Washington sentinel., 1900-02-10
Local Haotes
FoR soER LIBERTY.

last Sunday night to attend a meeting
at Ford's Opera House, to express
sympathy with the Beers and to raise
funds for the Red Cross Society. -Four
hundred and twenty dollars in cash were
subscribed by those present. Hon. Mr.
Sulzer, who presided as chairman, made
himself very popular with the audience
because ofhIs good.nature, and together
with Hon. J. !. Lentz, another German
American. contributed much to the
succe SIS of the meeting. The cream OF
the orators of Congress spoke on this
occasion and their remarks elected much
applause and enthusiasm. Mr.. l.. r.
Hennighausen, a prominent German
American, called the meeting to order,
and after short speech introduced as
the presiding officer Congressman VIM
Sulzer, OF New York.
Mr.. SuIzer commented upon the
magnificent demonstration in the cause
OF liberty. Some of the remarks Tor
which he was roundly applauded were
as follows:
All our sympathy is with the heroic
Beers in their great struggle to regain
independence, and 1t is against the piracy
OF the English Crown. The Beers are
right and deserve to win.
The plain people of this country are
with liberty and with those who are
fighting for liberty.
This is as unholy and as unjust a war
as was ever waged in the history oil the
world.
We want to denOunce and condemn
official America in the White House for
pro English tendencies.
A republic should sYmpathize with
sister republic,
A republic has no sympathY with the
divine right of kings.
A republic which glories in the down.
fall of a sister republic is in danger OF
downfall itself.
"a farmer, a lawyer, a soldier,
statesman--one OF the pillars of plain
republic" was the introduction Mr..
SulzeT gave United States Senator Allen
OF Nebraska, who was the first speaker.
Senator Allen commenced in quiet
tones, but his sentences were soon being
hurled out over the audience with force
and caught with enthusiastic applause,
These were some of the things he said;
The Beers are struggling for liberty.
England Is struggling to suppress liberty
We are not bound by any treaty which
prohibits us from exercising our
bounden duty as a nation. We are the
guardians OF liberty wherever she raises
her head or her voice is heard.
If we find that our Government is too
close to the British throne, let it suffer
at the hands OF an outraged people,
II wants but a wore from this country
and we woulu see Butler marching back
to the coast and then back to England.
Is the cause oil liberty In another
continent to be stabbed to death and
official and unofficial America stand
without protest. Let us raise such
protest that even official America will
be compelled to recognize and heed IT,
Congressman John s. Rhea, of Ken
tucky, received warm reception when
he stepped forward to speak. He said:
mean to call spade a spade, and
instead oil "official America" say "Pres'
ident Mckinley and his Administration.
Let them be asked why our merchant
marine has been halted on the high
seas. The answer came back from
England, 'Sit down, walt awhile; II We
have been in the wrong we will right
it," II had been President, would
have started a man of war across the
ocean,
s'In every crisis God raises some man
TO meet it. I'll not call his name. lCries
from the audience Oi Bryant Thank
God he comes from the plain people
and breathes the air Of freedom"
"Who is there so fatuous minded as
TO believe that the Administration will
heed our petition when 1t is engaged IN
benevolent assimilation in the Philip
pines1 The answer will come back that
It is the finger ofGod;' that destiny and
duty called and the British Crown could
not escape the responsibility.
That reminds me of the story of an
old darky who said he was destined to
have chicken for breakfast. He said Il
he prayed for the chicken destiny would
fail him, but If he prayed to have hIs
steps directed to a chicken coup he
would get the chicken all right
England may win in the end. she IS
the pirate oil the seas. She has the
finances oil the world at her beck and
call and may summon large force ot
soldiers to her aid. She may overcome
the Beers, but if she does, thank God
they died fighting beneath their own
vine and fig tree and for the cause oi
liberty. She will not crush the spirit Of
liberty throughout the world, that cause
will 90 on until the universal earth will
be beneath the rule OF a republic.
President Mckinley is very anna bic,
mediocre platitudinarian. He Is sub
ser yient to the powers that elected and
sustain him. The people will show him
the trend Of public opinion, and II he
isn't. statesman enough ne IS poitIclani
enough to realize that II doesn't heed
this voice the people will hurl him and
his kind from power and place.
Judge DAVID A.. De Almond, Con-
gresham from Missouri, said that be
had come to Baltimore to discuss the
old, old question of freedom, liberty and
human rights. as opposed to tyranny,
oppression and brutality.
1--WE in free America" he continued,
'are now called upon to send our
sympathy and to wing our hopes to the
people who are battling FOR their lives
and for their homes afar OF in dark
Africa, How criminal il would be II we
did not hearken to their cry.
~ am sure that from America II
what the people desire could De
accomplished, such aid would be sent to
the beleaguered Beers that the result
could not be doubtful A governmen
ought to be responsive to the people
Who make it. The time is not far
distant when in the United States the
will Of the people will be truly the law
Of the land,
When we read few days ago Of the
victory at SpIon kop and OF the other
victories our hearts were hlled with
hope. but we must not forget that the
British can afford to lose dozen men
where the Beers cannot afford to lose
one.