New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-07
ppyAN AT BOTH DINNERS.
-,rcRAPHS DEFINITE ACCEPTANCE
TO EACH COMMITTEE.
go, BREWSTER ISSUES A STATEMENT AS
srR1NG THOSE WHO BUY TICKETS NOW
NOR THE SILVER FEAST THAT THEY

WILL, GET GOOD PLACES
.,,,. prvan will surely he in this city
~, ~ April Is to speak at dinner given az
49, crand Central Palace by Chicago Platform
,,ocrats This is the dinner Eugene Y. Brewster
- haen arranging for and over which the laoor
- and the free-silver men have had such
-.ruerle All that has been amicably adjusted
- houaver and each side will have It's own
a,nrar The labor will have their dinner OF
.ho night OF April 10 and the silver men on the
.tc,, OF April Il Concerning the presence OF MI
yr,.r Eugene V. Brewster gave out the follow
tar Telegram received from Mr.. Bryan yesterday;
Lincoln Neb. April =.
VIII attend Chicago Platform dinner at the 0Tah h
-,r.raI Palace on April Is All speakers shoulo ne
supporters Of Chicago f''' WlfhLIAM N J. BRYAN.
A. p~onstar made the telegram public to dis
Nv. renorts that Mr. Bryan would not come lie
,aid that inasmuch the labor men han 'urneu
aver 70 the Chicago Platform Democrats the sum
~ SAILS 10 make good what the Bryan men hao eA-
,.rded 10 secure the Grand Central Palace for the
,ob, Of Aprn 10 ms they originally planne"
,hat date had been given over TO them The plans
Or the celebration on the night OF ApriI To- as
pow arranged provide for the employment OF d
brsss and also Of string band lhere WI" I've
three thousand seats for diners at NJ apiece anu
a.. hundred balcony seats for spectators Each
.st will be numbered and the holder or the ticket
hearing his number will be entitled to that seat.
%o favortism is 10 be shown except in the case OF
,,v,,Ad guests and the rule Will be hrst come
first served. ,v,
1ohn c. Sheehan did not seem much disturbed
YESTERDAY over the fact that the silver men hau
withdrawn his invitation to attend the dinner
..rr,o weeks before returned TO this city ne oe-
,oa 81 said that I would not attend either din
- ond 7 expect 10 be IN Pittsburg next week
nhen the dinner takes place. see the reason give"
Orr shutting of an invitation 10 me was that was
detrimental in shutting off delegate named oo'e
81 the convention which nominated Mayor va"
y-vck Nv memory Of the incident Is not cear' pu'
. T racalI Il Foote tried TO protest when nominal
,,ons we're in order There were shouts OF Put MN
nv, and so on but my recollection Is thal I've eo.
m the platform and had his say cer'a"'iS vi,
not nv 10 stop him. for believe in free speech anu
allowing every man to have his say III conventions.
Tho statement that was trying to get con'roI oi
the silver movement III oIuel ~ ' "
Tammany is absurd.
The labor men are working hard upon their din
.r and Mr. Bryan will DC there. 1t was sala yes
,.rdsy that Willis j. Abbot, a close personal anu
,o,i,i,al friend OF Mr.. Bryan, has ADVISED MN
AGAINST attending this dinner. Mr.. Bryan Soiie
80 ago telegrap hed 10 friends here that he would
certainly like TO attend the dinner OF the LABOR men
.rd make a Humanitarian address. but that ne
could not come East for that purpose alone Last
risbt a telegram was received from Mr.. Bryan IL
nss addressed TO the Executive Committee OF the
labor mems organization. and was aNfoliows;
Lincoln. April sAm glad differences ha N,np oeTl
harmoniousiy settled Shall speak at both dlnneaS
Subject at non-partisan woTkingmehp Spv GH'Ws'"''
vygene V Brewster treasurer of the Dinner
Committee Of the Chicago Platform Democrats -
,ued the following statement yesterday
Judging from The large number Of dispatches ana
letters received this morning asking Tor nioIna,
ton about the new arrangements LOT tne udi ts ~
be given by me Cncago agsin CO. be necessary
While the Chicago Platform Democrats sun peheNe
Ha! h f3r h haq e s i6ey have renqushed the
same to the Workingmens Dinner Committee upon
FIR s and we have already secured the Grand Cen
tra Palace for April 10. There is now no irlcuUh
or hard feelings OF any kind between the TWO com
mittees and naSmuch as the two dinners are OF an
entirely different nature there is now no posi-
bili;v Of any further conflict or misunderstanding
] nave already sold several tickets 10 members OF
the Workingmens Committee, and undoubtedly
if il is carried proposed. although the two
committees have no connection with each other
received telegram this morning from Colonel
Bryan saving that ne would he mere 10 address me
Palace April 10. and there is nothing now that
can prevent our dinner being sreat sGEGesI bav
been obliged to send back considerable money 70
ysTten, now, 70 he here on the 18th. Any person
who has paid me for one or more seats under any
misunderstanding may have his money back on
dtmand Nearly every State in the Union will
he represented al our dinner by at least one or more
persons. misapprehension seems TO prevail as 10
Invited guests and relieve II ! would say mat
our list OF invited guests includes only about hfty
persons out Of which our speakers VIII be CHOSEN
but ANYBODY may send me 81 for every ticket de,
sired and the application will be promptly nled
as soon as the tickets are printed which VIII ne
bout the Sth. ,.,
We propose dine. according 10 present SaIcaIa
ions about thirty-fve hundred people; The hrsi
balcony compo. ed OF boxes and VIII be reSerNen
for women and their escorts. who will he dined IN
the large room adjoining tickets being 81 each,
Including dinner The second balcony seats about
five hundred people. but the occupants VIII not De
0ined and the price will be ~ cents. Tables VIII
he reserved for clubs and orga nzations that wish
TO be seated together. There is still large nun num-
Der NJ tickets remaining unsold and these ucKeis
enti,ie the bearer 10 a seat table In the main
banouet hall within good bearing and sight or the
sneakers The impression that those VINO puN
nov will he put obscure corners Is entirey efrone
tiers AZ Grand Central Palace. or at my ONCE IN
Prooklvn but / cannot hope 10 hnd tlme 70 ahs"et
from all parts Of the country
BALTIMORE WIFE SEEhS DIV Oh'E.