Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-23

Washington at 6:42 this morning, and
was met by James Oliver, s~ergeant-at-
arms of the Democratic national com
mittee and a number of newspaper re-
porterS. Mr.. Bryan was escorted to the
Hoffman, House, the headquarters of
the State Democracy, In which hotel
a suite of rooms had been engaged for
him. Mr.. Bryan said to a reporter that
he hoped his presence in New York
would contribute to a general good
feeling all around
Mr.. Bryan breakfasted at the Hoff-
man House with Ex-Governor Hogg, OF
Texas, DIR. w. J. Gardiner, one of the
leaders of the Chicago platform Demo-
Gratis, and James Oliver. Mr.. Bryan
had a number of callers during the day,
but the hotel was by no means crowd
ed.
One of Mr.. Bryan's callers asked him
as a Vice Presidential candidate.
81 am not saying a word about can
didates just now" he replied.
A reporter asked Mr.. Bryan later If
there was any truth in a statment in a
morning paper that he was gradually
abandoning the silver issue.
81 am tired of denying those stories,"
Mr.. Bryan answered. 81 will keep
right on in the same line I have fol-
lowed all along. / adhere to my belief
about the Chicago platform, but of
curse I don't object to throwing in
some more issues for good measure"
MI. Bryan, when asked later if he
had any plans for bringing back gold
Democrats to the party, replied:
Eyes, I have a plan. In the first
place, many have already come back.
In the second place, there are some who
never will come back and it is no use
to work on them. In the third place,
or two grounds, either that they now
like the Chicago platform, although
they did not in go, or that they favor
the Democratic position on new
Questions That Have Arisen
since then and are willing to take the
whole platform while not agreeing
with every part of it.
"The only way of keeping present
Democrats in the party and bringing
gold Democrats back, and inducing
Republicans to join us, Is to advocate
measures that are best for the people
and thus deserve their support. I be-
lieve that the Chicago platform with
the addition Of new questions includ-
ing strong planks against trusts and
imperialism would give excuse to ev-
erybody to vote the Democratic ticket
in 1900"
Mr.. Bryan was asked if he regarded
any of the three issues as the domi-
nant one, but he said he did not care
to discuss their relative importance.
To an inquiry as to whether he in
tended to discuss only trusts and i'm
perialism while in the East, to the ex-
clusion of silver, Mr.. Bryan said that
he would discuss all three whether he
was in the East or in the West. While
here, he said, he was not going to med
die in local politics.
Mr.. Bryan was the guest of honor
at a dinner given by o. H. P. Belmont,
tonight, lat his residence on Fifth
avenue. The dinner was private, no
reporters being admitted and to a pen
ciled note, Mr.. Belmont made re-
Spouse:
There will be nothing, at, during,
or after the dinner, for publication.
The dinner is purely a social affair
and of no political interest"
The Other Guests Present.
Mr.. Bryan was the only guest of
national prominence. but big men in
Tammany Hall were present. The
other guests were John F. Carroll,
leader of Tammany Hall in Mr.. Crok-
er's absence; Elliott F. Danforth, chair
man of the executive committee of the
Democratic State committee; DR.. ]. H.
Gardner, of the local Chicago platform
Democracy; n. o. Tanning, deputy
commissioner of corrections; Charles
P. Bacon; Lewis Nixon, bridge COM
missioner; Asa Bird Gardiner, district
attorney for the county of New York;
John B. Sexton, police commissioner;
John E. Mcdonald; George NJ. Van
Hoezen, chairman of the Tammany
Hall general committee; Isaac Fromme.
register; Alfred Henry Lewis, editor
of the Verdict; James A. O'Gorman,
judge OF the city court; DR.. J.. F.
Barnes. Democratic Assembly leader at
Albany; Thomas J. Dunn, ex-sheriff;
Philip ]. Britt, counsel to Sheriff GreIl;
John J.. Harrington, q wealthy butcher
and member Of Tammany Hall: Nor
man E. Mack. State committeeman
from Bunalo; John B. Stanchdeh, e.