Show MR BRYAN TO HIS CRITICS Sons Ktasojs Wily He Entered the Liciure Field lie llotiai u > NtniiU or lull TTIIh 111 Haa Nol rII 10 sent GralorY AUU3IUA Qa Jan 15 Tho following follow-ing letter lu I which Mr Bryan replica to those who crltlclzji his recent venture Into the lecture Said Is pub Ilihod with Mr Ilryana eJluenl LINCOLN Neb Jan 0 1697Mr Hugh MltldletoLi Dear kilt1 read n few days ago an article which my old friend ram Cobb wrote In my de tans and today I haVo seen your reply to some hostile criticisms Cheat cccaalooa do not come everyday every-day and < they cannot be manufactured A speech bbould bu judged by the circumstances which Surround It and by the purpose for which III Is made Illy Atlanta lecture it tIlIer1i before tko ell leago oJIIeollon would have been a failure but no mure not In my judgment than my convention speech would have ben bad I delivered II I Asa As-a lecture before my Atlanta audience At Chicago my object Wild to answer the arguments Which bad bad U brought against cur platlorm and to Impress upou tbu delegates tbe rlgutoousneaa of our cause At Atlanta I deaircd lo put cs clearly and precisely as lolblo a Iw suggestions tu regard to tile govern moot Us uses silo abuses rise political friendships which I have formed have as a rule bean with those who agree with ma lu par pose rather than with those who pralae Ibo manner of my speeches I maybe at fault In not giving more attention to ornamollloo but each one has Ills Ideal I rise highest compllmonto Paid to mi according to my estimate uompll menla have been paid by those who have become convinced by my or gutnent or who have been ultablrd to secure new arguments for tbelr owu use 11 my yull to Atlanta results lu making those present realizelbe duties of citizenship and awakened lu tboui a keener Interest In the nttiirs of stay elements my Iolulo was II mucceer IL woui I have boO a allure no matter how much ot applause I might have won had I tailed to Impics them will the great Importation ol the Ideas which ulsousaeJ I uo not snow how uucn lecturing I shall do anl ram r-am quite IndlUerem as to my relative position among these who speak from the platlormbut hope tb > t no friends will be worried about any criticisms I which may bo laid against me I expect to stand or fall lu public call mm lion accotdlLg tu my Ideas not according accord-ing lo my oratory Very truly yours yoursW J UrvAN |