The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-01

tD't8tt tintN tuo AIauNitnh Notos tohN
,ving furnished some excellent masic
for nearly an hour. Councilman Joseph
K. n. Connolly called tbs meeting to or
der aud with few brief words intro
duoed Congressman John J. Lentz Of
Ohio as the first speaker, who at once
took out q Zig roll Of manuscript and
launched forth into radical TRADE. He
claimed that neither President Mckinley
or Mr.. Hanna were readers of the history
of Lincoln.
president Mckinley, has had notice
served upon him." declared Congressman
Lentz, "that he Ia carrying on unueces-
sary and unlawful war liz the Philippine
islands. / am not referring TO Demo-
crat but TO q Republican who served this
notice, John Sherman"
Lentz talkad rather long ct the Audi
torium meeting and the crowd became
very tired Of him long before he had con-
cluded.
Ex-Governor John j. AltSeld WAS the
next speaker. "We witness today" he be-
gan, "a strange political phenomenon.
We see . large number Of great men who
helped to found the great Republican
party who have won fame and renown In
that party, raising up their hands and
calling halt aud saying that the present
policy of the government at Washington
will destroy Its Institutions. We see men
like ex-senator Edmunds, Senator Hoar
and Tom Reed saying that the declara-
ton Of Independence Is threatened.
ION february o. 1899. the admit istr a.
ticn got the Senate to adopt the resolu-
ton that 10 was not intended to make the
people of these Philippines citizens OF the
United States, On the same day the ad-
ministration got the Senate TO vote down
Senator Baoon's resolution that the
United States intsnded to treat the people
of the Philippines the same as the pee
pie OF Cuba.
"1hsre are only two kinds Of govern
ment. One Is by force OF arms and
bsyonet which has crushed the noblest
aspirations OF the human soul. The other
! is that which depends upon the consent
| of the governed. This produced our mar
ernment at Washington has said that the
Philip ines never could have their indie
ps ndenoe. 1t said to those people that
they had simply exchanged masters.
Those people were carrying on successful
war for their independence before we de.
olared war agsi nst Spain. They were es-
| tsblishing their own Independence before
dewey sailed from Manila, At that time
there was talk that Germany might buy
the whole Philippine Islands. England
didn't want Germany as a
neiR Dor. She wanted rather that
America should have them. About the
| same time the British syndicate In this
country made an attack on the President
and urged him to keep these island. Tom
Reed was then disguised and said that
this administration was syndiosts ad-
ministration as the President consented
| to their wishes.
What rights have We there nowf Only
the right by arms. That was the situa.
tion and rs far as our legal rights are
concerned that Is now our condition.
there is no question as to the outcome
| Our splendid republic can conquer the In
| But the question Is, Ought We to do
| thisf
"By the report of Gen. King. out Of
| their eight millions of people seven of
them belong to the church. MANY sof
them are as highly educated as any In the
| world. those are the people whom we
are shooting down out there. We are 60
| ing into the colonial business Of govern
ing people by brute force. The President
say that to begin this imperiallstio
policy we must have 100 600 men. II this
| number 10 needed to begin with how
many will we have to gst laterT
Col. Bryan WAS the last speaker an he
meeting. He spoke for slightly more than
half an hour and held tire closest atten-
tion OF his audience The topics which
were discussed were the money question,
trusts ami the imperialistic policy. FIRE.
quent applause greeted his remarks.
The Auditorium meeting concluded at
IL, 10 o'clock.