Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-06

New YORK, NOV. b. - With DEM
onstration that sent patriotic thrills up
and down the rock backbone of Man
haitian Island, the Republican cam
paign Saturday night reached its
zenith.
Charles Evans Hughes was acclaim
ed the next President of the United
States by uncountable multitudes, of
whom but a fraction squeezed into
Madison Square Garden, where he
stood four-square to every doubt and
fear and drove home his pledges of
preparedness, protection and national
honor.
Mr.. Hughes entered the hall at 9.15
while Governor Whitman was speak
ing. The Governors speech was
abruptly ended by roar from the au-
dience which kept up seven minutes.
The crowd then began to shout
Hughes, Hughes, Hughes" I'VE
want Hughes" The nominee waved
a small flag.
minutes to steady rhythm of
Hughes, Hughes, Hughes" The
cheering had been going on twenty
six minutes when Mr.. Hughes was es-
corted to the balcony beside her hus-
band. At this the audience redoubled
its noise. Charles E. Hughes, Jr., and
his wife followed, then the nominees
daughter, so that the nominees entire
family was grouped around him.
At the end of thirty minutes the
crowd had settled down to a steady
stamping of feet in unison. A band
played verse of "Auld Lang Syne',
and when it stopped the cheering and
stamping began again.
A mammoth flag was unfurled from
the ceiling, the band played The Star
Spangled Banner" and the audience
ceased cheering to sing. Mr.. Hughes
was introduced at 9.55 o'clock.
Before the night meeting Mr.
Hughes rode at the head of a great
torchlight procession called a wheel
of fame" the nine "spokes'' of which
converged upon Fifth avenue. Many
| thousands of men, each carrying
flaming torch, were in line as the pro-
| cessions came together, one after an
other. So long was the parade that it
| was split into two sections, one of
which marched up Fifth avenue and
the other up Madison avenue to the
! Garden.
The broad avenues were filled with
long ribbons of light as the Republican
cohorts moved onward. Interspersed
at frequent intervals were bands which
played martial and patriotic airs. The
car in which the candidate rode was
the only automobile in line.
Nobody who could fight his
way to view of the Republican can
|
Hughes Nobody went away wonder
ing what he meant when he declared
for an undiluted Americanism.
The atmosphere of New York long
after midnight held the smoke and
smell of the torchlight parade, reviv-
ing the spectacular pageantry with
which Republican President Lincoln,
Grant, Garfield, Hayes, Harrison and
| Mckinley were swept into office.
Mr.. Hughes had been advertised for
but one speech But the demand for
a word from and q view of the candi-
date came with such vigor from every
corner of the greater city, particularly
| those districts where there is a chance
of cutting down the normal Democra-
tic majority, that he made six in Man
haitian alone.
The Saturday half holiday might
have been military mobilization. No
sooner had the lofty office buildings
discharged their population than bri-
gades of voters formed. in the business
! district.
Battalions of business men, bankers,
bookkeepers, stenographers, railroad
men, longshoremen from the steam
ship docks, artisans, college men, law
yers, rich and poor, old and young,
men and women, nearly everyone
bearing flag or torch, fell into place
a vibrant, cheering, sincere demonstra-
ton that the web and woof of the Re-
publican party runs from the lowest
to the highest, without class distinc-
ton of consciousness.
And to prove that, while temporarily
chosen to embody their principles, he
is of, as we'll as for the people, Mr..
Hughes took his position at the head
of the column and rode away down in
the business district the center of such
popular acclaim as has been vouch-
safed to few presidential candidates in
MI n iufn N~ia fa
that the reviewing stand, where he left
the column and reviewed the march
ing host until 1t was time to depart for
Madison Square Garden, was located
at the Union League Club, like its
Philadelphia prototype, created dur
ing that last great test of American
ism, the Civil war.
Beneath the emblem OF his country
Mr.. Hughes stood erect and grave, ex-
cept when the oddities that mark
every public outburst of feeling
brought forth his ready sense of hu-
NOR to relieve his appreciation of
the popular confidence.
Ex-President Taft, Governor Whit
man, supremely confident of the cleo
ton of the presidential ticket as well
as himself in this State; eX- Senator
Root and other party leaders, includ-
ing large number of those who sup
ported Theodore Roosevelt four years
q
dence of reunited party.
l. Madison Square Garden was the
center, but can be described only as a
part of the spectacle, for the
more than 100000 persons who turned
out to declare for Hughes as a man to
keep his faith did not have to hear
his voice. They already knew where
he stood. They marched and counter
marched on nine different routes, all
converging at Madison Square The
utmost capacity of the Garden is 49,
900 and the police had literally to
drive away as many more who storm
ed the doors. The old building has
rocked with enthusiasm by six-day BIZ
cycle races, prize fights. Barnum &
Bailey Circus, horse shows and the
receipt of returns from the worlds
series on frequent occasions. But
never did the steel girders vibrate with
sounds as in response to the diaphason
of approval when Mr.. Hughes made
his confession of faith and his declar-
| alton of purpose. The deep-throated
chorus of approval with an undertone
of feminine applause that punctured
and delayed the progress of his ad-
dress indicated that the audience be-
lieved with him that 'if you want to
| keep out of war take counsel of your
| principles and not your fears" Also
that the 'one hundred per cent can
didate" is "One hundred per cent.
| America first -