La Junta tribune., 1899-04-22
rHe DOLLAR DINNER.
Mig Crowd. Ossas ksshssaass. Bss Little
niyta-

DemOcIhtB At tue Gr0nu Central Pui-
ace tonight, In point OF numbers. was
one Of the biggest affairs ever held In
this city.
Nearly 1900 men and women sat
down nj long tables in the various
rooms at the big palace. There were
all kinds OF people there. dressed In ali
kinds OF clothes. White men elbowed
with colored men, and white women
with colored women. There were four
Japanese and three Chinese present,
bu, the Chinese were merely spectn-
tors and SAT- in the second gallery.
They said that they had come 10 see
Mr.. Bryan.
The main hall presented different
aspect from that OF the Metropolitan
opera house at the ten-dollar dinner Of
the Democratic club. There were no
flower embellishments. but just great.
long avenues OF tables covered with
plain white plates. The only orna-
ments were lunches OF celery and gran
!teware coffee pots.
A brass band OF thirty-five pieces on
the balcony discoursed music through
out the evening. The diners began to
arrive at the Grand Central Palace at
o'clock. There were 1JO policemen
In and about the place.
There was no concerted attempt to
seat the 1900 diners simultaneously.
All were told TO go in and sit down.
About Z O'Clock nearly every seat OF
the mems table was occupied and the
service began. Over six hundred walt
ers started out into the main hail with
soup few minutes before Z o'clock.
Among those who sat at the guests
table were: James X. Brown. presid-
ing: on his right, w. j. Bryan: on his
left. Charles 4. Towne OF Minnesota:
IN II n n.l,~ NoN IN
secretary OF the Democratic state com
mittee Of Minneapolis: Mayor ]. l..
Rhimoohs OF Covington. Kentucky:
Bolton Hall. George Fred Williams.
ex-Congressmnn william +. Ryan OF
Rochester, A. s. Townson OF Virginia.
Colonel Thomas Smith OF Virginia and
John Clark Riipaih.
Mr.. Bryan was given very enthusi-
astic welcome when he finally rose to
speak. after the other orators had nm
ished. Among the things that he said
are the following:
That platform means something.
and II you ask me why 1t was that in
the campaign of 1896 the hearts Of the
people were stirred as they have not
been lately stirred. l will tell You that
II was because the struggling masses
found In that platform an inspiration
and aggregate wealth found in II
menace to every man who robs his
neighbor for his own benefit"
THE Republican party. In all OF Its
politics. is putting the dollar above the
man. and In that Is departing from the
doctrine Of Lincoln. Its founder. for. In
1859, he said the Republican party be-
lieves In both the man and the dollar.
but in cases Of conflict the man before
the dollar.
"The Republican party Is putting the
dollar above the man in all Its legisln-
| ton. and nowhere is 1t more apparent
than In matters Of taxation. The Re-
publican party is not trying to restore
Justice In taxation. The war has
shown that when this government
deals with an Individual Its power Is
unlimited, but when 1t deals with prop
erty Its power is limited. 1t can draft
the citizen. but 1t cannot touch the
dollar In the hour OF peril the nation
| can take the son from his mother and
the husband from his wife. md stand
! them up In front OF an enemy's gun,
| but 1t dare not lay Its finger on the
wealth OF the rich and make them con-
| tribute their share"
| Mr.. Bryan discussed the question of
| bimetalltsm mt length. repeating we'll
known argument. and said:
Il have been asked why am not
willing TO drop the money question.
reply. Because the money question
| won't drop us
| II know not what others may desire
or what they may he willing to do, but
/ nm not willing that our declaration
| against the gold standard shall be
dropped as long MS handful OF Eng
| lish finnnciers can determine the finan-
| clal policy Of seventy million Of Amer
lean people. And some say TINT II we
viii not drop the money question, We
ought to drop the ratio Of 16 to I.
'When you find Il man opposed to 10
to 1, inquire and you win find that he
| was never In favor OF II, and then in
quire again and you will find that there
! Is no other ratio thnt he is In favor Of.
/ We denounced International bimetal-
4 lism as n dclusion ard snare in 1896.
/ II has been proved TO be SO since 1896.
| We declared for the ratio of 16 to in
1896, and no party has arisen to advo-
cate any other ratio but 16 to /.
Until some other party proposes
some other ratio and tries TO secure
bimctallism at some other ratio. there
Is no reason why we should discuss
ratio with them. The ratio OF 10 to
was decided upon. not at the Chicago
convention. hut at the primaries which
elected delegates to attend the Chicago
convention. The ratio of 10 to had
been submitted to the people and those
who wanted It In 1906 n-c In favor Of
II now. And they know Why they are
In favor OF II. The ratio of 10 to is
the ratio at which our gold and silver
coins now circulate. We simply ask
reinstatement OF the law that was ON
the statute books--wbere II was before
the act of decentralization was secretly
passed"
vossnsssr. waat 10 Retsss HONS
Washington. April 16.-The desire Of
the volunteers to return to this country