Washington sentinel., 1900-05-12
To Honor the Boer EnvoYs.


last Tuesday evening at 13I Is
street southeast, the home ot Con-
gresham Sulzer, to perfect ar
engagements tor a public reception
to be rendered the Boer ENJOYS
now on their way to the United
States from Holland. The Boer
statesmen, who will arrive in New
York next week, will probably
6rst attend a number OF pro-Boer
meetings in Boston, and then pro-
ceed Immediately to Washington,
where they will take up their head
quarters. The meeting last Tues
day night was we'll attended,
among the prominent men present
being Cornelius Van der Hook
the well known Boer representa-
tive; Senators Wellington, Allen,
Congressman Shafroth, Champ
Clark, lett, De Almond, Jacob
Rupert, William Astor Chanler,
Louis Schade, Capt. Patrick
OFarrell, P. T. Moran, DR.. w. A.
Croffut, M. F. Doran and Cotter
7. Bride.
1t was decided that the Boer
delegation should be accorded a
royal reception and rendered the
freedom OF the country, as in the
case ol Lafayette, Kossuth, and
Parnell, at a big demonstration, to
be organized in their honor. The
Grand Opera House has been Sc
cured for Sunday, May 20, ano
public addresses Of a strictly non
partisan nature will be delivered
BY prominent men.
Money will be raised to detray
expenses incurred by the enter
prise and also to meet the expenses
of the delegates, who will be quar-
tered either at the Arlington or at
a private house in that neighbor-
hood. The reception committee
will take them in charge, look
after their wants during their stay,
show them the sights, and intro.
duce them to the President.
Mr.. Cornelius w. Wander Hook,
who has faithfully represented the
interests Of the Beers in Washing
ton, said after leaving Tuesdays
meeting that the affair would not
be given a partisan aspect, as the
Boer commissioners would not
countenance any attempt to merge
their mission with a purely Amer
ican political question affecting the
Presidential election. The dele
gates, he said, were coming here
to appeal person nallY to the Amer
ican people at large, and hoped to
enlist the sympathy Of the great
mass Of citizens regardless Of party.
The reception committee will meet
the Boer ENJOYS in carriages at the
railroad station and escort them to
their headquarters.
Captain Patrick O'Farrell was
elected treasurer, and Fred.
Schade was made secretary. Col.
Jacob Rupert was elected chair
man of the finance committee, con-
sistiag OF William Astor Chanler,
Representative John F. Rhea,
Cotter 7. Bride. Fred Schade, p.
T. Moran, f. F. Schrader, and
Patrick O'Farrell.
Hon. William Sulzer was unan. D..
imously elected chairman OF the
reception committee, consisting so
far Of Senator'S Teller, Allen, Hale,
Mason, Pettigrew, Wellington,
Tillman, Hoar, Cockrell and Heit
field, and Representatives William
Alden Smith, Finley, Kleberg,
Cox, McCaul, Wachter, Shafroth,
Champ Clark, De Armond, VIM.
Astor Cha nler, Gen. J. B. Hen
derson, J. J. Fitzgerald, Louis
5chade, Gen, VIM. Birney, Col.
James, Rosa F. Downing. Col.
Reside, Daniel Finnecasse, Rich
ard Campbell, Michael J. Kesne,
M, F. O'Donoghue, DR.. w, A.
Croffut, Blair Lee, Col. Mackey,
Walter Hutchins, Christian Heur-
ich. Edward Abner, VIM. Bride,
Jr., F. f. Schrader, w. c. Dodge,
Fritz Rerter, J. M. Devine, E. A.
Newman, Frank Claudy, Hugo
Kuerschner, Charles Schafer,
Charles Won Gersdori, P. T. Moran,
Jackson H. Ralston, Louis Behr-
ems, Conrad Schwab, Edward
Scanlan, Charles Slather, II J.
Schulteis, H. r. Schade, and DR..
Charles +. Russell.
The committee held ITS second
meeting last Wednesday night at
the residence Of Representative
Sulzer. The following additions
to the reception committee were
made: John !. Lentz, John r. Nc