Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-05-21
RECEPTION TO BOERS.
Enthusiastic Meeting Held in
Washington.
PROMINENT MEN IN ATTENDANCE.
besides the Dutch ENJOYS, Cochran.
Wellington and suIzer spoke-wife Of
One of the Beers Presentei With a
Flag Lady Recited Poem.

WASHINGTON, MAY 2l.-An audience
remarkable for its size, sympathy and
enthuiasm greeted the BOer enToyS at
the reception given in their honor atthe
Grand Opera house under the auspices
of the congressional and citizens com
mittee Long before the time for the
meeting to open the house was crowded
TO sntfocation, and many were turned
away unable to gain admittance. The
interior was appropriately decorated
with the national tr1-colors of both the
United States and the Transvaal. While
official Washington was not reprs sented
In any manner, there were probably 30
members Of the senate and the house
occupying seats III the auditorium and
on the stage.
Speaker Henderson was in one OF the
boxes, and others present were Senators
Daniel of Virginia; Teller, Tillman,
Pettigrew. Mason and Wellington; Rep
fesentatives Shafroth, Atwater, Stay
den, Glynn, Rupert. Gaines, Latimer,
Lentz, Sulzer,. Lands, Linney, Ryan,
Greene, Henry (Mass.), Hay, Dear
mond, Clark Mo-, Meters, Rhea (Ky.).
One of the boxes, it was stated, had
been reserved for the president, com
mittee having been sent to the White
House with tickets of admission to the
Opera house, but no representative of
the presidents official household was OH
band. Chairman Sulzer, of the recep-
ton committee, presided and q number
of addresses, all of them patriotic in
character and earnestly supporting the
cause of the Beers, were made, the
speakers including Messrs. Fischer,
Wolmarans and Vessels, the Boer en-
yoys, Senator Wellington and Hon.
Bonrke Cochran, Of New York and Mr..
Sulzer The invocation was pronounced
by the Rev Father Mackin, of this city
The audience gave standing greet
ing to Commissioner Fischer, who told
his hearers why the ENJOYS had come to
this country and what they hoped to ac-
complish His remarks We're very much
Ill keeping with what he already has
said in published interviews.
Commissioner Vessels speech was a
vivid picture of the Beers i'll their con-
test for their rights. of the charity and
devotion which characterized their
manner, and of the patriotism with
which they all went in to fight their
battles. He felt sure that the audience
N0AlA dttlillAN AliIb IuG DUET littNl IllduY
good characteristics and was not as
black as he had been painted The
English nation apparently wished to
act as judge and jury, He asked the
audience whether the Boer nation had
not the right to claim the liberty and
sympathy Of the United States and Of
the whole world. 1--WE are doing the
fighting in the republics" he said, land
hova lind do A
do the speaking for us. y
Mr.. Wolmorans, who spoke in Dutch,
said to the audience that while the en-
voys did expect to be sympathetically
received in this country, yet they did
not anticipate that they would receive
such strong welcome as had been
shown to them i'll New York city and
the capital of the nation. He knew,
however, it could not be different, be-
cause the people of this country have
the same love of liberty and sense of
justice that the Beers had, and their
sympathy would be help to them in
their strugg .
Senator wellington predicted, in
closing, that no matter what might be
the result of the diplomatic mission of
the ENJOYS our government could not
long stand in opposition to the manifes-
tations of sympathy expressed by the
people for the Beers.
Mrs. Edith w. Lamb recited 1.-THE
Spirit of 49, and presented an Ameri-
can flag to Mrs. Fischer, the wife of one
of the ENJOYS.
Bourke Cochran in his speech, said
he believed that the opportunity of this
country had arrived. Whether or not
there would be interference from the
administration, the people knew that
maans would be found to stop this in
jury TO civilization which is now gong
on A duty must be performed to the
people of England, the Transvaal, and
to the whole human race in every part
of the globe.
Senator Wellington was instructed
by unanimous vote of the audience to
present i'll the senate Senator Teller's
resolution of sympathy with the Beers.