| Show KING CENSURES BRYAN + Democratic J eader Turned Down I By Utahs ExCongressman I t I DEfENDS PERRY BELMONT t NO OCCION FOB DEMOCRATIC FAY ROW + Any Old Kind of a Democrat Can Celebrate Jeersons Birthday With Propriety and Bryan Could Popriet ad Bra Coud Attend the Croker BlowautFor the Chicago Platforia te Pltor t Sjec1al to The Herald Washington March 28ExCongre man KIng has postponed his departure for Utah until tomorrow The Evening Star says that Judge King depreatea the fight between Democratic facton which has manifested itself In the BryanBemont correspondence concerning con-cerning the Jefferson banquet The Star adds Utah beIng one of the states where everything is supposed to be for siver and King being a recognized free silver Chicago platform Democrat it is somewhat what significant that he assumed an attitude toward this mater exactly contrary to that lccupied by W J Bryan He mId today that he believed that any man claimIng to be a Democrat Demo-crat could with propriety attend a Jefferson banquet and tat he thought it was unnecessary for thet Democrats to get into a family row over such a mater He said that In his opinion 111 Belmont had a right to get up a Jet ferson banquet or partIcipate in one and to invite such gentlemen as he desired de-sired and that he could see no impro prety in Mr Bryan accepting an invitation in-vitation and beIng present at a Jefferson Jeffer-son banquet with Mr Belmont and Mr Croket and any other gentlemen claiming to be Democrts As far as he was concerned he said if he were invited to a Lincoln banquet he would be glad to attend and do honor to that distinguished statesman He 43id that he thought the Democrats could get together and did not think anything ought to be done to prevent the establishment 01 harmony though of course he would ipsist in adhering to the Chicago platform |
