The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-10
NIX. BRYAN'S ROUTE.
Itinerary of the Nebraskan's Lecture
Tour Practically Fixed.

Itinerary Of the Ncbrnskan's Lecture
| Tour Practically Fixed.
Atlanta Constitution.
The itinerary for the lecture tour OF Hon.
William J. Bryan. though not positively
fixed. is practically arranged.
| Mr.. Alexander Comstock. who has entire
| charge OF arranging the tour. has spent a
busy week OF 1t at his headquarters In the
kimball House. Representatives from
many large cities have called on him per.
sonally to urge that the lecture be delivered
in their cities. His mail has been flooded
with propositions from the larger cities Of
the South and West offering large guaran-
tees to secure the lecture.
A skeleton trip has been agreed on.
which, however, is subject to some changes.
Contracts with all of the cities along the
route have not been sighed, but many OF
them have, enough to give In general
way the line Of march Mr.. Bryan Will
pursue In his great lecture tour.
1t has been definitely decided to begin the
tour from this city. Atlanta has the honor
Of hearing Mr.. Bryan's initial lecture. 1t
is probable that the tabernacle will be used
for the purpose. though this has not been
decided upon positively.
The opening lecture will be delivered here
on the night OF January Is. Mr.. Bryan will
come to Atlanta direct from his home In
Lincoln. Neb. He will leave Lincoln in
time to arrive in Atlanta on the morning
of the 9TH A breakfast will be given hin
Mt tho ISimhaU Houeo ,,udcr tho auericc. of
the Young Mems Democratic club. There
Will be several hundred guests at this
spread.
From Atlanta Mr.. Bryan will go 10 Nash
Vile, and then, in all probability, to the
following cities, unless there is some unex-
rected change in the arrangements:
Memphis, Little Rock Dallas. Austin,
san Antonio, Houston, New Orleans, Mo-
lille, Birmingham, Jacksonville, Savannah,
Charleston. Augusta. Columbia, Richmond.
Louisville, Evansville, st. Louis. Indianan-
oils, Cincinnati, Columbus. Wheeling. Pits
turg. Washington. Baltimore, Albany, But
falo. Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago. Mil
waukee, st. Paul. Des Moines. Omaha.
Kansas City, Denver Salt Lake City,
Butte. Portland, San Francisco and Los
Angeles.
Some of these points may be excluded
because of the lack of buildings sufficiently
large to accommodate the crowd which will
gather to hear the great speaker, AMI
others may be added as the work progresses
everything now being in an embryo
state. ,e
1t is doubtful If Mr.. Dryan's coming tour
VIII approach in bare figures his memorable
campaign trip, when he succeeded in few
weeks in travelling nearly 60 000 miles, over
twice the distance around the earth, max
ing COO speeches and greeting over 10000. 900
people.
To questions regarding the remuneration
that Mr.. Bryan was to receive, MIR. Com
stock declined to reply, saying that the
terms Of the contract were private; but.
nom reliable sources, 1t is learned that the
much heralded press report OF SiO,0 Tor
fifty lectures is below the mark; Mr. bryan
gets more than this. Tho Inquire is such Il
handsome one that Mr.. Bryan's many dis
appointed admirers may take some consola- =
ton in the fact that before the dawn OF the
coming inaugural day ther defeated hut not
vanGuished champion will have earned an
amount almost equal to the yearly salary
of tho president of the United States. This
amount will place Mr.. Bryan, who is now a
poor man. in sufficiently independent cir
cumstances to enable him to devote his
time and labor to the cherished cause OF bi-
metalism.
Judging from the amount OF mail re-
ceived each day by Mr.. Comstock, there Is
nearly as great a demand 10 hear Mr.
Eryan since his defeat for the highest