Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-21


triotic Addresses were Made by
Prominent Men.
WASHINGTON. May 20.-An aud
fence remarkable for its size, sympathy
and enthusiasm greeted the Boer en-
voys at the reception given in their
honor tonight at the Grand Opera
House, under the auspices of the Con-
gressional and Citizens Committee
Long before the time for the meetina
to open the house was crowded to SUI
location. and many were turned away
unable to gain admittance. The inter-
Tor was appropriately decorated with
the national tri-eolors of both tha
United States and the Transvaal. While
official Washington was not represents
ed in any manner. there were prob
ably thirty members Of the Senate and
House occupying seats in the auditor
ium and on the stage. Speaker Hend-
erson was in one of the boxes, and
others present were Senator Daniel OF
Virginia; Teller, Tillman, Pettigrew.
Mason and wellington: Representa-
tives Shafroth. Atwater. Slayden,
Glynn, Rupert. Gaines, Latimer,
Lentz. Sulzer. Lands, Linney, Ryan,
Greene, Henry, (Mass.), Hay, Dear
mond. Clarke. (Mo.). Meters, Rhea,
(Ky.). One of the boxes, it was stat
ed, had been reserved for the President,
a committee having been sent to the
White House with tickets of admission
to the Opera House, but no representa-
tive of the Presidents official house
hold was on hand. Chairman Sulzer,
of the Reception Committee, presided
and a number of addresses, all of
them patriotic in character and earn
estly supporting the cause of the Beers
were made, the speakers including in
Guiding Messrs. Fischer, Wolmorans
and Vessels, the Boer ENJOYS, Senator
Wellington; Hon. Bourke Cochran, of
New York, and Mr.. Sulzer. The inyo-
cation was pronounced by the Rev.
Father Mackin, of this city.
Chairman Sulzer was the first speak
er. After welcoming the ENJOYS and
emphatically stating that the occasion
was n~on-partisan and non-political in
character, he said in part:
I'm my judgment, nine-tenths of the
American people are against England
in this bloody wal of conquest for
sordid gain and in sympathy with the
Beers. The best thought of England
condemns the conflict, and the awak-
ening conscience of the British en-
pire demands peace with honor in the
name of humanity, Christianity and
civilization.
IN 1875 the patriot fathers of this
republic fought England to gain u
independence. The South African pa
triots are to-day fighting the same
country to maintain their independ-
ence. That is the only difference.
I'VE sympathized with Poland, with
Hungary, with Greece. with all the
South American republics. with Ar
menia, and with Cuba in their strug-
giles for freedom. Many were helped.
Why, / ask in the name of all that is
just and honorable, in the name OF
our glorious past, should we now re-
fuse TO lend our moral support, our
sympathy anC our aid to the patriots
of South Africa? Is American senti-
ment dead?
England is now, and always has
been the aggressor against the Beers,
and compelled the Beers to strike first
The Beers will never surrender their
love of liberty. They can only be on
quered by being exterminated and
England must not be permitted to ex-
terminate them and steal their homes.
Her criminal march OF devastation
must and will be c4ecked.
God grant that the English army
may never reach Pretoria"
The three ENJOYS were introduced in
turn by Mr.. Sulzer and each of them
was given a cordial reception Their
remarks were listened to with close
attention. The audience gave a
standing greeting to Commissioner
Fischer, who told his hearers why the
ENJOYS had come 10 this country and
what they hoped to accomplish. His
remarks were very much in keeping
with what he already had said in pub
lished interviews.