Evening star., 1900-10-18

ism will stop at 23d street. This was indi-
cated In the character and the temper Of
| the crowds which surrounded the meeting
places last night. The Madison Square Gar
den crowd outside was cold and Indifferent
Not 30 the crowd inside, for it was largely
| composed OF men who stood In line during
the afternoon and waited for hours for the
chance to get into the garden. But the men
who declined to stand in line wandered to
| the Hoffman House or through the park,
caring little whether school kept not.
| The crowd at the meeting on the public
square of the garden-30 600 in number-was
a mixed crowd, made up partly OF dwellers
| from the upper end Of Manhattan Island
and partly from the denizens of the island
from below 23d street. This crowd was
fairly enthusiastic. But 1t was when Bryan
passed below 23d street that his triumphai
march really began. The east side, the west
side, all about the lower half of the town
had sent its thousands and It's tens or
thousands Tammany Hall was wave or
enthusiasm from end to end. The temper
OF the crowd can best be estimated by the
from the steps at Tammany Hall driver
anxious to pick up his cargo OF human
freight, which in this instance consisted OF
Tammany Hall leaders, pushed his car
riage to the front, shutting off all views or
Bryan. The crowd became infurtated made
a rush for the driver and the carriage,
threatened 10 lynch the driver and tear
In pieces the carriage All for no Iea,
sight of the presidential candidate
If the reception to Bryan at Iammany
Hall was the scene of a swirl or anarcnlcai
forces, the scenes at Cooper Union were
doubly so Here the socialistic elements OF
the East Side-elements which VIII De heaIu
from in years to come. and all because Oh
the visit. the words and the work OF Bfsan
made a night of it. 1bwas probably the
widest night in the history or cooper
Union-the scene of many strange meetings
-rivaling in this respect the famous Boston
IN .ha, pryrnn NJ
was probably the most radical that has
ever gathered there is saying a good deal,
but it is probably the literal truth.
The Lesson of the Visit.
The lesson taught by Bryan's first visit
to New York city is that he has Organized
Tammany Hall. To all appearances he has
Bryanzed Croker's Democratic Club and
Croker But in reality democrats north OF
Madison Square will combine with republi-
cans to beat Bryan and send him back TO
Nebraska defeate after his second battle.
When Croker gets through playing politics
it will be interesting to see what he Is go
ing to do with the Bryan democrats in the
Essex street and Stanton street and Allen
street districts of the city.
Whether from confidence in the result OF
last nights meeting from fear Of the re-
ported condition of things up state the
democrats have decided to practically wind
up the campaign in New York, or, as they
put it, fight 1t out here. Bryan Will give
four more days to New York. After his
speech here on October - he will go to Al
bany. Troy, Syracuse, Rochester and Bur-
falo. By this arrangement both Roosevelt
and Bryan will be in the state al the same
time-Bryan in the cities and Roosevelt In
the rural districts. 1t looks though this
additional trip of the democratic candidate
was meant to offset any effect that Gov
ernor Roosevelts following his footsteps
may have.
Estimate of the Ballots.
1t is significant that b. B. Odell made his
first prediction concerning the result OF the
election today-the day following the great
Croker-Bryan demonstration. The predic-
ton was brought about by question abou.
the demonstration. A reporter remarked
that there were 100000 people at or trying
to get to the four meetings and asked MIR.
Odell what that Indicated
1T indicates 100000 majority in this state
for Mckinney, was the reply. Mr.. OdeI
refused to go into details.
Croker also made a prediction today. Ii
was that Greater New York would give
Bryan 76.600 majority. 1T will be noticed
that this is 1000 short of what Chairman
A4afS,