New-York tribune., 1909-11-01
HEARST IN GARDEN
MUSIC THE FEATURE.
Thousands Cheer Candidate
and Then Depart.

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the remarkable enthusiasm of the greeting.
| the number of those who cared to stay
| and bear his speech. or at any rate. the
number of those who sought to hear hi.
! speech. was comparatively small.
Mr.. Hearst's voice has always been his
greatest defect as a campaigner. and last
night he was most effectively made to
realize It. After thirty-one minutes OF
cheering order of kind was obtained and
the candidate began to speak. But before
ne had finished his first sentence the peop,e
IN The galleries and the distant parts Of
the hall learned that Mr.. Hearst's voice
carried only to the few hundred seated
close to him, and Immediately there began
the steady tramp of thousands of feet
marching to the doors At times the voice
OF the speaker almost lost in the noise
OF the shuf'ling feet, and even those near
hm could not distinguish his words They
could only see his waving hands and bow
ing figure and know by the movement of
his lips that he was talking.
More than twelve thousand persons found
seats or standing room in the hail. in the
boxes and In the galleries. And outside ten
Thousand more jammed the four streets sur
rounding the Garden, overfowed into Madi-
son Square and extended for blocks in both
directions in Fourth avenue
musical programme had been provided
mat included songs by Nine. Olive Frem-
stad and Nine. Rita Fornia, and selections
by an orchestra of $50 pieces. conducted
by Nahan Franko. Doubtless this would
heip to account for the great crowd that
disorganzed the subway service both be-
fore and after the meeting
The demonstration for Mime Eremstad
bo
remarking that Mr.. Hearst would be fort
innate if he were cheered as long. She
sang first Gounod's Ave Maria and for
an encore Annie Laurie" She had been
bountifuily applauded for the Ave Maria"
put after Annie Laurie the .lause
lasted several minutes, and she was obliged
TO repeat the ballad. To those who watched
the affair critically there was a noticeable
difference in the volume and depth of the
cheering for Nine. Fremstad and Mr.
Hearst. When Mr.. Hearst arrived the ap-
! plause had high. hystericaI sound, while
the cheers for Nine Fremstad were deep
| and true and prolonged
Mr.. HearSts entrance was ARRANGED
| with the customary stage appurtenances.
MI Smith had spoken in a manner that
! enthused crowd ready and willing TO be
enthused-more than that a crowd that
! had come to be encouraged into venting
| their enthusiasm. Madame Fremstad had
! sung, and her audience was still suffused
with the feeling that she had aroused.
Mr.. Smith came forward once more and
| spoke briefly in the highest praise OF Mr..
! Hearst. but ending with the Introduction of
! Charles S. Whitman as the next District
| Attorney of New York" Mr. Whitman
| had advanced TO the speakers stand and
the crowd was cheering with the same
bat had OIL
TO Madame Fremstad, when over near the
Madison avenue entrance some piercing
screams cut into the deep shouts for
Whitman
II was the entrance of Mr.. Hearst. Tho
other speakers and the singers had come in
from the 27th street side. passing under the
platform and going quietly, nearly con-
ceaed, for only a few feet in the view of
the audience. Mr. Whitman had entered in
that way a short time before. But Mr.
Hearst came in from the Madison avenue
side, passed around back of the audience
on the floor. but in full view of those in the
galleries. and came down the centre aisle
surrounded by a guard of police, led by
Inspector McClusky.
The screams for Mr.. Hearst began as
soon as his automobile was recognized by
the crowd outside of the Garden. and con-
tered the hall. The people stood on their
chairs and waved hats and handkerchiefs
There were many flags spread among the
audience. and it was not long before those
in the gallery began to tear down the flag
decorations and wave them. The small
hags draping the front OF the platform
were taken down and waved from the plat
form to encourage the crowd Mr.. Smith
came forward and several times led in
three cheers for the candidate
The speech was repetition of parts of
others that Mr.. Hearst has delivered in
the course Of the campaign. He first urged
his hearers to rise above party feeling and
do a patriotic duty in routing out Tam
many. He said that he had striven to elect
the whole non-partisan ticket and that jf
he were elected he would endeavor TO or
ganize the city departments on a plane Of
efficiency and not on partisan basis He
repeated his purpose of asking leading citf-
zens to serve on advisory boards and his
purpose of holding public meetings to con-
suit with the people to his administra-
ton. He ended by saying: ANY admins
tration can be a success which will an
proach its task along these lines, with a
spirit superior to partisanship and with a
sincere sense of patriotic duty"
After the meeting a crowd of perhaps
200 loitered in Madison Square and later
probably 600 of them moved up Broadway,
leader carrying Hearst lithograph
holsted In the air and the crowd yelling
Hearst, Hearst, Hearst" The police
We're unable to cope with the situation
The crowd marched to Greeley Square and
assembled in front of A newspaper building
and, venturing as far the entrance steps
shouted themselves hoarse for Hearst and
placarded the bulletin boards with large
Hearst photographs and banners reading
Hearst will be elected" The marchers
then went to the Hermitage Hotel 42d
street and Seventh avenue, and bombarded
IN. Hearst Headquarters with noise. Will
lam A. lie Ford and Charles r. Gehring
from first floor window made short
speeches.