Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-01
WILSON IS CHEERED
BY A GREAT THRONC
D G on str alto n
Kept Up 64 Min
utes Last NIGHT
GREAT SPEECH

New York, Nov. 1.-The blgges1
crowd that ever j0mmed Its way into
Madison Square Garden last night
cheered Woodrow Wilson for sixty-fouI
minutes. This is about half a minute
longer than the ovation given William
Jennings Bryan In 1896.
The demonstration lasted from the
instant that Oscar Underwood of Ala
bama shut off his speech at $40 with
II will now make way for the next
president of the United States" until,
by dint of waving of arms. Kisses
shouts and commands from ushers,
policemen and officials. the clock had
gone well past 1914. and even then
they evinced a readiness to start it
all over again at the arst chance, al
though It did not seem as II human
throats could stand a greater strain
than that imposed by the hour and
four minutes just passed. Disinter
ested spectators pronounced the gar
den rally the greatest In the gardens
history.
Murphy Waved Flag.
Charles f. Murphy stood on his feet
for a half hour or more waving an
American flag. and not far away from
him were Empire State Democrats
who are bitterly opposed to him, way
ing with just as much vigor. Tam
many leaders and reformers stood
shoulder to shoulder and whooped ii
up. with never a thought of local is
sues. Officials of all kinds of reform
societies and members Of clubs they
have denounced were In the same
groups. Men who fought Governor
Wilson for the nomination with per.
sonal bitterness, like Colonel George
Harvey. were bo%xhoiders and showed
all the enthusiasm In the world. The
banker. the merchant, the lawyer. the
doctor, as well as the man who works
by the Gay, were aligned together and
helped with equal strength Of lungs
Then there were the women Many
thought the meeting Of the night be
fore would mouopoliZe them. but the
appearance Of the audience showed
that she Is just as Interested in poll
tics from a Democratic sta ndpoint az
from q Republican standpoint. 1t was
estimated that on the night before
about four out Of ten In the garden
were women. Last night they consti.
tuted fully one-f"h on the floor, with
the proportion becoming much less as
the balconies reached toward the roof
But those who were there made up IN
numbers.
Sixteen Thousand There.
Sixteen thousand persons were jam
med into the big garden. The garden
was profusely decorated with tisgs and
bunting. The inspiration Of the color
scheme made the audience want to
start cheering when they drst came In
and It worked them up until they were
In fine form for the climax. The meet
ing, advertised as free. was not 30 free
after Ill when one came right down to
It. About 6,UU0 early corners might get
into the upper balconies without q
ticket procured In advance. but when
you came down to the lower tiers, the
floor and the boxes. tickets were re
uuired. The meeting was under the
auspices of the Business Mems League
of the United Sta ties, and it gave cheer
fully OF tickets when asked
he Feels Responsibility.
Governor >Ason, ueepiy noVed eA
pressed the deep sense OF responSlbii-
ity that the overwhelming reception
had impressed hin with. He declared
that it thrilled him the more because
he realized mat 1t WIS u welcome ex
tended not Only to him the man, but
far more still TO true democracy, the
cause In which he was to lead them,
a cause which was to help Amerlcans
come into their W again.
The other Of the great older parties,
he declared, had suddenly seemed 10
abandon the initial principles which
had begotten 1t and to have subsidized
into a frightened inactivity and apathy
as to Ideals, into a panic stricken e "a
of undertaking any reforms whatever
lest the great interests Of monopoly
and dishonest business 1t had fostered
and helped grow turn upon 1t ana
wreck. it with The power IT put into
them.
To the bull q lose party, on the other
hand, be referred as n party that had
broken away from the Republican
party to become a company OF al
discoveries, looking aDont
for new ways of performing old duties.
duties thai every party has owned
from the beginning of party govern
ment." 1t aimed. he declared, to sub
stitute new methods of executive an
.pervision for the old methods OF law
and to undertake q Christening of bust
ness instead Of a regeneration of bust
ness.