Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-08-29
"Bryan Day" at cIarinda.

qua to commune with God, whose |
command she disobeys, writes home,to
her paper concerning a speech she did
not hear, and person she did noteven
see, in part as follows:
August 7th was that day, and such
a day. The elements protested furi- |
ouSly for "a hours hours in advance,
yet 900 people come on the special |
trains and over the muddy roads of |
this clay hill region, and half of them
stood up outside of the overcrowded |
tent, in the pouring rain and in pud- 4
dies of muddy water from 2 O'Clock
till till half past four p. m.
/ did not have much curiosity to see
Bryan. My familiarity with his coun-
tenance in the Cresco PLAIN DEALER
had bred contempt for him / presume.
as familiarity is said to do in general
in the human mind; but l was anxious
to see the crowd that brave such in
clement circumstances to greet him.
l saw that crowd, wet, bedraggled,
weary, yet patient, mute, expectant,
till their hero came Then yells.
cheers, howls of delight. Men. and
women carrying little children as wet
and miserable as themselves, listened
to his voice with the look upon their
faces an angel from heaven might
have inspired. <
The assembly management are not
BryaniteS, but they engaged him be-
cause he draws crowd, and crowds
paw money. They stipulated that he
should not discuss politics in his
speech. He stipulated that one-half
of the gross gate receipts of the after
noon should be his, and that no repub-
lican speech should be made upon the
assembly grounds on the day that he
spoke.
Mr.. Bryan received $4,000, or $3.50
per minute for the time he was speak
ing. Had the day been pleasant 1T isl
believed that he would have received
$1,000. Yet he berates everybody else
who earns a large salary and sympa-
thizes with the sioppressed laborer."
His broken faith with the Clarinda
assembly management in regard to
giving a political speech will debar
him from further employment with
him. Can man who will betray a
minor trust be entrusted with the
mighty responsibilities of a nation?
IRENE G. ADAMS.
This paper realizing that Mrs. Adj
ans writes vastly more fiction than
truth, clipped her article from the
Times and sent it to A. B. Robinson,
editor Of the Democrat, published at
Clarinda, with note asking for the
facts as to her statement in regard to
the contract with Mr.. Bryan and other
matters so glibly reported by this
writer of fiction and received this
ronlv.
C1AR1spA. Iowa. Aug. 25. 1899.
W, r, &, +. j. Mead
Sresco, iowa.
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FROM the democrat OF the l'th We
take the followin complete refutation
of Mrs. Adams article, and from whica
we anlGp there are other false wit
nesses than her;
sIt is said the statement in lasi
weeks Herald to the effect that w. j.
BRYAN REQUIRED contracG Uhat no
oI.u, +awona on the dav tbat , a uas
engaged fora speech here, aud that
this should be positive condition of
the CONTRACT. mas gwen some republl-
thn fa ,s st,,tonni for +ba;n u
interests and for the purpose of belit-
telling and miSrepreSenting w. j. Bry-
nornin ' that NO such consnaeS v was
drawn, or even asked for by Mr.. BRYAN,
but that in letter preliminary to the