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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1908
Page
2
A rousing Bryan campaign rally unfolds at Madison Square Garden. Speakers including Chanler and Herrick attack Taft administration centrali zation while Bryan criticizes Roosevelt and calls for direct election of Senators and open campaign contributions. The event ends with Bryan addressing an enormous audience and a large women’s club reception follows.
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Rainy evening draws 13 000 hopefuls to meet Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan outside Madison Square Garden. Police in command of 760 officers and guards manage long lines, crowd control, and staged entry as 6 000 to 10 000 remain outside at 7:30 p.m. amid steady press of spectators.
In a rain soaked trip from Jersey City, Mr. Bryan reached Paterson to speak for twenty minutes before 10 000 listeners. Mayor McBride and a political rights delegation greeted him and he urged support for Democratic candidate William Hughes, saying he would need such Congressmen in the White House.
William Jennings Bryan spoke to the Women's Democratic Club at the Waldorf Astoria near noon. As he moved to the platform a young woman kissed him, followed by a second admirer and a third, with club president Mrs. John Sherwin Crosby guiding him amid about 700 attendees.
William Jennings Bryan spoke across Yonkers Tuckahoe White Plains Port Chester New Rochelle and Mount Vernon amid rain delays. Crowds reached 10 000 in Yonkers and Port Chester 3 000 in White Plains and packed theatres in New Rochelle and Mount Vernon. Bryan urged President Roosevelt to keep hands off and let Taft and himself run, noted Taft’s panic remarks and ridiculed the idea that prosperity caused downturns.
Special to The New York Times reports a westward surge in Republican campaigning as Taft hopes rise in Missouri Nebraska Colorado and Iowa. Organizing drives claim automatic gains among veterans miners and farmers while Democratic hopes focus on Bryan and Senate races with potential shifts in Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin.
Mr Bryan arrived two hours late for a Democratic Club event in Mount Vernon. Rain and travel caused delays. 150 guests sat down without him. He entered amid a crowd of leading Democrats and thanked attendees under a portrait of Richard Croker.
A German American crowd packed Cooper Union waiting five hours for William Jennings Bryan. The hall reached capacity by 7 PM as German and English speakers, including Congressman Sulger and ex-Congressman Lentz of Ohio, addressed the audience before Bryan's arrival at 12:15 AM. Sheriff Grell, presiding, announced Bryan's nearing arrival in intervals over three hours.
Totals reaching 3250 dollars include Iman Ridder as treasurer and various donors across states. New York figures list Henry Walters and others, New Jersey shows Herbert Lehman and contributors, Utah records Henry Burn and Alfred Bransbury, Texas includes John(s) and club gifts.
Orville Wright may leave Fort Myer Hospital for Dayton, Ohio, on Saturday if his condition improves. Sister Catherine Wright will accompany him, and he desires to vote in the presidential election, though he may need help to reach the polls due to his injured leg.
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