Why were the speakers like Lease and Bryan popular in the 1890s?

They were popular because they stood up for the common people at that time.

When industry was developing rapidly and the treatment that received by  poor people became worsened.

This was shown in the life of the majority of farmers which basically had to do most of the workload with very little rewards. The speaks that made by people like lease and Bryan addressed this issue and many poor people could relate with them.

Explanation:

Um This Is andriansp answer so this answer goes  to him and Ya ( Ps. I am not trying to copy anyones work just trying to help)

music always has an important role in culture and societies, infact for example rock’n roll music has conditioned different areas of pop culture above all in the 60s. in the modern american society its role is different.

unfortunately many think about how some unfortunate events happened to the columbine high school shootings can be related to rock music just because the teenagers involved listened to this kind of music.

i think that we can valorize the change to take refuge in this genre of music to keep on in everyday life, teenagers are comfortable when they can listen to a song about a specific problem. realizing that someone else is living your personal drama too can them to feel less lonely nowadays.

it would be that mali has the worst literacy rate than the others