Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-06-03
Grand Ovation Given
To Congressman Lentz Last
Night.
Breathless Attention Given to Speech Of
Three and a Half Hours by an
Immense Audience.

Nothing like the grand ovation
given by the people of this city last
night to Hon. John j. Lentz, Of Ohio,
was ever before witnessed in Salem.
1t was grand and enthusiastic vel
come from the thinking people of the
Capital City of Oregon, to the brill
liant and talented Congressman from
the Capital district OF Ohio. The
meeting was held at the armory under
the auspices Of the Union committee
in behalf OF that ticket and the large
audience was composed Of representa-
tive people of all political parties.
The armory was full of people
at 8 o'lock when the speaker was in-
troduced 10 few we'll chosen words
by Hon. w. II. Holmes and at l1:40
when the immense audience, as one
man was making the rafters ring with
shouts for the combined foes to gold
bug monopoly, there was not vacant
seat IN the hall and scores of people
were standing crowded in the alsles.
A clearer, abler, brighter, more forci-
BILE and convincing political speech
was never made and no orator ever
had better audience.
HEARTFELT APPROVAL,
There was no manufactured enthus.
lasm but rather spontaneous out
break of heartfelt endorsement, as
one by one, the principles and policies
of plutocratic goldbug rule we're held
up iu the light OF truth by master
hand. After hearing Mr.. Lentz
speak, it is easy TO understand why he
was able to be elected to congress from
a district naturally Republican. Mr..
LentZ' stay in Oregon is a brief one,
but the work he is doing is.graud and
one the rank and file, the common peo-
pie as Mr.. Lincoln says, will not be
slow to forget. He has made ad-
dresses to enormous crowds at
Baker City, LaGrande, Union,
Pendleton, Lafayette, Sheridan, AL
bany, Eugene and Salem. he will
speak at Portland tonight and at The
Dalles tomorrow. His iteneracy
through the state has been contin-
uous ovation, the voters recognizing
in him a mighty defender of their
constitutional rights.
MEASURES NOT MEN.
In his mastery speech last night
Mr.. Lentz said no unkInd words of
any man personally and made no re-
mark that could offend the most in
tense partisan.
He dealt with measures not men
But the public acts of Hanna, Elkins
Platt, Mcbride, Tom Tongue and
men of that ilk were open 10 indict-
ment, and were mercilessly scored.
He began with the Tongue episode in
where that gentleman made
a political speech under the Reed
rules Ia reply to circular sent out
by the rational committee and re-
lated how congress adjourned to
avoid haYing the truth as told in
that circular printed in the congress-
sional Record and thus made public.
TONGUES LETTER TO BOB.
He read a remarkable letter of Con-
gresham Tongue to Chairman Bob
Hendricks and analyZed it sentence by
to the delight and amuse
ment Of the crowd. The statement of
Tongue that the Democrats and Pop
ulists had forced the country into a
war when there was not man or a
ship ready was commented upon as a
rather strange statement coming from
a man whose party claimed all the
patriotism and asserted itself to be
the war party. Besides that Tongues
was utterly false, as every
one In The house knew, because there
were men, ships and money ready for
the conduct OF the war.
KINLEY'S FRIENDS,
The statement has been given out
the president in his speeches. This
was seen to be untrue as the unkind-
est thing he said about Mckinley was
that he is a weak, flexible, yaciliat-
ing man, pliable In the hands of the
people who bought the Office for him.
II never said anything half so mean
about the president as DeLome did,"
said the speaker, "but even after the
DeLome incident, Mark Hanna, FL.
kins and Mcbride voted against the
declaration of war with Spain.
LINCOLN REPUBLICANS.
"There are really no Silver Republi-
,aus." he said "their proper name is
Lincoln Republicans, and he pro-
,eeded TO pay an eloquent and mag
liticent tribute TO the sterling integ- |
'ity OF the martyred president and !
quoted from Mr. Lincoln's letters and |
'peeches TO show that he upheld the |
money of the constitution. This line
" argument had telling effect on all !