The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-24

and his trickery in permitting plead
| ing of guilty to certain counts OF the
| indictment, made the final scene at the
! trial one OF the most terribly affect
ing ever witnessed in court of JUS
tice.
The Transvaal State Secretary, Mr..
Reitz, formerly president of the Orange
Free State, where he succeeded, but in
no way profited by the example of the
late lamented President Brand is a
pathetic figure. Old beyond his years
--senile almost, suffering from an in
durable disease-at the beck and call,
and entirely under the thumb of Kru-
ger, he signs documents put before him
without reading their contents or, if
reading them, not understanding what
they are about A shiftless politician,
not RICH as are others in high office,
because he came to the Transvaal too
late, and most of the pickings were
picked. Besides, he is passing honest,
and almost an old gentleman to boot.
His sphere is the almshouse, and his
need of pension. He lags superfuous
on the stage.
The Londdrost, or chief, civil nlagis-
trate, Of Pretoria issone j. S. Smit and
he is a man entitled to high honor
in his own land. He recently charged
the public funds with sum of over
100000, alleged to have been spent in
constructing and repairing certain
streets in Pretoria. A question arising
as to the legitimacy of this expendi-
ture, a committee of the Volksraad was
appointed to inquire. Smit could only
Oh Io1
sum. The inquiry closed without re-
porting. Next session it was mem
toned in the Volksraad and on the
proposal of John Meyer Ca bosom
friend and great supporter of the
presidenD it was resolved that the
matter should be considered as closed.
Nothing has ever been heard of the
missing 100000, and Smit continues IN
office.
Quite the most patriotic Boer and
rabid anti-Briton is a member of the
Voksaad, named Stoffe Tosen. This
man is a renegade Englishman, and
his name was Stephen Townsend His
father was a private in a line regiment
quarteredlat Pfetermaritzburg. Many
years ago he deserted to the Transvaal
and fought for the Beers in the war
of 1881. His son, the present bearer of
the Boer variant Of a good British
name, is an extraordinarily ignorant
bigot. A few years ago when the
monster petition from the Rand, pray
ing humbly for better representation.
was presented TO the Raad Tosa m,
from his seat called out, of course IN
the Taal: IF they want the franchise
they've got to fight for it," Again, he
was known to have been heavily con-
cerned to promote the passing of the
dynamite monopoly bill. The bride
took the form of bet of $500 TO a
shilling that the bill would not pass.
Of course it passed and the loser glad
ly paid up the sporting odds. In sup
porting the bill, Tosen gravely said
that 1.-THE word of God had come to
him overnight telling him that it would
be for the good of the country for The
bill to be passed." This is textua,
really typical Boer is Barent
Vorster, jun. He has been mixed up
with most of the Pretoria financial
scandals and he always comes out
branded, but unscatched in position.
Over the Selati railway deal he re-
ceived gold watch and some SRI
ders," or four-Wheeled carriages. A
newspaper openly defended Vor3ter's