San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-21
BRYAN TALKS FOR cAsH.

On Il AN Il 1ALhO rOh OASI1.
Bryan's remarkable record a;
a speech maker has astonisheC
the American people. But II
turns out that the "Boy Orator
is coming money out of his
wind ;he has become such a draw.
ing card that towns must raise
money to hear him eXhOrt; his
fee ranges from $50 to $500.
Chicago, Oct. 13.-As | have
stated three times without it's
being contradicted, Mr.. Bryan is
charging the towns he stops in
a sum of money before he con-
sents to make a speech, and it
may be of interest to those in the
east who have read these state
ments to know that the sound
money Democratic committee
has officially issued a bulletin
making this specific charge.
Persons who live in the various
towns where the money had been
collected told me of the plan
which is now being pursued by
the POppOcrats to raise money to
carry Bryan over the country,
and so there was no doubt from
the first that these statements
were correct, but Mr.. Bynum and
his fellow members on the Dem
Ocratic sound money committee
collected data from various cities
and states, and now present the
matter in an official form.
1t will be interesting to know
that Mr.. Bryan charges from $50
to $500 for his talks on free sill
yer. In fact, everything is free
in his schemes, except his speech
es. When he passed through Hi
nOis on his way to New York the
second time the northern cities
in this state rebelled greatly a.
gainst this tax, and when he went
through Indiana last week some
of theltowns openly rebelled, and
Noblesville being unable to col
lect $50, Mr.. Bryan did not stop,
while at Logansport, when they
found they could not raise 5000,
Mr.. Bryan gave them $50 worth
of talk and then passed on to an
other town, where they collected
money enough to hear him talk
for half an hour. 1t cost Aber-
deem, S. d., $500 before Bryan
opened his mouth, and the people
are so mad for having been mulct-
ed that amount that they are tel
egraphing towns along Bryan's
route telling them not to spend
money foolishly, but let the ''Boy
Orator" go on.
There is a great deal of difficult
ty in fixing Bryan's itinerary in
Illinois and Ohio. The trouble is
that the Popocrats in the country
don't want to waste money in
paying for Bryan's train to stop,
and therefore no itinerary has
been announced. 1t is stated at
headquarters here that as soon as
"a few details are arranged" the
route will be announced. The
"few details" are simply whether
these towns can collect money
enough. The people of the mid
die west are getting very sick of
having to pay Bryan so much a
word for the speeches, and the
committee is having a hard time
in finding towns willing to put up
the money.
Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 10
(SpeciaD-The story about the
charges assessed upon local com
mittees for Bryan speeches is
known here to be true, for that
was the rule in this state when
Bryan ran through last week. 1t
will be so when he returns, too.
On his tour last week the
charge upon local Popocratic
committees was so a minute for
speeches from the car platform,
and the train stops were made on
that basis, When Bryan left the
train the charge was on the hour
basis-S3e0 an hour-and the re-
tail business men were expected
to make up the fund. These as
sessments, it was said here, go to
the PODOcratic national commit