The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-10


this has served him we'll in a secular
way, for he has learned from it to
speak parallels, terse epigrams that are
readily Interpreted by his followers,
and have more force than the most
brilliant rhetorical flights.
Kruger. in addition to his other ae-
complishments, is by far the best
preacher in the Transvaal, and the
Dutch Reformed church boasts OF some
capable men there. He occupies the
pulpit in modern brick edifice across
the street from his home about once a
month, and always talks to standing
room only. He uses no notes, but
speaks off-hand from a text, and does
not hesitate to sprinkle a little humor
IN the discourse. In his speeches be-
fore the raad he quotes Scripture gem
erously, and even more SO in converse
ton.
As for his private life, that seems to
be exemplary After rising he prays for
a long time in mis- room, and talks over
with the Lord" the questions of the
day. When he develops a conviction
in this way he proceeds to act on it.
hrugers piety once. nearly cost him
his life. good many years ago he
suddenly disappeared, and when he.
failed to show up, searching party
was made up to hunt for him. At the
ture president, who was then a field
cornet, lying face down on the open
veldt. He had been praying three
days and nights steadily without food
or water and was nearly dead. When
carried back and revived, he explained
that he had done it as q chastisement
for his sins.
The Other Side.
Two stories the Uitlanders relate To
offset Kruger's pieus disposition. One
was printed in a Natal paper during
my soJourn there, and 1 did not see it
refuted, though l can not vouch for
its accuracy. The writer accused Dom
Paul of Furnishing one of his Kaffir boys
once by tying him under his wagon,
spreading out legs and arms and MAX
ing them fast to the axles. The boy
was hauled for two days in this posi-
ton, declared the writer. On another
occasion Kruger, when he was trekking,
lost an OK and could not find another
to take its place, so he, hitched up a
kaffir in the team and completed the
Journey This chap is still living near
Dreikopjes, in the Orange Free State,
at ripe old age, so the experience
does not seem to have injured him. In
fact, he seems rather proud of the dis
tinction.
When 1t comes to treatment of the
blacks, however, Englishmen must re-
main immured in glass houses. A ma
tive will take his chances of good treat
ment with the Boer every time, though
his life is mighty unpleasant one at
the best.
Can Not Serve Two Masters.
The first question 1 put to Dom Paul
was why he did not give the >Uitlander
the right to vote, which the English
put forth as their chief cause for COM
plant
Mr.. Kruger smoked hard for a mo-
ment, then laid down his pipe, and
placing his hands on his knees, said:
"A man can not serve two masters.
Either he will hate the one and cling
to the other, or dispise the one and
love the other. Now, the Englishman
wants to do this. He demands the
franchise from me, desires to become a
burgher, and yet when it comes to
trouble, he would forsake us in a mo-
ment and claim the protection of the
queen. How can 1 give such men the
chance to vote? They do not take any
interest in our country. They have not
come here to settle. They wish us no
good. want to be fair with every one
who comes here to live, and when he
has proved that he is a good citizen
and has come to help us, / want him
to vote. But we have a law for bigamy
in the Transvaal, and it is necessary
for man to put off his old love before
taking on a new"
When one has lived in Johannesburg
he recognizes the truth of Mr.. KrugerS
reply. The Rand is a stamping ground
for great mass of people from all over
the earth. Very few remain there one
or two years, and only that long, for
the most part, because they cannot
raise the money to get away. They
are only concerned in making a fortune
rapidly, and returning to a pleasant
country as quickly as possible. You
do not see persons moving out on the
veldt and cultivating the soil; no one
cares a rap about developing the coun-
try. Only the Beers are fit for that.
Nearly every one CANDLES in stocks,
horse racing and poker, and when he
loses it is attributed to the Roer gov
eminent. Ninety-nine men out of 100
have come there to take flyer" and
it is immaterial to them who is run
ming the government.
Not so with Mr.. Rhodes and the Eng |
lish colonial office. however. There is
the stain of Majuba Hill and the Jane
son raid to be wiped out and s100, 900 900 |
to be made from the gold mines, and |
will never be happy, there |
fore, until she gets possession of the I
country, lock, stock and barrel. The /
only thing that stands in her way is |
that old, sleepy looking fellow, who is |
now turning very gray from constant :