New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-10
BRYAN OVERWORKED.
HE COMPLAINS THAT COMMITTEEMAN
TAKE HIM TOO FAR FROM HIS TRAIN
TO MAKE SPEECHES

TO MAKE SPEECHES.
Macomb. Ill Oct. s.-william ]. Bryan to-day
asked The Associated Press to make public the FOL
! lowing
The trip would be much easier and much more
fbe Taouest that has been repeatedly made, namely.
that the place of meeting should De at the
where l can speak from the rear of the car o.. or
from p niatfron erected within few feet OF the
train Sometimes committee lhSlsIs On a POI 80
from the station to the middle or the town; even
when the stop is short. Such parade not oniy
the time that might otnerwfs@ oe i ISL
speaking but it adds to the fatigue OF the
and then subjects to the danger OF taxing coIu;
Il then have to ride quarter or half mile in
the carriage l chilled before l can reach IH ne
do and hope that local committees VIII recognize
this and hereafter arrange for speaking at the
stations.
Quincy. H. Oct. 9.-All the members of the
BRYAN party were sleeping soundly this morning
when at $50 o'clock the train pulled into this city
They not, however permitted TO continue
their slumbers long, owing to the calls or the
crowd for Bryan and the beating on the windows.
Mr. Bryan hastily donned his clothes drank a
cup of coffee and was escorted to a carriage Tor
the long drive to Washington Park. where, not
withstandng the early hour, there was a throng
of waiting people, many Of whom had been stand
ing in the chilly air since daylight Mr.. Bryan
smoke on the general issues Of the campaign, say
ing that so large a crowd at so early an hour OF
the day indicated that the people were interested
in themselves rather than in him.
Carthage, III. Oct 9-After leaving Quincy the
next stop was made at Camp Point, where Mr..
Bryan spoke briefly from the rear platform.
Golden was the next stopping place. Mr.. Bryan
discussed imperialism almost exclusively.
In speaking here Mr.. Bryan took cOgnizancfe of
the criticisms of his personal participation in the
campaign, saying:
have been criticised for going before the people
a Presidential candidate and discussing the
questions before the people According TO my un-
and the OtlCehOlder is the servant of the people,
and the citizens have right to know what the
right to come into contact with their public Off
Gals and II eanai9ae loses VqdeS because set me
complain, for it is better to find him out before
the election than afterward If he is bad.
Peoria, Ill, Oct s.-At Abingdon, important
educational centre, Mr. Bryan addressed himself
especially TO the college boys, saying that he liked
to talk to them, because a class they had high
ideals before them, and built their lives upon them
brief stop was made at Galesburg AS the
original programme did not include a speech at
that place. Mr.. Bryan spoke for only about ten
minutes, going hurriedly over the issues of the
campaign. He had big audience and received the
closest attention. Unschedued stops also
made at Yates City, Elmwood and Chillicothe. At
Yates City Mr.. Bryan said there
pitifu sight in the world than that Of a man with
his nose to the grindstone when he turning the
stone himself
When Mr.. Bryan reached the courthouse square
in Peoria he made a somewhat extended speech in
the course of it saying:
am not as rich a man as you would imagine
from reading the Republican papers. 1 find it diff
cult 10 reconcile their statements about my fnan-
cial condition. One time they say that I am so
ambitious that I would spend all my money to be
President, and another time they say that I am
so avaricious that will not make a speech unless
am paid for it. 1 notice criticism in the papers
that the people Of the towns through which our
train passes have contributed to the expenses of
the train and it suggested that was for my
benefit l need not tell you that 1 receive nothing
for making speeches, but, my friends you
to know that when men ride trains they must
either or else the railroad companies fur
nish them with free rides. We do not want a
railroad to carry train free through the State,
and therefore the State Committee paid about $1,000
for the train for yesterday and to-day. We be-
lieve it is better for people to pay their way and
to be independent than to have corporations run
them after election. 1 would great deal rather
have Republican papers criticize because people
along the road pay the expenses OF the train than
to receive free rides from the railroad companies
and have corporations if elected because
they furnished the trains.