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dred vice-presidents. MUSIC "oS O' -.
the list Regiment Band. oh ."e ,.,1
were ex-Congressman Iiino'ny o. -
ro.+.,, EIugb Coleman Colonel James Moran
-. 49, Costello. Hugh Curtin, Alderman
-.1e,o1 rru,ra5v. Assemblyman Michael L.
-.,N-,o.. C,o,eressunan Thomas J. Bradley
r1-1-.o,- ~onnoIlv. Patrick Coleman, John Clune'
-oo,ts Hanlon. the Rev. Father smlth ana
William McAdoo- oa,sos o,s
E7x-Judge George M Van Hoesen presloeu' anu
.z 80 the British had forced the war upon
- poers He attacked Joseph CnamoerlaIn-
Ta++ars NJ regret were read from Judge Denis
LT.1 - the Court OF Appeals; Governor
Charles s. Thomas Of Colorado Mayor James
- 1Tccu,re of Syracuse, Recorder Goff Con-
n - amos 7 Cummings Mayor George H
parrv Of Grand Rapids. Congressman E. k
.ts,s,v Congressman w. ]. Jones, President
Tr.raeld of Lafayette College and Senator Well
,g+on Of Maryland who said that illness pre-
vented him from being present and taking part
IN the meeting
Congressman De Almond in a peroratiop
called for no British alliance, and the cheers
lasted three or four minutes
Envelopes were distributed for the purpose OF
taking up a collection for the Boer cause
Congressman Cochran prayed God that the
Beers would carry on the war long enough TO
raise the price Of Grape in London" This senti-
ment was cheered to the echo. and there were
cries of That's the stuff" and GIVE 'em -?
drowned in the volume OF cheering.
Ex-Judge Van Hoesen said that no Jew or
Roman Catholic had ever made the slightest
protest against any alleged intolerance on the
part of the Transvaal. and he asserted that In
England no Catholic could ever become LORD
Chancellor. or a lord lieutenant or hold a po-
gition of authority in the public schools
DE Almonds VIEW OF THE STRUGGLE.
Congressman De Ar1nond said that 1t was fit
ting that the greatest Republic on earth should
send a greeting across the sea- the mountains
and the desert TO the sorely oppressed people IN
South Africa He reviewed the history Of the
Beers. and said that they had been forced back
from place to place until finally they had reached
the Transvaal, and they could go no further.
They were now battling for their last foothold
on earth He said the language Of liberty made
the language of the people Of far away South
Africa the language Of the American people
There is no need to ten u.s." said he. that
there is any bond in language and tradition
that can ally us with tyranny above freedom.
All the history of the world has not furnished
such a struggle of q small republic hghting
for freedom and independence as we see in the
present war. Our own liberties will not be so
secure II the liberties Of weaker peoples can be
stricken down anywhere. In helping the Beers
but we are helping ourselves. Liberty is the
birthright of man Take 1t away and you have
robbed him Of more than life.
"It has been given TO US to lead in the march
Of emancipation for universal mankind AS
liberty goes forward, tyranny recedes. We here
in the United States connected with this
struggle whether we take part in the war or
not We are in ii as the exemplar nation, and
every man who aspires to nobler things ought
TO know how this war should end. Whom have
the Beers disturbed? They have erected in
their own way an altar TO the ennobling Of the
human race None but an insensate tyrant
Will care TO strike that altar down. Much has
been said about the propriety of the United
States having a good understanding with Great
Britain. (Hisses and groans) What do we need
with entangIing alliances? How will liberty be
furthered in this land by such alliance7 No
British alliance for usi" CWild cheering, long
continued)
CONGRESSMAN Cochran said among other
things that it was whispered IN Cabinets that
# Europe fntervened in the war between the
Beers and the British the United States would
be found on the side of the British Then he
paused and smiled as the crowd showed their
disapprobation Of such q step by groans and
misses He roundly denounced Great Britain for
showing greed on every occasion when there
an opportunity. He said there was no
trouble about the Alaskan boundary until gold
discovered near the boundary line. Then
England had moved the boundary line along,
policed the new territory and actually collected
duties, he said from American miners who no
doubt were digging gold on American soil Mr.
Cochran then took occasion to ridicule the al
legged weakness of the Administration in neg
lecting to protect properly the rights of Amer
ican miners in Alaska Mr.. Cochran repeatedly
referred 20 the '-Transyvfl' but the audience
was good humored, and had no difficulty in
understanding what he meant.
THE RESOLUTIONS
The secretary of the meeting at this point
read ten resolutions the first six Of which set
forth the authors ideas of the right of nations
touching upon the TransvaaPs naturahzation's
laws and the judgment of the Lord Chief JUS
tiCe OF England in the Jameson case, where it
was declared that the Orange Free State was
free and independent The seventh, eighth
ninth and tenth resolutions are as follows:
That the much vaunted English civilization has
faled TO produce better soldier than the Boer
Capplause) more willing tiller of the soil,
more vigorous, Christian more devout, patriot
more unselhsh, citizen better able to protect his
That the South African Republic deserves to be
tree II would be crime TO grind such a people
5 penea5Sa Ene hee oI any conqueror That the Boer
by his repeated abandonment of mis- home his long
ces il is folly &c tel him hat W6ea RS aw5 bs oses
kind one.
That we request the President to see to It that
me IeeIng OF the American people with respect to
lts most wicked war is made known the British
f bofgg c9,s Sno we further request him not wait
put 70 profIer his services. Voice Let's demand
II; nat TlshIL Voice, "HurTah fer RryanIO
Ihat copy OF these resolutions be sent to the
SIesloent OF the United States and to every SEN
etor ano Representative in Congress
The chairman then read a Ions, 1.+.o
Judge Denis O'Brien, advocating the Roa. -