The news & observer., 1900-10-28

taking a position as Senator Scott has
done, that the Standard Oil Trust is
blessing to this country"
SPEECH BY WELLINGTON.
Senator Wellington, of Maryland, who
followed Col Bryan at the Garden was in
troduced as "a man who supported Nc
Kinley four years ago"
Senator Wellington devoted most of his
speech to a criticism of the administra-
tion for not helping the Beers in their
fight with England and concluded by say
ing he would vote for Bryan. Mr.. Bryan
had a hard time getting out of the Gar
den and out of the speakers stand. The
polices vigilance seemed to be unavail-
ing. Hundreds of men swarmed about
the press enclosure and around the
sneakers stand. The crowd quickly chok-
Cd the small stairway down which Mr..
BRYAN had to pass. Chief Devery stood
HELPLESS in the center of the crowd and
Mr. Bryan's companions had to force
passage-way for him and themselves
through the throng. Another crowd rush
ed toward the box that Mrs. Bryan had
occupied and in five minutes the floral
decorations were carried of as souvenirs.
The party finally succeeded in getting
away from the building.
From the time Mr.. Bryan left the lloff-
man House early in the evening until he
reached the hotel when the meeting were
over he was in the midst of roar of
noise which was deafening. At Madison
SQUARE few minutes after o'clock an
electric current was turned on, and the
thousands of incandescent lights began
to glow. Immense electric signs with the
names of Hill, Cochran, Wellington, Bry-
an were on the garden. Immediately fol-
lowing this illumination began the fire.
works display. The crowds were coming
in by thousands by this time. The garden
was filled and the police stopped further
entry at o'clock. Then the late comers
turned attention to the two out door
stands The principal one was at Madi-
son avenue and Twenty fourth street, and
was brilliantly Illuminated. The many
smaller stands used by the Republicans
Friday night were still in place, and these
had been decorated with lanterns and
lights, and speakers mounted these and
made speeches.
Mr.. Bryan left the Hoffman House just
after o'clock. There was wild enthu-
siasm rs he entered his carriage. The
party drove out from the Twenty fifth
street entrance of the hotel under the
Dewey Arch, which was Illuminated brill
liantly. The full length of Broadway was
lined with crowds of people that massed
on the sidewalks and filled the cross
streets far back.
I All along Fifth avenue the streets were
jammed and from the sides the build
ings hung scores of lanterns. AS the
carriage swung into Second avenue, and
went northward the density of the crowd
increased. The people were jammed so
tightly there was no moving about. The
drive up Second avenue to the stand at
Fourteenth street was quickly accom-
plished and at 500 o'clock Mr.. Bryan was
being driven toward the stand at Twen-
tieth street Here he made no attempt to
leave his carriage, but stood up and with
his coat collar turned uD about his neck,
his s!ouch hat pulled down over his
eyes, a heavy muffler about his neck, ad-
dressed the great crowd for several min
utes In the meantime the crowd that
had filled Second avenue closed in be-
hind the carriage. and as far as one
could see through the smoke filled air
there was a sea of uDturned faces.