The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-22
Deposed Governor Receives
Unprecedented Reception
When He Gets Back to His
New York Home.
WHOLE EAST SIDE
TURNS OUT TO CHEER
Where Is Murphy" and Sui
ger Our Choice" Boom From
Ten Thousand Threats,
While Banners Blazon Forth
Same Legend.

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/ NEW YORK, Oct 21.--WtIlian
Sufzer came back to New York to-
night, and ten thousand persons gath
| cred at the Grand Central station to
meet him, went mad with delight, The
deposed governor reached here at
/ 1925 O'Clock, on the Empire State
Express. He was Ill in stateroou1
all the way down. but his health came
pack fast when he saw the shouting
mass of humanity waiting for him
AS he walked from his car, far back
I on the long train. there was a stac-
cato accompaniment of hashligiat
shots. That was the first animation
he had that his return was a matter
OF moment From then on there was
no doubt
In the waiting room every foot Of
space was occupied. and had been for
an hour, with thousands upon thous-
ands, most of them from the East
Side, where the ex-governor grew UP.
and where he hopes to get Arm foot
mold in his fight for political rehabiii-
tation,
Main Floor jam.
The main floor was damned to the
men, and in the long galleries hum
dreds more were crowded together
Every man and woman was shouting
SuiZef name.
we want Sulzer'" was the shout
that went up as the slouch- hated,
gray Cfad, gaunt fIgure walked through
the turnstiles. The railroad employees
mad roped off space to keen back
the crowd. and let him to the street,
but the East Siders would stand for
no such restraint. At first sight OF
their idol they swept away the bar
riers, and the guards with them. and
surged about him.
outgoing passengers gave up the
struggle TO get to their trains, and
stood by until the welcome was over
Mr.. Suffers friends who had come
down with him from Albany were car
rled off. and Mrs. Sulzer too was swept
away in the crowd. Horns were blow
ing like mad, and placards saying.
we want Sulzer." Where is MUIR.
phy?" and "Sulzer--our choice for the
assembly" were torn from hats and
sent scooting over the nassed heads.
His Proudest Moment
In the center OF the thickest crowd
stood Mr.. Sulzer, trying vainly to make
himself heard. and turning to see
what had become of his wife Then
somebody took his familiar black hat
or. and waved it, and bigger cheer
than before went up. The ex-goyer-
nor had smiled when he saw tho
demonstration first, but as 1t persist
ed his expression changed and as he
got through finally and into the wait
ing automobile. tears Were running
down his cheeks. This is the hap
piest and proudest moment of my
life" he whispered to a friends who
kept with him.
Outside of the station crowd
which evan exceeded that within was
waiting. Here again the norns were
blowing and the people shouti-@ East
Side "Sulzer marching clubs i7rpro-
vtsed at the moment. marched until
they jammed. Trolley traffic on West
Forty-second street was halted and
hundreds of other vehicles had to wait
for the excitement to end.
Mr.. Sul2er came through the exits
at the head of a veritable flying wedge
hundred enthusiasts projecting him
in futile effort to get at him, cal.
him BILL shake his hands, or do
thousand things that seemed to occur
to the active minds of the mob.
Two score autos were drawn up at
the curb, each one carrying a ban
ner Welcome" and the ever present Il
We Want Sulzer" In the windows
of the Belmont hotel scores OF heads
were seen. and on the tops OF tho
lower buildings around were grouped
shouting Sulzerites.
The former governor managed to
climb into his car, to find himself
alone, so far as the party that had
started with him from the executives
mansion was concerned.
Mrs. Sulxer Finds Him.
Where is Mrs. Sulzer?" he asked, @
while men and women tried TO get
close to shake hands with him
All this time Mrs. Sulzer had been
trying to make her way through the
crowd, by side passage. TO the ~
street. She was recognized by but d
few, and had to take a turn and wait
with Curly her pet dog, gathered -
in her arms, and by her side f
Kovarik. her husbands bodvgua
with Patsy, another Sulzer canine.
Finally, after ten minutes wait. Mrs
Sulzer reached her husbands auto. &
and MIR. Sulzer helped her in. and
when the 'Sulzcr baggage arrived the
procession started off down to the
Broadway Central hotel where Mr. U
and Mrs. Sulzer Will make their home.
and have their campaign headquarters
for the present. ~
All the way the men In the forty
behind the Sulxer car
shouted. out the glad tidngs that .HifI Il
SulZer is back" And the crowds on
the sidewalk gave him yell as hs
speeded by.
The automobile carrying Mr.. and &
Mrs. Sulzer barely stopped at tina Il
Broadway Central hotel. and beforA q
he could get out the ex-governor was #
told that big crowd was waiting over
On the East Side, and wanted 20 hear
4 speech from him. So the car wna ~
sent whizzing over to hall at Seventh I'M
street and Avenue G.
There MIR. Suffers party tried tn eg1 ~
him upstairs, but the place. which II SH
he progressive headquarters of TN II
Sixth assembly district. was tn s
and he stood up lii the nut d "
Ind waved his hat Then ~ ~ SSs