The daily sentinel., 1908-02-01
HAYWARD LEE DaccY
PROVED BRILLIANT SPEAKER
Big Audience Charmed With Lee
turer's Address ON sAnRlo-Sax-
on Grit. Some Pointed
Truths Told.

No member OF the large audience
that gathered at the Congregational
church last evening to hear Maynard
Lee Daggy. the orator ans lecturer,
was disappointed. Prof. D~sgy Is
one of the youngest men that has
appeared here on the lecture course.
He Is a western man, occupying the
chair Of English and language at the
Washington State University.
"Anglo-Saxon Grit" was the sub
ject of the brilliant and able ad-
dress. 1t was a good sequel to the
magnificent lecture delivered two
weeks ago by John Meritte Driver on
THE Anglo-Saxon; or the Future
hardly as great in scope or as mar
velous in conception as the Driver
lecture.
In his discussion of two hours,
Prof. Daggy dealt with many mighty
characteristics of the Anglo-Saxon
race. as exemplified particularly and
as developed to Its highest state in
the American. He took occasion
during the course of his lecture to
touch upon many of the vital eco
nomic and political problems of the
day, and at times turned with a mas
ter hand a searching and brilliant
light upon the history of the Ameri-
can republic.
Among the strongest portions of
his address were those dealing with
anarchy and the passing of the old
| political school. His denunciation OF
red flag anarchy. as exemplified in
Emma Goldman and her crowd. was
terrific and deserved; but he declared
that there is more dangerous, a
more formidable anarchy than the
Goldman variety=the anarchy of
selfishness: the tendency of some
men to override all law, all law-abid-
ing people; to crush out the princi-
pies of humanity and the ideals of
the brotherhood of man in their
greedy, grasping, selfish race for
mammon and power.
Prof. Daggy aroused much enthus-
iasm in his declaration that the day
is past when men stand for whatever
political party happens to stand
for. The people today are picking
out the best men for office, irrespect-
i've of parties. The speaker declared
''The time is past when men like
Tom Platt can control the destinies
of the republican party. and the time
is past when men like Tom Taggart
can control the destinies of the dem
ocratic party"
The speakers defense of the crank
was one of the best features of the
lecture. He proved that nearly all
of the men who have written their
names on the scroll of fame have at
one time or another been called
cranks- He defined the word Crank
as "a little piece of machinery which
makes things move, and the man we
call crank is usually the man who
makes things move. A crank named
Joe Folk cleaned up things down in
Missouri. Another crank named
Robert NJ. LaFollette made things
move lively in Wisconsin. There Is
another man. called by many a
crank. who is making things move in
the nation, and his name Is Theo-
dore Roosevelt"
The speaker held the undivided at
tention of the audience and he was
frequently applauded. He used many
witticisms and jCAes to illustrate
certain points.
Daggy Is a polished, eloquent,
graceful and pleasing speaker. He
is doubtless a close observer of men
and affairs and a successful student
of history.
The next attraction on the lecture
course will be the veteran and IA
nous southern orator and humorist
Col. George w. Balm of Lexington
Ky. He comes on February IL.