Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-24

He Again Interests n Large Audience nj
Metzerott Music Hall

netzsrott music Hail.
Citizen George Francis Train for the second
time during the week addressed his fellow citi-
zens Of Washington at Netzerott Music Hall
last evening. Despite the unfavorabIe weather
quite large number were present. and for two
hours enjoyed the remarkable utterances of the
remarkable man
There could be no doubt that Citizen T0in s
audience OF last evening we're delighted both
with him and also with all he said. for his dis
course was punctuated here and there bv in
qulries snch these: How do you like me?"
did you ever see anything like me beforeI"
How does that strike you:' the replies to
/ these inquiries informed Citizen Train that he
was. among other things. "A daisy" that they
! Never touched him. that he "A lallah. -
and much other similar information. which
| Citizen Train received with the greatest salts
! faction. When he had spoken for some time
| Citizen Tram suddenly said. after pulling out
\ his watch: Would you believe it? Would any
body believe it? Bnt the lecture is over, have
| spoken sixty minutes His audience would not
think OF allowing him to stop. however, and on
\ he went for another hour.
TWO SUBJECTS UNTOUCHED.
/ There few, mighty few, subjects not
touched upon by Citizen Train last evening"
and the ease and tine rapidlty with which he
disposed of them. conclusivelv disposed of
them. was little less than miraculous WASH
/ iugton city came in for a considerable share of
! his attention. and its cabmen were evidently
unappreciated by him. "A great thing In q
great city like this. he savagely remarked ''for
| IA cabman to charge mar 81 for ride of
: few squares just like the hotels of America.
| Must ca! everything on the bill of fare. Paid
! for Il. Obnsed TO. Only want a cup of coffee.
but must take everything else. Great idea
that
COMMENTS on THE STAR.
The newspapers of the city were also at
tended to and he said of THE STAR: II never
got more courteous and gen .lemanly welcome
! than that giver. ne by The STAR. Its account
of nv Tuesday evening lecture was fair. clean
cut. II honorable. Didn't give me
| much space as | deserved. Satisfied, however.
Take what you get.
Some one had COMPOUNDED Citizen Train with
Marx Twain He did not like it and referred
to the huClorist a little insignificant fellow.
, I'm no humorist." he exclaimed. II am a
psychological tornado, a sweeping cyclone of
. irresistible force. Impossible to stand before
me. Abo'e e.scy -nins. Those who do not re-
spec. me shall fear me-
Again referring IA newspapers he said ii was
time the people Of t;.e country knew ali about
them. In EussLa -As-e va. what was known as
n '.Tschiu-'' It controlled everybody and
everything. Nothing co:i3 be done without it.
The ''Tschiu in thi. country the press
and the politicians. anu through them the
grardest country the world had ever known
was being destroyed. the politicians were all
alike. There had been no difference between
the democratic and republican parties for
twenty-five years. and there was no difference
between them ROW.
THE MOSEyED POWER.
Speaking Of the mcneyed power, Citizen
Train mvsteriously Remarked: They say jay
Gould is dead. Not SO. know that / know six
men just like j. q. If j. q. died WHY didn't
they enbalm him? Had money enough. Never
entaimed. They say he had funeral. If
he had. every nourner was detective"
Again reverting TO the press ne said: ''You
don t know 1t. but the New York Herald has
been i'll the hands of q receiver for fifteen years.
The small and Distress and other papers OF
that city also doomed. I'm after them.
They can I escape me. January i. 1898. / de-
stroyed the Associated Press and the United
Press. which now controls the wires of the
world. exists only at my pleasure. 1t will ex-
ist. too. only just so long as it does right. The
New York papers dare not mention me.
Afraid to. l tell you they will gladly do SO be-
fore long. for I've got them where the capillary
substance IL tender"
Citizen Train informed his hearers that he
invented the word crank A man of col
lossal intellect. said he. was a crank only sc
long as ne remained unsuccessful. When he
succeeded and the world appiauded. he was
then a genius and nothing was too good for
him. Among the cranks of the world he named
Ericsson. who built the despised cheesebox. the
Monitor. Farraday. Morse and Edison 1.-THE
wizard. the greatest man of tine age.
WHAT he THINKS OF WASHINGTON
The city of Washington was again referred to
by Citizen Train and he said: Il believe there
are more dives and gambling bells. more catgut
whisky, less energy and fair dealing in Wash
lESton than In any other great city on the
globe. Washington Is a great beautiful cItv
Vet Is mi Fa tn hs.
extent OF 500 Ard what's the advantage of
living here? Simply to be forever disenfraE-
chiSed- The United States il the only country
to have its capital stuck off to the side where
il could be knocked down by any power that
would take that trouble. The capital should be
moved. Put IL in the middle of the country.
IL the Constitution SAYS II must be where 1T is.
d--n the Constitution. | say
As usual. Citizen Train. in closing his lecture
invite: his audience to put any question to him
they pleased. The audience 9G.ckiy accepted
the invitation and fired :nuumer.5ie queries at
him. They were all answered. answered too
to the evident satisfaction of Citizen Train and
his interrogators. lnansTering their questions
Citizen Train said:
Mr. CLEyELAND's ELECTION.
"Grover Cleveland is indebted to no one but
himself for his eiecIion-except myself" Zone
billion dollars have been stolen from the United
States treasury and in less than sixty DAYS the
records there will be burned to hide the steal"
Il respect all churches. but belong to none. /
happen to be great mOralist. But that is a
mere accident. Futures something
which do not exist-the selling of grain before
il is sown. the sale of pork before the swinish
Romeo and juliet have even met" ''All-night
sessions of Congress are simply gigantic poker
parties. Turning back the congressional
clock Is outrage on the Constitution"
The last question put to Citizen Train was:
What do you think OF YOURSELF? His reply
was: Il am the bigges. thing that has ever been
produced at short notice III the history OF the
universe. Then. amid cheers Citizen Train
announced that. obeying an irresistible force, he
would again lecture here ard would do at
Metzerott Hall tomorrow evening at o'clock.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS DESIRE.