The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-04-30
SHOWED HER TEMPER.

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Anna Dickinson Makes Painful Exhtbi.
tion During Lecture In Now York-A
Violent and Incoherent Attack ON Many
Prominent Men.
New YORK, April 27.--At the Broad.
way theater Sunday night Anna Dick.
inson delivered lecture upon .sPer-
sonal Liberty" 1t was Miss Dickin-
son first public appearance since her
confinement in an insane asylum and
her deliverance therefrom. When she
walked forth upon the stage there was
not large audience awaiting her, but
those present welcomed the gifted
woman with applause.
She opened her address upon :Per-
sonal Liberty" with a violent attack
upon tie republican party and with
bitter words against various persons
prominent in public life. The
personal characterizations were
in many instances repugnant to
decency, and ladies who oc-
cupied orchestra chairs arose and
with their escorts left the theater.
Miss Dickinson paid little or no atten-
ton to these defections. She frequent
~ punctuated her lutheran ,es bv an.
pealing to her hearers with this cues
ton: ''Well. folks, do you think me in
sane?"
She spoke of the postmaster general
as "Merciful Heaven" Wanamaker.
This queer remark was received with
Kisses. She dwelt at great length
upon what she termed the pri-
vate character Of Mr.. Wanamaker
and j. $. Clarkson. Her i'm
prisOnment at the Danville insane
asylum was her chief theme She de-
clared it was due to a conspiracy of j.
s. Clarkson, Col. w. w. Dudley and
Senator Quay. They wanted her,
she said, to stump the country
for them in the campaign of
1888 and she was given blank check
to fill in whatever compensation
she wished. The provision, however,
she declared, was that she should not
speak at all about the black man. 81
was poor" she continued, but, as
heaven is my witness, did not want
their money because they wanted my
voice to be silent on the slave cues
ton
She vowed that she was promised
IS. $50 for every speech she made in 1888
and IS 900 each if her candidate was
successful. After bitterly referring to
various party leaders, she turned her
attention toward General Butler, and
these are some of her words:
1.-The papers have said that there has
been conspiracy between us. Yes,
Mr.. Butler has written me letters and
they were addressed to Lizzie. He is
the only man who has ever addressed
me by my middle name. He knew
what he was doing, but he will answer
for it all in a court of law. have had
unnumbered sorrows and l do not
place a mask or veil over any of them"
Speaking of her theatrical expert
ence, she declared in vehement terms
that the press of the country had
wronged her. She never lost money by
ago, she said. had been $40, 900 annual
ly. She had lost $3.50, 900 in speculation
bond speculation.
Passing from her stage experiences,
she gave what she declared were the
reasons of her being confined in the
asylum. She made the statement
that she had been opposed to the
republican party, and she said
she charged that party with placing
her in the Danville asylum. She
gleefully declared in the next breath
that the defeat of Mr. Cleveland in 1883
was due to the fact that she had been
in the ranks against him. Then the
speaker rambled again toward British
politics. She spoke of dining with Par
nell and thinking him "a little tin god
on Wheels
Then she lauded the democratic party
and resorted again to such personalities
that her utterances were Kissed and
more of her audience left As the few
who remained to the close of the
harangue were leaving the theater ex-
pressions were heard on every hand of
pity for Miss Dickinson and also asse1-
tions that her once brilliant mind had
unquestionably given way.
BADLY AilRT