The age-herald., 1899-04-22
BRYAN PREDICTS VICTORY IN 1900 Democracy Mill Again Be United Tor tho
 Fray. Al PACKED GREEDY TRUSTS Republican Party Has Placed the Dollar
 Above Humanity. MUSIC HALL AT BUFFALO PACKED Three Thousand People Greeted the Young Leader and Applauded His Address to the Echo-High Tri-
 bute by Judge Titus.
ATTACKED GREEDY TRUSTS
lUSlc HALL AT BUFFALO PACKED

Buffalo, N. r., April 21.-About 5000 peo- pie crowded Music hall tonight to listen to Colonel Bryan. Among those in the boxes were Mayor Conrad Diehl, Vicar General Connery, of the diocese of Buffalo, and the chief city officials.
 Colonel Bryan appeared upon the stage at S;25 o'clock accompanied by large com pany. He was enthusiastically received, the crowd rising and cheering for some time Among those on the platform were Frank L.. Hapst, chairman of the democratic gen. eral committee; Norman E. Mack, supreme court justice; Robert Titus and o. H. P. Belmont.
 Justice Titus presided. He spoke against territorial expansion and urged the demo- cratic party to plant itself squarely in the opposition to that "heresy''
 The chairman introduced Mr. Belmont, who was receivd with hearty applause. He said in part:
 rThe democratic party today holds great responsibility towards the people. It remains with it to decide whether existing conditions continue or not The party has never been given greater opportunity to vindicate it's claim that it 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 Patronage System
 "The responsibility of the democratic party is in the fact that if it fails to oust the enemy in 1900 it will by so doing give it a long lease of the seal of government and allow it to entrench it's position by the in tricate system of patronage
 Il am a believer in democratic principles and l believe the minority should acquiesce in the decision of the majority, but I believe that the interests of every city, state or section of the country should be considered in Framing a national policy. The city of New York is democratic, and can say the state. though we were beaten in the last election, Is also democratic, and it's vote VIII be essential in the election of 1900
 'I 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 be that of '96, pure and simple, or whether it be modified added to.
 ''The republicans, as expressed by this administration, stand for trusts monopoies and concentrated wealth and imperialism, and to all of these things hold democracy is opposed.
 Not Opposed to Wealth
 'I am not opposed to wealth-no one would believe me if 1 pretended to be-but l am opposed to trusts and monopolies, be- cause l consider that they interfere with individual effort which has made the American citizen what he is-a free and in- dependent man. I deny in every way the idea that the democratic party is opposed to wealth, as our republicans pretend. Wealth is as safe in democratic hands as it is in republican, but the right of the n- dividual to acquire it will be safer under democratic administration"
 Justice Titus paid high tribute to Colo mel Bryan. who was received with tremen- dous cheering.
 MT. Bryan said he had been accused of not having worldly goods sufficient to make him a safe custodian of property, but that he was glad that the one who preceded him (BelmonO had enough of worldly posses sions to take him out of the ranks of an- archistS at least
 MT. Bryan said he loved the democratic party, but that he loved the nation better. He said the republicans now took to AL exander Hamilton, but in 1859 they cele- brated the birthday of Thomas Jefferson. He asserted that the republican party had reversed its former policy of man above the dollar, but now, he charged, the repub- lican party places the dollar above hu- manity. Passing on to the war revenue tax, MT. Bryan said:
 Tax on the Common People
 "In hour of peril the administration hunted around for any old thing to put stamp on to help the government. even those who want to send telegrams. Why are the the senders of telegrams taxed? Because the telegraph companies have more influence with the republican administra- ton than the hundreds of thousands of people who send telegrams."
 He said that the government could take the son from his mother and stand him up before the enemy's guns, but could not lay it's hands on the millions of accumulated wealth. The responsibility, he claimed, was due to the influence of wealth with the re- publican party. MT. Bryan claimed that the democratic party will be reunited in 1sUu without the weakening of the policy of 1896.
 E In conclusion, he said:
 "A financier meets a smaller financier or ordinary man and asks him if he favors free silver. The ordinary man answers yes The first speaker says: What, man of your inteligence? The other feebly whispers: Yes, The first man gasps: We'll, declarer That Is the end of the argument or the gold bugs"