The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-22
WASHINGTON WAKES WARM.
IN ENTHUSIAsTIC SYMPATHY FOH
STRUGGLING BOERS.

BE, Free-Presidcnt Urged to Oner
His Good Offices TO Restore Peace.
SuIxer, Mason, Bailey, Allen ana
Clark Made Observation-Disclosures
tiOn's stand Attacked.
Washington, Jan. 21.--The Grand Opera
House. the largest auditorium in Wash-
ington. packed TO the doors tonight
with an enthusiastic audience which vig-
orousy expressed its sympathy with the
Beers in their fight with Great Britain.
The demonstration was planned as d
means OF evideneing public sentiment and
in numbers and enthusiasm was fully up
to expectations. The speakers included
members of both branches of Congress,
and on the stage were other public mem
who came merely to add their moral sup-
port.
The key note Of the speeches was that
the Beers were fighting for their inde%
pendence as our forefathers had done i'm
1776. The gathering assembled under the
auspices of the United Irish Societies and
number of leading Germans of the city
Joined in the movement. The decorations
of the house were American flags with q
fair sprinking of the green of Erin.
Among those who occupied seats on ths
stage were Senators Mason. Allen and
Tillman; Representatives. Clark. Dear
mond and Cochran OF Missouri, Bailey oe
Texas, CarmacI and Cox of Tennessee
Rhea, Jones and Lamb Of Virginia. SHAFT
roth of Colorado Dovener OF West Vir<
ginia, Meyer of Louisiana, Sulzer Of New
| York and Lentz of Ohio, and Mr.. Van
| Sicklen. representative of the Orange Free
State at New York, and representatives
of the United Irish Societies, and others.
large delegation of Irlsh-Americana
and COMMUNICATIONS of Baltimore was
| I'm the audience. The meeting was called
| to order by Chairman of the Executiva
Committee M p r. Moran, the national
| treasurer of the Ancient Order Of Fiiber-
mans. who, after a few words OF welcome
introduced. Congressman Sulzer as the pre-
siding officer Of the evening.
wants Liberty 10 Win.
Mr.. sulzer was greeted enthusiastically.
He said;
"As an American citizen / am not
ashamed to have II known that my SYM
pathy Is with the heroic Beers in their de-
! termined effort to maintain their homes
and their Independence against the piracy
! and the tyranny of the British crown. In
a fight between liberty and monarchy l
want TO see liberty win.
''rher cause Is just cause. England's
| ATTEMPT to steal their country Is an Out
| rage an act of criminal aggression, ana
! should be condemned by the Christian
| Powers of the world.
! an 177G the patriotic fathers OF this re-
| public fought England TO gain our inde-
| pendence. The South African patriots to-
| day are fighting the same country to main
| tain their independence. That Is the only
| difference.
| 'J'he courage of the Beers In the face
| of tremendous odds has challenged the
| admiration of mankind. and their heroism
| against almost insurmountable obstacles
| has won the respect of the civilized worid:
! They are entitled to our sympathy, anu
| we would be false to ourselves ana 10 an
our history II we did not give 1t to them.
| "England must not be permitted to crush
| the Boers and steal their homes. Her
criminal march of devastation must and
| will be checked.
1--WE must do our duty The great re-
public in the name OF liberty, humanity
! and free institutions must demand peace,
| and made that demand good. We have
| right to express our sympathy for the pa.
| triotic Beers We have a right to uid
! the Red Cross Society in their behalf.
should Have Our support.
eve sympathize with Poland-with Hun
| gary--with Greece, with all the Sousn
| American republics, with Armenia ana
| Cuba. Many we helped Why, ask in
the name Of all that is just and honor
| able should we now refuse to lend our
/ moral support and sympathetic ald 10
| the patriots of South Africa? repuDnc
| that refuses sympathy to sister repuDhc
| struggling to maintain its independence
| against monarchial aggression is un-
| worthy of the name and in danger of mon-
| erchy itself republic that will se-
cretly connive and aid monarchy to de-
| stroy a sister republic and blot out its free
! institutions IL a republic rotten to the core
| and will soon fall like a decayed tree on
! the banks of turbulent stream to be
! swept away forever.
| 'The defeat of the Beers will be the
| severest blow TO Republican institutions
| that has been struck in a century ana
| every lover of liberty should fervently
pray that they may be successful.
''There is no doubt the administration Is
| secretly In sympathy with Great Britain,
and rendering her all the aid IL can.
Every patriotic citizen of the republic
should condemn these pro-English ten-
| dencies.
81 want to see the Beers win, and be-
! lieve they going to win. God bless the
cmbattled farmers in South Africa is
my fervent prayer, and from the ashes
| of the conflict may there arise greater
and a grander republic. the glorious Unit
ed States Of South Africa"
Mason'S View Of II.
Senator William Il. Mason of Illinois
was first introduced by Chairman Sulzer.
| He said he had no apology to make for
coming to this meeting on Sunday night.
II hold" he continued that there IL
no hour too sacred, no place too dear 10
| speak for the cause of liberty. l con-
gratuate Washington the capital of the
nation, on this sympathetic demonstra-
! ton in behalf OF sister republic. The
| conflict In the Transvaal is a struggle be-
/ a sfa
! these monarchists open their services with
long prayers and tell OF what they will
do for down-trodden people In far-on
| lands, you usually find them closing with
| a description of the resources and wealth
| of those countries. The Beers are right,
but unless we can aid them in some way
their cause may not triumph.
1.-The bird Of liberty has hitherto always