The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-01-27
Bryan Tn fbe Cast

New York. Jan. 24.-W J. Bryan was
banqueted by the Robert Davis asso-
/ citation at their club house in Jersey
! City tonight, after which he delivered
a political speech before a large crowd
in St. Mary's hall. Mayor Hoos of Jer-
! sey City presided at the banquet, and
/ thirty men Of local prominence were
seated at the table with Mr.. Bryan. The
dinner was wholly informal. and no
speeches We're made. After dinner Mr.
Bryan held a brief reception in the
parlors OF the club, shaking hands with
several hundred persons. At o'clock
Mr.. Bryan and those who sat with him
I at dinner were led by a drum corps to
st. Mary's hall, a short distance away
Mr.. Bryan received a most hearty re-
ceptiOn from about $500 persons, all
that could possibly get into the hall,
TO whom he spoke for nearly two and a
half hours, upon silver trusts and i'm
Derialism.
Mr.. Bryan had the appearance of be-
ing greatly cheered and somewhat sur
prised by the warmth of the greeting
which he encountered when he walked
in on the stage. For fully d minute the
hall resounded with cheers and seemed
to be full of waving hats. When this
had subsided, it was followed by three
cheers for Mr.. Bryan himself. which
We're Immediately drowned by three
cheers for our next president"
Mr.. Bryan indicated his surprise at
the generosity of the reception, saying
that it had been stated that the silver
question had been buried. So quick was
the response of the audience, a large
portion of which arose and drowned
the voice Of Mr.. Bryan with cheers,
that the speaker hesitated momentarily,
even after quiet came.
Before he could proceed, one of the
committeeman arose from his chair and
shouted: I'VE are with you, colonel.
Mr.. Bryan, as if recovering himself,
said he was not sure at first whether
the audience was cheering because they
thought the silver question had been
buried, or because they did not believe
that that was the case
When the cheering ana noise had sub
sided, Mr.. Bryan said that he was al
most sorry that he came. He had
supposed that the HUI lson county DEM
ocrats needed to be lectured, but he
was made sad to see that he was vast
ing time; that he ought to have gone
else. But if he could not
do his hearers tonight any good, he
thought they might be able to do him
some good, and impart to him some of
their enthusiasm, that he might carry
it to other parts of the country, where
the people may not be SO earnest in the
fight as they seemed to be in Jersey.
Referring to the remarks of Mayor
Hoos, who introduced him, Mr.. Bryan
said that when a man indulged in the
pleasant prophecy that he was to be the
next president of the United States it
did not make his heart beat sc fast as
It used to when he first began to hear
t. He did not want the people to think
ne was expecting to be the candidate
1f the Democratic party in the next |
or that he was striving for
anything in the way of office, because |
le said he was in politics for many !
years to come.
He rejoiced in the fact that he was
still a young man, and that he would |
nave much time yet in which to fight |
He did not mean to fight |
he Republicans as individuals, but as
he representatives of certain ideas /
which he believed to be vicious.
Proceeding. he criticized the Repub-
lean party for what he termed Han
laism,' declaring the party emblem to
)e the dollar mark.
Mr.. Bryan then paid his respects to
,ir. Hanna, and he seemed to amuSe the
audience greatly with the numerous
tories which he told to illustrate his
'plnl0n OF Mr.. Hanna. Whlle ne con-
inued in this vein there was no mis-
aking the fact that he had the SYM
'athy of the audience.
Mr. Bryan devoted fifteen minutes to
he subject of taxation. and had start
d to say something about the income
ak bill of 1886 when a voice in the aud
ance shouted: oh, dry up
Mr.. Bryan spoke at length upon the
ncome tax. the money question and