The news & observer., 1900-10-28
Another Speech Made to Ten
Thousand Italians.
A THIRD AT COOPER UNION TO GERMANS
Near Dewey Arch He Spoke to Fifteer
Thousand. Who Were Unable to
Get Into Madison Square Gar
den. Other Speeches Were
Made From His Car.
riage to Cheering
Multitudes.
(By the Associated Press.) }


New York, Oct. 27-Wm. Jennings
Bryan's second coming to this city was the
occasion of one of the greatest political
demonstrations of the campaign. Four
teen thousand people heard the Demo-
cratic candidate speak at Madison Square
Garden. He had been speaking all day.
This morning was spent at New Haven
and this afternoon he spoke at several
points between New Haven and this city.
He was accompanied to this city by 200
Yale students. When he arrived at the
than 5000 people to greet him. He spent
the remainder of the afternoon at the
Hoffman House, where he went over the
business of the campaign with the lead
ers. After a dinner in his honor at
which there were forty-fve guests, he
witnessed the great pyrotechnic display.
The sky was carpeted with red and Mad
ison Square was ablaZe in his honor when
the carriage which was to take him on his
tour appeared. The streets were crowded
with people and his trip to Madison
Square Garden was a triumphant one.
The first stop was at the Broadway Ath-
lotic club, where Mr.. Bryan spoke to TO-
900 enthusiastic people, the majority of
whom were Italians. He reached Cooper
Union about 8 o'clock and addressed a
large gatherings of Germans. Then Mr..
Bryan drove to the corner of 14th street
and Second Avenue, where he made a
speech from his carriage to a crowd of
about 5000 people He made another
L. nc howl
at Twentieth street and Second Avenue
Mr. Bryans Madison Square speech
was not begun until after 10 o'clock. 1t
was unlike his former speech at that
place. 1t was addressed to the indepen-
dent class mainly, and he referred to the
financial issue. Many times he was
forced to stop because of the tremendous
cheering From the time he entered
the hall until he quit speaking the outside
of the hall was ringing with cheers
AS a climax to the day he made two
other outdoor speeches. The first was
from stand near Dewey Arch, where he
spoke to $4,000 persons who could not
get into Madison Square Garden. He
made another short speech at Madison
Avenue and 24th street. He was ther
driven to the Hoffman House where he
retired for the night.
THE DINNER AT THE HOFFMAN.
For the dinner given in honor of Mr.
and Mrs. Bryan, the Hoffman House ball
room was most elaborately decorated. II
commenced at o'clock, lasting over an
hour
William P. Hearst sat at the head ol
the table. On his right sat Mrs. Bryan
and on his left was the colonel. On Mr..
Bryan's side of the table were Mrs
James Russell Lowell Mayor Van Wyck,
Mrs. Elliot Danforth, Senator David B.
Hill, Mrs. Randolph Guggenheimer, Gov
ernor Stone, J. d. Richardson, Miss Ellen
f. Whalen, ex-Mayor JOS Quincy, of
Boston, DR.. ]. H. Girdner. Mrs. Max
Ihmsen, James X. Mcclure, Max Ihmsen
Mrs. Philo S. Bennett, John G. Follansbee
James Creelman, c. c.. Hughes and Sid
ney Smith.
On Mrs. Bryan's side of the table were
Richard Croker. Mrs. ]. H. Girdner, An
son Phelps Stokes, Mrs. George l.. We'll
lington, w. Bourke Cochran, Elliot Dan
forth, Mrs. James Creelman, Senator
George L. Wellington, Mrs. ]. E. Tom
linson, Randolph Guggenheimer, John
Whalen, Mrs. Frank Campbell, Philo S.
Bennett, John w. Tomlinson. Mrs. c.. c.
Hughes, Frank Campbell, Mrs. James X.
Mcclure and Miss Stone.
At the close of the dinner Ex-Governor
Stone made an address in the course of
which he charged Senator Scott with hav-
ing said at the banquet given to Governor
Roosevelt at the Fifth Avenue Hotel last
night: Right here l want to say ! be-
leve in trusts, they are good thing.
The Standard Oil Company put in its pipe
lines in all the small towns where oil is
produced, and if it were not for the
Standard Oil Company the prosperity that
we have would not be there" Continu-
ing Mr.. Stone said:
81 do not believe in trusts. they are bad
things. ! do not believe that the pros
perity of the country or any part of the
country is dependent on pipe lines laid
by the Standard Oil Company The
Standard Oil Company is a monopoly.
The president of the Standard Oil Com
pany, Mr.. John l.. Rockefeller, is worth
one billion dollars. What, does not that
represent? 1t represents the labor of