New-York tribune., 1904-10-17
FAIRBANKS AT GARDEN.
Higgins, Shaw and Knight Also to Speak
Wednesday Night.

Both Democrats and Republicans intend TO
put some ginger into the campaign this week
The first really big mass meetings will be heid'
and there viii be parades, red fire, rockets.
speeches brass bands and uproar all along the
line The Democrats will get into the field hrst
with mass meeting az Madison Square Garden
tonight Fx-Judge Parker. the candidate for
President will not be on hand but ex-Justice
Herrick. the candidate for Governor. will. There
will be a parade with Tammany men from every
district in line. The meeting will be under the
auspices of the Democratic Club. the Manhattan
Club the Reform Club and the Parlnr consul
tuition Club. John Fox president Of the Demo-
cratic Club, will call the meeting TO order ana
will introduce Mayor Mcclellan as the preslulns
officer. The chief speakers will be MI Herrlek'
W Bourke Cochran. Senator Stone OF Missouri
and Martin ". Lttleton. There will be over
fow meetings and speakers on platforms out
side the Garden
The Republicans will follow " ednesday
night with a meeting in the Garden that viii
be an attempt to eclipse the Democratic meet
ing II will be under the auspices of the Repuo-
ican Club, and according to the plans MADE the
gathering will be one Of the greatest politlcaI
demonstrations the city has ever seen.
There are aOout ten doors which enter Maoi-
son Square Garden. every one Of when WIZ 20
open, and every effort is being made TO permit
the easy entrance of the public to the hall' ana
10 guarantee a seat to every person without
crowding or confusion. The hall accommodates
$4,000 people Flags will he distributed in the
hall More than a thousand dollars viii be eX-
pended in its decoration. One hundred expert
usbers and doorlkeepers will aid the entrance OF
the public. The meeting viii be preceded by
fireworks display.
An honor guard is being organized OF me"
who voted for Fremont and Lincoln ana VINO
were AT the birth Of the Republican party. An
original Fremont banner will be used by this
guard. There viii be songs by the Bank Clerks
Glee Club, composed of fifty voices. The Old
Guard Band will play The speakers will in
clude Senator Fairbanks, whose address will
probably be the last one he will deliver In the
East; Leslie NJ. shaw. Secretary of the Treasury;
George A. Knight the California orator. and
Lieutenant Governor Higgins.
The club IS endeavoring TO obtain as its guests
for the evening the three surviving major gem
erals of the Civil War: Generals Sclles. How
ard and Dodge.
No tickets will be needed for admission to the
Garden.
The meeting IN the Garden will be preceded
by parade OF marching clubs from this city.
Philadelphia. Pitlsburg and New-HaTen. There
will be plenty OF noise and excitement. and
every Assembly district in the city will be rep
resented.
Many other meetings OF minor Importance are
scheduled for this week by both Democrats and
Republicans.
Ex-Governor Black VIII speak at Troy to-mor-
night. and at Yonkers on the night Of the
10Th
NJ Linn Bruce. the candidate for Lieutenant
Governor. viii speak at mass meeting at the
headquarters OF the XIXth Assembly District
organization, Broadway and Sixty-ffth-st.. to-
morrow night.
Senator Depew Will start UP the State to-mOr-
and speak at Fort Wayne in the afternoon.
At Schenectady tomorrow night. Medina and
Auburn the 10Th, and Jamestown the DIST
Senator w. Z. Dillingham;, or Vermont. will
speak at the Young Mems Christian Association
hall one e-hundred-aud-ffty-f -ftth-st. and AM
Eterdam-aye tomorrow night
Frank W Higgins. candidate for Governor
aside from his speech al Madison Square Garden.
VIII speak az Troy to-day. Eluira the 2Oth.
Utica the 2lst, ana Buffalo the 22d.
Ex-senator MGComas Of Maryland will speak
at Empire Hall. One-hundrei- d-sixteeuth-st..
near Eighth-ave.. tomorrow night.
Secretary Shaw is TO speak at Saratoga today.
Hamilton tomorrow. and Auburn the 2oth.