The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-05

he got to tho issue" and here are some OF thu
assorted gems that decorated his remarks ant
aroused the appreciation OF his hearers. Herr
are few samples;
| When this brutal campaign not only
against our S2-a-head Filipinos but agains
our Anso lean institutions as we'll Is beinf
| carried Gu. It is time for us to rush to thu
! rescue"
Tho money issue will keep. but II you muir
| der ARunaldo you have destroyed one OF the
| heroes OF the world"
AT this the edlfyine spectacle was afford.
ed OF an American audience getting &c
its feet and cheering the name OF man
with whom the nation Is at war For after the
applause which greeted Aguinaldo's name had
died down. man in the audience called out:
CHEERS FOR AGU1NALDo.
Three cheers for Aguinaldo." and the
cheers were enthusiastically given.
Other observations by Mr.. Lentz we're:
Il fail TO see Why It was not as appropriate
for Aguinaldo as for Patrick Henry to say.
Give me liberty or give me DEATH"
The President calls Congress in extra ses-
sien to pass Dingey Tariff Bill. but he keeps
Congress thousand miles away while no is
reversing the action OF Washington and Jelfer-
son to carry on q brutal war at the ends OF the
earth"
Mckinley says that when he has killed
Aguinaldo. we'll give the Fippinos stable
government. It's fraud and cowardce and
brute force against law.
Tom Reed refused to be speaker because he
knew he'd have to ratify that policy Of
McKinleys."
III we can buy Filipinos at So apiece. we can
sell mon. Let's sell the State OF Maine to Great
Britain. She wants it. / wouldn't wonder IL
she'd give us 500 apiece for the citizens. and
we'd get back our $2O.000.0O0 that We gave
Spain for the Filipinos."
The seat OF EN- 2ire 10 going west. Well
govern this country on the other side Of the
Alleghanies lcheers.l How can we govern
the FipinoA? Do you people know enough to
govern New York city? Iories OF no. no. and
appause.l II we keep the Philippines we
subject our flag to insult from four navies.
any ono o: which may be more powerful than
ours: the Russian. English. French and Ger
man"
"ARuinado is the man who compelled tho
Snaniards to surrender Manila. yet these men
Dewey and Merritt. said to him you shall
not enter the city
This war will cost you millions and tens OF
millions Of dollars. and thousands and tens OF
thousands Of your sons.
THE national Administration is only seek-
ing an army large enough to keep 1t In power"
Mr.. Lentz'S speech closed the meeting.
Congressman Lentg launched an Altgeld
boom for the Presidency. In the course OF his
address he turned toward Altgeld and said:
However much may insist on the renomi-
nation OF Bryan for the Presidency recognize
in Altged the brains OF the Democratic party
to-day. He is the philosopher Of the Democratic
party.
There Ia no man to compare with Jefferson
in this generation except Altgeld. God in his
wonderful chemistry sees 6t to raise up
once in generation man fit to
be remem bered. He raised up Wash
ngton. Thirty years later he produced
Sefferson. In another generation jackson:
after thirty years more Lincoln. and now in the
closing days OF the century we have Altgeld.
who is the martyr OF this decade"