The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-12-13

the middle Of m. front row up there
acting ne general in comm perhaps
T. would be better to term him general in
thu field and with ,wo lieuteuautS OF TIA"
heavy set man. on" on each end of the
gallery, kccp,nE their respective troops
in line and shouting louder than the or
binary henchmon
Down in the front of the ground floor.
to the left Of the .t1 ee and r1ther sheltered
by it. leaning aLanat pillrr IN IN" cor
ner, was n man " consider 1ho 'gc who
appeared to hn ,i.n Hing to TN" various
brigade commrrders throughout the
house The rest of the ground floor was
quiet except for very few in the rear
of the house and for one woman in about
the centre The galle"y below that which
was tho centre Of the tumut furnished a
good share nj the excitement.
There had been about dozen police
men in tho hall when the thing sigrted
In the shortest space of time III which
one can imagine recruits I" 1rrlNe Capt.
Day Of the West Forty seventh street
station came with y dozen or So more
men and scattered .len through tn"
house, paving particular attention OF
course to the top coIlery
Meanwhile thuec on the stage had not
been idle or had tried not 10 he. But
they couldn't do much. President Butler
made several hearty but impossible
efforts to speak He held up his hand aud
IT did no good whatever. Mr. thoato
Joined him IN the attempt to stem the
tide, but oven those sitting next To the
two gentlemen named would have found
il impossible to hear what they were
saving. II was then that Rabbi stephen
s. Wise. whose experience with Cooper
Union and other meetings j. great took
a hand out of his turn. HIS speech had
been down for the last OH the programme
but everybody on the committee of ar
rangements was only too glad 10 have
him go right in where he did
As Mr.. Wise got up John I Bristol,
one of the members Of the committee.
forced his way to the edge Of the plat
form and did what nobody else had
seemed 10 think of doing. which was "
call in loud voice for a rising vote on the
original resolution. There were calls
for the amendment and renewed boo
ing, but MIR Bristol had seized upon the
first lull in tho storm and had succeeded
in getting his words to the audience.
He put the motion. and the lower floor
and the boxes with those on the plat
form and many in the lower seats of the
galleries stood together There was no
doubt that all of tho meeting except the
well organized and segregated malCun-
tents were in favor Of the declaration
and also were stuhhornly opposed TO
the methods which were being used 10
discredit and TO break up the meeting
With the beginning of the riot the
crowd downstairs had turned - hGck
on the platform and Was looking only
Al the gallery The resolution once
passed by the rising vote. this crowd
which had come 10 vote for arbitration
treaties and not 10 take pert in n free
for all riot. remained facing the gallery
kissing the rioters and seemingly settling
itself for T. long drown out row. The
passage of the resolution by the risine
vote and in spite Of the loudly expressed
opposition Of the gallery renewed thu
uprising with more rocket than before.
Policemen walked down he aisles fnc
now and then one Of the rioters wa
pointed out TO him by indignant mon anC
women John ID Crimmins WIS seen Z,
lean over the edge of the platform enc
point out one particularly boisterous Ggi
tstor A woman who did not cG-e 10 ge
publicity for herself. - she sid she har
never before taken pa~t in rry publ'
meeting and didn't approve Of wom9'
suffrage. shook her fingers 1t he CALLER,
and shouted:
The man or woman who stands agains
peace is not an American at heart.