The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-10-30
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SPEECH BY WELLINGTON'


SPEECH By WELLINGTON.
senator Wellington. OF Maryland. WHO
followed Col. Bryan at the Garden was IN
.roieced as "a man who supported NC
Kinley four years ago.
senator Wellington devoted most OF ms
sneech 10 a criticism Of the adhlihistra-
tion for not helping the Beers III thei'
feht with England and concluded by say
ing he would vote for Bryan. Mr.. Bryan
had a hard time getting out OF the va
den and out Of the speakers stand in0
ro1ica,s vigilance seemed to be unavali-
i,o Hundreds of men swarmed about
the press enclosure and around the
sneakers stand. The crowd quickly choh-
ed the small stairway down Wnlch Nj,
BRYAN had TO pass. Chle1 DeFery s'ooH
helpless in the center or the crown IL
Mr.. Brvan's companions had 10 lorce d
nassage-wav for him and themselves
through the throng- Another crown rush,
cd toward the box that Mrs. Bryan had
occupied. and in five minutes the horal
decorations were carried of as souvenirs
The party finally succeeded in getting
away from the building.
From the time Mr.. Bryan left the HON.
man House early in the evening until ne
reached the hotel when the meeting were
over he was in the midst OF a roar or
noise which was deafening. At Madison
SQUARE a few minutes after 8 O'CLOCK an
electric current was turned on. and the
thousands of incandescent lights began
TO glow. Immense electric signs with tne
names of Hill, Cochran, Wellington, bry-
an were on the garden. Immediately 1oi-
lowing this illumination began the hre-
works display. The crowds were coming
in by thousands by his time. The garden
was filled and the police stopped turtner
entry at o'clock. Then the late corners
turned attention to the two out door
stands. The principal one was at Madl-
son avenue and Twenty-fourth street, ana
was brilliantly Illuminated. the many
smaller stands used by the Republicans
Friday night we're 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 8 o'clock. There was wild enthu-
siasm rs he entered his carriage. The
Dartv drove out from the Twenty-ffth
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
Oh VIC sue ain LIZ IN SAS 49,
streets far back.
All along Fifth avenue the streets were
TANNED 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 damned so
tightly there was no moving about. The
drive up Second avenue to the stand at
Fourteenth street was quickly accom-
plished and at 9:20 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 UP 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 uoturned faces.