The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-17
NEW YORK ROARS A GREETING
Bryan Met by Waiting Multitudes at the
Grand Central Depot.
THE GREAT METROPOLIS GOES BRYAN MAD

rangements, was to be kept clear for
ticket holders In the first rush there
| were a few womenwho got seats near the
| speakers stand. In less than ten minutes
every seat on the floor was taken and the
crowd which had begun to pour in. from
all sides attacked the galleries. Five
minutes later saw the balcony and a part
of the galleries black with people. The
rush was then over, but there came
| steady stream through the principal doors
| and all empty seats were soon filled.
| The crowd did not appear at first to be
! demonstrative. When the lights were all
| turned on there came a brief cheer. The
| big semi circular electrical display over
the speakers stand bore the portraits Of
| the two Democratic candidates, the Dem
| ocratic emblem, and the Democratic
watchword, credited to Mr.. Croker. eve
wish to remain free people," in great
letters of light.
| UNCOVERED TO YANKEE DOODLE. +
/ Then the band struck UP a national air,
and as the people recognized Yankee
Doodle" they got up in their seats with
uncovered heads and as they waved thou
sands of small American flags, 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
the skylight to the heads of the iron
pillars over the galleries and festoons
of flags with the colors of the different
States, lined the galleries The speakers
stand was draped with American flags and
red, white and blue bunting.
| At $50 o'clock the only seats remain
| ing vacant N the entire garden was an
occasional box. the tickets for which re-
mained good until o'clock. The crowd
was orderly and frequent performances
| by the band brought out enthusiasm.
The arrival of prominent Tammany men
| before the opening of the meeting brought
out the first strong applause of the even
| ing. AS o'clock approached the hour
when Colonel Bryan was expected to ar
rive, the crowd began to warm up. The
garden was jammed. The police kept the
| aisles fairly well cleared and back of the
! gallery seats there was not an inch of
available space.
ONE WILD, PROLONGED YELL.
Colonel BRYAN entered the garden at
| 7:15 o'clock. AS the face of Mr.. Croker,
behind which appeared Colonel Bryan's
/ was seen. the crowd burst forth in one
great prolonged yell. Every one stood
| tip-toe on his seat and the garden was
sea of waving flags. AS Colonel Bryan,
escorted by Mr.. Croker, mounted the
| speakers stand. the cheering was con-
| tinuous. The two climbed the stairs and
made their way to the front followed
! by the reception committee. Colonel
| Bryan and Mr.. Croker frequently respond
ed to the cheering by bowing to the vast
| audience and the faces of both were
wreathed with smiles.
Just behind the two as they mounted the
platform Mayor Van Wyck escorted Ed
ward NJ Shepard who acted as chairman
OF the meeting. The cheering continued,
now dying down, now being renewed with
| increased vigor. 1t continued for five
minutes, not abating when Colonel Bryan
| rose to his feet and raised his hand
Mr. Croker pulled him back into his seat.
The cheering went on. Then Mr. Croker
rose, hesitated a moment then raised his
hand for silence.
FIFTEEN MINUTES OF CHEERS.
Instead of ceasing the crowd broke forth
louder than ever. Do what he could, Mr.
Croker could not silence the crowd.
After nearly fifteen minutes of cheering
the applause began to decrease. Mingled
cheers and hisses. the latter for silence.
lasted minute longer.
Three cheers for our next President"
brought out final cheer, but an effort
to repeat it was drowned in cries of "Put
him out"
The enthusiasm nearly carried the
crowd away. The throng about Madison
Avenue end of the garden jammed down
| . iCln nd
that point had to do sincere battle with
the crowd to keep it under control
When quiet was restored Mr. Croker
rose, took Mr. Shepard by the hand and
introduced him to the audience, as chair
man of the meeting
THE FORMAL RESOLUTIONS.
Before Mr.. Shepard could get into the
subject of imperialism" to which most
| CT his address was devoted, the crowd
got SO impatient to hear Colonel BRYAN
that Mr. Shepard could not proceed. He
suddenly stopped and introduced Presi-
| dent Guggenheimer, of the council. who
offered the formal resolutions of the
evening These welcomed Colonel BRYAN
and Mr. Stevenson to New York, approved
the Kansas City platform; opposed i'm
perialism; protested against an enormous
standing army as menace to the Re-
public; praised the volunteer army as
being sufficient in emergency; opposed
entangling foreign alliances; sympathized
with the Beers; denounced trusts; pledged
the party to bring back to the people
constitutional government and charged
the Republicans with having raised a
gigantic corruption fund to debauch the
suffrage.
The resolutions were cheered though
they could not be heard for the shouts
for Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Shepard at once
introduced the latter in few short SEN
tences.
Colonel BRYAN stepned to the railing
about the stand as the throng broke
afresh into cheers. He raised his hand
for silence but the cheers did not SUBJ