The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-01
Il!y SOVEREIGN REMEDY Co.. 1897 Arch ST., Philadelphia, Pa

things because he had great love icr
the people OF this country. AT II o'rin"s
I an audieu, e which I'D dimini' he'd over
lone half, he was still talking about
corrupt President and q rotten adminis-
| tration. Then he switched of and told
how much he ympathissd wiah tne
talk until midnight mad not anotf er
quarter of his audiences deserted him.
| the applause for his exaggerated abuse
died away and at half past eleven O'Clock
he quit.
| IL is hard to give an adequate idea Of
what this man said. Rryan's talk was
enough TO staggsr government print
| ing offics, but 1t Ia doubtful II ever Mr..
Lentz had such glorious two hours In
his life. He could talk without inter
ruptiou and as long as there were enough
people In the hall to applaud he was glad
to continue.
In beginning be said that the admins
tration at Washington IL resorting to
falsehood, to DECEPTION and saorilege. He
said that President Mckinley had con-
nivsd TO cheat the City Of New York out
of taxes, had connivsd with the Standard
OIL bank to lay pipe liae to drain the
national treasury out OF thousands OF dol
lars. He then talked awhile about the
Philippine question, aging that the gov
ern mef,t had lied to the people about the
| soldiers and sailors out there wishing 70
| remain and re-enlisting In the service OF
| the United States voluntarily. He SAID
| that this was untrue as thoufands OF
men were forced to etay out In the Phil
| ippines and light for q cause they knew
| 20 be unjust because the government did
| not dare to have then come home to tell
the truth about the philippines he
said that the flag which waves there
means one thing in the philippines and
| another here.
The President said this in one of his
speeches, but IL is falfehood. Perhaps
Mckinley doesn't know IL, but II ne Is
blind, and deaf. and dumb. what is be
being paid 100. 600 year forf II We
haven't . man who knows anything as
President of the United States, for God 9
sake let us get one who does know some.
thing. Mckinley is but creature of
circumstance. man OF no ability ana
y tool of Mark Hanna He said that
Hanna had dictated the policy of the
government throughout for his own
| good and Tor the teueat OF his own pocket
book. Mr. Lsnts said that be did not
dislike Mckinley, but II his words. laden
as they were with malignant meaning,
are 10 be taken as evidence Of bis friend
ship for Mckinley, the President does not
| want many such friends. He said there
ism a workinRman In the country who
wants us to keep the Philippine islands.
Then Mr.. Lentz worked his way back to
4
the course of which he said that Prssi
dent Mckinley Is trying to cheat the
country out OF per cent on three mil
lions OF dollars. He said that the Ptesi-
dent and Secretary Gage ought TO be Inn
reached. Ii man stole S35 he would
be sent to jail. What should be done to
N en- who steal millions of the peoples
money.
spect bis public record. He wasn't serv-
| ing as n Congres sman because he had to,
but because the people needed man who
| was coura geous enough to tell the truth.
Here Mr.. Lsntz's chest expanded several
| inches and he struck a becoming attitude
when the crowd broke into app lause.
After wandering about good deal
| from expansion to bimttallisip, from
abuse or President Mckinley TO praise
| a sentiment for the crowd to applaud
Mr.. Lentz got down to the Boer war.
| ne said he didn't sympathize with the
| Beers because it was. England which
needed all the the sympathy. he became
eloquent In his praise for the Botr repub-
history of Philip, IL, and the Spanish
| Dutohman rad BUNDLED the imperial
policy of Spain. This brought him back
to the Philippine question once more,
and he spoke Of the decay Of the Roman
empire and predicted the same for us II
We undertook TO hold colonies. Then he
pitched into England and predicted her
| rapid decay because of the imperial poll
oy she has pursued 30 many years. This
| brought him around again to the Boer
war. From MAjuba Hill to Spion kop,
| God Is with the Beers. he said and the
crowd applauded once more. Then he
turned back the pages Of history again
with many an oratorical flourish and
dramatic period he proved conclusively
that II we should do the right thing,
| with the memory of Baron Steuben, who
fought at Yorktown; Of De kalb and
others. in our minds. we should give TO
the Boer re lubiic our support. Once
alism. He eaid: "They say the Filipino
Is not civilized. He 10 civilized enough
to die for his liberty and sacrifice his
life for it."
| 1t was, taking IL all In all, curious
| tumble of subjects and WAS brought to
an end by dramatic recitation of the
poem of Howard {. Taylor. the poet
laureate Of the anti-imperialistio league.
This was the end of the show. Mr..
Lentz's crowd had twindled TO very
few compared with that which greetsd
Mr.. Bryan.
| "After that DOSE" said one OF the
| faithful. wien Lertz was done talking,
al reel - II n good drink OF rum would
do r7e 90 /" and he looked as II ne
needle. IL
THE AUDITORIUM MEETING.
Big Hall wa. Packed 10 the Doors With
| Interested Listeners.
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