Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1899 — BRYAN AT THE DOLLAR DINNER. [ARTICLE]

BRYAN AT THE DOLLAR DINNER.

Silver Leader Arouses Enthusiasm at the Jefferson Banquet. Three thousand people of both sexes and of all classes and conditions sat down at the doljar Jeffersonian dinner in the Grand Central Palace at New York. More than 600 waiters were required to attend the guests. The first course was served shortly before 7 o’clock. The menu included soup, fish, roast beef, turkey, ice cream, coffee and cigars. Three thousand bottles of wiue were gratuitously served by a wine company. The arrival of William J. Bryan was the signal for a tremendous outburst of cheering. Among those who sat at the guests’ table were: James R. Brown, presiding: on his right, W. J. Bryan; on his left, Charles A. Towne of Minnesota; O. H. P. Belmont. William 8. McNary, secretary of the Democratic State committee of Minnesota; Mayor J. L. Rhimoohs of Covington, Ky.; Bolton Hall, George Frederick Williams. ex-Congressman William E. Ryan of Rochester, A. 8. Towson of Virginia, Col. Thomas Smith of Virginia and John Clark of Ridpath.