The Topeka state journal., 1900-08-18
BRYAN AT 1890.
Fusion Candidate For President
to Come In Morning.

| W. J. Bryan will arrive in Topeka,
| August 23,, at 1920 a. m. This has been
settled. A telegram was received by E.
R. Ridgely, chairman of the Poulist
state committee, this morning from Mr.
Bryan at Falls City, Neb., stating that
| he would speak in Falls City the even
ing of the 22d and would leave there on
| the Missouri Pacific that night for To-
peka The message stated that he would
| come by way of Atchison or Kansas
| City, just as the committee decided. Mr.
| Ridgely answered telling him that the
| committee thought it best to come d.
rect from Atchison via the Santa Fe
This will put Mr.. Bryan in Topeka at
| 1880 Thursday morning.
A reception will be given Mr.. BTya n
| at the National hotel upon his arrival
| but that will be in the hands of the
Populists and will be more of political
| affair The bands and the Topeka City
Troop will escort the party to the Ma
| tional hotel.
| Mr. Ridgely said this morning that the
programme had not been fully arranged
as the committee can not decide until
later but the following arrangement has
been suggested and it is likely that it
win be carried out without change. The
programme will open with music, after
which Chairman Ridgley will introduce
Justice Doster who will speak for 20
minutes. Following him, T. NJ. Patter-
son, chairman of the Populist national
committee and of the notification COM
Following this will come Mr.. Bryan 5
address.
The committee to select a site for the
notification meeting have decided on the
northwest corner of the state house
grounds where large platform will be
erected. The platform will be 20 by so
feet and will be ID feet high. The exer-
cises will begin about A o'clock and may
be a little earlier, the exact hour not
having been decided upon. The commit
tee decided upon the location because it
is the shadiest and coolest part of the
state house grounds at the hour men
toned. Mr.. Bryan will leave Topeka for
Manhattan the evening of the 23d a
o'clock He speaks in Manhattan the
morning of the oath. at Marysville that
afternoon and in Beatrice, Neb., in the
evening.
The finance committee is meeting with
splendid success as the people are will
ling to aid not for Bryan's benefit, but
for the benefit of Topeka. The business
men are taking a non-partisan view of
the matter, the sensible view, and are
going to do all they can to help the town
make a good showing. The idea of dec
Grating has met with universal approval
and the committee on decorations say
that the town will be decorated in a
manner betting the occasion.
At the Populist headquarters they are
confident that the crowd will be larger
than they first estimated and now put
1t at $4,000. They come to this conclu-
sion from the enormous number of let
ters received from over the state asking
for particulars regarding the meeting
which letters generally state the num-
ber that expect to attend from that
community.
Mr.. Ridgely is anxious to contradict
the report of the Kansas City morning
paper which states that the meeting has
been captured by the Democrats AS a
matter of fact the Democrats have MOTH
ing to do with it as it is the Populist no
tification. He invited Mack Love to ap-
point 100 Democrats from over the state
q a x4-fI
with the POpulist and Silver Republican
committees. This was done as an act of
courtesy The matter is entirely in the
hands of the Populist state committee
and they are being assisted by every
body in Topeka who desire to have the
city benefited.