Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-06
EXCITING CAMPAIGN ENDS
Two KOnStsr Es'tingS held Sunday Night
in New York City.
HEARST FOLLOWERS At MADISON SQUARE
Tammany Makes Use of HipPodrome
and Neither Large Enough 90 Ac-
cOmmOdate the Crowds Seek
ing Admission.

NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-Enthusiastic rallies
by the democrats and Municipal Ownership
league at the Hippodrome and at Madison
Square Garden. respectively, marked the
close OF the political campaign tonight. An
audience of 1900 persons filled the Garden
and thousands Of women and children sur
rounded the building and clamored for ad-
mission, defying the efforts Of 400 police
men to preserve order. II was only after
troop OF mounted men had slowly forced
the crowd back that Madison avenue in
front OF the Garden was cleared.
There were similar scenes outside the
Hippodrome, where, after the building had
been packed to it's fullest capacity and the
doors closed. crowd of more than 10000
persons filled the adjacent streets and
fought to enter the building. The crowd
was augmented by the arrival Of several
thousand men who had been unable to
make their way into the Garden and for
time wild scenes of disorder prevailed. The
police were again and again forced back,
but finally by sending squads Of mounted
inen to ride along the sidewalks. while men
on foot advanced along the roadways the
streets around the Hippodrome were cleared.
Throughout the disorder. both at the Hip
podrome and the Garden, the police re-
Trained from using their clubs. No one was
seriously hurt and no arrests were made.
William Randolph Hearst was the prin-
cipal speaker at the Garden and was re-
ceived with an outbreak of cheering which
lasted for nearly twenty minutes
Hearst is Confident.
Mr.. Hearst evoked enthusiasm at the
meeting when he assured the audience that
his election was beyond question. Colonel
Ambrose c. Dean, who presided, read
1t,t,i
regrettins his inability to be present.
At the Hippodrome the principal address
was made by Congressman w. Bourke
Cochran.
Final statements were issued tonight by
Mr.. Wins and Mr.. Jerome, and the man
ayers Of the latter also sent out an appeal
! for $4,000 to be raised for the campaign
fund by noon tomorrow. Mr. WINS said:
! with full and complete knowledge of the
| situation, and in Justification of the organi-
| zation, ] declare that the morale of the or
| ganizatioh workers bred of confidence in
| my leadership and with victory in sight,
has never been better than it i Is is today;
votes In this city Invisible between the two
democratic candidates. They cannot be
! the election of either II the republicans
| themselves do not fall into the trap spread
| by their foes.
| Mr.. Jerome said:
/ AS THIS campaign closes L nave out one
| feeling in my heart and that is of over
| whelning gratitude that have been per-
mitted to be part Of a movement so stirring
| and significant. ALI over the country they
| see Il as we do in New York--a night on the
part of the people to resume the power
| that Justly resides in them and which un-
| justly has been taken away from them.
! William Halpin, chairman of the repub-
lican county committee, issued a statement
tonight. saying:
Figures of Republicans.
| The maximum number of effective votes,
Judging from registrations, which will be
cast for WINS, Hearst and Mcclellan will