Washington sentinel., 1900-04-14
NO AZ

there with his great heart filled with
sorrow for the suHerings he feels it his
duty to ask this n ton to alleviate /
have the honor and pleasure to present
to you Hon. Webster Davis. late Assis-
tant Secretary of the Interior Depart.
ment.
Mr.. Davis was given a magnif-
cent ovation when he arose and
faced the audience, the applause
continuing for fully a minute.
During the course of his address
he was frequently interrupted by
cheers, and when he declared that
the Government of the United
States should interest itself in the
Boer cause there was remarka-
BILE demonstration OF approval.
By his address last Sunday even
ing, Mr.. Davis added much to his
already we'll established fame as
an orator. In some Of his pas
sages he rose to supreme heights
OF eloquence, and his description
oil the battle OF SPion's Kop, which
point he visited while in Africa,
was highly dramatic. He told of
many things he had witnessed that
were entirely new to his hearers,
and although his address was a
long one, he was given the most
fattering attention,
Carefully and studiouslY Mr..
Davis guarded against any refer
ence to the Administration, save
twice. In the midst OF his speech
Mr.. Davis produced copy Of a
State letter sent by Secretary Of
State Hamilton Fish TO the Presi-
dent of the South Afri san Repub.
lie in 1870, in which the Govern
ment gave official recognition to
that republic. After reading it Mr..
Davis cried. And that's what
ought to be done now." Again,
when nearing theSclose, some one
in the audience sung out an in
auiry as to what this Administra-
ton intends to do. To this Mr..
Davis gave guarded reply, gloss
ing il over in such manner as to
make it Insignificant.
The resolutions, as a whole,
which were offered by Chairman
P. T. Moran, were declared adop
ted, as follows:
Resolved, That we, the citizers of
Washington. d. c do hereby express
our deep and heartfelt sympathy tor
the heroic patriots Of the South African
republics in their Immortal fight for their
homes and liberty, and cur admiration
other iado mitable courage and unex-
ampled heroism in their wonderful
strue gle against the British enemies of
republican government,
Resolved further, That we tender our
most sincere thanks to the Hon, Web
ster DAVIS for his masterful and most
eIr uuent presentation OF the heroic
Struggle in which the two little South
African republics are now engaged
against British tyranny, British greed
and British fraud, We tender him our
applause Tor his manly course in taking
the lecture platform as a free American
citizen to plead the cause of freedom
and republican government in South
Africa. We assure him that we and tue
great mass OF the American people are
heart and soul in sympathy with the
. Beers; aud we denounce the Presen
, British Government and its secret allie:
, in this corutry as wholly unworthy o
, the respect of any true A american citizen
The members Of the executive
J.. committee having the meeting II
n charge were P. T. Moran, Chair
e man; Rosa F. Downing, Loui
e Sehade, Messrs. Campbell, Finu
: cane, Ready, Horrigan, Nc
J, Emery, O'Meara, Haltigan Dugar
ID Murphy. William Cook, Ed
lie ward Abner, and P. A. DrurA
'Y The chairman Of the committee o
y reception was Frederick L. Sehad
in and the chairman ofthe press con
M mittee f. f. Sehrader.