Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-06
BRyAy's DISAPPOINTING It,
TOUR

Hastlnge Tribune: Three years ago there
were $4,000 people in Hastings to hear
Bryan crate. but Monday Of this week there
were less than 1,1OO. This reminds us that
you can fool some OF the people all the
time, but you can't fool all the people all
tho time"
Auburn Post Think Of that great reform
party that is feminist trusts, corporations
combines and everything else employing
three special trains to take their speakers
from town to town to talk to the dear peo-
pie. Sutherland has train, Governor Poyn-
ter has train and w. J. Bryan has a
train. Such sight is enough to make the
Goddess OF Liberty on the dome OF the cap
itol weep.
Minden Gazette: Bryan said in hio speech
last Monday that farmers were getting only
30 cents bushel for their wheat, when az
tho time ho said 1t the elevator men were
paying so cents. He only lied 90 cents Il
bushel, but If you take the wheat crop o.
the whole country it would be a pretty big
lie, wouldn't It? And IL he would lie about
one thing wouldn't he be just as apt to do
tho came about other things?
Broken Bow Republican: The populist
speakers seem to have had a very hard road
TO travel this campaign. The voters do not
attend their meetings in large numbers and
When they do they have frequently been
opposed by their own parties. Several in
stances have, been reported where only
Tour, six, ten or fifteen were present. Then
at west Union, Westerville, Milburn, Dale
ana number of school houses their own
people have publicly opposed the speakers
ana in some instances gave their reasons
why they could not longer support the pop
ticket
North Platte Tribune: The Bryan meet
ing in this city last Tuesday was in no wav
success and the result was a great dis
appointment to the fusionists. The meet
ing had been widely advertised in every
precinct in the county and 1t was expected
that 500 or 800 farmers would come in to
hear the windjammer. These expectations
fell short, very short; there were not to
exceed 15O farmers in town that day and
only part of them attended the meeting
Ihe opera house was fairly well filled
with men, women and children. the two
latter class forming nearly one-half the
audiencc. Bryan was disappointing to
many and the general verdict among fair
minded people is that Bryan is at present
more or ward politician than a states
man and that he uses abuse instead OF ar
gument.
Anna journal: The following Is from
the ready-to-wear editorials sent out TO tba
populist papers by Charles Q. DeFrance. an
emPloye at the state house: "You repub-
iicans VINO are so ndustriously circulating
stories about Bryan to the effect that he
charges and collects from 5000 to s4O0 for
each speech he makes in the campaign must
eitner put UP proof or be branded as scoun-
ureily lars-that's the plain English of
II. VINO pays him this 5000 to S4OO or any
other sum? Do you know ANYBODY who
eVer contributed a cent to a fund intended
10 pay Bryan any sum whatever for making
pohtical speech? If so, give name. ad
uTess. GATE, etc. The fact is that Brvan
uoes not receive cent of nav for his
speeches in this campaign Citizens of the
piace ne Is to speak usually contribute money
10 hlre hall and band and advertise his
meetings. But Bryan pays his own trav-
ellhs expenses himself. Hearsay won't 90
we must have facts known to you. Now
put up or shut up" Here are some facts
known to us and can be substantiated. The
business men of Alma were assessed $40
On last Saturday by the Bryan managers
10 pay Tor the travelling expenses of Mr.
Bryan, and If you must know names we
refer you to j. B. Billings and C. L. Myers
business men of this city, to whom a sub
scrlption paper for the purpose of raising
the amount was preseQted. The amount was
raised and forwarded to the managers of
Colonel Bryan.