The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-27

Harlequin Ticket, the Secretary Calls
the Democratic Outnt-They Don't
believe Themselves, He Says-Incon-
siste ncy OF the Arguments on Panama
Laid Bare-An Audience Four Times
as Big as the Hall Would Hold
Battcrs the Police Lines TO Get In.
John Hay, Secretary of State, delivered
his first campaign speech in New York
in Carnegie Hall last night. The hall was
filed to its utmost capacity, and outside
the building four times az many as got
inside battered away at police lines In a
vain effort to get within sight of the Secre-
tary's face and within sound of his voice.
The police we're hammered and impor-
tuned and cussed at by the crowd on the
outs, but as none Of the ms was pleased to
come out, there was nothing for the blue
coats TO do but stand fast. And they did.
Inspector Walsh and 200 policemen were
there to do police work. The police were
posted as early as $50 o'clock in the after
noon, for even then hundred or two men
and women were standing before the Fifty
seventh street doors waiting for them to
open. The opening hour was o'clock.
At O'Clock Fifty-seventh street in
front of the hall was solidly blocked with
people. Fifteen minutes later the crowd
spilled over into Seventh avenue and up
to Fifty-nnth street, where the crosstown
cars had to creep along.
CROWD THAT FOUR HALLS COULDN'T HOLD.
By $50 the throng stretched away to
the east as far as Sixth avenue. Inspector
Walsh sent an aide around to the Fifty
sixth street side to see If any of the Fifty
seventh street crowd could be deviated.
The man was long time getting back.
Did you get your supper while you
were gomez" the inspector asked him.
-say, Inspector, said the roundsman.
"this Is just rainy day crowd at a Pro-
hibition meeting In the brewery district
| compared to the mob on the other side of
the building
How are the lines9" asked the inspector.
"Holdin', sir, but sure they can't be ex-
pected to hold the people of the whole
United States and the Philippines thrown
in"
The inspector went around to investigate
for himself When he got back he went
straight to the committee Of arrangements
representing the Twenty-ninth Assembly
district Republican organization and said:
four halls like this, and it's getting bigger
every second. Isuggest you open the doors
at once and reduce the possibility Of acci-
dent as much as possible
The doors were opened Immediately.
The police handled the crowd pretty
we'll, but not even an army OF bluecoats
could have done the job perfectly. 1t
took Just about twenty minutes to fill the
hall to the stand limit Then the fremen
on duty said the limit of safety had been
reached The doors were closed and the
real trouble began for the policemen keep
ing the lines. They were intreated and
abused alternately till it was all over and
there was no chance Of hearing a word.
OVATION TO RoosEvELT's NAME.
The meeting was called to order few
minutes after by Alexander T. Macon,
Republican leader Of the Twenty-ninth,
who named Senator Nathaniel A. Elsberg
for chairman. Senator Elsberg made a
short speech, which he closed by calling
attention to the fact that, from the AS
sembly district in which Carnegie Hall is,
Theodore Roosevelt was first elected to
public office.
The me ntion of the Presidents name
crea ted on smaller scale such an outburst
of applause as was evoked at the Madison
Square Garden meeting a few nights ago.
When this was over, Senator Elsberg,
turning half away from the audience,
said: Ladies and Gentlemen, it would be
a mere absurdity on my part to introduce
to an American audience the Hon. John
Hay"
DEMONSTRATION OVER HAY.
AS the Secretary OF State arose. the
great audience rose with him and there
were cheers, applause and flag and hand
kerchief waving for nearly five minutes.
But the crowd had come to listen, and after
the first outburst the audience settled back
to get a good look at the man who has made
American diplomacy felt in every capital
of the world.
Secretary Hay read his speech, but he
was not at oil confined to his notes. His
voice is Of tenor quality, with great carry
ing power and well modulated. Even the
crowd that packed the topmost gallery
seemed to have no difficulty in hearing every
word of his speech.
The speech was rich with hupor and
keen with satire, and the audience never
failed to catch the point and applaud
single one Of the hits the Secretary made.
REMARKS FROM THE GALLERY.
When he referred to some OF the accom-
plishments Of the present administration
and aske if there was any fear that the
country, under such direction, would take
a step backward, man in evening clothes
in one OF he boxes shouted:
Not while you're there!'
TIE audience laughed itself almost into
convulsions al this and cheered 1t to the
echo az hey also appauded another senti-
ment OF the speaker which ran:
. 1T is the policy Of the present Govern
ment to he just to all nations and partial
to none"
When MIR. Hay asked, What man In this
audience, In this universe, knows what
Judge Parker would do II he were elected