The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-27
TO MEET EXPENSE OF
 RECEPTION TO BRYAN
PLAN TO RAISE MONEY FOR BIG NEW YORK
 AFFAIR.

Executive Committee Publishes Part of
 Letter of Mir. Bryan to MT. TrOup--
 Care to be Taken That No Money is
 Accepted From Questionable Sources
 Popular Subscription Would Please
 Coming Standardization of Large
 Subscriptions-Bryan to Speak Here
 on the Green.
 New York, July 26.-The executive committee which is in charge of ar engagements for reception to be given to William J. Bryan at Madison Square garden on August 30 made pub lie to-day a portion of letter writ ten by MT. Bryan to Alexander Troup, of New Haven, the treasurer of the committee, concerning the method of securing funds for the reception. MT. Bryan wrote in part as follows:
 There will be some expense, and the committee must see to it that there will be no money accepted from ques- tionable sources; in fact, I think it would be well to announce that the expense would be borne by popular subscription, dollar subscriptions being preferred, but that larger subscriptions would be receved up to 6O, none being received over that Also announce that subscriptions of $5 or more than S5 would be entered in a book, and the names given to any one desiring them. Subscriptions of less than $5 would not be made known without the expressed consent of the subscriber.
 Say that the reception will be made as inexpensive as possible, and that any surplus over and above the ex- pense of the reception will be used to print and circulate the speeches deliv- cred at the reception.
 q think the publication of the sub scrlptions is an important thing. The republicans have failed to pass any ef- fective law in regard to campaign con- tributions, and this will be good re- buke to them, and will foreshadow the adoption of such policy by our next campaign committee.
 You can say, if you like. that I asked to have this plan adopted"
 It was also announced that the ex- ecutive committee has adopted a reso- lution asking all those who wished to defray the expenses to send their con- tributions to Alexander Troup, at New Haven, Conn.
 The executive committee held it's first meeting to-day. Norman F.. Mack of Buffalo presided. Chares +. Murphy and John Fox, of Now York, and David R. Francis, of Missouri, were elected members. Alexander Troup was elect ed treasurer to succeed Nathan Straus, who was unaqol8 to serve.
 Mir. Bryan's suggestion as to the method of securing funds for the re- ception was approved and a sub-com- l7nittee on finance appointed, consisting ofs Alexander Troup, Nathan Straus, ID. J Campau, of Michigan, Francis Burton Harrison and Lewis Nixon.
 It was announced that the railroads hav'e agreed to give a half fare rate plusE two dollars, for round trip tick cts 'to New York from all over the country.
 Various names were added to that of the3 reception committee, including that of Adlai E. Stevenson. On motion of Josiah Quincy of Massachusetts the committee from the anti-imperialist league of that state was added to the reception committee. William Watson, the assistant sergeant-at-arms of the house of representatives, was made sergeant-at-arms of the reception.
 MT. Bryan is scheduled to arrive In New York on August 29. He will go aboard a yacht, and will not land until August 30 at p. n., when he will be driven Up Broadway to Central park, and back to the Victoria hotel. A se- ries of receptions is to follow the one at Madison Square garden. MT. Bry- ans first out-of-town trip will be to New Haven, and, it is said, he will speak from the identical spot where he was interrupted by Yale students on one occasion.