Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-28
STILL KEEPS TALKING
Peerless One Works With His
larynx.
THAT JEFFERSON DINNER
Press Agents Secure Invitation for
the Boss.
HIS INVASION OF PITTsBURG
Has Made an Engagement to Speak
at Frederick, Md, on May
20, Next.
lis INVASION OF PITTsBURG
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK March 2S-Nilliam J.
Bryan has been invited and has accepted
the invitation to attend the jefferson day
dinner of the National Democracy Club
April IL. The dinner will be held in the
knickerbocker Hotel.
When the first invitations were sent out
Mr.. Bryan was not included in the list
of guests. Gov. Johnson of Minnesota
was invited the guest of honor and
principal speaker.
Then the press agents of the peerless
governors OF the club to send an invita-
tion to Mr.. Bryan and his acceptance was
received this morning. He will arrive in
the city on the morning of April IL. and
will remain several days. He will be here
April IA, when the democratic state con-
vention to elect the four delegates-at-larg
to the national convention will he held in
Carnegie Hall. If invited to do so. Mr..
Bryan will address the convention. and
his press agents are busy trying to
range that such invitation will be ex
tended.
Bryan campaign headquarters will be
opened in the Victoria Hotel Monday
morning and kept open until after the
election of delegates to the democratic ma
donal convention.
Bryan to Speak at Frederick.
FREDERICK. Nd. March 2s.-H. Dor
bey Etchison. member of the Frederick
bar Thursday went to Washington, D. c..
and had an interview with William Jen-
nings Bryan. in which he arranged for
hir. Bryan to come to Frederick and de-
liver an address here the afternoon of
May 20 next. Mr.. Bryan has an engage
ment to speak at Hagerstown, Md, the
evening of that day.
Did Not Meet Guffey.
PITTSBURG, March 2S. - William ].
Bryan visited Pittsburg yesterday. and
last night made two addresses, one inside
Exposition Hall. the other outside to
about 1000 people who had been unable
10 gain admittance to the hall.
Whether the invasion of Col. j. NJ Cuff
fey's territory by the Bryan League was
a success or not is open to dispute The
Guffey interests, which are lined up
against Bryan and all pertaining to him,
declare that Bryan made a fizzle. but the
Bryan people say not
Bryan and Guffey did not meet Col
Guffey remaining in his office all day, and
at his home in the evening.
Asked If 1t was not something unusual
for a candidate for nomination to thus in
wade the camp of the enemy. Mr. Bryan
said:
My coming is not an invasion nor am
In the camp Of an enemy. One can re-
call that Pennsylvania gave me 425. 900
votes once for President of the United
States. and / cannot think that any state
with such a record can be called the
enemys country by me-.
Mr.. Bryan refused absolutely to discuss
the pronounced antagonism of National
Committeeman Guffey to him. his nearest
approach to the subject being a reply to
questions as to what he thought of Penn
sylvania politics a whole now
We are through with the bosses in
Pennsylvania. he said They have had
their day Hereafter 1t will be the people
who will talk and the people will instruct
their delegates to the national conven-
tionS"