The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-06
R00SEVELTS RIOTERS,
Opening Of the Rough Riders Gu
bernatorial Campaign.
AREMARKABLE DEMONSTRATION

The Doughty Colonel Himself Had
Great Difficulty in Forcing His Way
Into the IIall-Declared 1t Rcmind-
ed Him Of the Charge at San Juan.
New York, Oct. 6.-Jammed from top
to bottom with a cheering, shouting
gang. Carnegie hall was the scene last
night of the great mass meeting that
opened the campaign of Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt for governor of New
York on the Republican ticket. As
early as $3.50 o'clock the front steps of
Carnegie hall began to be crowded with
holders of admission tickets to the
meeting, and at 7 o'clock, when the
doors were thrown open the crowd ex-
tended half way across Fifty-seventh
street. In the first rush of people the
gate keepers were carried away, as the
holders of tickets plunged up the stairs
to the gallery set apart for them.
At half-past seven the 200 platform
seats were all filled and holders of
platform seat tickets were being di-
rected to the ground floor There was
not vacant seat in the house at 8
O'Clock, and the policemen Just inside
the doors were struggling to keep back
crowd that fought to get past them.
There was a crush within the house,
there was battle outside at both the
front and rear entrance. The crowd,
Just before the meeting began, extended
for block in every direction. Men
fought each other and women scream
ed that they were being crushed to
death. A hundred policemen tried to
keep the people back, but were power
less to do so. Even the well known
speakers of the night had a hard time
to get into the building.
1t lacked twenty minutes of s o'clock
when Roosevelt got within 20 feet Of
the side door and began his battle for
entrance. His rough riders hat, show
Ing plainly above the crowd, was the
signal for great cheering. Men and
women crowded close. 1t took him
ten minutes to get away from the
crowd into the building. This is
nearly as bad as that charge at San
Juan hlll," he said, when he finally
succeeded. President Seth Low and
former Governor Morton had been with
Colonel Roosevelt, but they were lost
ih liiN NioNot anu IL tOOh lWO pOlittIlltH
several minutes to find them and guida
them to the hall. A few minutes be-
fore s o'clock dozen rough riders
reached the hall in a body and were
sent up and across the platform to
seats just behind the speakers seats.
They were wildly cheered
When Colonel Roosevelt appeared on
the platform the spectators leaped up,
cheering and waving hats and hand
kerchiefs. Behind Roosevelt came
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff, Chair |
man Barnes, Jr., Of the state execu- !
tive committee. Seth Low, Lemuel E. l
Quigg, Joseph H. Choate, Collector |
Bidwell, General Stewart l.. Woodford |
and Elihu Root. The cheering continued |!
without break for more than a min
ute while the procession walked across
the stage, the band playing the while.
As soon as he got a chair Chairman
Quigg, of the county committee, intro
luced General Woodford as chairman
If the meeting.
For almost five minutes General
Woodford was kept bowling as the au-
Hence chenred. During his address he
vas frequently Interrupted by ap-
'lause. The mention of Roosevelt's
lame and the mention of President
fckinley brought out wild cheers For
he latter three cheers were called for
nd given. Minister Woodford in
reduced Colonel Roosevelt.
The crowd had cheered before, they
owled now. Colonel Roosevelt smiled.
he cheers died away and he tried to
peak, only to have his first words in
by somebody calling for an I
ther cheer, and the din was kept up
gain for several minutes. Colonel
finally had a chance to say
l hope you will all vote the way you
heer."
Colonel Roosevelt was cheered at
very point in his speech in the course
which he made the following refer
nee to the national administration:
II ask the people of this country to
lppOrt the administration of President
[cKinley, II for no other reason, than
ecause, say what you like. the victory
the polls of the men who are op-
Dsing and denouncing his adminis-
alton In this election will be interpret
abroad as meaning. on the part Of
merica, a reputation of the war from
hich we have just emerged triumph
1t. 1t will strengthen the hands of l.
'ery hostile power which views with !
alousy our victories in the Antilles n
i'd the Philippines; it will mean that {
e nations that now secretly and en- 4
ously wish to clip the wings Of our d
ide will be emboldened. It will result Il
the partial undoing of what our =
my and navy have accomplished. 1t :,
i'll mean the chance of grave COM h
lcations and the likelihood of our Z
Getting obstacles when it comes to a
lping the fruit of our triumph. You a
uld get the benefits of the victories II
Grant and Sherman only by re-
citing Lincoln. and we will gain less ~
an we ought to from this war If the n,
is not sustained at these d,
ctions.'