
by the men who now control the Demo-
cratic party. The Aitgelds. the Tillmans
Mary Ellen Lease, the fiery orator of Kan
sas, and women of her kind are now in
command and they have put forth a Boy
Orator to teach the people how little Ham