The age-herald., 1900-10-28
The Democrats Held Forth at
 Night
THRONE "cOURT OF HONOR"
Largest Outdoor Political Meeting Ever Held m the City-Was Magnificent Ovation to
 the Speakers

Chicago, October 2.-Probably the larg-
 est outdoor political mass meeting ever
 held In this city was held tonight in the
 half mile of State street known as "The
 Court of Honor" The great thoroughfare,
 nearly twice the width of any other. street
 in Chicago, was thronged from Van Buren
 to Randolph street with a cheering, jos-
 tling mass of people. Chairman James K
 Jones, of the Democratic National Com
 mittee, had designated it as Flag Day.
 and the national banner played an import ant and spectacular part in the celebration
 Portraits of Bryan and Stevenson were
 also numerous along the broad street. The
 weather was perfect for an outdoor dem-
 onstration. Along both sides of State
 street speakers stands had been erected al
 short distances, and from these points
 Democratic orators of national prominence addressed the portions of the multitude nearest at hand. The chief speaker was Adlat E. Stevenson, formerly Vice Presf- dent and again a candidate for that office. The other speakers were Senator-elect Jo- seph c. S. Blackburn of Kentucky, Con- gressman Joseph w. Bailey of Texas, for
 mer Assistant Secretary of the Interior
 Webster Davis of Missouri, former Cover nor Hogg of Texas, Benjamin F. Shively
 of Indiana, Capt. Patrick O'Farrell Of
 Washington, D. C., Col. John I. Martin or
 Missouri, Samuel F. Alschuler, Democratic candidate for Governor of Illinois, and Mayor Carter H. Harrison of Chicago, be- sides a score of local speakers.
 MT. Stevenson and the other orators were driven rapidly from one stand to another and were thus enabled to make their ar guments to thousands of people The H. Illumination of "The Court of Honor'' was begun as soon as darkness set n and soon 1t was a solid blaze of light. The crowds began to gather early, and soon the broad thoroughfare was one mass of enthusia stic humanity, through which it was almost impossible for the police to secure pas sageway for the carriages conveying the orators. Fireworks were shot off and Democratic war clubs from all parts of the state added their numbers and enthusiasm te the occasion.
 MT. Stevenson's speeches at different stands, half a dozen in number, were nec- essarily very brief, and were not heard by any part of the audiences more than twen- ty feet away, OH account of the shooting of fireworks, blowing of horns, constant surgng to and fro and the general disorder incident to a large open-air gathering. Probably the largest crowd that he ad- dressed was around the stand erected be- tween Madison and Monroe streets. At Ma dison street, State street becomes mar rower, and this caused great congestion, the people pouring in from the broad part of the street to surround the stand from which MT. Stevenson spoke The police had to fight their way through, and 1t was some time before MT. Stevenson could be escorted1to the stand. From this point he faced a solid, struggling, enthusiastic mass of humanity, stretching from Monroe to Madison. The people were so eager to get within hearing distance that the police could do nothing with them. The jam was terrific, women screamed and tainted, and atslast the confusion became so great that Mir. Stevenson desisted, and regaining his carriage, and with difficulty, was driven to the next speaking place. Much confusion and disorder characterized all the meet ngs, but nothing like a hostile demonstra- Iion-and never any abatement of en- thusiasm wherever MT. Stevenson ap- peared. The crowd surrounding the stand at vanBuren street although very dense, was of the most orderly addressed by the for