The San Francisco call., 1899-04-22
OLIVER BELMONT
AND BRYAN TALK
Democratic POWWOW at
Buffalo.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

BUFFALO, April 21.-Fully 5000 people
crowded Music Hall tonight to listen to
Colonel w J. Bryan. Among those in
the boxes were Mayor Conrad Diehl
and Vicar General Connery of the dio-
cese of Buffalo.
Colonel Bryan appeared on the stage at
S:25 o'clock, accompanied by a large COM
pany. He was enthusiastically received.
the crowd rising and cheering for some
time. Among those on the platform were
Frank l.. Bapst, chairman of the Demo-
cratic committee; Norman Z. Mack, Su-
preme Court Justice Robert q. Titus and
oliver II. +. Belmont.
Justice Titus presided. He spoke
against territorial expansion and urged
the Democratic party TO pant Itself
squarely in opposition 10 that heresy. Tne
chairman then introduced MIR. Belmont,
who was received with hearty applause.
de said in part:
The Democratic party holds great RESPONSE
bility toward the people. 1t remains with il
to decide whether existing conditions shall con-
tinue not The party has never been given
greater opportunity TO vindicate its claim that
1t 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 from the fact that if it fails to oust
the enemy in 1900 it will by so doing give it
a long lease for the seat of government and
allow it to intrench its position by the intricate
system of patronage.
believer in Democratic principles, and
l believe that the minority should acquiesce in
the decision of the majority, but 1 believe that
the interest of any city, State section Of
the country should be used in framing
tional policy. The city of New York is Demo-
cratic and l say the State, though were
beaten in the last election. is also Democratic.
and its vote will be essential in the election
of 1900.
1 deem it, therefore, urgent that every
Democrat of New York should rally to his
party and give assurance of his support to the
next national platform whether it Will be that
of 1896 pure and simple, or whether ii will be
that of 1896 modified or added to.
The Republicans, as expressed by this admin
istration, stand for trusts monopolies and con-
of these things 1 hold Democracy is opposed
l am not opposed to wealth-no would
believe me If l pretended to be-but L am op-
posed to trusts and monopolies, because l con-
which has made the American citizen what he
is-a free and independent man. l deny In
every way the idea that the Democratic party
is opposed to wealth, Republican friends
as II is in Republican hands, but the right
of the individual to secure wealth will be
safer under a Democratic administration.
Justice Titus paid a high tribute to
Colonel Bryan, who was received with tre-
mendous cheering.
Mr. Bryan said he had been accused of
not having worldly goods sufficient to
make him q safe custodian of property
but he was glad that the one who preced-
ed him (Mr. Belmon) had enough worldly
possessions to take him out of the ranks
of the anarchists at least.
Continuing, Mr.. Bryan spoke against
expansion, against the taxing of the peo-
pie to maintain a large standing army
and against the manner of raising the
war revenue, and closed with an argument
a repetition of his address delivered in
New York at the dollar dinner"