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WILMINGTON, DELAWARE FRIDAY, JUNE S 1900
coming on and he would probably need
the aid of bankers.
A Trust Runs the Country:>

A Trust Runs the Country,>
just here Mr.. Lentz dovetailed in a
few remarks in which he took occasion
to quote a letter received by him from
George Rice, the oil merchant of New
York. In that letter Mr.. Rice said al
though he was Republican he believed
this government under Mckinley was
being run by the Standard Oil Company,
Trust.
Returning to the Idaho matter Mr.
Lentz told how General Merriam with
the regular troops established martial
law in the mining districts. The miners
were taken from the mines and placed
in bull pens, where they were kept for
five TO six months. One man committed
suicide. Men who sympathized with
labor unions were arrested without a
warrant.
Mr.. Lentz was not so much interested
in the death of that man or the arrest of
any one sympathizer, but he wanted to
show that such things were possible
under trust ridden Federal administra-
tion.
"The labor question:" said Mr.. Lentz,
sis political matter. Those miners In
Idaho spoke philosophy in blowing up
that mill plant. They didn't blow it up
because of any malicious interest, but
because the owners were extinguishing
the lamp OF life in every individual
miner. Those miners rebelled because
the trusts are blighting the future of their
children. The ringleaders in that mad
ness wanted Wilmington and Columbus,
Ohio, to know that something is wrong
in those mountain districts.
"The trusts own, body and soul, the
executives, the legislators and the coun-
cilmen Of this country. That makes it
impossible for labor to have hearing.
Their only outciyis by an explosion,
such as blew up the Occur de AIene
mill.
Fifteen hundred men were driven
out Of the Idaho county because they
didn't have permits to work in the
mines. These permits had to be signed
by the men themselves with deciara-
tion that thty did not belong to any
labor union. The Governor of Idaho
calls himself Democrat, but he is mere
lY the tool Of the trusts like Mckinley"
As to the report of the military com
mittee, of which Mr.. Lentz is member,
the speaker said that the seven Demo-
cratic members found Mckinley and his
army guilty of unWarranted and illegal
action; of crimes against liberty. The
Republicans gave them a clean bill and
declared the President justified in
placing hundreds OF men in those bull
pens.
In dealing with the Idaho miners the
Government officials didn't do unto
others as they would have others do unto
them. Republics were founded on
Christianity, but in this year of Mark
Hanna the rule is, as prescribed by
Hanna, do others or they will do you.
Lentz as an Obstructionist.
Referring to his own obstructionist
methods in Congress during the past few
days, Mr.. Lentz explained his position.
He desired that Congress authorize the
publication of the entire testimony on
the Occur de Alene matter. He asked
unanimous consent to have this done.
The Republicans refused. Then Lentz
took up his stand morning and night up
until Congress adjourned at 8 o'clock
yesterday, objecting to every request tor
unanimous consent. With every obiec-
tion he interposed the qualification,
"Unless the House would agree to per-
init the Occur de Alene testimony
Sooner than give the public this tes-
timony," said Mr.. Lentz, 1.-THE Republi-
cans sacrificed over 100 bills which they
really wanted passed."
Rathbone Aided Hanna.
Mr.. Lentz made the prediction during
the course of his address that William
Rathbone, the former director of posts
in Cuba, who is mixed up in the Cuban
postal frauds, will go scot free. Rath-
bone, said Mr.. Len9z, helped to bribe
legislators to vote for Mark Hanna as
United States Senator, and if the admin
istration prosecutes him he will tell tales
out of school.
Referring to the Philippii war lie
said the American flag in the Philip
pines represents government by bull
let's while we understand by that en-
blem government by votes; over in the
Orient it stands for government by
force; Americans have always interpreted
its meaning as government by consent.
Closing the Occur de Aene incident
the Ohio Congressman dehed any Re-
publican in this country to say that
President Mckinley had kept his oath
of office Instead he had listened to the
seductive voice of the banker and capi-
talist. mckinley" he continued, 'is
pestifferous piatitudinarian, boarding
school man who will shake hands with
YOU high in the air; he is putty
man."
Not until the close of the address was
the name of William j. Bryan men.
tioned. 1t was greeted with tumutuous
applause. Mr.. Lentz associated Bryan
with Washington and Lincoln. and said
that the true American leader could not
be found in the Eastern States but out
on the broad plains of the West, where
they are unhampered as they are in the
East.
Why the Oxy-Hydrogen
Company injunction suit is
not under the control of the
City Solicitor