The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-12
PRO-BoER MASS MEETING.
Held in New York Last Night-PrOmfn-
 ent Men Present,

New York, Oct. 11.-There was a | mass meeting in Carnegie hall tonight
 to express sympathy with the Boers in
 their controversy with Great Britain. The flag of the Transvaal republic hung side by side on the stage with the
 Stars and Stripes. The colors of the Orange Free State were also displayed. On the platform and in the amphithea-
 ter were gathered men of all shades of
 political faith Many women were
 present also.
 Hon. Augustus Van Wyck, who was
 the democratic candidate for governor in opposition to Governor Roosevelt, presided. A number of societies were
 represented, including the Daughters of the American Revolution, Sons of the
 Revolution, Society of Colonial Danes, Order of the Loyal Legion, the Holland society the Holland Danes and the United Irish societies. Among those present were General James O'Bierne, recently appointed the representative of the Boers in this country; ex-Con- gressman John Dewitt Warner, Briga- dier General Roe, Justice Van Wormer of Albany and others of prominence. The long list of vice presidents includ- ed Governor Pingree of Michigan, Sen- ator Mason of Illinois, Senator Platt of New York, and Senator Telelr of Col orado great crowd gathered about Carnegie hall early in the evening and there was d great crush within the building after the doors were thrown open. On each of the chairs petition to the president had been placed. for the name and address of any one who wished to sign it. The document ask ed that the president offer the friendly offices of the United States to secure peaceful settlement by arbitration of the pending war between Great Britain and the South African republic, the Transvaal. and it's allied republic, the Orange Free State.
 Presiding Officer Van Wyck also made speech, in which he character ized the pending struggle as one of the strong against the weak Hon. Bourke Cochran the orator of the evening, then LOOK the platform and received a tre- mendous ovation. He spoke for more than an hour and while the applause was cyclon1c at times there were good many Interruptions on the part of several hundred English syhpathiz- CTS, who occupied seats in the rear of the hall and in the galleries
 MT Cochran said in part: "This meeting has been objected to on tha ground that the United States has noth- ing to do with the affairs of South Africa. Whoever indulges in that crit lcism must have forgotten that with the closer relations between members of the human family, engendered by the growth of commerce and civiliza- ton, the preservation of peace through out the world becomes a matter of im- portance to every civilized country. A regard for material interests as well as respect for the moral law in this age of law and progress, enjoin upon strong nations a responsibility for the defense of the weak against unjust ag- gression. May we not hope that the closing year of the century will be made glorious by the proclamation of a new principle, capable of promoting the peace of the whole universe to the end of the time and which will be known as the Mckinley doctrine?" MT. Cochran expressed the opinion if England engaged in an unjust war, that before many days had passed this country would intervene in the most effective manner by pressing it's claims in connection with the Alaska boundary with all it's force and pow CTS.
 Resolutions were adopted declaring that in the opinion of the meeting Great Britain does not possess any right of intervention in the internal af- fairs of the Transvaal and that it is the duty of Great Britain to accept the offered reforms or leave the whole mat ter to arbitration.