The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-04
LEADING EDITORIALS.

| UNl1Q Dalh lfgGn viii Cancer ass
| Oh Bryan. engagement to make a
leciuring tear Of the
country. isls first effort In Atlantic was rot
4 brilliant success There Was nothing in
aressiSe either in ths slRisriai OF his DIS
course or ia Ihe manner OF its delivery.
aud the box receipts we're not large ecogsh
to Yield mitch profit to his esploi,ers.
1 Numerous statements have been made
about the lecturer and his future move
1 rents One OF the stories is that Colonel
! McBee, who had expected 10 cover his
losses on certain unfortunate election
bets, has transferred his contract. with
! Mr. bryans consent, 10 3 firm IN Green-
| Vile. s. C.. and that Mr Bryan has about
| reached the conclusion ihe, he was not
cut cut for lecturer. There j. big
difference between speaking Ia mixed
! crowd IN an exciting political campaign
snd 10 house fun OF digni'icd noood!ss
IN time OF profound pesce-bstWcen
free show ana pay Performance. be-
tween set address on economic questions
ard stump speech Mr.. Br2n TALKED
himself out in the late campaign and real
Is has nothing rsw TO say His managers
would probably save uorey Ia stopping
ROW and Mr.. Bryan would certainly es-
cape much rnwarrsnied and unjust cfiii-
oism by retiring from the lecture field
We have noted with much regret the
TA-4s a-4-s 0A AZ tDEfltUtS tAAl aaNE NttA
made about Mr. Bryan and his engage
ment Mother Felton,, Of Georgia. is after
him vita sharp stick she hopes. for
The s2Ge CT his devoted vie tina, he has
. cinch" on the promised fifty thousand /
dollars. hut she declares that his talk in
Atlanta was a dead failure that tho poor |
soul DOUBTLESS did the best he could" that !
the dethronement is couplete when
great reputation FOR oraiory ii prickcd /
into collapse by The speaker h.msat," and |
that there Is no forgiveness for such
sin as that The Macon Telegraph as
serts that "Mr Bryan collapsed because
There as nothing IN him and Benjamin
VI Blackburn Of the Atlanta Commercial,
one Of Nj Bryan's stanchest supporters in
the late campaign. deuounces him for SELL
Ing the honors that had been conferred
on MIN by his party 10 theatrical man
agemeat. and dismisses him with these
cruel Words In his case greatness has
snlunk TO understandable mciiocrity. or
mere WAS never any original greatness to
build uion. ic transit gloria mundi"
We protest against the attacks which |
have been made or Mr. Bryan He knows
as much now about free silver and finan-
ciai reform as he knew during his un-
eqrailed fight las; summer and fall. when
he was hailed by he very poor people
who are now deianns him as the Moses
OF g new dispcnsejion. as the greatest
o. ~t'Fh4aAr dAtI Iucft man me Mprli mad
ever known. He is as well qualified to
instruct the people now as he was then
Ills lecture, which is described by Mother
teiton as warmed over victuals" does ,
not suffer hy comparison With his cam.
p2ign speeches. which were said by his
admirers 10 he the greatest speeches ever
ie4fered by public man III is doubt
less noorer man now than he was when ,
pc was making his fight and it Is not 10
'ls d!scEedtt that he should he trying to ,
make q living for himself and family by ,
Employing his exalted talents In the lee
hGo room. Three months ago his promot-
'rs and followers we're willing to wreck
ne Finances aud commerce Of the country ,
10 iii h'm In tho White House nov thoy ,
protest against paying for tho privilege a
7 hearing his views, the triumph az
which they regarded only few shor, :
Neehs ago as necessary TO the uplifting OF ,
ne human race and the glory of the
nted States. They are a mean. CON p,
-emptbie picayunish set Of false friends ,,
"ho were willing enough to creep under +
ne canvas when the circus was going or. ,
put VIII not pay penny for the leslu-
mate political drama
All the talk about Mr.. Brynn's disgrace
ng his cause by delivering lectures upon d.
l, or selling himself to theatrical man ..
isement, is unjust to him and disgraceflu d.
% MS assailents. How is he TO live and
support his family # he is not to be per .
utted to open his mouth? To cut him off i
rom his only visible means OF support D.,
$ nm outrage. J.