New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-17
BRYAN LIKELY TO ATTEND.
MAY BE AT THE GRAND CENTRAL 'Ef'
FERSON DINNER
CROKER AND HIS FOLLOWERS DIsTURBED
OVER THE RIVAL FEAST. BUT THE
CHIEF BITES HIS LIP AND SAYS
HE HOPES 1T WILL SUCCEED.

HE HOPES 1T WILL SUCCEED.
The night Of April 13 will be memorable for
two big dinners both given under the flag of
Democracy. both given to honor the birthday of
Thomas Jefferson. but representing wide diver
eence of actual creed At the Metropolitan
Opera House some twelve hundred Tammany
officeholders and followers Of Richard Croker
will sit down TO a dinner that is 10 cost >lV
plate At the guests table will be ex-senator
Murphy and one or two other well-knoWn state
Democrats Perry Belmont will preside ana
Richard Croker will beam on his own i"'
speeches will be guarded, evasive and amois"-
Gus There will be glittering generaiiues' ou'
no enthusiastic reaffirmation of the creed 81.
down in the last National platform OF the party
The other dinner will be given at the Grand Gem
trail Palace 1t is not expected that there VIII
be many dress suits there. The feast VIII COST
81 a plate but It will be followed by WIG en-
thusasm. 1t is confidently expected that AT III"
guests table will be William j. Bryan tne oe-
loved standard bearer of the free silver Democ-
racy Grouped around him VIII be men hieh u"
the National councils Of the party. II VIII pe
night for shouting, red fire and wlId applause
II is to be a dinner Of the men who believe In
free silver, and have stood faithful IL Ia 10 ""
a rebuke to Mr. Croker and his sullen. siien'
followers.
AS yet no formal acceptance OF the INVITA-
tion to attend the dinner of the silver Demo-
Gratis Of this city has come from Mr.. Bryan, out
a telegram received in this city yesterday saio
he would come Those who have the dinner III
charge have decided that it shall be held IN the
Grand Central Palace and it is TO cost doilar
a plate This is to give the workingmen a
chance to come and it is announced that IL VIII
be a rousng gathering. Aside from MI brsa"
those who are expected to attend are senator
James X Jones. of Arkansas. chairman Oh 'h'
Democratic National Committee; eX-GoVernoF
Stone Of Missouri, John c. Sheehaa. who was
the Tammany leader in the Bryan campaisn'
Elliot Danforth who was State Chairman IN
the BRYAN campaign: Congressman Joseph w.
Bailey. Of Texas; George Fred Williams OK
Massachusetts,; ex-Congressman Charles A.
Toyne. of Minnesota; Ex-Governor Altgeld- OK
| Illinois. and others
The committee in charge of this dinner is en-
thuslastlc over the outlook. meeting VIII Do
! held at Clarendon Hall on Sunday to discuss
plans. Here Eugene V. Brewster Robert HIN
ton and A. J. Bolton will confer with the repre-
sentatives Of the Central Federated Union, sue
cessors 10 the Central Labor Union, and otner
! organizations Members of the Manhattan SIM
! yle-Tax club will also be invited. 1t is ex-
nected that fully fifteen hundred people VIII at
/ tend and great preparations are being made TOT
the dinner II was first hoped to have IL AZ
Madison Square Garden. but i was Impossible
to secure this place.
Mr. Croker and his followers in the Demo
cratic club were in bad humor yesterday Ths
announcement that William j. Bryan would at
tend the Central Palace dinner did not tend 70
make them cheerful In fact, it becomes more
/ annarent each day that the Democratic Cluo
dinner will develop into dry affair, and VIII De
attended bv office holders and others VINO q"
/ with machinelike precision whatever tney AT"
! hidden bv Mr. Croker. At the same time this
! class. which Mr.. Croker Is counting on 70 MI ou'
! his dinner numerically, is complaining oittery'
! They say that not only are heir salaries as
sessod for political purposes. but also they mus
belono "a n)litcal clubs in their own dlstrlct, az
| we'll as the more expensive Democrauc cluu ~
! The result is that they have httie OF no nlylss
| left and this dinner is going 10 cost any VIZ.
! froD, S1O IN 500 for each who ATTENDS
| This is more than some of them can reasohao'y
! stand. ,.. NJ prvsn,s
! accentance of an invitation to the cheaper nln ,
ner and his rejection Of an invitation 70 a,tenu @
! The Democratic Club feast, he shrugged MS
! shou,ders and remarked that Mr. Bryan knew
! bis own business best. Mr.. Croker sald ne
Wished all success to the other banquet
! A. the Democratic Club they were comments
/ ing upon Mr.. Belmont's resignation as menu
! her Of the Democratic Club Dinner Invitations
! Committee which announced yesterday ana
! AIR Croker said hat TOO much prominence nah
! haer given il Mr. Belmont is a busy man. ne
said "and canno. attend 10 all the Things ns
! would like TO- He found that he could NOT a.
tend TO his duties. and SO he resigned. ne
rot tho only one who has resigned for the same
reason" Mr. Croker would not say VINO tne
others were Mr. Belmont had nothing more 10
sav Yesterday about his resignation
! 7"S Sanator Nurrhy was at the Hoffman
tTouse last night but he would not talk politics.
! He will attend the Democrats club banquet
! As vet Mr. Croker Will not give out tne names
% H. inr;ted guests He saws all this will he
/ forthcoming in due time. When asked what ne
| thought of the dinner to he given by the bryan
| Democrats he said i hope II VIII De a n sneas
| ,,cnass vvisb there could he dozen dinners
| on that nign. Every dinner means additona,
/ work for walters cooks, bakers. hutrners ana
grocers II helps them, and nope theS wiz
| profit by 1t