The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-09
10000 PAYCASH
FOR GLIMPSE OF
MEYER LONDON
Many Seats Empticd as So
cialistS Congressman
Starts Speech.
WILD CHEERS REND AIR
\T GARDEN MEETING

when more than 10000 throats had
,ec1 fra1z'cd and stricken next door to
dumb hy more than ten minutes OF
steady chrerinE--and, believe 1t from
kan,Ippe. cheering lasting a shade LaGer
eleven minutes listens much longer than
q roads yesterday afternoon at Con-
f1,-sman-cicct Meyer Londons coming
out party In Madison Square Garden
,ro first Socialist to be elected TO Con-
cross from New York waved his hand
and almost obtained silence.
II, started to speak to tho Socialists
fha, had gathered to celebrate for him
and his election. Then the cheering
s,ar,ed all over again.
Gasping girls surgcd under the caves
OF the high, red splattcred platform and
pe,tcd him with feminine aim and pos:es
,hat scattered petals as they struck the
great floral pieces. gifts of labor, which
were standing ON either side Of the East
SIDES idol owners of threats Ions past
,ttarancc went to the other anatomical
extreme ana stamped heels on the floors
from arena TO topmost galleries until the
roll Of thunderous pounding roared 4
tAse accompaniment to the screams OF
ecs,ary coming from the men and
women, youths and girls, standing on
the chairs waving thousands OF scarlet
penDauts.
College Veins Din Also.
From far off vague points out in the
uproar rose the bark OF college yells.
brass band was slamming out the Mar
saiiIats,' and those close enough to the
stage To hear 1t made A mighty chorus
If the words Then the brass swung
of 10 a quick but sombre tune in minor
f<cy and the voices Of women who had
been singing the "Marseillaise" broke.
"That march song said one to the re-
porter between sobs. lis the song -! the
revolution they sing back nome when
th,y re marched away forever To SIBERIA.
SO YOU see tine greatest political meet
Ing of the seas and at least one OF the
most tumultuous political meetings OF any
season since Big Tom Foley licked taddy
Diver wasn't altogether a Socialist meet
ms Primarily, It was an East she meet
Inc plus personal Outburst Tor Congress-
man 81, ct London, an East side insetlhs
dad Included shouters from miles above
.u. Twelfth district to the turthest north
las side, as the long line OF Fourth ave-
rua cars that headed north, all jamined
and an a-nutter with pennants, after the
meeting proved.
~ course there were on the platform
ut..,rv and artistic patriots such as
J,ssa Lynch williams, Mrs. John SLOAN
Ar Young Ernest Poole. hgernon Lee,
who was chairman Of the meeting ana
others who migM be listed as simon pure
Socialists even more properly IN as f,ast
Slaers Also socialism and AS Twelfth
district triumph took up the greater part
O.. an the speeches which were intelligiole
10 the press gallery and perhaps "a great
psrt Of the speeches IN Niddish too.
struck keynote of Uproar.
Nevertheless the keynote of the uproar
~, struck by Morris Hillquit when he
sad an instant before one II the count
les vocal explosions of the day.
"Comrades-There is but one Congress-
man In the city OF New York who has
20 hire Madison Square Garden TO hold
sunday afternoon reception to his
frlends-our Congressman-Meyer Lon
dor" Windows threatened with com
pound fractures
Remember, too. that the prostratins
ehulliron which began to shake the build
..E when Mr. London came upon the plat
form at 5:37 o'clock p. NJ, and ended
all over again. came from an audience
that had been trying 70 yell its collective
heads off and sing its threats to rlppons
since early afternoon. What they wouic
have accomplished vocally II they hac
-'0rtcd In quite fresh vciccd To greet the
'orgro~sman-elect cannot he 80 much as
guessed at
The estimate OF more than 10000 noise
makers present is based on the OFFICIALLY
listed seating capacity Of the Garden Whef
chairs pave the arena floor as well al
boxes balconies and galleries. The seat
.g capacity is placed at 1928. one hat
90 peer about sharply to find vacant seat'
Yesterday the only notccably bare spo
being a small part OF the far. or Fourl
avenue, end Of one OF the balconies
lrs worthy OF note that, after the frs
bias, Of cheering lasting ten minutes an'
forty seconds which greeted Mr.. Londol
and The relapse that began at his frs
words had died down, thousands or TN
fa.'htul quickly began to think that TO-
much was plenty.
Tho very first minute that the con
gr,s-mau- elect started in on his Sc
speech nervous shutting began whcl
eI.E,l into "A rumble and then uul
roar II was the crowd. one would hav
sought from their enthusiasm or an carr
'.- minute that the 10000 now woul
quiet down and settle themselves 10 hea
what their hero had 10 say.
ncunn 10 walk ont On Him"
Glt instead they began, in the languag
o. tine 'als, o. walk out on him AT nj
..ry first sentence. lie was speaking les
than minute when. 50 great was IN
r.'kct of men and women stamping DOW
o.. srairways Of galleries or across IN
'.,~ of the building all making towar
cy.,s and fresh air ana ioou' NJ
a.urIon had 70 call quits himself
Tie cried out more than once, his voic
,.ar,ely reaching fifty feet because {
zoe dronc u voices and the tramp OF 81
Iurtng feet, that II was Impossible
make a speech on account of the noise
ma therefore he had 10 chop Off his NJ
dress. II must be said however, TN
many who rumhled down from the ga
cries and others in arena seats wei
~otsy because they were trying TO Gro"
.1s, to the PLATFORM the better to he'
him.
These--a good crowd for an avera'
theatre, but only handful In the Ga