Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-15
To New York Is Causing a
Very Bad Tangle.
THE PROPOSED DINNER
Will See a Large Crowd of Prominent
Democrats Present But Silver Will
Not Be the Chief Feature of the
Speeches.

New York, Jan. 15.-The Tribune says:
The democratic organizations of the city
are in a bad tangle over William ].
Bryan's approaching visit to New York.
Q. H. P. Belmont. who has no official
position, either under the city admins
tration or any of the organizations, in
tends to entertain Mr.. Bryan at dinner.
At this dinner will be nearly all the
prominent democrats of the state and
the city. There will be representatives
from up the state, from Kings county.
from Tammany and from the Chicago
platform democrats. The idea is to turn
the dinner into a sort of love feast and
harmonic all factions so that a solid and
next democratic national convention to
vote for Bryan.
This is all we'll as far as it goes, but
the trouble brewing is over what official
notice shall be taken of Mr.. Bryan's pres
| ence by the Tammany organization and
the Democratic club.
According to reports, there are two
plans under consideration. The first is
fathered by John w. Keller, president of
the Democratic club. n contemplates a
dinner at the club in Mr.. Bryan's honor.
| Mr.. Keller said that he would certainly
invite Mr.. Bryan to come to dinner at
the club as his guest. and II he accepted.
| would invite a number of prominent
democrats to meet him. The discussion
is as to whether this dinner shall partake
of a formal political nature or be simply
a personal welcome of Mr.. Keller to Mr..
Bryan. If it is a formal affair, it can
not be, on account of the size of the
club house, a large Inner. 1t can be
made very important, however, by a
carefully selected list of guests, and the
plan is to make it a gathering of prOmi-
nent democrats from all over h state
and the city to welcome Mr.. Bryan.
John F. Carroll, Mr.. Cookers deputy
and the leader of the Tafnmany organi-
zation in Mr.. Cookers absence, does not
relish this plan. Mr.. Carroll is inclined
make it a big one, with rousing speeches
and enthusiasm galore. If this plan is
adhered to it would partake of the ma
ture of q Tammany affair solely and
Tammany would lave the credit alone,
as Tammany men would predominant
and be in charge, while at the dinner at
the Democratic club Tammany would
have to share honors with others.
This is the contention, and it was aid
last night that money was being spent
lavishly in able tolls to get a ruling upon
the controversy from the chief, who is
now in England.
Whatever the decision is, it was said
last night a dinner will be given Mr..
Bryan and he will be asked to speak.
He will be allowed to say whatever he
pieases, but it will be intimated to him
that while Tammany does not ask him
to abandon his free silver creed, there
are other issues in which Tammany is
more interested at the moment and
which he will be asked to dilate upon at
length. Tammany's surrender to Bryan
is complete and is emphasized by the
fact that the organization wants him all
to itself n does not want to share the
honor of welcoming him with anyone
else. It has not been decided yet whether
or not a rousing mass meeting will be
held. at which Mr.. Bryan will be asked
to speak, but his is regarded as UNI
likely. From here Mr.. Bryan will go to
New England. where he will consult with
George Frederick Williams and others
of his followers in that section of the
country.