The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-24

hon seys he is ready for any ssht Of
4 am acquainted in nearly every
home in Reno county, he said TODAY
and If Morse wants to make a rgnt on
me ! am not afraid of its outcome.
However. fight may not be necessary
Department Commander A. W. smith
says that Governor Bailey has not treat
ed the old soldiers right in the matter
of appointments. He says that Ad-
/ Jutant General Kelsey is the only old
soldier holding good place under the
Bailey administrat ton And vet the
main charge of the boss busters against
Governor Bailey is that he allows an
old soldier TO boss him This old SOL
der is Cyrus Leland Leland may not
work as hard at the old soldier business
as some others. but he is one just the
same
In a recent letter in the Chicago Rec
ord-Heraid. William E. Curtis. the vet
eran Washington correspondent writes
Of Chautauqua assemblies and their at
fractions In il he has the following to
say Of the Rurton-Tillaan debates
The sensation OF this season has been
Senator Tillman Of South Carolina who
has appeared at twenty-five or thirty
places in the west to abuse the Niger
for 800 a performance. while Senator
Burton Of Kansas abs been willing TO
serve as punching bag for him ana
has received SIS a performance. TiIfnlan
roars and shrieks like a demon Then
Burton comes forward and goes through
a weak and perfunctory defamation in
defense Of human rights. referring 70
Bleeding Kansas. John Browns body,
that goes marching on, and Abraham
Lincoln's sublime act of emancipation.
This gives the audience a rest and
change and offers Tillman an oppor-
tunity TO go through his -nigger-baiting'
act again II is net very dignified
States TO be engaged in for it Is simply
money making speculation like any
vaudeville stunt
Some of the information which Mr..
Curtis gives along this line is quite in
teresting- 1t also shows that Burton
and Tillman trotted along with the
cheap skates" at Chautauqua attrac-
ions. He says:
Some OF the Chautauquas are private
enterprises managed by individuals for
profit. At all of them seasons tickets
are sold at prices ranging from 81 TO
s. a season. which admit the holder to
the grounds and TO all the entertain
ments. while single admissions are sold
for % cents. The proceeds of the sale
of season tickets are expected TO pay
all OF the fixed expenses. including the
fees to lecturers. and in that way funds
ranging from $4,000 to $1,000 are pro-
vided in advance so that the managers
can make their programmes and secure
their talent as they call it, several
months ahead through the lecture
agencies
mrs. Maud Darlington Booth is more
in demand thar any other lecturer. but
she limits her dates. and receives from
$500 TO $500 for each engagement Sam
Jones. the buffoon preacher. fills moTe
dates than any other person ana Is
making large income. for he demands
5000 every time he delivers one of his
vulgar and blasphemous discourses-
w J. Bryan was formerly the
strongest attraction and after his rTeSi-
Dental campaign was often paid as
high as $500 for lecture He did not
consider this sufficient and insisted
uDon dividing gate receipts which paid
enormously at first, but he IS now
plaved out. Public curiosity has been
gratified and his receipts are now quite
small
For more than q year he lectured every
dav for $40 and 500 for each appear
ance but has fallen into the ranks OF
the commonplace and is glad TO get
500 a night now 80
..-rte same Is true Of Miss Ellen NJ
stone At ersr she received $500 a lee
t1re. but her value as an attraction
lasted only one season Madame TsiiEza-
her companion. with her baby that was
born in the wilderness Is now great
card and receives 5000
Booker Washington appears very
seldom. although he has many offers
and can make his own price he mas
been offered 500 a night for lvV nignts
..The .stea dies who are always
wanted and are alwa--s welcomed. are
Or Frank GunsauIus. DR.. Hills. Gen
John 2. Gordon. Gen. o o. Toward.
Henry Watterson. Senator Dolliver.
champ Clark. Gen Fitzhugh Lee.
George r Vending. and others. who
are paid from 500 10 $500 a lecture"