The sun., 1908-10-27

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lie coming out Of the olnb's side entrance
The elderly gentleman was from Ken
lucky. His name was Wattersoh.
Then there was regular sham battl'
of popping Roman candles. soreechine
rockets and Chinese bombs. and the grea
tower Of the Metropolitan building. al
well as the Flatiron away across the park
stood out sharp and black edged agains
the glare Of red and blue llghts., But tn,
showers kept on showering, which was bas
for fuses and the FIRE powder In many pans
o, presently everybody who could wen
away from there and battered at th'
crowd inside. ..
ALL BUNTING AND PIcruREs WITHIN.
II there was an inch OF space arounc
the inner walls Of Madison Square GardeI
that Tom Smith Of Tammany hadn'
swathed in red, white and blue 1t woulc
have taken a sPyglass TO find 10, The best
detail Of decoration was what looked
like one gigantic American flag. and q
flag as big as the whole Garden ceiling
although really 1t was seotioned and the
parts artfully joined.
Pictures Of Bryan and Chanler were
displayed prodigally, although there
was one of two portraits Of the Nebraskan,
notably fierce water color daub on the
front of the platform. that was little short
Of a libel on Mr.. Bryan's amiable phys
iognomy. The picture makers hsd dealt
far moro humanely with Mr.. Chanler.
Actor the little campaign hags. the kind
you wave around your head when you
get all worked up and want to holler,
there were as many thousands Of them.
e nearly. as there were noise makers.
zach flag was two faced. Bryan on one
side. Chanler on the other.
MANY WOMEN IN THE CROWD.
The crowd was much the same kind OF
crowd as you have seen before in the
Carbon. no doubt. except that there
seemed to be greater proportion Of
women. cheering women. women who
bobbed up in boxes and on the main floor
d sopranoed for the candidates Justify.
There was one, in a plain brown jacket.
who slipped through the press. Of folk in
the centre aisle and waving flag franti-
cally chirped for Hoke Smith.
"Oh. yew Hoke Smith Of Geawguh!'
she cried, and the crowd took up the call
u til it became roar, "0h, you Hokel'
There was mighty little doing In the
hour or more while the crowd was shifting
aad shutting into seats, less of cheering
thau is usual ct big Garden rallies Now
and taen little waves of excitement
rippled the quietude when the rumor
ran around that Bryan was coming or
that Chanler had been sighted and was
standing On and of the Garden coast, but
the furries subsidized speedily. Lsrky
persons. hungering for excitement,
yelped now and then. quick TO respond 10
any excuse for vooiferation. An elder. y
German in the front of the crowd lost his
overcoat and lifted his voice in bittsr
complaint The crowd cheered the elderly
German and then oheered the overcoat.
s An unterrihed suffragettS. for button
at the lapel Of her u1annish coat bore the
legend. Votes for Women tried to win
herself seat in the press reservation.
section guarded with the utmost stern
ness by Joe Byrne and Joe Ahearn. When
gently led away she declared haughtily
that she would have her rights, so the
crowd oheered the suffragette and then
they cheered her rights.
OF souses there was rich assortment,
though for the most part. they were Of
the amiable variety. easily squelched.
but no candidate escaped their husky
Eight were plucked from the 'bosoms Of
friends and chased out into the rain. oc-
casionally, before swift removal. they
bossed the meeting with their rauoous
outbursts.
crowd WAKES UP FOR HERRIcK.
But it was slow. sluggish and a little
tiresome until J. Sergeant Cram leaned
over the elevated platform and announced
the chairman OF the evening.
the Hon. D-Cady Herrick. Whereupon
they woke up and began to shout all at
once. Before that only the entrance OF
Hoke Smith or OF Henry Watterson or
Augustus Thomas or OF few other
Democratic headliners equally we'll
known had provoked more than hzzy
OF the vocal fireworks.
He got as far as Ladies and gentlemen"
when a pair of unmitgated nuisances in
q gallery began TO cheer for something
or somebody and there was olamor that
drowned out the Judge. In minute or
two no was at it again and manfully. He
walloped Theodore Roosevelt and the
@. o. P. from trunk TO tail while an acre Of
Democrats hellied the big flag overhead
with their cheers.
The President had acted as a king
might act said Judge HerTiolE, in sending
out the members Of his household guard
to retrieve lost battle. Then he went
after Mr.. Roosevelt on the matter Of dis
respect for the courts, coming presently
TO this thunder maker:
'And now, despite the protests Of the
ablest men Of his own party and the
indignant remonstrances Of the American
people, he has dictated the nomination
OF his own successor who shall hold Office
while he goes on hunting trip In Africal'
And bang crash went the cheering. He
started again, but voice drawled:
-Not SO loud. Judgel's
And Judge Herrick laughed with the
jected TO Mr.. Roosevelt's debating twice
the nomination of Gov. Hughes, and
pointed out that about twenty-five years
ago President Of the United States
tried to tell the people Of this State who
should be their Governor, and got his
showed under by 200, 900 votes
So far as Mr., Bryan's fitness TO select the
members Of the Supreme Court Of the
United States s. was conc concerned, Judge
Bryan than Elihu Root. Thpre was too
much twisting Of the Constitution TO At the
Roosevelt-Root theory Of greater CEN
about Mr.. Root to suit Judge
Herrick
FRANCIS CLAIMS THE WHOLE, WEST.
Ex-Gov David r. Francis Of Missouri,
a mighty good looking speaker, followed
the Judge and claimed the whole West
for Mr.. Bryan: He had been talking for