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not the scatter Drained gentleman
mentioned by Charles Dickens,
but the notorious Chairman OF the
Ohio Republican Committee, and
the confederate Of Hanna, McKin-
ley. Rathbone and Company. This
Mr.. Dick, bV the grace Of corrup-
ZIONIST Hanna, is member of Con-
gress, and on the Military Com
mittee. AS such it was his duty
to attend the meetings and pass
upon the testimony in the Occur
d'Alene mining troubles. Mr..
Lentz had asked for a Congress
sional inquiry, which was granted.
If his grounds were not good it
would not have been, as it involved
considerable expense to bring wit
nesses from Idaho. The hearing
took up months. During all that
time the notorious Dick used every
endeavor to thwart efforts to get at
the truth. A mine had been blown
up by some parties, The Gov
ernor OF the State askt d for United
States troops. No answer was
given. But the mine BELONGED to
the Standard Oil Company, and
on the application Of some monop-
olists next day, the request was
granted. The miners had asked
for arbitration, which is prescribed
by State law. 1t was refused. The
mine owners had prescribed union
miners, which is prohibited by
State law. The mine owners thus
became anarchists.
The showing was not such as to
demand United States interference
But Mckinley sent in lot of col
ored troops and the male inhabi-
tants OF Shoshone County, Idaho,
were by them thrown into a bull.
pen, where they were treated with
less consideration than animals.
Meantime their families were left
to starve. Hanna talks OF a "full
dinner pail" But for the poor
people oi that region he had no
dinner pail full or otherwise. They
did not even get from him canned
beef" There was neither law, nor
appearance Of law. There was
what Henry Ca bot Lodge calls
"ordered liberty" such as there is
in the all or the workhouse. There
was no conviction, no trial, and
even no accusation. There was
imperialistic despotism pure and
simple. Men died from disease
and insanity. Women were in
suited. A reign OF terror prevailed.
All this the testimony showed and
more. Some people think impe-
rialism is "far away" but If they
will read that testimony, they will
see that 1t is near by, and may be
visited on them at any moment.
But they cannot read that testi-
mony. Dick and his henchmen
refused to print it, although the
type was set UP. and the cost would
be but nominal. Why1 Because
they made report whitewashing
the President and the Governor
and they knew it was false and
malicious, and they did not dare
to print the testimony Tor distribu-
ton as is always done in such cases.
Congressman Lentz used every
effort to get the testimony printed
but In vain. He recently chal-
lenged Dick to debate the bearing
OF that testimony, but that slick
worthy refused. lie, however, sent
a long letter to the press attacking
Mr.. Lentz. In last Sundays Press
Post OF Columbus, Ohio, Mr..
Lentz replies in extenso, and prac-
tieally Aays Dick alive. He not
only shows up his dastardly and
rouaVdl,, rouraa IN tba Co.,.
d'Alene matter, but brands him a
liar, briber, and a criminal, Ia
fact II Hanna, Dick. and Rath-
bone had their deserts, they would
be wearing striped clothes in the
penitentiaTy, instead OF being
abroad to steal from the Cubans,
to bribe American voters whom