Show BRYAN ENTERTAINED DINES WITH JOHN KEIT > ATt > AT DEMOCRATIC CLUB Now Yorkers Fill the Reception Room and Givo the Nebraska i Warm Welcome I New York Jan 23 William Jennings Bryan took breakfast at the Hoffman house this morning with a number ot I free silver and singletax leaders 4 About noon Dr Leypon of Brooklyn an I nntlImperlalist called with two Filipinos pinos but Mr Bryan refused to see them Mr Bryans callers today were nearly all sllvcrltes Tho gold Democrats Demo-crats held aloof Tonight Mr Bryan dined at the Democratic club as the guest of President Presi-dent John W Kellar with twelve others oth-ers The clubhouse was crowded from 0 oclock The fact that CoL Bryan was to be n guest at the club caused the I scats In the general diningroom on the third hoer to be at a premium Most of the tables In the general diningroom ere taken possession of as early as 5 oclock Some of the club members ate two dinners and drank twice as much < wine us they wanted waiting for the distinguished Nebraskan to arrive The I rooms and the corridors of the club were thronged long before Mr Bryan arrived Mr Bryan was accompanied to the club by James S Olher sergeantal arms of the National Democratic committee com-mittee Inc exGov Bog of Texas Some one called for three cheers fo I Mr 1 Bryan and they wore given Tho crowd In the corridor was so great that the doorman had some dlfllculty in making a iu ay for Mr Bryan and the others President John W Kellar oC the club pushed his way forward and grasped Mr Bryan by the hand There was a crush In the dining room and many persons wore standing The table at which the fourteen were to sit down was near the Fifth avenue front There were other tables all about It all thronged with prominent I member of the club When Mr Bryan entered the bril liantlylighted room there was much applause There were no decorations Those at the table of honor were John W Kellar W J Bryan Maurice F llolahan exGov Hogg Judge James A OGormnn O H Belmont Norman I E Mack John Whalon John F Carroll Car-roll Thomas F Grady Bernard J York Andrew Freedman Dr J B Cosby and W L Brown There was a runninr n < of conversation conversa-tion on all ldes of lh table Senator Grady and Mr Bryan sot all the guests at ease by telling funny stories and there seemed to be a comradory of the fourteen diners For a little over an hour Col Bryan and his fellowdiners at the little table ate and drank Juel as tho last course had been llnlshed Mayor Van Wyck entered the room Jostled his way over j to the table and sat down at one corner cor-ner between Commissioner Kcllar and M P Bryan When the diners arose the party proceeded pro-ceeded to the large receptionroom Then a line was formed and President Kellar introduced those who shook hands wllh his guest l Nearly all the I heads of the depaitments of the city were represented After all had shaken hands Mr I Bryan stood talking with Mayor Van Wyck The crowd gathered In the parlor par-lor hoping that a speech was to bema be-ma e At a few minutes past 10 oclock Mr Bryan complained of a headache and was driven to his hotel After Mr Bryan had left exGov llaKK said This shows that there Is I no dissension The club has given Mr Bryan a royal reception Of course he Is here not as a guest of the club but you can see that he Is welcomed by all the members Many of the members declared that the reception gave a decided emphasis to the fact that the protest of Doyle Fox and Roosevelt did not represent the sentiment of the members of the club as a whole After the reception Commissioner Kellar said thru he was gratified with what had nasrd I have said all I care to say about this Doyle Fox and Roosevelt letter I have invited Mr Bryan and I would invite him to be my guest despite all they could say I have written to these men telling them just what I think of them If they want to show this letter all right I will not If S |