New-York tribune., 1905-11-06
TAMNANY FORCES SPLIT.
CROWD GREETS HEARST.
Garden Demonsfration Shoes Con-
test Betzceen Hearst and IUins.


den last evening. For a quarter of an hour the
great throns in the Garden shouted. clapped
( hands, threw up hats and coats and stamped.
creating uproar exceedine anything wit
messed there.
At the time thousands of excited people
who had tried vainly to get into the garden were
indulging in a frantic demonstration which
nearly approached riot \ strong police gualu
had difficulty in holding the crowds outside the
Garden in check Baf1led in the attempt to
storm the entrances to the Garden. part OF the
crowd turned to a line of billboards and tore
down offending Tammany posters.
The demonstration in and around the Garden
showed clearly that the ordinary Tammany vote
in Manhattan had been divided, and that MT
Hearst had captured at least half of the regu-
lar Democratic vote which Mayor Mcclellan re-
ceived in the borough two years ago Politicians
of experience who the demonstration de-
clared there was no doubt of Mayor McClellans
defeat and that the only possible way to pre-
! vent the election of Mr.. Hearst was to vote for
| William NJ WINS the Republican candidate.
The crowds began to gather outside the Garden
! about 4 p. m. Before o'clock every thorough
| fare leading to the Garden was blocked by
! dense, struggling of humanity. About
| one-fourth of the crowd women. Anybody
| familiar with New-York crowds could at
! glance that the men in the throngs moving tow
ard the Garden of the same political faith
| as those who filled the Garden at the Bryan
| demonstration in 1896 1t a great mass of
Tammanyites gone over to Hearst.
! When the doors of the Garden were thrown
! open few minutes before O'Clock. there were
scenes of disorder bordering mob violence.
! Fifty policemen under Captain Dooley at the
| main entrance were nearly swept off their feet
time and again.
POLICE CLEAR MADISON-AVE.
Inspector Schmittberger, at $50 o'clock. seeing
that the crowds were breaking down the slight
est attempt to form police lines called on the
mounted squad to clear Madison-ave. I'm front
of the building. 1t took exactly thirty minutes
for the mounted men to clear this one block In
the crush and slow yielding of the crowds
before the police, children were saved from
being severely injured in many instances only
by the presence of mind Of the patrolmen VINO
lifted them up at arms length in the air, away
from the hoofs of the horses and from beneath
the feet of the crowo
The Garden full at quarter to Z O'Clock
and the police were struggling to hold back
throng estimated to exceed fifty thousand
few minutes before O'Clock the doors were
closed and the fighting mass of humanity hurled
itself against the police lines in vain Charles
NJ Schroeder the superintendent of the Garden
said there were fully twenty thousand PERSONS
in the auditorium at the time.
Nahan Franko's orchestra played national
airs on the platform the north SIDE or the
building, and the audience amused user 10 io'
half an hour by cheering for Mr.. Hearst at IN
tervals Colonel Ambrose G. Dunn, VINO pre-
sided made a speech. which could not be heard
a dozen feet from the platform account of the
din Then the orchestra began to play MY
Country 'Tis of Thee and thousands or voices
Joined in singing. After the song the auoIence e.
cheered s0ne more and then Mrs. Harriet stan
ton Blatch tried to make herself heard W nat
she said was inaudible TO the greater part OF the
throng 49,, Nv
Hearst accompanied by Mrs. Hearst, appeared
in box on the south side of the Garden ne
was recognized Immediately by hundreds near
the box and they started the demonstration OF
applause In moment the thousands in all
parts of the building rose ana began 10 cheei'
This was at S:2S o'clock.
WILD ENTHUSIASM.
For few minutes Mr. Hearst stood up and
| bowed right and left while the cheering con-
timed Hundreds of men in the garden flung
| their hats high in air. Some threw their over
| coats aloft One excited admirer of Mr.. Hearst
| held up a child of two years high above his
head for a time and then tossed the baby in air.
| The voungster was caught and tossed up again,
| seemingly delighted with the performance.
| After the demonstration had continued eight
| ninutes Mr. Hearst was escorted across to the
| rIatform where he stood seven minutes more
| waving his hands in apparent attempt to
! get a hearing 1t not until cries of OR
| der. we're heard all over the house that there
| vas comnarative silence. Mr. Hearst strained
! his voice until it cracked striving to make
! himself heard At the end of every sentence
| tbara was new outbreak of cheers, regardless
| of what he said. The noise was so great, even
| when he was speaking. that persons in remote
parts of the big auditorium could not distinguish
| his utterances
Mr. Hearst said:
NV Friends: I do not desire to make political a.l
| Spu for vour kindness and your friendship
nnIAcens but as friends. greet you not as par
| tisans but citizens deeply ] ]n.e,e and in the @
| nro1ress NJ eI and prosperity of our great city.
greet you WITH iiere nofn fpiicity ah in the wisdom
the patriotism and the c9nscence oa nd 1he
In height Of Tweeds ,P PeWer peopIe Je No doubt
| we have fallen upon evil times No q" oiorn" bnI
had many occasions foT distrnsr that disturb the
atmospbere clear and purify it. II VIII De So Iii ~
| politics and municipal administrator l.
on.E agraban Lincoln said While the people retain
their virtue and vigilance administrator Dy any any
| cxtreme wickedness folly can seriously lhjuie
nv friends we have had adminstrsI[lon II .t oI
extreme wickedness and folly put on Tuesday i tIe
corrupt corporations the @ lHleEng @ tbs The neople
sim retain their virtue and vigilance. 40 to+t1a
My friends am proud OF the cause we 07''ie
am proud of~the friends who have rallied round
US They the peoples friends ~ rrhap
I am proud OF the enemies who oppose US. 1heg
are the peoples enemies. ~ trt,,,r,,,
over them no matter how powerful and unscrupu-
o4S US 'Sg riy, nav gay With Lincoln: Let US faith
my right makes might and in that faith let US TO
the end dare to do our duty as We Isl Nothing
n,1 what is right and submit to nothing that is
"TSas Ta will fight the battle along those lines and we
viii win A glorious victory if We will only trust
the people
.f,ar Mr. Hearst left the platform Mrs Lieb-
ling sang accompanied By the orches'fa, 4ha