The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-25

City tonight, after which ne 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 were made. After dinner Mr.
Bryan held a brief reception in the
parlOTa of the club. shaking hands with
several hundred persons. At 5 o'clock
Mr.. Bryan and those who sat with him
at dinner were led by a drum corps to
St. Marys hall, short distance away.
Mr.. Bryan received a most hearty re
ceptiCn 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
perialism.
Mr. Bryan had the appearance of be-
| ing greatly cheeTed and somewhat sur
prised by the warmth of the greeting
which he encountered when he walked
| in on the stage. For fully a minute the
! hall reSOunGed with cheers and seemed
/ TO be full of waving hats. When this
| had subsidized, it was followed by three
/ cheers for Mr.. Bryan himself, when
1 were Immediately drowned by three
| cheers for our next president"
Bryan Was Surprised.
Mr.. Bryan indicated his surprise at
! the generosity of the reception. saying
/ that it had been stated that the silver
question had beer buried. SO quick was
! the response Of the audience, a large
portion of which arose and drowned
4 the voice of Mr.. Bryan with cheers,
! that the speaker hesitated m0mentarily
/ even after quiet came.
Before he could proceed. one of the
/ committeeman arose from his chair and
| shouted: I'VE are with you, colonel.
1 MI 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
l buried, or because they did not DelleVe
that that was the case.
When the cheering and noise had cub
sided. Mr.. Bryan said that he was al
most sorry that he came He hac
supposed that the Hu 1gon county Dem
/ ocrata needed to be lectured, but he
was made sad to see that he was vast
ing time; that he ought TO have gone
somewhere else. But if he could nol
do his hearers tonight any good, he
/ thought they might be able TO DO Mn
| 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.
The Next President.
Referring TO the remarks of Mayor
Hoos. who introduced him, Mr.. Bryan
said that when a man INDUCED in th'
pleasant prophecy that he was to be TIT
/ next president of the United States, d
did not make his heart beat so fast az
it used to when he first began to neal
it. He did not want the people TO tnlnF
he was expecting to be the candidate
Of the Democratic party in the mex
campaign. or that he was striving fO
ANYTHING in the way Of Office, becaus'
he said he was in politics for man!
years to come.
He rejOiced in the fact that ne va
still a young man, and that he W0ul'
have much time yet in which 10 ngn
Republicans. He did not mean 10 HSh
the Republicans as individuals, but a
the representatives Of certain idea
which he believed to be vicious.
Proceeding, he criticized the RepuD
lican party for what he termed han
naism,' declaring the party emblem q
be the dollar mark.
Mr.. Bryan then paid his respects Z
[ Mr. Hanna. and he eeemed TO anllee Ia