New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-03
HEAR BRYAN OR BE CLUBBED.
CROKER UNEARTHS A HEINoUs PLOT
AND PLANS TO NIP 1T IN THE BUD.

AND PLANS TO NIP 1T IN THE BUD.
Tammany Hall is going to make William J.
Bryan feel at home in this town. no matter who
is hurt The Tiger is preparing to make din
and racket that will make the Nebraska
statesman think that everybody south of the
Harlem River is for him. Tammany hopes to
make the night OF October 16 when Bryan
speaks in Madison Square Garden. a memorable
one. and Tammany is going TO handle roughly
any one who does not fall In with Tammany's
plans.
Richard Croker unearthed a deep, dark and
deadly plot yesterday. This was aimed at the
enthusiasm and success of the Madison Square
Garden meeting. The moment Mr. Croker dis
covered this dastardly scheme he started out to
circumvent it. 1t was revealed by a treacherous
Republican in the xIvth Assembly District
He laid bare all the details of this heinous plan.
and in return Croker is going to have him ap-
pointed detective to investigate and report IL
there are gambling houses open in New-YOrk
Now. this is the plot: The Republicans are
going to send thousand to the mass
meeting in Madison Square Garden. When WILL
lam ]. Bryan spoke in Madison Square Garden
In 1896 several thousand persons went TO the
Garden out Of curiosity to see him. When he
arose to speak. their curiosity being satisfied.
they began to file out Of the hall. BY the time
he was half through his speech the hall was
we'll thinned out. Bryan's prestige and his cam
paign in the East suffered from this proceeding.
Now the Democrats charge that the Republicans
will send these one thousand men to the Gar
den to wait until Bryan starts speaking. Then
they are TO get up and stamp out. This, it is
believed. will cause a commotion and disorder
and hurt Bryan's chances, as it will be reported
all over the State that as soon as he began to
talk the audience began TO walk.
Mr.. Croker is equal to the emergency. how
ever. and last night, after talk with his lieu
tenants, he adopted a plan to circumvent this
fell design" 1t was decided to have three
hundred and fifty faithful Tammany policemen.
with trusty Tammany night sticks in the Gar
den that night. Any one trying to get out will
promptly be dubbed into submission and forced
to sit out the Bryan ordeal. The punishment
aside from the clubbing. even Mr.. Croker ad-
mits will be awful. but it will take heroic meas
ures to make this meeting a success and Mr..
Croker is going to do so if he has TO club three
thousand persons into submission
This is printed simply as a warning to those
foolish people who might out of curiosity go to
the Garden TO see Bryan. not knowing what ter
rible fate is in store for them once they get in
side and into the hands of the police.
With this terrible plot checkmated. Croker and
his members of the Ratification Meeting Com
mittee met at Tammany Hall last night to COM
plete plans for the Bryan outbreak. It de-
cided that each Assembly district should furnish
one thousand men. These cannot all get into the
Garden. but those who cannot are to attend the
outdoor meetings the overflow meetings at
Tammany Hall and Cooper Union and shout
Mr.. Bryan will be escorted to the Garden by a
squad Of police and members OF the Reception
Committee In carriages. The doors OF the Gar
den will be thrown open at $50. and speaking
wfU begin at T:30 There will be a fine display
| OF fireworks from the. roof and tower OF Madi-
son Square Garden, with dozen searchIghts in
operation Fireworks and red fire will mars
Bryan's Journey to Madison Square Garden. and
from there to Cooper Union and Tammany Hail.
| where he will also speak the same evening.
Mr.. Bryan will talk from platform on the
| Twenty -seventh-st. side of the Garden. Behind
him. in two sections. a number Of arena boxes
and three hundred and fifty seats. will be the
| vice-presidents, invited guests and other nota-
BILE persons.
After the meeting OF the Ratification Commit
tee last night Mr.. Croker gave out the follow
ing statement about the meetings to be held:
There will be four large meetings the night of
October is. The largest meeting, of course, will
be in Madison Square Garden. The other three
will be at Tammany Hail. Cooper Union and
an outdoor meeting at Madison-ave. and Twen-
Square Garden about 7:3O o'clock Other speak
ers will be Adlai E. Stevenson, W. Bourke Cock
ran Webster Davis, John B. Stanchfleld and
William F. Maokey. Edwlrd NJ. Shepard viii
preside There will be military band, and the
Garden will be decorated with bunting, hags.
pictures of the candidates. and every one as he
enters will be given small American nag
From there Mr. Bryan will go directly to the
open air meeting at Madison-ave and Twenty
fourth-st John W. Keller will preside at this
meeting and there will be half a dozen spe Ak
ers Mr.. Bryan speaks here about $50 O'Clock
From this meeting he will be escorted down
Fourth-ave. amid a blaze Of red hre and nre-
works to Tanmany Hall, where he speaks at
OLD O'Clock. Other speakers at Tammany Han
will be Senator Grady. Elliot Danforth. Judge
Charles N Bulger, of Oswsgo, and Augustus
Thomas. Then more fireworks ana oanoplayIns
and red fire as Mr. Bryan makes his way to
Cooper Union where he Will arrive and speak
at 10 o'clock. There will be other speakers at
this meeting Including John B. Stanchheld'
William F. Mackey and John De Witt warner