The Worcester spy., 1899-04-16
DOLLAR DINNER.
WI. Bryan Addresses
Three Thousand
Hearers.
RAILS AT HARMONY.
Calls 1t political Big
amy" to Take in
Gold Bugs.
AT HARMONY,

New York, April 15.-The dollar din
ner given at the Grand Central Palace
tonight in point Of numbers was one OF
the biggest affairs ever held in this city.
Nearly 5000 men and women sat down
at long tables in the various rooms
There were all kinds of people there
| dressed in all kinds Of clothes. Whlte
men elbowed with colored mer and
white women with colored women.
There were four Japanese and three
Chinese present, but the Chinese were
merely spectators and sat UP in the sec
ond gallery. They said that they had
come to see Bryan.
The main hall presented a different
aspect from what the Metropolitan
Opera House did at the ten dollar din
ner of the Democratic Club. There was
no flower establishment, but just long
avenues of tables covered with PLAIN
white plates. The only ornamentatlohs
were punches of celery and graniteWare
coffee pots.
The boxes about the hall were fes
| tooned with flags, with silken banners
suspended between the flags. At the
| back of the stage were two American
flags draped, one bearing the portrait
of Jefferson; the other the portrait of
Bryan. Small portraits of Bryan were
| interspersed between the flags on the
| balconies. On the stage was an i'm
menSe floral horseshoe of carnations,
roses and heliotrope. 1t had, worked in
| flowers, the words, 'Womens Bryan
League" Below in red carnations on
white roses was the name Bryan.
| Surrounding all were the cabalistic
numerals "16 to l." Back on one Of the
cane bottom chairs was a magnificent
bouquet of roses, American beauties.
| But not even on the guests table was
there a single flower.
| A brass band of 35 pieces on the bal
cony discoursed music throughout the
evening. The diners began to arrive
at the Grand Central palace at o'clock
There were 150 policemen in and about
the place. The women to the number
of Ats were dined in the long hall just
off the second gallery. They sat down
to the tables at $50 o'clock. The first
excitement occurred when the Russian
American Democratic Association, $50
strong, from the Sth assembly district
marched in, headed by DR.. Leon Cher
urge and Charles Rosenthal. They
were received with cheers.
All of the women and many of the
men wore Bryan badges. Vendors
were scattered about all the vestibules
selling badges and ribbons. There was
no concerted attempt to seat these
5000 diners simultaneously. All were
told to go in and sit down. About Z
o'clock nearly every seat of the mems
tables was occupied and the service
began.
William Jennings Bryan did not ar
rive until shortly after Z o'clock.
| Crowds on the outside signalized his
| appearance by tremendous cheering.
He arrived with Engene V. Brewster in
a cab He was escorted through tre-
mendous crowd to the waiting room
outside the main hall. The band
played Hail to the Chief" as Bryan
was hurried down one Of the main
aisles. There was tremendous cheer
ing and waving of napkins. Diners
| stood on chairs and tables waving
frantically. The demonstration lasted
\ for five minutes.
At o O'clock the committee and the
speakers ascended the platform.
Bryan received a vociferous ovation,
the diners IL many instances again
| the women waving napkins wildly.
| James r. Brown called the meeting
| to order. He said I'VE are gathered
| here tonight to honor the memory of
Jefferson, and to renew our allegiance
to the democratic platform adopted in
! Chicago"
Then the chairman introduced
| George Fred Williams, who was given a
warm reception. When Mr.. Williams
stated thai it was not the purpose to
win the deserters back, but to keep
them out, there was tremendous cheer
ing which lasted for several minutes.
He said in part: 1t has been recently
shown that business trusts are now
capitalized at six billions of dollars,
while the tctal capital of our manufac-
turing and mechanical Industries in
1880, according to the census, was but
six and a half billions dollars. That
our institutions are not consistent with
universal monopoly Is self-evident. To
meet these trusts we have but one re-
Sort to fern a peoples trust to which
( these must bow.
If capital forms giant organizations
We must organize no less powerfully
to oppose them. When and how our re-
| suits shall pe obtained, and what shall
be tho line Of our attack, the majority
viii settle for us in convention, but
above all necessities. the first and
greatest rises high and clear that the
people shall resume control of their
own government, and drive the usurp-
ers srom the seat Of power.
-. ii. +. belmont Was next lnlIOuuCeQ
and he read a short speech.
Mr.. Brown then introduced John
Clark Ridpath. who spoke on Thomas
jefferson" When Mr. Ridpath said
that jefferson stood above Adams and
Otis and was the most Intellectual
democrat that ever lived, a hundred
voices shouted mo. no. Bryan!
Bryan"
/ John S. Crosby was introduced as the
man who had grown grey in the ser
vice. He spoke on civil liberty"
| Chairman Brown then introduced
Judge James p. Tarvin of Ovington
Judge Tarvin prefaced his speech by
saying that The republicanism of Lin
coin is greatly different from the re-
venueism of Hanna" He spoke on THE
power of organized wealth"
! The next speaker was Jerome o.
/ Neil. who spoke on "Labor's hope"
] Charles A. Towne came next, speak
/ ing on "Americanism." The great
crowd waited patiently through all the
speeches. There were at first many
calls for Bryan. but when it was seen
that the program was to be adhered to,
they stopped calling and waited. When
finally Mr.. Bryan rose to speak. a per-
Faor faunneef of aDplarfsa from men and