The age-herald., 1900-01-23
NEW YORK HONORS
 WILLIAM ]. BRYAN Refused to Discuss Vice-Presi-
 dentiaI Candidates. THE DINNER WAS PRIVATE MT. Bryan Says He is Tired Making Denials of Various Reports as
 70 His Changing His !. Opinions
 

New York. January 22.-w. J. Bryan ar rived in Jersey City today from Washing ton at 642 o'clock this morning and was | met by James Oliver, sergeant-at-arms of the democratic committee and a number of reporters. MT. Bryan was escorted to the Hoffman house, the headquarters of the state democracy. in which hotel suite of rooms had been engaged for him. MT Bryan said to the reporters that he hoped his presence in New York would contribute to a general good feeling all around. MT. Bryan breakfasted at the Hoffman house with Ex-Governor Hogg, of Texas, l Dr. w. J. Gardner. one of the leaders os l the Chicago platform democrats, and James 1 Oliver. MT Bryan had number of callers during the day but the hotel was by no means crowded.
 i One of Mr. Bryan's callers asked him what he thought of O. H. P. Belmont as a vice-presidential candidate.
 q am not saying a word about candi- dates just now," me replied. l reporter asked MT. Bryan later if there was any truth in a statement in a morning pape Shat he was gradually abandoning the 1 silver issue.
 'I am tired of denying those stories," 1 MT. Bryan answered. 'I will keep right on in the same Mne I have followed all along l adhere to my oelief tn the Chicago plat l form, but of course, I don't object to l throwing in some more Issues for good measure"
 MT. Bryan, when asked later if he had any plans for bringing back gold democrats to the party. replied:
 "Yes. l have plan. In the first place many have already come back. In the sec ond place, there are some who never will come back. and its no use to work on them. In the third place, there are some who will return on one or two grounds, either that they now like the Chicago platform, al- [ though they did not in 1896, or that they favor the democratic position on new q1ies- tions that have arisen since then and are willing to take the whole platform, now agreeing with every part as the only way of keeping present democrats in the party and bringing gold democrats back and an- ducing republicans to join us, ds to ad- vocate measures that are best for the peo- pie and thus deserve thear support. be- leve that the Chicago platform, with the addition of new questions, including strong blanks against trusts and imperialism, would give excuse to everybody to vote the democratic ticket in 1900."
 The Different Issues
 MT. Bryan was asked If he regarded any of the three issues as the dominant one, but he said he did not care to discuss their relative importance.
 To an inquiry as to whether he intended to discuss only trusts and imperialism while in the east, to the exclusion of silver, "a y5sz three of them, whether he was in the east or the west. Wh . here he said he was not going to meddle in local politics.
 MT. Bryan was the guest of honor at a dinner given by O. H. P. Belmont tonight at his residence on Fifth avenue. The din- ner was private, no reporters being ad- mitted, and to penciled note, MT. Belmont made response: "There will be nothing, during or after the dinner. for publication The dinner is purely social affair. and of no public interest"
 MT. Bryan will spend tomorrow dn New York; and in tine evening will be the guest of John w. Ke.lar. president of the dem- ocraitic club. This dinner Is understood to mean that MT. Bryan and the Tammany organization are in complete harmony, whereas ten months ago Mir. Bryan and Perry Belmont, then president of tine Dem- ocratdc club, were exchanging bitter let- ters.
 Wednesday, night MT. Bryan fs to address a meeting dn Jersey fCty. Congressman Daley and Robert Davis of New Jersey have sought to induce MT. Bryan to drop silver in the Jersey City speech, and dt was thought Hnat they had made some impression on tine Nebraskan, but he. said today:
 "I intend to discuss all three living is- sues of the day-money trusts and im- periaG.sm in my speeches. I am getting tired of having one particular topic sug- gested for my speeches by hhose who like one theme more tf.an another." ]"
 The Itinerary
 MT. Bryan gives the following outline of his eastern ttinerary
 Thursday go to Harrisburg, Pa; Fri day will be in Wilmington and Smyrna, Delaware; Saturday am to be the guest of the Grdiron club of Washington. Next week, on Monday, I hope to be in Provi- dence; Tuesday, dn Boston; Wednesday, in Portland, Maine; Thursday, in Concord; Friday, tn Montpelier, Vt; Saturday, in Holyoke and Springfield, and then I shall return to hhe vest"