The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-17
Mr.. Brynn'. Reception in New York.

We are much mistaken If New York
Republicans do not hasten to revise es-
Inmates and hedge bets-if they have any
of the genuine variety-after what they
saw in the national metropolis yesterday.
Never since Lincolns dag have the mass
es of the people in that city and the sur
rounding country turned out to greet
national leader and popular idol as they
did last night. From the Cooper Union
TO Thirtieth Street, and from Second TO
Sixth Avenue. the streets. except Twen-
fy-sixth and Twenty-seventh, which were
kept open, were almost solid mass OF
humanity from dark until midnight. The
three great halls in which the speeches of
Mr.. Bryan were made could not hold q
small fraction of the eager. enthusiastic
masses who fought to see and hear him.
Madison Square Garden. Tammany Hall.
and Cooper Union were packed as densely
as men could be squeezed together. Mad
ison Square itself where the open-air
meeting was held, was an unbroken plane
OF heads. 1t was the greatest and grand
est political rally in the history OF New
York
Four years ago MI. Bryan addressed an
audience that filled Madison Square Gar
den TO suffocation. and it applauded him
TO the echo. Then it was considered that
he was invading the "enemy's country,
He was then but recently and little
known in the East, save as a young ard
wonderfully brilliant Western orator.
Since that time he has grown upon the
country. Its citizens now know him for
what he is. His oratorical gifts are the
least of his claims upon American hearts.
lie has shown himself. in the four years
OF Hannaism, war, and scandal through
which we have nearly passed, as an earn
est patriot. a man of sound and profound
Judgment, ripe scholar and thinker. aud
statesman of the first order. New York
knows him now. as it knew his great pro-
totype. Lincoln, nearly forty years ago.
and New York welcomed him as ii once
welcomed the martyr-hero in the early
sixties.
From the moment when Mr.. Bryan
stepped from his car at the Grand Cen
trail Station, and the battery at Madison
Square Numbered national salute. TN
til his tired head found rest near O'Clock
this morning. there was one continuous.
deafcning roar of voices throughout the
section of the city devoted to the rally.
And. when the peoples candidate stepped
upon the platform in Madison Square Gar
den, the scene in that vast auditorium
was indescribable. The audience rose en-
masse. Cheer followed cheer. Flags.
scarfs. handkerchiefs were waved and
hats few up in the air. Usually .mper-
turbable, Mr.. Bryan was visibly affected.
as he stood waiting for the enthusiasm
to subside.
His first speech OF the eyening-he
made four altogether-was devoted to a
careful review Of the main issues of The
campaign. He scored Imperialism. mill
tarism, and the criminal trusts with
greater force and point than ever. and
carried his audience off its feet with ev-
cry period. AT times the applause was
so vociferous and long continued as TO
seriously threaten prolonging his speech
10 the detriment of his later engagements.
When he left the hal! the scene OF his
reception was renewed. and he left hail
storm Of cheers to encounter a cyclone OF
the same in the square outside. where his
greeting was hearty and something as
tonishing as the production of human
lungs.
So on down from there to the Tam
many Hall meeting and to the Cooper
Union meeting the scenes of the Garden
and Madison Square were repeated. II
was an amazing nights work for any
mortal man. Altogether Mr.. Bryan must
have spoken nearly or quite four hours
Yet. though showing some signs of ia
tlgue, he bade good night to his friends
and escorts and started for bed with as
robust an appearance and eyes as bright
as those Of schoolboy who had won his
first prize. II anybody thinks New forl,
is not for Bryan, let him wait until the
day after election and repent him Of the
mistake.