New-York tribune., 1908-10-29
BIG CROWD At GARDEN
audience Roars for Taft Until Com
pLeteIu Exhausted.

Twelve thousand persons. packed into every
inch of space in the vast auditorium of Madison
Square Garden, shook it's walls TO their very
foundations in greeting Judge Taft and Gov
ernor Hughes at the largest meeting OF tne
carnnafgn. under the auspices Of the Repubhcan
County Committee. last night. The great. spor-
taneous wildly enthusiastic, tremendously II
zniring soul stirring tributes touched the candi-
dates 70 the very depths. II sustained iares
and dAntb Of genuine feeling the meeting as far
s,rnassed the Bryan-ChanIer meeting in the
Garden on Monday as the thunders OF the ire
sistfble ocean might rise above the noise made
by i mill stream tumbling over a dam
r seemed an augury Of the mighty voice of
the people at the polls on Tuesday. as the audi
ence rose to its feet in a whirlwind Of enthusi-
astfc and devoted allegiance TO the two candi-
dates.
It was the acme Of night Of triumphal cam
paigning in a dovnpour Of rain Thousands OF
those in the Garden had stood for an hour IN
the rain that they might be sure Of their op-
portuntty to pay their tribute to Taft and
Hughes
Never was there a Madison Square Garden
meeting held under more discouraging weather
conditions Never was there one which sur
passed it in size and enthusiasm
While the monster meeting was going on IN
the great hall. the parade was vending its
way through a downpour Of rain through the
heart of the city Though the streets were
flooded. the miserable weather was utterly tg-
nored both by those in the parade and by the
thousands who stood on the curb along the line
of march
GREAT GREETING TO GOVERNOR
When Governor Hughes walked through the
hall. and later when Judge Taft came, the scenes
we're such both men said. as could never be
enaced from their memory, and will never be
forgotten by those in the Garden Starting at
either end OF the hall the cheers increased IN
volume and numbers until they met in the CEN
/ ire of the auditorium and went up in one vast
/ roar OK and forth the cheers reverbeTated IN
| a veritable storm Men and women Jumped on
| chairs. 7 ratings and on every point OF want
| noe and cheered and shouted until it seemed as
/ If thew could shout no more But each time II
/ died away the demonstration would rise again.
/ gradually working up frenzy Of enthusiasrn-
/ But il was not alone a tribute TO the men,
/ When they expourded the doctrines for which
] they stood the audience stamped us edIleSI
/ and den1onstrative approval every point II
| vas only by pleading for the opportunity to
/ continue their speeches that they were able to
/ check some Of the outbursts that started while
/ they -peaklng-
! TAFT CHEERED NINETEEN MINUTES
II was HOP O'Clock when Judge Taft's ap-
| proach TO the Garden was heraIded by shouting
! in the street that brought the audience 20 its
feet.
After the demonstration on Judge Taft's ar~
/ rival had been going on for some minutes. while
| he walked tc. the platform. il broke all bounds
as ne appeared az the front Of the platform.
| Umbrellas were thrown into the air and a num-
| Der Of toy balloons were sent floating back and
forth through the air. Some one gave Yale
cheer. then the band started up a series OF Yale
songs "Boola Bocla'' Bright College Years
and others. while the crowd stopped its cheers
for moment and Joined in singing. Then the
mighty slogan Taft, Taft Taft taKer
up all over the auditorium. It was with th,
greatest difficulty that General Horace e Por
ter the chairman. able 70 quiet the people
| II nineteen minutes before the demon
stration subsidized enough for the candidate {,
begin his speech. He talked for only eigh
minutes, his voice had had a great straiI
throughout the day. He declared that the grea
issue OF the campaign as 70 whether IN
AENo'k HUDSON FOOTBALL SPECIAL.
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