Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-04-13
ATTACKS
MCKINLEY.
SENATOR LENTZ STATES A FEW
WHOLESOME TRUTHS.
Il is the Fall of stocks the Admins
traiiOn Fears More Than War or
It's Results.

Following the information that the
president had again succumbed to the
demands of Wall street on kilograms
received, and had refused to submit
his promised u1timation to congress,
and during the debate on the army
bill, Senator Lentz, in the course of
his remarks in opposition to the bill
declared that there would be no war,
that the peace party" which was
specializing in stocks and bonds would
prevail. He said there was an ire
conciliable disparity between the rea-
sons given for the delay of the presi-
dents message and the dispatches
from Havana. The message had been
postponed because Americans could
not get out of Havana, yet the press
dispatches said all was quiet in Ha-
vana and that General Lee said he had
not been recalled. He denounced the
kilograms he and other members were
receiving, unging them to stand by
the president and said they were die
tated by financial greed.
Mr.. Lentz referred to the note pre-
scented by the powers. He read from
it the words about the hope for peace
n the settlement of the existing "dif-
ferences with SPAIN
eve have no differences with
Spainv' he cried. 1--WE have 200 as
sassinated Americans whom Spain
must account for" applause in the
galleries.)
yesterday, he said, 1--WE had this
house filled, the galleries overlooked
and the Capitol grounds were covered
with people, all expecting the presi-
dents message which might lead to
war, but finally, in the afternoon,
word came that message had been
received from Consul General Lee in
Havana, indicating that he wanted
time, and the message was delayed on
that account. Now 1 don't believe
anybody has authority for the state
ment from the administration or any
other official that justified the rumor
that prevailed here yesterday. A tele-
gram by the Associated Press yester-
day said that all was quiet in Havana
and that General Lee told a cores
pondent that he had not been request
ed to leave. The other newspapers,
notably the New York Journal, have
similar dispatches. If these statements
are true, there was nothing to justify
the statement sent to the Capital yes
terday. 1 say there will be no war"
Continuing, he charged that Con-
gress was being overwhelmed by te1e-
grams, dictated by commercial
greed" all of which he declared eman-
ated principally from Wall street and
Lombard street. ''It is the old ques-
ton of the almighty dollar said he.
at is the fall of stocks. the gentler. en-
who control the administration fear
more than war. They care nothing
for the 200 assassinated Americans
who went down in the Havana harbor,
but they care everything for 90 cents
plus cent. 1 say, my friends, that
we owe an apology to Judas Iscariot.
say he ought to be brought back I'd
deified. If Judas lived in this age he
would not have gone to the potter's
field and hanged himself. He would
heve been to the United Stated Senate
in due time daughter and applause
on the Democratic side.)
Mr.. Lentz proceeded to read from
the New York Journal statements to
the effect that delay in the message
helped stock jobbers and that they had
had advance information. He read
from the various stock reports to show
that stocks went up all along the line
when the news was received that the
message would not go to Congress SIS
Yesterday, In conclusion, he referred
to the note OF the powers to the gov
eminent and its response.
"Coin' Harvey Better.