Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1891-05-08
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NEw NonK. April gs-A performances
81 'Nleopatra held the boards II the
broadway theater until late Saturday
night After IL was finished the stage
was sct for a parlor Gene. and Miss
Anna Dickinson appeared 10 deliver a
lecture upon Personal Liberty" IL
was her first public appearance since
her confinement In an insane asylum
There was not = large audience. but
those present welcomed her with APP
plause. She was attired In white with
black trimming. The corsagc was cut
low and red roses were fastened 10 H.
Miss Dickinson opened her address
with a violent attack upon the repub-
lican party and with bitter words
against various persons prominent In
public life. The personal characteriza-
lions were In many instances such that
ladies who occupied orchestra chairs
arose and with their escorts left the
theater She paid little or no attention 10
these reflections.
Miss Dickinson frequently punctuatcd
her u~tterances by appealing 10 her
hearers with this question; "Wcll,
folks, do you think / am insanc?" She
spoke of the acknowledgement as
"Mcrciful Heaven Wanamaker." This
queer remark was received with Kisses
She dwelt ut great length upon what
she termed the private character of MIR.
Wanamaker and ]. :. Clarkson. Her
imprisonment at the Danville insane
asylum was her chief theme
She declared IL was due 10 n con-
spiracy of J. S. Clarkson, Col W. w.
Dudley and senator Quay. They wanted
her, she said, 20 stump the country for
them In the campaign of lsss and she
was given n blank check 10 I'LL in for
whatever compensation she wished.
The provision. however, she declared,
was that she should not speak at all
about the black man. II was poor"
she continued, but as heaven Is my
witness / did not want their money be-
cause they wanted my voice 10 be silent
on the slave question"
Then Miss Dickinson, accompanied
by her lessened audience, with counte-
nanoes indicating pity and regret,
rambled on about n visit 10 Mr.. Harri-
son at indianapolis. She avowed that
she was promised 81, $50 for every
speech she made in lsss and S., 900 each
II her candidates should be successful.
She then turned her attention toward
General Butler. aud these are some of
her words: ''The papers have said that
there has been n controversy between
us. Mr.. Ilutler has written me letters,
and they were addressed 10
Lizzie. lie is the only
man who has ever addressed
me by my middle name. lie knew
what he was doing, but he will answer
for II all in a court OF law. ! have had
unnumbcred sorrows, and ! do not
place n mask or veil over any of them"
Speaking over her theatrical expert
ence. the lecturer declared in vehement
terms that the press of the country had
maligned her. She never lost money
by the venture. Her income from long
ago, she said, had been $40, 900 annually.
She had lost si9O, OOc in bond specula
tons.
Passing from her stage experience
Miss Dickinson stated what she de-
clared were the reasons for her coniine.
ment in the asylum. She made the
statement that she had been opposed
TO the republican party and she charged
that party with placing her in the
asylum. She declared, in the next
breath, that the defeat of Mr.. Cleve
land in lsss was due to the fact that she
had been in the ranks against him
Then she rambled again toward British
politics, and spoke of dining with
Parnell and thinking him /,
'little tin god on wheels" TIL,
democratic party of the country. sh,
said, was trying to dethrone him. Their
she Landed the democratic party, ant
4 resortcd again tosuch personalities tina
her uttcrances were Missed, and more o
. her audience left.
/ When it was all over many OF thos,
: friends who had remained with grow
/ ing sadness until the end slowly filed
4 out of the playhouse with words OF
commiseration and with faces upor
. which was evidenced the fact that
r sorrowful conclusion had been reached
T. THE REFuNDiNG PROBLEM.