Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-22
BRYAN At BUFFALO,
Fully Three Thousand People
Hear Him Speak,
D. H. ?. BELMONT WITH HIM,
he Urges Support Of The Next National
Party Platform.
DEMOCRACY TO DE UNITED IN 1000


| BUFFALO, y. Y, April 1.-Fully 5-oOC
people crowded Music Hall tonight to
listen to Colonel W. J. Bryan Among
those in the boxes were Mayor Conrad
| Diecht: ar-General Connery. of the
Diocese Of Buffalo, and the chief city
| officials.
Colonel Bryan was enthusiastically re-
ceived. Among those on the platform
were Frank l.. Bapst. chairman OF the
Democratic Central Committee; Norman
\. Mack, Supreme Court Justice; Robert
r. Titus. and Oliver II. p. Belmont.
Justice Titus presided. lie spoke
against territorial expansion. and urged
| the Democratic party to plant itself
| squarely in opposition 70 that heresy."
The chairman introduced MIR Belmont,
! who was received with hearty applause.
lie said, In part:
BELMONT FOR THE PLATFORM.
Il deem it urgent that every Democrat
Of New York should rally to his party
ana give assurance Of his support 10 the
next national platform. whether IT shall
be that Of 1896. pure and simple. or whe-
ther it shall be that Of 1896 modified or
added to-
"The Republicans, as expressed by this
administration, stand FOR trusts, monopo-
lies. and concentrated wealth, and 'm-
perialism, and to all of these things /
hold Democracy is opposed"
Justice Titus paid a high tribute 10
Colonel Bryan, who was received with
tremendous cheering.
SOME WEALTH AMONG DEMOCRATS.
Mr. Bryan said that he mad been ac-
cused Of not having enough worldly goods
TO make him a safe custodian OF proper
~. but he was glad that the one who
had preceded him BeimonD had enough
of worldly possessions 10 take him out of
the ranks Of the Anarchists, at least.
Mr.. Bryan said he loved the Democratic
party. but loved the nation better. The
Republicans now looked to Alexander
Hamilton. but i'm 1883 they celebrated the
birthday Of Thomas jefferson.
lie asserted that the Republican party
had reversed It's former policy OF man
above the dollar by placing ;he dollar
above humanity Passing on TO the war
revenue tax. Mr. Bryan said:
TAX or TELEGRAMS.
when, IN the hour of peril. the admin
istratiOn hunted around for any Old thing
10 put stamp on 10 help the govern
ment, even those who wanted to send
telegrams 10 the poor Filipinos were COM
PEELED To pay a tax. Why are the senders
of telegrams taxed? Because he tele-
graph companies have more influence
with the Republican administration than
all the hundreds Of thousands of people
who send kilograms
lie said that the government could take
the son from his mother and stand him
up before the enemy's guns. but could not
Law its hands upon the millions of accu-
mulated wealth. The responsibility. he
claimed. was due TO the influence OF
wealth with the Republican party.
PARTY REUNION n 1870.
Mr. Bryan claimed that the Democratic
party would be reunited i'm 1900, without
any weakening OF the policy of 1896.
A hnancier meets a smaller financier
or ordinary man and asks him if he ia
vors free silver The ordinary man an
swers Yes The first speaker says:
What. man of your intellgence?' The
other feebly whispers Yes The first man
gasps. Wen. / declare That is the end
of the argument of the gold-bugs."