Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-05

fare. Down at Madison Square Gar
den were thousands waiting for seats
at o'clock. 1t was veritable FEAST OF
oratory to be served up herewith
Hughes the main piece de resistance.
and Governor Whitman, Senatorial
Candidate Calder and other well
known speakers as side dishes. Bear
ing in mind the press and confusion at
the same garden when President Will
son spoke there Thursday evening, a
regular army of policemen strove to
keep order.
RAIN DURING PARADE.
A rain which set in soon after thu
parade got under way kept the crowd
down somewhat. The rain came down
steadily for a time and the throngs Of
men and women lining the sidewalks
began to thin out. About the Garden
crowd waited to greet the candidate
and he was given a warm reception Us
he passed up Fifth avenue and left his
automobile at the Union League club
to review the marchers. Then, with
their red torches ablaze, the Repub-
lican hosts swept by.
Mrs. Hughes. with her daughters and
party of friends, arrived at the Gar
den some two hours before Hughes was
scheduled to appear They took their
places in box unrecognized.
AT 9:15, just as Governor Whitman
was winding up, Hughes entered the
nall. Before the governors famous
whiskers came into view the crowd
was on its feet, yelling as If mad, anti
cipating by the police escort that the
candidate was coming.
| When he got to the platform and
stood smilingly underneath the big
sounding board, ,tf1e noise trebled. Fiji
teen thousand people by this time
packed the vast hall, overlooking from
the seats into the aisles. Thirty thou
sand feet pounded in unison In one
titanic pound after another, as the
owners of the feet yelled and waved
their flags frantically. Five minutes of
this noise passed and still no abate-
ment. Wave after wave of wild wells.
the beating of flag stats on chairs. the
pounding of feet and the noise of
handicap blended in one vast mael-
strom of noise.
Hughes bowed repeatedly and then
put on his glasses. Hughes secretary,
Lawrence II. Green, then handed his
chief tiny American flag which the
governor waved. His face frightened
in a smile that showed even beneath
his whiskers. Then some enthusiast
started yelling: Hughes! Hughes!
Hughes!" in a sort of college yell. In a
moment 5000 voices took up the STAG
cato. shouting chorus Of yells, while
those on the platform waved their
flags in unison. This kept up for ten
nerve -racking minutes and then was
overwhelmed by fresh outburst of
plain yells and handclaps beside which
previous noise seemed faint.
Hughes. Calder and Whitman stood
under the big sounding board and
grinned at each other, at the crowd and
then back again. Fifteen minutes pass
ed and still no cessation of the racket
1t was ear splitting. Billows of sound
rose like the waving OF the flags all
over the vast audience.
, ELEPHANT CAUSES CHEERING.
At $3.50 some one passed papie,
mache elephant to the nominee who
smiiingly held it aloft while the crowd
cheered itself wild again. Then they
started In the Hughes, Hughes.
Hughes" refrain-this time every flag
In the audience being waved back and
forth in unison. By this time every
available seat was filled and more Of
| viz oASiCo, save lot u narrow PASSAGE
way which police and firemen strove
to maintain.
National Chairman Wilcox, stand
ing near Hughes, wore a broad SMILE
Some one pointed out to Hughes the
box where Mrs. Hughes and his child
rem were seated and the nominee waved
to them. That was the occasion for a
fresh outburst that turned into another
stamping beetle noise of stamping
feet echoing and reverating like artil-
i lery fire. After 20 minutes the noise
was still continuing just as strongly.
A few of the shouters began settling
down in their seats at 9:36. when the
demonstration had been on 20 minutes
but there was no apparent abatement
in the volume of the roar. Hughes
shifted from one foot to the other and
smiled.
AT 1888 Mrs. Hughes was ushered to
the speakers stand and stood blush
ingly beside her husband, while tho
roar redoubled and rose-moro shrilly.
Mrs. Hughes shook hands all around
and smiled and smiled. She joked with
her husband and held an American
flag. She wore the same brown fur
trimmed coat suit that she wore on the
10000 miles of campaigning with
Hughes
The enthusiastic boosters went over
to the Hughes box and amid a perfect
pandemoniums of noise escorted the
whole Hughes family to the stand-the
three daughters of the nominee and his
daughter law. Hughes kissed the
daughters. Helen. Katherine and Eliza
beth. 1t was apparent Hughes was
greatly affected by the whole demon
stration.
Twenty EIGHT minutes after the
noise started. the bands swung into
Aud Lang Syne" and thousands Of
voices Joined in mighty chorus.
Charles Evans Hughes. Jr., was the
last member of the family brought to
the platform.
At 9:47. when the demonstration had