Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-17
N lAhhANY'S HANDS
Bryan Speaks at Madison square
Garden Under Auspices Of
Richard Croker.
A Typical Tammany Crowd With
Tammany Leaders and Tam
many Talk.
Banquet Of Leaders With Croker,
Bryan and Van Wyck as
the Stars.

New York. Oct. 17.-William Jennings
Bryan, arrived In this city at 2:55
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. His re-
Iception was an emphatic ovation. AS
4 the train steamed into the annex of the
grand central depot that part of the
immense building was thronged with a
multitude. Col. Bryan was driven to
| the Hoffman House in an open car
riage in which he sat next to Richard
croker and with uncovered head bowed
land smiled to the thousands who
cheered him. Forty-second street pre-
lsented an animated scene. from Lex
I1nston avenue dn one side to Sixth ave
nue. on the other. the sidewalks we're
| lined with the pnpulace.
\ Mr.. Bryan was met at the station by
the Tammany Hall reception commits
tee. the members of which were Will
lam r. Hearst, Richard Croker, o. H.
q. Belmont. James j. Coogan, James
shevlin. Lewis Nixon. Lawrence Del
nlour and about dozen others.
The crowd assembled at the station
eheered and hallowed as Col Bryan
isteppedl upon the platform AS he en-
tered the open carriage and took his
seat. Col. Bryan took off his hat and
Isniled and bowed on every side. Rich-s
ard Croker sat next to him. while Mr..
Hearst and Mr. Shevltn occupied the
iother two seats in the carriage 1t
took some time to clear passage way
Ito Forty second street, but it was
I finally managed and then the party
started for the Hoffman House.
They drove thru Forty-second street
/ to Fifth avenue and then drove down to
1.-The Hoffman House which they
reached at 1920 p m. All the way down
i Fifth avenue he was cheered by the
crowdS that lined the thoroughfare.
/ The demonstration as Col. Bryan left
his carriage and entered the Twenty
sixth street entranceo of the hotel was a
repetition of that along the line. Col.
+ Bryan at once Went to his rooms. A
few minutes later he received dele
cation from st. Matthew's Lutheran
church of Brooklyn. Rev. Augustus
tSammers. the pastor, presented him
with a gold-headed cane which had
1 been won by Col. Bryan In receiving
1.-THE largest number Of votes at a fair
lheld by the church. He made o. speech
lspf thanks and then retired to rest. be-
/ fore the banquet.
For hours before the time set for the
opening of thesdoors. $40 p, M, Madi-
son Square Garden. where Col. Bryan
and the head of the state ticket, John.
+ b. Stanchfield, spoke, was besieged by
crowds. The throngs gathered and
imassed before the two main entrances
ITO the building on Fourth and Madf-
son avenues as early as 9 o'clock. hop,
ling to get in when the doors We're first
isopened. AT 4 o'clock a thousand peo-i
pie We're in the amphitheater. having
I gained admission on tickets which had
been distributed and which We're given
eyeneoyer box seat tickets
About 200 men from the different city
We're on hand TO act as
us4llers. and at 5 o'clock the police de-.
tails arrived
1 Deputy Sheriff Cartwright, With near
Isy a score Of captains, and GORE
4 spending number of sergeants aud
ruundsmen. We're in charge. Al $40
O'Clock to the minute, the sound Of ex-
s8ploding bombs outside the garden an
Y nounced the opening Of the doors. In
stantly there was a great rush by the
ineople from the Madison avenue hall
4 way and from the Twentg-sixtfi street
3entrance, which, according to police arr
Engagements, were to bet Kept clear for
Ticket holders. In the first rush tllere
II we're a few women who got seats near
.itse Speakers platform. In ten minutes
EVERY seat On the floor was taken and
H the crowd, which had begun "a pour in
\ from all sides, began to attack the gal
stleries. Five minutes later saw the bal
}l-.ony and a part of the galleries black
with people The rush was then over.
stlbut there came a steady stream thru
4 the principal doors, and all empty seats
were soon filed.
I The big saai-circuiaf electric display
lover the speakers stand bore the por-
traits Of the two democratic candidates,
1.-THE democratic emblem and the demo-
i.cratic Watcilword. credited TO Mr.. Gro-
I.ker, We wish to remain free people"
sin great letters Of light.
Then the band struck up a national
lair and as the people recognized an
Il kse Doodle. they got UP in their seats,
|HWith uncovered heads, and, as they
i.fags, shouted out the words of the
song.
The garden was decorated in the ma
tional colors only. streamers radiated
from the center of the roof. underneath
pillars over the galleries, and. festoons
iof flags. with the colors of the differ
ent states. lined the galleries The
speakers, stand was draped simply with
american flags and red white and blue
bunting.
A BANQUET
The dinner rendered to Mr. Bryan at
4 the Hoffman house at $50 O'Clock was
A not held in the Moorish room as at
first intended, but the saloon of Louis
ElsQuinze. Fifty covers We're laid. an in
i crease from what was first intended.
4 The room was beautifully decorated
4 with laurel leaves, palms and ever
A greens. Col. Bryan's portrait, framed
4 in a. silk American flag. was just be-
Il hind the chair reserved for Mayor Van
4 Wyck, the presiding officer. II Was dis
\ covered during the afternoon that the
4 decorator had, in arranging the por-
trait of Col. Bryan. INTERVIEWED the
4 Filipino and American colors about the
4 4picture. This was believed to be an
Terror, and at dinner time the colors of
q Aguinaldo were conspicuously absent.
= Fifty persons sat at the table re-
!. served for the guest of honor and more
distinguished persons. The remaining
4 guests sat at smaller tables. All the