Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-15


party dominated by John Bull. but this
is free country, thank God and as
long as the people are free they run it,
and not British agents. (Applause.)
1t is land where man can come to
from any part OF the globe, care not
| where 1t may be, and can find home
beneath his own vine and fig tree,
and no one may modest him or make
him afraid (Applause.) That is the
Kind OF a country this is.
/ IMsed to work hard for the Repub-
lican party, but the Republican party
LETT me. (Applause.) / stand just
where did before. (Applause) But
the old party is now the party of
Hanna, Pauncefote and John Bull
| tApplause.) / was great man recent
! ly, but as soon as | decided to stand
up for liberty and equality and a
! republican form of government, as
against tyranny and oppression and
slavery, then l became all wrong, CA
/ voice: You're all right!D / thank
you. AS long as | know one friend
who tells me | am right feel right !.
| L have been accused by the Republic
can press since left the party-before
| that | was all right-but suddenly |
have become great scoundrel l ex-
pect every day they will go to the
extreme of charging me with horse
stealing, and | expect they'll prove it.
| tLaughter.) Say what you please my
! countrymen. Oh! you newspaper
meni Say what you please-you are
| bought with British gold-say what
you please; the men who invade South
Africa-the same power which holds
i Cuba and the Philippines-would make
| slaves out of our common countrymen!
| say what you please Mr.. Newspaper
Man, don't care! (Applause.) If any
man says | ever benefited by dollar
| brand him malicious liar, and l will
| be here until noon to-morrow-until
| 1922 a. M, and will be glad to see
him. tApplause.)
i stand against the administration
in this business of South Africa. I
stand for the people of South Africa
| against newspapers fattened by Brit
| ish gold. | stand for liberty! Gap
plause) That's why l am Democrat
| tApplause.) The administration at
| Washington stands for British gold.
am Democrat because l am against
an administration which shoots liberty
| into people with fourteen-inch cannon.
| What would Abraham Lincoln think
of that sort of thing if he was alive
| tonight?
Il am not against the masses of the
| Republican party, but | am against
| its leaders. The party of Lincoln has
! become party of Doodle. There is no
| question about it. (Applause.)
There is an understanding between
this country and Great Britain. There
is no question about it. Why, when
Cronje surrendered-tha grand old pa
triot, With his flowing hair and whis-
kers as white as snow, he passed along
| the trenches filled with his Burgher
! farmers saying shoot! shoot. and
saw him seize a rifle and shoot him
self until he inspired the whole army.
! But he was only plain farmer, such
as fought at Lexington green. Yet for
| days he held back the flower of the
British army standing there against
| the great empire of Great Britain,
| fighting for liberty because a great
| government was trying 10 conquer
| them because gold had been discovered
in their country. And yet, when the
| old Burgher General was conquered
| the American flag was hoisted beside
the British flag to commemorate the
surrender of Cronje. What do you
think OF it? In every part of South
Africa | have heard British officials
make the statement that there was an
| understanding, "a voice: 'Never!0
You have been deceived. We are rep
resented in London by great ambas-
sador. You have been deceived"
At this point Mr. Davis entered up
on a long and interesting sketch OF
the South african people, and detail
| ed their sending of ENJOYS to the gov
ernments of Europe and the United
| States saying they had to do that be-
cause the English controlled the cables
and the means of communication. The
ENJOYS came here to enhghten the ad-
ministration and tell the exact condi-
| ton OF affairs, and not to ask us to go
| to war with England. The ENJOYS we'll
knew that no foreign power would in
tervene in the war so long as we had
an understanding with England, be-
cause since the Spanish war America
| had become world power, greater
even than England. But the Boer
ENJOYS thought they might bring
about better understanding. He de-
IalIeu inc WISH OF ID6 ENJOYS 10 IUS
White House, and how President Nc
Kinley showed them the fine scenery
and the majectic statue to Washington
on the banks of the Potomac, and the
subsequent visit to the State Depart
ment, where they. were treated with
every unofficial courtesy, by that
| great man who once represented us
at the Court OF st. James, John Hay
! 50 beloved by England. (Laughter.)
| They were uShered III, and before they
! had a chance TO say one word that
| great man, the representative Of peo-
| pie whose forefathers had fought and
| died for liberty, took out of his
breast-pocket a typewriter document
| showing the attitude of this country
and in an adjoining room, with only
a door between, sat Lord Pauncefort,
| the British Minister (Hisses0 We
were the friend of that great empire,
which was always the enemy of this
republic, and we are SO still.
MI. Davis entered into a long de-
scription of the people of the South
African republics, as he knew them
from personal observation. He said
every one of them could read and write.
| He only met three who could not
speak English. Many of them We're col
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