The sun., 1909-06-22
HUGHES ATTHE SAENGERFESF
GREAT CROWD HDRRAHS AFTER
THE GOVERNOR SPEAKS.

kalser's Prize to He Competed for To-
day with q Full Blood Indian Among
the Equitable Plan % AwzFd-
Ing the Prizes to BE Arranged.
Gov. Hughes addressed throng a
srea. as at a huge political meeting in
Madison Square Garden last evening
when he went to the conductors plat
form and greeted the audience for the
s,cond grand concert OF the Northeastern
Saengerbund. ..
The big elliptical hall was crowded with
sppreciative German music lovers and
their friends. and the summer dresscs
Of the women carried the eye with their
waving masses of white way up among
the moonsails, as 1t were. It seemed
almost as il the Garden had no roof and
the light clad topnotchers were aloft tn
the ether. The hall would not hold all
the eager ones and in the streets about
the Garden other lesser crowds grouped
themselves to listen to the volume Of
musical sound sent forth through the
open windows by the massed chorus Of
thousands and the orchestra Of q hundred
and half.
Not even in the neighborink streets
did the music thirsty find room enough,
and the nearby Fourth avenue cafes,
draped with moral greens for the occasion,
entertained the overflow. In some Of
them German bands and German vocalists
held forth joyously and the warm patrons
contributed small change in witness Of the
general kindly feeling that was all
pervading.
In the Garden Gov. Hughes occupied
sboI in the middle OF the Twenty seventh
street side. When he walked up the floor
to the singers platform, accompanied
by Col. Treadwell and others. the orchestra
played Hail to the Chiefl' and the big
audience scrambled to it's myriad feet.
The Governor said:
esteem IL . happy privilege to have a
shsre In the profit and the enjoyment Of this
occasion and on behalf Of the people Of the
State OF New York TO extend to you q cor
dial welcome. extend the welcome on
behalf Of q united people. reoogn nizing the
united development to which so many
stocks have contributed and In which so
large share belongs to our German fellow
citizens,
German song, which the German people
heard amid the trees. has ever been and will
ever be the song Of aspiration and Of liberty
Those who half century ago came here
With intense devotion to liberty came not
to escape land from which they were BAN
ished but to play part In the dev elopment
Of the United States. and In their singing
societies they cultivate veneration for the
land OF their ancestry.
In every field Of activity the German 10
in the first rank, He represents cleanness
and adaptabjity. In true Americanism We
know no race, but all races. Liberty is not
an end in itself We rejoice In the oppor-
tunties OF a free society because Of the
part in advancing human enjoyment. We
have much to learn from the Germans OF
the German love for friendship and
sociability. My greetings to you.
There we're prolonged hurrahs as the
Governor concluded. and most Of the
audience stood again while he walked
back to his box
Last evenings entertainment was a
concert, with Carl Helm as conductor :,
There was no competitive singing. The
programme was:
Symphonic Poem Las Preluaes" tL,1u. by
he orchestrs. tt''
I'm waAH fF. Leu,. BY the Mssssa Chorus
Aria from -odysses" tMax BrucA). by Nine
Schumann- -Helnk.
schmisdeliea" IT, Kemptsr. by the Mssssd
chorus
'EinIug der Cottsr in waIhsIi- and -waikuren-
ru" lwaEner. by the orchestra.
An old German love sont "a. wohlgsmuth,.
b. the Nassed Chorus.
Aria from the "ouesu OF shebs" tGounodD. by
Daniel Beddoe.
'Heiml,ehe uspe Jungs," and soldiers Fare.
veil John KinteD. by the orchestra
Aria from "Heuxi" (WATnefl. Auae Schu-
mann. Heink.
Die Drei Gesellen" 9TH. PofAertsky,. BY the
Nased Chorus and Orchestra
President Henninger hopes to adjust
In advance all matters relating to any
chance conflict in the matter Of points
awarded by judges in the various COM
petitions, and special meeting of the
presidents and musical directors OF the
saengerfest has been called for this
morning at 10 o'clock In the Garden to
decided upon fair and eauitab BILE plan
Of awarding the prises In case OF tie
ceties. o
An interesting incident Of to-day's COM
petitions will be the participation of .
full blood Sioux Indian. L. Bishop Of
Wilkesbarre. Pa, He Il member Of
the Concordia Singing Society Of wilkes
ts barre and will oornpete with them for
the Kaiser prize this evening He IL
q graduate OF the Indian school at Car
Isle. Pa. and after his graduation be-
came banker in that city. He Is bass
toloist.
The competitive features OF the festival |
began in earnest In the afternoon, and |
the singing societies Of the second, third |
and fourth class had q hearing. These
Organizations are classified according
to their numbers and not in acoorda noe 4
with the quality Of the voices or the method |
OF their singing. They are not eligible |
Tor the Kaiser prize on account Of their |
ANAL membership. Societies from Brook
lyn, Union Hill, Riverside. N. j.; Pough-
keepsie. Atlantic City, Philadelphia. BAL !
tirnore. Bridgeport. Yonkers, New Ro-
Syracuse, Reading. West Hoboken. New
day
The judges. in order to have no preju- |
dice in favor Of the various choruses, were |
ses ted behind canvas screen which |
made 1t impossible for them TO see the
platform. Tho dneers entered from the ,
rear with their conductor and sang the |
number selected for the society Of each
class. Although there was no chance |
OF the Kaiser prise for any Of thsee COM
pstitors the Tests aroused great inter- |
est among the other societies. So soon |
as one Of the organise tons had hnished |
,s song The members hurried from the
podium and took seata In the auditorium. |
or when the seats were too remote Tor |
them ia hear wall stnod In thA aisl0s about |