The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-11
MIR. BRYAN'S BUSY DAY
HE MADE SEVERAL BRIEF TALK 5
BEFORE THE BIG MEET
ING
GREETED AT UNION DEPOT
Attends the Meeting of the State
Central Committee When the
Question of Time of Holding State
Convention Is Discussed-No De-
cisiOn Reached-The Sentiment
Strongly FavOrs Gov. Lind.


Col. w. ]. Bryan reached Minneapolis
at the scheduled hour yesterday morn
ing, the Omaha train on which he was a
passenger pulling into the union depot
sharply at o'clock. There We're a num-
Der of the faithful in waiting, and as
Mr. Bryan stepped from the rear car,
grip in hand and his overcoat flying open.
and followed by Secretary Rosing; he
was Immediately surrounded.
Not quite as warm as / expected to
find it, remarked Mr.. Bryan. as he shook
hands with the members of the reception
committee, but l like to come to Min
neapolis anyway-warm or cold"
William Baldwin didn't lose any time
in getting at the right side of the Demo
cratic leader. The old-lire Democrats al
lowed him the right of way, and the
Nebraskan and the young Minneapolis
tan walked through the waiting room
mounted the stairs and reached the car
riages in waiting on the outside. In the
first carriage Were Mr.. Bryan. Mr.. Bald
, win, Mr.. Rosing and Lars Rand. Michae
Breslauer and others followed in car
riages and the entire party reached the
West hotel at about $50. Mr. Bryan was
hungry, and he lost little time in getting
to the dining room. After breakfast he
retired to his room, shaved himself as
he talked to several newspaper men. and
reiterated his views upon the important
topics OF the day. Later he received call
ers. and at II o'clock, accompanied by
Mayor Gray and P. B. Winston, he was
admitted into the room in which was
being held the me citing Of the
O A rr1U-l
Here Mr. Bryan delivered a short adj
dress Before Mr.. Bryan's appearance
the committee held brief session. Those
present at the meeting Were:
P B. Winston, Minneapolis; j. w Will
lis. st. Paul; T. I. Hudson. Duluth: L. A
Rosing, Cannon Falls: 7. OConnor, Rem
Vile; J; J, Thornton st; James First dis
r. Kane, st. Paul; Louis Betz, ST. Paul
Third, w. A. Allen Winona; Fourth, John
Quinn, M. Breslauer, Minneapolis; Fifth
John Moonan, .Waseca; Sixth, Henry Him
Cloud; Eighth, S. c. Brown, Glencoe
Tenth, H. E. Tolmie. Spring Valley
Eleventh. G. F. Chester Duluth; Thir-
tecnth, D. c. Brownell. Luverne; Four
teenth, J. R. McKinnon. Crookston: FIT
teenth, w. D. Wilder Grand Rapids
The date of the state convention was
considered to some extent but no agree
ment was arrived at.
Mr.. Bryan complimented the ccmmitte
on their splendid work Of 1898, and spoke
hopefully of the prospects for 1900
WANT LIND TO RUN.
After Mr. Bryan had left the committee
chamber the committee considered the
proposition of Gov. Lind to withdraw
from candidacy for the same place In
1900, and the general sentiment of the
committee was that the withdrawal was
,4oI 1,f. tI,a III u
| ton of the committee being to keep Mr.
| Lind in the field.
! A little later MIR. Bryan met the chair.
man of the various Democratic county
organizations in the state, in the par.
| lors of the hotel, and the Nebraska
| orator addressed the party hopefully or
1 the prospects of the coming campaign
| The reform parties of 1896, he said, wou,6
| be strongly reinforced In this election Of
| 1900 by a new force, those who were OPP
| posed to Imperialism, while the old bodie:
| would be still more closely knit together
| He said:
LET us compare the outlook now witt
| the outlook In 1856. -Four years ago the
| gold Democrats were Boosting that the,
| would control the party. However, they
| haG no hope of success at the polls i
! they remained at the head of the or
| ganization of cur party, and were strong
| enough to dictate the platform, tina
| would be sufficient, they admitted, t.
| satisfy them.
''The convention came, and the Chicag,
| platform was adopted Then followed
| the campaign. When the votes were
| counted, in spite of the gold Democratic
| disaffection, it was found that we hat
polled more than million more ballot:
| than had ever been cast for any Other
presidential nominee in the past.
| Compare that situation with the pres
| ent In that campaign we had to beal
| the faults of the Democratic admins
| tration, without It's support Republican:
| would go to man and ask him: ID
| you want four more years OF Demo
| cratic ruler And 1t wasn't always pos
| sibie for US to say to that man: The
| Cleveland administration, although
| DEMOCRATIC IN NAME.
| is working for the success Of the Repub
| lican ticket. and so Republican success
| at the polls will come much nearer Il
| meaning four more years Of government
| like the past. than Democratic success
could possibly mean"
Mr.. Bryan said that he had watched
with interest the various attempts made
| to change planks of the Chicago plat
| form, and he was glad to say they hae
| all proved innocuous In spite of al
| that has been DONE, said he "at this
| time It seems that there will be prac-
| tically no opposition to reafirmaticr
Of that platform.
The speaker, however, warned his hear
| ers that 1t was never wise to take any
| thing for granted in politics, and urged