The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-24
MR.. BRYAN SILENT
DECLINED TO DISCUSS ACTION OF
MEMBERS OF NEW YORK DEM
OCRATIC CLUB
REFUSED TO MRET FllIPIIOS
WOULD NOT SAY WHETHER HE
DISCUSSED HARMONY AT THE
BELMONT DINNER
CROWD OUT TO GREET HIM

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| Dinner Given by Mr. Keller In Honor
| of the Famous Nebraskan In Dem
ocratfc Club Rooms Occasion foI
Considerable Enthusiasm-Four.
teen Sat Down at the Table
Where Guest Was Entertained.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23-William J. Bryan
took breakfast at the Hoffman house this
| morning with number of free silver and
single tax leaders. Subsequently he ic-
ceived the newspaper reporters. When
asked If he made harmony speech al
the Belmont dinner last night, Mr.. Bryan
answered:
i do not know If I used the word har-
mony or not. but I always speak in such
a harmonious strain that no one can OBJ
ject unless he disagrees on a question
AS matter of fact, very little was said
on politics.
| Mr.. Bryan declined to discuss the let
| ter Of Robert B. Roosevelt and others
| protesting against his entertainment as
a guest of the Democratic club.
| About noon DR.. Levison, an anti-impe-
rialist leader of Brooklyn, called with two
Filipinos, but Mr. Bryan refused to see
them.
Mr.. Bryan's callers today were nearly
all free silver men. The regular Demo
Gratis held aloof
This evening Mr.. Bryan dined at the
Democratic club with John w. Kell ,r
nd ntb
ed from o'clock The fact that Mr.,
Bryan was to be a guest of the club caus-
ed the seats at the tables to be at a pre-
MUM. Most of the tables in the general
dining room were taken possession of as
early as o'clock. Many of the club men,
bers ate two dinners, and drank twice as
much wine as they wanted, waiting for
the distinguished Nebraskan to arrive.
The rooms and corridors of the club
rived. The crowd pushed, crushed, jos
guest Of the evening.
MR.. BRYAN ARRIVES.
AT exactly 1880 o'clock carriage drove
up to the club house. The first person
| to alight from the carriage was j. S. o.
! iver, sergeant-at-arms of the national
Democratic committee. He helped out w.
]. Bryan and eX-Gov. Hogg, of Texas.
Some one called for three cheers for Bry-
an, and they were given.
The crowd in the corridors was so great
that there was great difficulty In making
room for Mr.. Bryan and the others. The
president of the club, John W. Keller,
pushed his way forward and grasped Mr.
Bryan by the hand. There was crush
in the dining room, and many were
standing.
The table at which the fourteen were to
| sit down was on the Fifth avenue side of
the hall. When Mr.. Bryan entered the
brilliantly lighted room there was much
applause. There were no decorations.
Those at the table Of honor were: John
w. Keller, w. ]. Bryan, Maurice F. Hol-
ahan ex-Gov. Hogg, e. James OGorman,
o. H. P. Belmont Norman E. Mack, john
Whalen, John f. Carroll, Thomas F. Gra-
dy, Bernard J. York, Andrew Freedman,
DR.. ]. B. Crosby and w. L. Brown.
MAYOR COMES IN.
There was running fire of conversation
on all sides. Gradually Mr.. Bryan set al
the guests at ease by telling some funny
stories and there seemed to be a camara-
derie Of the fourteen diners. For little
over an hour Col. Bryan and his fellow.
diners at the little table ate and drank
Just as the last course had been finished
Mayor Van Wyck entered the room. He
jostled his way over to the table and sal
down at one corner between Mr.. Keller
and Mr.. Bryan Mayor Van Wyck shoob
hands with Mr. Bryan, who rose to greet
the mayor.
There was some more conversation and
the the diners arose. Accompanied by
President Keller. Mr.. Bryan retired to
the large reception room. Then line was
formed, and President Keller introduced
those who shook hands with the guests
Nearly all the heads of the departments
OF the city were represented After ali
| had shaken hands, Mr.. Bryan engaged ir
| talking with Mayor Van Wyck
| The crowd gathered in the parlor hoping
| that speech was to be made. At 8
few minutes past 10 o'clock Mr. Bryan
complained of being tired and, accom-.
panied by President Keller, he was driver
| to his hotel. Mr.. Bryan was asked how
he viewed his reception.
Il am very pleased with the cordiality
of my reception" he said, ''it did not
seem possible there could be any more
persons got together in the place.
EX-Gov. Hogg said: This shows there
is no dissension The club could not have
gone further with regular reception. OF
course he is here not as a guest, but you
can see he is welcome"
Many members Of the club gave decided
| emphasis to the fact that the protest OF
Doyle, Fox and Roosevelt did not rep
resent the sentiments of the members OF
the club as a whole.
After the reception Mr.. Keller said he
was gratihed with what had occurred
II have said all I care to about this
| Doyle, Fox and Roosevelt letter. he said
"I had invited Mr.. Bryan to be my guest
have written to these men, telling them
what I think Of them. If they want tc
show this letter, all right, I will not
| Mr.. Keller estimated there were 2,00t
| persons present at the club.
| Mr.. Bryan will, take the 10:04 train to-
morrow morning for Stamford He will
| visit New Haven, and return in time tc
| go to Jersey City tomorrow evening. His
| Jersey City visit is expected to be an i'm
| portant one.