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and narrow contor spaco botwcen two
lines of chairs and mado his way to the
croBB tablo, jiiBt bolow the stago, ro
BGtvod for the spoakors and special
guoste. Behind him camo Ohairman
Jnmcfl R. Drown of tho Committoo of
Ono Hundred, escorting O. H. P. Bel
nont, who, with his brothor Perry,
President of Mr. Crokor'a Domocratic
Club, constitutoa a doublo-fluked an
chor to hold firm in both kinds of Demo
cratic ground. Next camo Dr. J. II.
Girdnor, blazing a path for Goorgo Fred
WilliauiB, tho groat Massachusetts
back-action, vote-gottor, who bus mado
tuoro votcB for his opponents than any
othor politician now oxtant.
The orator was led to a contor seat,
next tho stage, facing tho diners, and
Mr. Brewster and Dr. Girdnor took tho
scats on oithor Bide of him. Later Dr.
Girdnor loft to look aftor boido Com
mittee business, and O. H. P. Bolmont
"got next." In spite of tho alleged fact
that Mr. Belmont has mado monoy in
Wall street, and Mr. Bryan's woll
known conviction that that locality is
tho roof of Gehenna, the pair Boomed to
got on pretty comfortably. Money
mado in ovil wajB may bo sanctified by
a rightoouB uso; a maxim which may
possibly have been in tho orator's mind
in connection with hopea of the Domo
cratic nomination for tho Presidency.
All this timo tao people woro shout
ing and tho band wan thumping out
"Hail to tho Chief." As soon as tho
music was over Mr. Bryan began to oat,
and Boomed to take a normal interest in
his viands throughout the meal. The
same cannot bo said of the other diners
for tho next fifteen minutes. They wero
too much interested in the central fig
ure of tho show. It was after they had
resumed their seats again that the band
struck up "The Star Spangled Banner."
Some of the diners at tho guests' table
pushed back their chairs as if to rise,
looking inquiringly at the guest of
honor. Ho mado no movements of re
cognition of tho music, but wont on
placidly eating turkey. As bo sat Btill,
nobody rose, and tho national air was
played through while nearly 3,000 peo
ple Bat silent. This may have hap
pened before, but tho reporter who writes
this has attended many public dinners
this season, and uot atone of them did
tho dinorB fail to jump to thoir feot
almost unanimously before the first bar
of "Tho Star Spangled Banner" was
finished.
Something started the cheering again
p little later, but the band struck up
"Got Your Money's Worth," and a sud
den silence fell, broken only by tho rat
tie of kniveB and forks in rapid action
for tho next ten minutes. Then the
people began to crowd forward into tho
cross aisle back of tho head table, where
they stared joyously at the back of Mr.
Bryau,s head, as he was then talking
with a man who stood behind hi6 chair.
Dr. Thompson of tho committoe as
cended the stago and tried the Canute
act, but tho crowd wouldn't bo waved
back and stuck until tho polico camo
and cleared tho aisle for the waiters.
Thereafter sorvico was swifter at tho
head table than at the othere and tho
mabs of diners wero still at ico croam
and froo champagne (which ono of the
orators, later, callod cider,) 1G small
bottleB to 1 gallon, when Bryan rose and
Btartod for the stage, walking around to
tho side steps. At this the gallery,
which had filled up pretty well, rose and
cbeored wildly, and then followed a
truly remarkable scene, Mr. Belmont,
Mr. Brewster, and one or two others
followed Mr. Bryan, but the others went
at that stage as if they had scaling lad
ders up their sleeves. Doubtless they
wished they had, for the stage is bb
high as a man's head, and it was no
easy climb. Who started the wild
scramblo will novor be known, but onco
started it entailed scrambling on tho
part of all the guests who wanted seats
on tho platform. Thoso on tho insido
of tho tablo, noxt tho stago, wero tho
first to go up. It sooinod as if a dozon
of thorn simultaneously jumped on thoir
chairB, knoed thomsolvcB up to tho plat
form, thon, reaching down, draggod
thoir chairs up.
Aftor thorn camo tho dolugo. From
tho furthor eido of tho chief tablo
guests crawled up upon it, strodo across,
scattoring dishes and silvorwaro, and,
leaping for tho desired coign, sprawled
with clutching arms and waving legs,
boll to tho curve of tho odgo liko un
practical gymnasts striving to sur
mount a bar. Moro followed thorn.
Tho tablo trembled utidor tho onslaught.
Tho air was full of chairs and bodies.
Helpful dinors who had attainod tho
goal Bought to haul up to thoir level
lees agile frionds, and eomotimes fell in
tho attompt. Ono man slipped in a
plate of ico cream and plunged to tho
floor, taking another man with him in a
frantic clutch. An unfortunato, in his
horculcan struggles, split hiB coat up
tho back. Not only from tho front did
tho onslaught como, but from tho Bides,
too, mon rushing from tho sido tables
to got aplacoon tho stage. Mr. Bryan
Btarcd aghast. Luter ho talked about
tho perils of an aristocracy, but just
thon ho looked as if tho chief perils ho
eaw was that of moboeracy. And tho
police, who woro all ovor tho building
eating and drinking 81.00 odds and ends
didn't take any hand, though they must
have heard that something unusual was
going on.
The air was full of cries and yells,
plainly to be hoard above the cheers
of tho galleries.
"Look out above, there! Givo ub a
chance!"
"Come up, then. Bring your chair!"
"Keep that foot still. You're kicking
my head.'
"Hoy! Load a hand! I'm slipping
back!"
"HoadB bolow! He's going to fall."
"Hi, Jimmy! Como 'round to tho
side and I'll haul you up."
"Here you are, Sol. I've kept a chair
for you. Leggo that chair, it's mine!"
There were Borne lively scufllos for
chairs both on tho stago and below, for
as soon as tho places at tho guests'
table wore vacated others rushed for
them, and from there sought in turn to
scale tho platform A messenger boy
who watched the bodies going up over
the side or flopping back, piped out:
"Say.dat's like do AI Foster wit' a
excursion on an' do fish comin' up ovor
do side."
The rush being over, it was seen that
though many of the ordinary guests
had gained the stage they wero mostly
in tho rear, for tho first lines wore of
broad shirt fronts, sadly rumpled and
Boiled by tho difficult ascent. Tho
room was still buzzing like a beehivo
when Chairman Brown called tho meet
ing to order. Thon followed tho
speeches.
THE SPEEOHMAKINQ.
After explaining that the purpose of
tho dinner wbb to indorse tho Chicago
platform Chairman Brown introduced
Georgo Fred Williams of Massachusetts
who spoke in response to tho toast,
"Trusts and Monopolies."
Ho said that for twenty-five years
tho politicians of Now York had dic
tated to tho Democracy of the country
how much of true Jefferson principles
should be ombodied in tho National
Democratic platform.
"If monopoly has taken possesion of
the avenues of industry in this land,"
he said, "the Democracy can take pos
session of those avenues and drive out
the idlers. Our courts must be in safe
hands. We need a leader, young, de
voted, simple, sincere and pure-minded.
Here is the occasion and here is the
man."
The speaker pointed to Mr. Bryan
and the audieace lot loose a mighty yell.
When tho spoakor roferrod to Gov
ernor KooBovolt and said ho would de
mand now worlds to conquer, u voico in
tho nudionco criod out:
"Good for Toddy!"
"If tho Democracy Sb not equal to
this opposition to trusts and monopo
lies," continued tho spoakor, ''it must
givo way to a grotitor and a nobler
party."
O. H. P. Bolmont was tho noxt speak
er, on tho subjoct of "Unity of tho
Party."
"I am no hator of monoy or tho man
who makcB it, but I do hato tho man
who is not froo to livo and lot livo," ho
said. "Lot ub hnvo in our party no rich
or poor, no capital or labor. Tho Ibbuo
of 15)00 is whether wo aro to bo con
trolled by tho cosmopolitan monoy
powor or shall bo freodman. If tho
Domocratic party will nominato Mr.
Bryan as tho slumlord boaror for 1000 I
will givo him my support and work for
his election."
John C. Ridpath spoke about Thomas
JolJorBon. "The greatest statesman
and noblest Democrat of this nation
I was going to say without exception,
but I hesitato whon I look at our prin
cipal guest hero tonight," said tho
spoakor. "Right you aro!" sovoral
voices responded.
At tho ond of Mr. Ridpath's addross
ono of tho committoo on tho stage pro
sonted a largo iloral borsorhoo to tho
KobraBka Colonel.
John S. Crosby was selected to ro
spond to tho toaBt, "Civic Liberty."
"Wo hvo political and roligious lib
erty, but we lack industrial, economic
and social liberties," ho said. ''Wo
want all mon to understand that whilo
a man is ready to fight for hiB country
and bis flag, yet he has civic rights that
tho Govornmont should not bo permit
ted to take or with hold from him.
"I want to remind you of tho prin
ciples of Henry Goorgo. Eyory true
follower'of Henry George is a Democrat.
So is ovory truo believer in Abraham
Lincoln."
A LIVELY KENTUCKY JUDGE.
Tho noxt Bpoakor was Judgo James
P. Tarvin, a Kentucky Circuit Judgo,
with aspirations for tho Vice-Presidential
nomination on tho Domocratic
ticket.
"A hundred years ago the mon of the
North and the men of the South made
this Union," he said, "and I say to you
today you must look to tho men of the
South to preserve the Union. I want
to remind you of tho difference between
tho true Democracy of Jefferson and
the brutal Democracy of Cleveland
cries of "Good! good! Hit him again!"
I want to remind you also that it is
those men who aro engaged in amas
sing wealth in thiB country who aro
most anxious to keep up the cry of tho
'maeseB against the classes.' Ono class
owning tho money and the otber class
owning labor keop up tho turmoil and
industrial unrest in tho country. The
creature of legislation in this land has
driven out tho creature of God. Tho
industrial has no chance of fighting for
lifo with the corporation. Those in
control of the Democracy in largo cities
have no conscience. Thero is no dif
ference between a Crokor and a Piatt.
I say it is tho part of a coward to seek
any concessions from them. Wo
have no such people in Kentucky,
becauEo they have all moved to Now
York.
I1RYAN INTRODUCED.
Mr. Towno retired in a tumult of ap
plause, and instantly shoutB of "Bryan!
Bryan! Bryan!" rang out' all over the
hall. Ohairman Brown smiled and
bowed to the crowd, and then he picked
up the big bunch of American Beauty
roses, and, walking ovor to where Mr.
Bryan sat, he said:
"Colonol Bryan, I am directed to see
that this is presented to you, thiB bunch
of American Beauties, on behalf of your
American admirers. You, Colonol, aro
liko this rouo, in that you aro tho tin.
tion's choice"
Thon tho crowd whoopod and yelled
Bomo moro and Colonol Bryan blushed
Chairman Brown, walkinc to tho odgo
of tho platform, said that ovor thirty
yours ago a man had como out from tho
wost, unexpected and unlookod for in an
hour of tho nation's poril, History ro
llouts itsolf and tho world travollod in a
circlo, and now in another hour of tho
nation's poril another man had como out
of tho west to bring it back to virtue
and liberty. Thon ho introduced tho
Boy Orator of tho Platto.
As Colonol Bryan stopped forward tho
dinors roso on masse. Thoy loanod on
chairs and tublos, thoy swung tho bot
tles around thoir bonds, thoy put thoir
foot in tho ico croam clislios, thoy waved
hate, coats and handkerchiefs, and
howled bo loud that tho bund, which
had began to toot tho moment Brynn
slopped forward, could not bo hoard.
The demonstration continuod without
interruption for a full minute. Thon
thero woro signs of its waning, and tho
Colonol, with that old, familiar smilo,
hold out both hands in gontlo protost to
koop her going at least that was tho
effect of it. Tho noieo wiib ronnwod and
tho band played on. Another minuto
passod. In tho wild enthusiasm chain
pagno bottles and dishes woro broken.
Mon climbod up on each othor, tho
womon in tho gallories addod thoir
BhriokB to tho stontorian roar that camo
up from tho lower floor. At tho ond of
this second minuto thoto was another
suspicion of a lob up, and again tho
Colonol, tho smilo broadonod to covor
his wholo face, raised hiB handB, palms
outward, and commanded it to go on.
In tho third minuto ho kept waving and
smiling pretty regularly, and the band
played on. Tho third minuto passod
and fifteon seconds moro. Tho noise
died out. "Too-o-o-o-toot!' , wont tho
band and up roso tho crowd) again and
thoy yollod out anothor thirty-five sec
onds of welco.no. Thon camo silenc6.
POLICE GET THEIIt OLUI18 TO WORK.
When Mr, Bryan finished bis speech,
thoro was prolonged cheering. Ho
stood smiling and bowing, whon sudden
ly there was a rush for tho stago. Tho
crowd poured over tho platform, and
Mr. Bryan was surrounded by a howl
ing, pushing mob, all fighting madly to
shake hands. Mr. Bryan was rudely
jostled about and his face becamo very
pale, but ho continued to smilo.
The polico mado a rush to his assist
ancn, but soon found that ordinary push
ing and shoving would notdrivo away
the too enthusiastic admirers, so thoy
drew thoir clubs and literally clubbed a
passageway to him. Thon with two
policomen aboad of him, two on each
aide and two behind him, a way was
forced to tho sidewalk, where another
crowd mado things interesting until
thoy got him in u carriage. Ho was
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