The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-10-26
IN NEW ORLEANS
An Ovation rendered Judge l.. f..
Hall Tuesday Nights Welcomed
by Enthusiastic Thousands - A
Voluntary OutpOuIring.

New Orleans Item: The higges
assembly that ever moved on The
Atheneum jammed its auditorium
and its banquet hall Tuesday night
oVerflowed into the street anC
cheered inside and out. The main
auditorium was packed TO the walls
by 1870 pm, and the big banquet
hall filled before the appointed hour
ia few minutes after the big meet
ING was opened by Mr.. John NJ. Par
ker, The other began below and a
clamorous crowd began to enlarge
Iaround the street entrances unable
TO gel in Thousands were turned
away. FouP or five hundred re-
'maincd until nearly nine o'clock,
cheering with the crowds inside
Magnificent Audience.
New Orleans Picayune: Before an
audience that packed the Atheneum
from top TO bottom and with an
overflow meeting running down.
stairs, Judge Luther f. Hall of Mon
roe, Ouachita parish, candidate for
governor of the Democratic Good
Government League. opened his New
Orleans campaign last night. He was
supported in the opening effort by
John NJ. Parker, chairman of the
city campaign committee, who pre-
sided over The main meeting.
1t had been arranged that in ease
The crowd warranted there should
be a second meeting in the conven-
ton hall of the .Athcneum on the
irst floor, where probably 800 peo-
pie jammed themselves in the seats
and around the walls at the height
Of the evening, unable to gain en-
trance to the auditorium proper.
Voluntary OutpOuring.
Iimes-Democfat: If there was any
doubt lingering i'll the minds Of any
as to the strength Of The Democratic
Good Government League movement
IN New Orleans it must have been
dispelied by the reception given
Judge l.. +. Hall, the leagues can
didaie for governor. at The Ath-
eneum Iastsnieht. Ten thousand per-
sons Went to the Atheneum TO hear
him speak; five thousand were sue
aessfal III getting he chance al one
lr HE other of the Two big meetings
Imld The resi- We're turned away at
HE doors, unable 10 even gel stand !
frg ro6un ffrs the auaitoriuns.
Crowds so cosmopolitan in char
acier as those which appeared at |
he league meeting last night are
rare. Scores on scores of New Or
leans elect We're there. and the clans
3f labor and the middle class were !
resent in hundreds.
IN Encouraging Feature.
Times-Democrat editorial: It was
lot alone in numbers that the meet
ng was significant, but in the char
lcter OF the audience, in the deter
nination and the enthusiasm dis
played the confidence felt in the
success of the cause. There were
business men present by the hun
lfeds, laboring men, every class and
Element that goes to make up the
population of New Orleans An en-
'ouraelng feature was the presence
# so many prominent citizens who
laye not heretofore shown their
colors, but who last night
proclaimed their support of Judge
1all, and greeted him as the winner
n the coming primary.
The meetings open the city cam
,algn III most promising spirit. No
previous campaign against the ring
-and ii has been thrice beaten i'm
>ew Orleans, and the city is betterj
'ff because Of these defeats-has
yer started out under NOR auspi-
ious conditions. with a better or
an da more determined |
ollowine. The Hall meetings were
n themselves a severe blow to the
ing, as showing how thoroughly the
'oters are aroused, that they appre-
late and understand the issues of
he campaign and have made up
heir minds what to do.