Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-09-18
THE BOER S SHARE.
Inside History Of Sulzer, the Bryanite,
and His Meeting for the r elief
Of the Beers.
& a Collection Of sI,soo, Out Of which the
Beers Got S1s and some
Few Cents. IN

IA Practical Illustration of the Value Of
the Democratic Sympathy
and Support.
Washington, Sept. Especial
I Gorresp ondences or the past few
weeks the Washington public has been
highly entertained by a serio-comic
& fight in the camp of the gentlemen who
so loudly proclaim their monopoly of
n the good motives OF the universe The
occasion for this udfcrous jumble was
furnished by the recent visit of the
Boer delegates to the pital.
When it was positively known that
they were comm g. it twas the intention
of the citizens irrespective Of party,
to tender them a proper reception.
& However, before a meeting could be.
Z called by the representative business
men Of Washing ton the irrepre
Hon. vii liam Sulzer,, the Tammany
congressman who reYolyes like a PIN
wheel, bobbed up and seized upon the
h llnd dertaking
It appears that sulzer had taken the
precaution to have some correspond 7
eIce with the Boer officials, and this,
according to his East side mode of
reasoning clearly entitled him to pitch
in and become the whole thing. He
called a meeting which was composed
largely of gentlemen Of the sulzer cal-
ibre and from which the substantial
citizens Of Washing ton remained stud-
iously away. 3sulzer was chosen as
chairman Of the committee to receive
the Beers and was clothed with extra
ordinary power. He appointed The
4 sub=commi ittee. arranged the pro-
I gram for the reeep on and pubic meet
ing, and the hand stof the Tammany
statesman was be found il all the
most impOrtant details. It was to be
4 a Sulzerian affair from start to finish.
BY this time it was plain to be seen
4 4 that the affair was being utilized as a
democratic campaign card. Demo
cratic senators and frepresen ntatiYes
were selected as vice presidents and
orators for the meeting, but the pro-
grams were so carefully arranged that
at each Of these functions MI. Sulzer
was the prime ipal ora tor, All the
other orators reYolved about the Tam
many congressman and at every turn
J the Boer delegates made they bumped
into large chunk of the eloquence
y that made Sulzer famous. M !
The climax came the night the meet
ing was held in the nd opera house.
sS5lllzer was in his glory and the only
person who a approached him was. the
Ion Webster Davis, who was fresh
from his famous exploits IN South
Afriea. It was upon this occasion Mr..
Davis paid his much talked OF eulogy
to- former Consul Macrum and Srecited
4 his thrilling experience with the
horse drag goons. 6 The speeches of
\ sulzer, Davis, the Hon Windy Allen
Of Nebraska, and a few Of the lesser
lights were touching, and that was Just
what they were intended to be. s.S
After the speeches were well under
way Mr.. sulzer announced that COLI
I lection for the benefit Of the widows
and phans of the Boer soldiers would
be ken up, and he Immediately
called for subscrip Ions, leading off
I himself with a liberal sum- Repeated
would sulzer call the names Of
members OF the, audience and suggest
that they contribute. Placed in such
uncomfo fortable posi- lions, there was
thing Tor them to do but shell out, &
and when the sand d-bagging process
had been compl letsd IT. was supposed
that the widows and orph phans Of the
Peers would be the recip pients Of over
d 81 81 500 The meeting was voted suc-
cess from q financial stand point and
the Boer delegates appeared to be
highly pleased ever the showing of
substantial sympa thy.
But ii Is the sequel that anuses. BY
this time the pro Boer movement III
Washington had degen Grated openly
into g democratic ant xpansion ana
Bryan side-show and the Bryanites
were whooping it up to the best their
Il ability. However, there was someda-
n.