New-York tribune., 1900-10-27

pairs and In dozens. The air burned now red. now
white or blue and occasionally green or orange
The crowd kept growing
IL was only few minutes after the fireworks be-
gan before the gunner On the top of the Hotel
Bartholdi had inspiration. This man has a
Quaker gun wherewith he shoots Popuist senti-
ments at the surrounding buildings, particularly
the Dewey Arch. He seems to like the Dewey
Arcn because it has irregular surface, which
breaks his mottes into little bits and prevents
their being read except from exactly in front
Now II did not take this man minute to think
OF plan for turning the Roosevelt reception into
Bryan class in political economy. He has in his
set Of lantern slides such convincing Populstic
arguments Give the young men a chance"
Protect the youth" Rights right; SOS Bryan"
Sometimes people have watched his shooting for
ten minutes out OF pure curiosity TO find out what
he meant by his notices and which side he was
on TIL they have been rewarded by seeing Rights
right; SOS Bryan" shine out the side of some
distant building
AID FROM THE. BARTHOLDI ROOF.
But when he that each bomb as it exploded.
left little round puff of smoke high in the air
II struck him that those were just the points to
be turned into campaign literature. So he aimed
his gun at them. loaded to the muzzle with burn
ing words Now. the popularity OF shooting
motto into cloud is that II be read with per-
feet distinctness by anybody standing close TO the
gun so as to look straight along the rays Of light,
but TO any little 10 one side or the other it
appears only bright spot. So the gunner blazed
away and had the evidence of his OWL vision that
every shot was taking effect while all that the
people down in the square saw was that the little
puff OF smoke was Illuminated and that the display
was just bit prettier for it.
The gunner also pleased with his little
diversion that he forgot all about decorating the
surrounding buildings. But after while he went
back 10 them. Probably somebody who had bet
cigar against g suit OF clothes that Bryan would
be elected went up and told him that he was
aiming like a Spaniard.
When Governor Roosevelt came out of the Fifth
Avenue Hotel and fountains of fire sprang up all
over the square greet him. the crowd dense,
bat it was only the beginning it proved Every
thing began to go on at once at about this time.
The chorus sang the bombs scared heavenward,
the crowd cheered and applauded and cried "Ah-h!'
The bands played. professions approached through
the side streets. and orators had the temerity to
stand Up and try to make speeches through II ALL
And they succeeded remarkably well, all things
considered. They had fine lungs and sound vocal
organs and good, sound sentiments TO employ
them, and the audiences were really anxious to
hear. The order generally excellent. Here
and there few boys found it amusing to inter
rupt the speakers with shouts and il-timed cheers
but the orators good humored and refused to
be disturbed, and the disturbers Were soon
tired OF their own sport. Much more trouble than
that was caused by their friends, for just
orator had gained fifty votes and about TO
gather in the fourteen other scattering that
were 0OaUng ABOUT, a procession with band
would arrive and pass the stand, and then the flow
OF eloquence had pause again till it could have
clear channel.
But these professions were a picturesque part OF
the show. Some Of them carried many Transparent
cIes WHICH added to the gay appearance Of the
square. In some of them every marcher carried a
nag. and 10 others every carried the "fu din
nef pail with Its legend on its side in letters of
req light. And nothing about the whole affair
same full dinner pals. Other devices were greeted
, mere ana there with misses or {eers or even with
sons while they paused in their march, and always
met with heated argument in return. But the full
was never rebuked or questioned
PROFESSIONS ADD TO THE JAM
OF course everE procession that arrived added its
own numbers to the crowd in the square. and every
one had many followers, who sweled the numbers,
too and then more and more came of their
accord and few went away and the square got
fuller. 1t 10 o'clock before the professions
eT into uoG ne ana M some OF mem could not
sire streets as near TO the square as they could get
The The SQUARE was fun. and it could not. be any
Way, above and below the square. and Madison
~ al aooEe owe tne 5araen ana the cross streets began
20 20 MI ano ny 10 clock 1t was next to impossible
70 reach the square from any direction. And it
%as Just about this time that some of the choicest
55 Ts6e f6 was % one VI way to get into the square easily
@ho Hsd, Ihought & OF 1t and were willing to pay about
repaid. This was to get on cable car below the
square, ride up through it-for the track was kept
reasonably clear-then get off and take another
sired.
And the sight from the car was wonderful one.
The mass OF people seemed to be solid block, I'LL
ing the square, cut off with clean edge. il
with knife. for the car to go through In places
the mass seemed 10 have pushed itself up into
commemorative IS TO say, there BOYS in
the trees and boys lodged in the angles of the
and people al the s Il e psrR So the aFeh
A little later the crowd began to go home and
the currents of people in the cross streets were
like streams from a broken reservoir. And there
were still people who We're trying TO get into the
square to see what It looked like. Alasi 1t had
ceased 20 look like itself by that time but while
II lasted it had been the greatest crowd that the
present generation at least has there. There
was never anything like It before except cleo
ton night or on the day OF the Dewey parade. But
on an election night the crowd is only the east
side OF the square where the bulletins are. and
II flows about and does not stay and wait And
when the Dewey parade passed il was again only
on the side where the show was 70 be seen and
the other side OF the park was like Sunday in
PHILADELPHIA But last night Il was all full ex-
cept the little space in the middle reserved for
the sending of of the fireworks. When bigger
crowd ever gets into Madison Square it will be
for some mighty big occasion.
DIES IN WCULL4GH'S ARMS.