The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-01-25

"Ibe," lie saiGl ~ am DOWN Tor
two Speeches there on the Both, the
principal dhe at Faueuil hall. On
the Goth I have an engagement to
speak at Providence, II. T., to enter
tain an audience till Colonel Bryan
arrives from Woonsocket, where he
is to talk"
"What is your speech in Boston to
be about?'
81 shall go into the question of inn
serialism. That, at present, looks to
be the commanding issue. i shall
elaborate on lines ] have already
discussed. rade u speech at De-
troit on the 9th of January in which
L used this language, as near as I
can reproduce it from memory:
However important may have been
the other questions we discussed
when was with you before, there is
at this hour no question equal in inn
portance to that of Imperialism.
"Internal affairs can wait and our
foreign relations constitute the issue
of the hour. Were / dictator /
would temporarily set aside all 9th er
economics aud public questions and
direct the Intelligence and public
thought of the SO,000,0OO of Ameri-
cans to this one question of imper-
ialism until it was settled, and set
tied right. / expect to proceed on
the same line, with mole elaboration
in my Boston speech"
The Detroit speech was made
about the time when there was an
overflow of st Jackson celebrations
and not much if any notice was tax
en- of it in Ohio. What the congress
man said there and what he is going
to repeat in Boston, is a matter charg-
ed brimful Of significance, though
Mr.. Lentz left me to draw that in
ference for myself. Indeed, he has
already reiterated the position at a
private dinner in this city, at which
were several notable men, not all OF
them in agreement with the Colum-
bus congressman liz what he has
heretofore said on money and other
questions. On this point, though
they were harmonious. 1t will be
vividly remembered that this is the
man who had the courage to &c
right into the silver camp after he
was convinced that the course he
had been pursuing was wrong. He
asked nobody to help him, and made
no tedious apology or explanation
He stepped right over the line ano
there he was. L fancy from the way
he is talking now that he is not going
to insist on making an old issue the
main feature Of the coming presiden.
tial campaign if it is not, though il
would be great injustice to say thai
he has relaxed in the slightest de-
gree In the principles of finance
which he so earnestly espoused ir
1897, and which he carried out in his
recent opposition to the gold bill.
He is not, though, the sort of 6
man to wait. He is feverish anxiou!
and aggressive. He is restive under
delay and do-nothing policy. HI
is disciplinarian, and is willing tt
be disciplined himself; but if tn,
party leaders do not map out pol
icy for him he will go ahead TO
himself and do what he can to shap,
things He has, too, brisk tongu,
in his head, and is presented will
too many opportunities to wag it tt
wait long for conferences and eau
cuses. Lentz is child of nature,
man who would be likely to sub
scribe to the doctrine that you ge
the best results by going right afte
them; and he would rather have t,
back out occasionly than rust out
Chairman Jones or anybody else wh'
may believe that the Chicago plat
form is SO sacred that no chang
must be made IN it, and nothing sub
tracted from it or added thereto
might do well to look after this colt
ish statesman. He is not bridlewis
yet, and is liable to say something in
teresting and formative.-S. e. j. II
the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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