The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-22
TALKED AT BUFFALO
COL. BRYAN AND o. H. r. BELMONT
ADDRESS THOUSANDS OF DEM
OCRATIC HEARERS
MR.. BELMONT LEADS THE WAY
Though a Man of Wealth, He Is Op-
posed to Trusts as the Enemies
of Individual ETort--WiIIing to
Stand Upon Any Platform That
VIII Guarantee Liberties. of All
the People Of the Country.

Stand Upon Any Platform That
VIII Guarantee Lfbertie. of All
the People Of the Country.
BUFFALO, N. W April 21.-Fully 5000
people crowded Music hall tonight, to
listen to Col. William j. Bryan Among
those in the boxes We're Mayor Conrad
I'iehl, Vicar General Conroy, Of the die
cese CT Buffalo, and the chiee city officials.
Col. Bryan appeared upon the stage at
S:25 o'clock, accompanied by Il large com
pany He was enthusiastic ,llv received
the crowd rising ard cheering for some
time. Among those on the platform were
Frank L. Bapst, chairman of the Demo
cratic general committee, Norman e.
Mack, Supreme Court Justice Robert c.
Titus and Oliver H. p. Belmont
Justice Titus presided. He spoke gainst
territorial expansion, ana urged the Dem
ocratic party to Dlant itself s4uarely In
opposition to that 'heresy' The chair
nan introduced AR. Belmont. who was
received with hearty applause. He said,
IN rart:
The Democratic party today holds a
great responsibility towards the people.
1t remains with it to decide whether ex-
1sting conditions shall continue or not.
The party has never been given greater
opportunity to vindicate it's claim that it
Is the party that stands for government
by the people and for the people, with
equal rights to all and special privileges
to none.
The responsibility of the Democratic
party is doubled by the fact that if it
fails to GUST the enemy in 1900 it will by
SO doing give 1t long lease of the seat
of government, and allow it to entrench
its position by the intricate system OF
patronage.
pies, and believe the minority should
acquiesce in the decision of the majority,
but l believe that the interests of every
city, state or section of the country
tlonal policy. The city of New York is
Democratic, and 1 can say the state,
though we We're beaten in the last cleo
will be essential in the election of 1900.
APPEAL TO DEMOCRATS
I deem 1t, therefore, urgent that every
Democrat Of New York should rally to
his party and give assurance of his sup
port to the next national platform,
whether it will be that of '96, pure and
simple, or whether it will be that of Sc
modified or added to.
The Republicans, as expressed by this
administration, stand for trusts, monopo-
lies and concentrated wealth and i'm
perialism, and to all of these things 1
hold Democracy is opposed.
l am not opposed to wealth; No one
would believe me if / pretended to be-;
but am opposed to trusts and monopo-
lies, because I consider they interfere
with individual effort, which has made
the American citizen what he is, free
an and independent inc man.. deny in every
is opposed to wealth, as the Republicans
pretend. Wealth is as safe in Demo-
cratic. hands as it is in Republican, but
the right of the Individual to acquire it
VIII be safer under a Democratic admin
istration.
Justice Titus paid a high ;-ibute to Col.
Bryan, who was received with tren,en-
dous cheering. Mr. Bryan said he had
been accused of not having worldly goods
sufficient to make him safe custodian of
property, but that he was glad that the
one who preceded him (Belmont) had
enough of worldly possessions to take
him out of the ranks OF anarchists, at
least. Mr.. Bryan said that he loved the
Democratic party, but that ne loved the
nation better. He said that the J>epul II.
cans now look to Alexander Hamilton.
bu. that in 1899 they oelebrated the BIRTH
Gay of Thomas Jefferson. lie asserted
that the Republican party had reverse d
it's fc, mer policy sofainan above the ecI-
lar bu: now, he charged, the Republican
party places the dollar above humanity.