The Irish standard., 1900-01-27
THE PRO-B0ER MASS MEETING.

THE PRO-BOER MASS MEETING.
In the face of stern opposition from
the Mckinley press and Republican i'm
perlalists, non-partisan mass meeting
will be held at the Exposition building
in Minneapolis on Sunday afternoon,
Jan. 2S, at 2:3o o'clock, for the purpose
OF expressing sympathy with the Beers
OF South Africa in their gallant fight
Tor liberty and independence. Time
was, and that not very long ago, when
every American would consider it a
sacred duty to participate in meeting
OF this kind, but, alas, the sentiment of
the people has wonderfully changed
since the Hanna cKinley party began
to initiate England in governing for
cign races by force of arms, in order
to give them against their consent a
bitter dose of .Anglo-Saxon civilization.
The leading Republicans who have
been invited to speak or occupy seats
on the platform at to-morrows meet
ing have absolutely refused to attend.
The recent Republican candidate for
governor gruftly told the committee on
invitation that John Lind can be had;
and the ex-Republican mayor strongly
intimated that were he in office he
would prevent the holding OF such a
meeting, as the Anglo-Boer war did not
concern American citizens at ALL He
evidently was not aware that similar
meetings have been held in the principal
cities OF the. country, and that Senator
Hale, of Maine, made speech quite
recently in the United States senate in
which he expressed sympathy with the
African republics and declared that
ninety per cent of the American peo-
pie entertained the same views as he did
on the subject.
He evidently forgot that last Sunday
pro-Bocr meeting was held at the ma
tional capital, which was addressed and
attended by senators and representa-
tives from various states of the Union.
1T was noticeable, however," says the
special Washington correspondent OF
the Chicago Tribune, "that not a single
official OF the government was in the
audience, but there were half a dozen
senators and about a hundred represen-
tatives on the stage" The Mckinley
adherents were conspicuously absent,
and Minnesota was not represented at
the gathering. President Mckinley
Secretary Hay, Ambassador Choate and
other official Anglomaniacs were de-
nounced by the speakers. Senator Allen
declared that the present administration
would not recognize representative OF
the Transvaal sister republic, al
though it had sent consul to Pretoria
to act in the interest OF Great Britain
Some OF the prominent Republicans
who have refused to attend tomorrow
meeting in this city said the speakers
would eenounce the presidents policy
OF criminal aggression in the Philip
pines. Perhaps they will, and if they dc
they have right to do SO as American
citizens. Cfamberlain's war in South
Africa and McKinley's war in Luzor
are wagcd for the same purpose, and
what is said of one war can be said Of
the other. They are both in the interest
OF the same class of people, and they
are both intended for the destruction o.
government. The Boer cause anc
the Filipino cause are identically the
same. and the McKinleyites realize the
fact. And yet there are men among
the invited Republicans who have fre
quently spoken for liberty in the past
We believe that many OF them secretly
sympathizc with the Beers and Filipi
nos. but have not the courage to speal
out. They are placed in an awkward
predicamcnt In the days OF protective
tariff they spoke vehemently against thu
Vaccinations OF the British: now the,
keep as dumb as oysters because tn
Hanna Mckinley administration is pro
British.
The Republican organs Of plutocrac!
and Anglo-American alliance sugges
that the Mckinley imperialists hold ;
meeting of their own to sympathiz
with the Beers. These unprinciple'
sheets realize the fact that the grea
majority OF the people are with tn
Beers against the British. They als'
know the people perceive that til
Republican leaders are no longer TIL
advocates of liberty, and that it will no
do to leave the anti-imperialists to d.
all the talking. But there will be NJ
pro-Boer meeting by the administrator
Republicans.
Let all the local readers of the Iris
Standard, regardless OF party, turn on
to the meeting tomorrow Let no
selfish considerations nor McKinle
satellites keep any American Of Iris
birth or descent from showing his sym
. pathy with! the South African soldier
! OF liberty who, from present indica