Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-01
HOURS CHEERING
GREETS WILSON
Garden Throng Gives Noisy
Welcome to Democratic
Nominee.
GOVERNOR HITS AT THOSE
WHO SPREAD PANIC STORIES
over 10000 Crowd Historic
Old Amphitheatre to Hear
Standard Bearer of Party.

way MS CA1bCA AAo
$1,000 at the Democratic rally in Madi-
son Square Garden last night, Gov
ernor woodrow Wilson, confident and
happy, stood for almost an hour,
while the crowd stamped, whistled,
cheered and waved the flag of the
nation in probably the greatest
demonstration ever witnessed in the
famous old amphitheatre.
Changing the figure, the quadruped
which is popularity supposed to typify
the Democracy, came right back at
the Bull M~oose-with an added kick.
Wednesday nights scenes at the
Garden were duplicated, with some
little added. Most of Madison Square
Garden political demonstrations are
alike. The crowd jams in and there
ere speeches by the leaders n cheer
ing. the exact duration of which is
accurately kept by the statisticians.
But there comes a time when the
cheer of expectancy and hope dies
nway-when the with you in vic
tory or defeat" note is dimmed and
sileneed by the shrill, swift, swelling
note of confident victory which splits
the air. Such a note rose and swelled
In increasing volume in the Garden
tonight when Woodrow Wilson
doomed above the monster crowd IN
the platform. tore its way upward
and out across Madison Square and
went echoing across the continent.
If it be true hat the Garden will
hold 5000 people at q pinch that
many were crowded within it's capa-
cious walls tonight long before the
A1rst distinguished speaker appeared
upon the platform. Outside many
more tarried to cheer the arriving
and departing leaders. Everywhere
there was enthusiasm.
1t was a meeting moreover dis
tinctly of those who, at present, have
the say in deciding elections. A
business meeting, so to speak, al
which there was a fair sprinkling of
the ladies. but far less of them than
graced the Bull Moose meeting of the
night before, and when the hour for
cheering came, it was the great body
of the men, not in any particular Sec
ton of the auditorium, but in every
portion of the house, who rose en-
4 masse and, full-throated, with the
4 thunder of 1000 feet resounding on
the floor. with myriads of flags mad
ly waving, cut loose that roar of VIC
3tory which caused the rafters of the
pld Garden to sway under the strain.
This came when Mr.. Wilson stepped
Forward to the front Of the plat
Form and the crowd got it's first, full
faced view of the standardbearer. For
exactly one hour the tumult con-
ItA.~I ~iufn0 and fo1IIn0 OF infar-
sals, dying out at n place to be
renewed again in another. And al
ways it was the deep, steady, conf
dent cheer of the victor who sees the
Ienemy's flag lowered.
And then, after this solid hour of
din, it was fifteen minutes more be-
fore Mr.. Wilson could get the full at
i tention of his audience for the rally
ing speech which he had prepared.
Here once more the confident note
of victory was sounded. 1t was n o
a long deliverance. Mr.. Wilson went
directly to the point. There has been
talk that the prosperity of the coun-
try will be effected by his election.
He nailed the calumny in character
istic fashion.
r. IL tAIC
bet Ave to one of their own destruc-
tion?" he asked, amid bowls of APP
prevail from the crowd. And do
they go smiling and complacent to
their business when they expect a
deluge next week?'
This he called his answer in a nut
SHE'LL to the rallying cry of panic
upon which the enemy has elected
to make its last stand. Otherwise,
his address was a calm presentation
of the issues upon which the Democ-
raey has been fighting.
There was not a EARRING note. Given
under the auspices of the National
League of Business Men, the admis-
sion was free, and all Democracy
was there to see and hear and cheer.
They arrived early, some of the
faithful as early as 4 o'clock in the
afternoon. and they stayed until the
last note of the final speech had
been drowned out in the last salvo of
cheering with which the meeting was
brought to an end.
Thomas A. Mulry presided and
during the course of the evening not
only did-the victory-scenting hosts
give unbridled play to their enthu-
siasm for Wilson, but William Sui
ger, Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor of New York, too, received the
benediction of a similar ovation, as
did also Martin Glynn, his running
mate. And last, but not least, there
was accorded A demonstration of I'M
bounded proportions to Oscar Under
wood, chairman of the ways and
means committee, who beguiled the
last few minutes of the meeting be-
fore the storm burst with the coming
of Woodrow Wilson upon the scene
with a brief speech.
las the election day approaches, a
greater and greater feeling of
solemnity comes over me, because I
know the American people are now
about to make one of the most vital
choices of their lives. / know that
there are some features of this cam
paign which have been disappointing
to serious-minded men all over the
S Union. We started out to discuss.
like frank and hon st men. the deep-
est concerns of a great nation. For
\ while, for a few weeks, words were
crossed in gallant controversy With
regard to the great movements Of the