The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-29
Tammany and independence
Forgot Two Opposite Prin-
cipIes for Which they Stand
and Cheer Together.
JOURNALIST GREETED BY
OUTBURST OF ENTHUSIASM
Crowd Goes Wild When He
Appears, and Cheers for
Thirty-Nine Minutes-Jer-
ONE is Hit Hard.
Publishers PreSSf

New York, Sept. 2S.-Tammany
Halls candidate for the governorship
and incidentally the man who is, if
elected, to have their backing for the
presidency in 1908 came into his own
at Madison Square Garden tonight.
A mass meeting and general ratifca
tion had been arranged by the In
dependence League before 1amIaany
forced the balance of the democratic
delegates to the Buffalo convention
to put Hearst at the head of its tick
ct, and it came off as arranged but
Tammany men predominated.
The crowd was large. Indeed SO
great was it irP point of numbers that
the police were compelled to close
the doors before s O'Clock At that
hour the streets around the Garden
were black with perspiring men and
women who tried their best to force
back the line of police.
Jerome's Name is Kissed.
At $50 Dewitt c. Warner started
the speechmaking, his address being
general attack upon the Republican
administration. When he mentioned
District Attorney Jeromes name a
most remarkable demonstration fol-
lowed. booing, kissing, howling and
shouts of ''let him sleep lasted nve
or six minutes.
Clarence j. Shearn, Hearst's perso-
nal attorney, made an extended
speech dealing with the issues of the
campaign. He was followed by Lewis
Stuyvesant Chandler. the democratic
candidate for Lieutenant Governor.
who declared that the immense
crowd was present lin response 10 a
spontaneous demand for decency and
honesty in government
Hearst Enters the Hall.
Hearst entered the hall at exactly
$3.50, fanked by an inspector and half
a hundred police. He escorted his |
wife to a box reserved for her and |
was then led across the hall to the |
speakers platform. The reception
was genuine. The cheering was long
drawn out and decidedly real. Waves |
Of sound swept across the hall. died |
iown, arose in volume, fell and rose |
again, distinct tribute to the candi- |
late who showed by his manner that /
he really appreciated it. 1t was ex- |
actly thirty-nine minutes by the watch |
before he could make an impression
IN the crowd and when he finally did |
start his speech he was again forced /
o quit until the crowd could work off
some more pent up enthusiasm.
Hearsts tall figure, garbed in a long
rock coat, set off by a high white col
ar and tie. with his boyish looking
ace wreathed in a half smile, pleased
he crowd, and it applauded the tell
ne points of his speech as he pro-
eeded. although his voice is much too
weak to carry to the remote corners
f the hall
Prefers Riot to Rottenness.
He prefaced his speech with ref
renee to Bourke Cockran's speech
lade in the early hours of last We'd
esday morning at Buffalo. when he
aid that he preferred riot to rotten
ess. So soon as Hearst could make
imself heard he electrified the crowd
Y saying:
This is the kind of riot that is bet
pr than rottenness. This is the kind
riot that cures rottenness. This is
ne kind of riot that preserves patriot
,m and pleases all but the members
f the plunder bund."
He then declared that before he had
eceived the nomination of the dem
Gratis he had openly declared his
rincipless that he had stated that he
elieved in the honest, impartial en-
orcement of laws: in honesty in pub
C office; in equal rights for all and
/ a government for the greatest good
, the greatest number. I
He declared that he stood against ,
rivate ownership of public property. {
ut was also against the public own {
rship 0A private property.
The balance of his speech was ,
ong the line of his already published [
tterances, and although at times he
as interrupted by people going out,
le enthusiasm was we'll continued to
le end.