The sun., 1916-11-05
CROWD ORDERLY ONE.
Easily Handled by Cslorea Tickets
and Earlx OpeninG.

Nobody had any trouble In getting
into Madison Square Garden last night.
New York never saw smoother handling
of u big crowd. Within and without the
building arrangements were perfect. The
scene presented was exactly the opposite
of the riot on Thursday. when a man
was sta OF q Are escape and men
and women struggling TO get in to hear
President Wilson were bufteted and
bruised and turned away with reserved
seat tickets In their hands. =
For one thing, there was no such
throng around the Garden and its APP
proaohes. Rain falling at 6 o'clock and
after was q deterrent. Thousands of
men who wanted to hear Mr.. Hughes
had preferred to attest their faith by
marching In the parade. Moreover. In
the Wilson gathering were a great many
whose only curiosity was TO see the
President Of the United States, AS was
indicated by the walkout when he began
speaking.
ProAting by Thursdays flaseo. the
police, the Republican committee and
the Garden management. had cooper
ated In preparations that had no weak
spot. The doors of the Garden were
thrown open at 0 o'clock instead Of I. as
or Thursday. Three entrances were
used-on Madison avenue and Twenty
sixth and Twenty-seventh streets.
There was a separate entrance FOR AL
the speakers except Mr.. Hughes. who
with his party was admitted at one OF
the Twenty-sixth street doors. Tickets
were colored blue. green. salmon. faun.
yellow. white. cherry and white with .
green line. each color designating an en-
trance or the section or Balcony III
which the seat Wa located. The police
and the ushers knew exactly what these
colors meant and no citizen had 10 light
to get by.
Inspector schmittberger had 2.S9O
policemen specially detailed 20 tIe OAR
den and envtrons and the route OF the
parade. The Garden was surrounded by
$50 p~atroiner, m~arshallei by twelve
captains. two .~lieutenants and twenty
se%rGeants. all commanded by Inspector
Boe.tler. Specia! police headquarters
were established In the s. 7. c. Il. build
ing across Madison venue from the Oar
den. COMMISSIONS Woods was In ana
out OF there all evening. with Deputy
COMMISSIONS Durham. A block or two
blocks from the Garden on all sides
police lines we're established. Their duty
was to stop all corners ms 500 as the
Garden was flled. so there could be no
mobbing of the building. .
Ticket holders were not Kept waiting.
simultaneously the top gallery was filed
with those who had no tickets. Then
the t.ckc:lcss were held back until 1:i5
o'clock. after which hour no seats were
reserved. They were herdei IN four
abreast at the main entrance. Their"
was no pushing or jos;lins II was
Just a steady stream guided BY tho
police and ushsrs,
When 4; seemed that some would be
let ou, the crowd chantsd IN. IN; We
want 10 90 In 80 Their prayer was
answered. Everybody that amt up Ia
10 o'clock at least got In. including
many Of the paradeis. who were among
the first 10 disoand.
The head Of tho parade reached the
southwest: corner Of the Garden at 1:25
o'clock and wheeled west through
T~wenty-s.xth street 10 turn up Fifth ave-
nue.. 1t got the full benefit OF moving
pictures flashed on the Garden roof,
showing Mr.. Hughes touring the
try.
The police had provided twe,;y-e!ght
patro! wagons ard arubu'ances. None
OF them was used. There were no ar
rests, no accidents.