Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-27
u DEMOCRATIC DEBAUcH.

4 DEMOCRATIC DEBAUcH
lA High Old Timcs With the Funds
Collected for the Boers.
Washington, D. c., Aug. 25. lspecia
lCorrespo dence. For the past few.
weeks the Washington public has been
highly entertained by a serio-comc
4 fight in the camp of tile gentlemen who
so loudly proclaim their monopoly OF
1.-THE good motives OF the universe. Tie
Occasion for this 1udicrol,s tumble was
!, furnished by the recent visit of the
1Soer delegates TO the capital.
When 1t was positively known that
lthey were coming, it was the intention
lof the citizens, irrespective of party, to-
Itender them a proper reception. How
lever. before meeting could be called
lby the representative business men of
Washington the irresponsible Hon
William Su'zer. the Tammany con-
gresham who revolves like a PIN
/ wheel. bobbed UP and seized upon the
4 undertaking.
4 & 1t appears that Sulzer had taken the
tprecaution to have some cores ondence
with the I3oer officials and this, accord
4 ing to his. east side mode of reasoning,
lclearly entitled him to pitch in and be-
leone the whole thing. He eslled
Injecting which was composed largely of
/ gentlemen of the; Sulzer caliber and
from which the substantial citizens of
II washington remained studiousiy away.
Il Sulzer was chosen as chairman of the
committee to receive the Beers and was
81 clothed With extraordinary power. He
aappointed the subcommittee, arr
ranged the program for the reception
land public meeting, and theshand of the
q Tammany statesman was to be found in
81 all the most important details. 1T was
4 TO be a Sulzerian affair from start to
finish.
4 BY this time it was plain to be seen
that the affair was being utilized as a
Il Democratic campaign card. Democratic
Senators and Representatives We're Sc
ilected as vice presidents and orators for.
1.-THE meeting, but the programs We're so
! lcarefulIy arranged that at eacfl3of these
q functions Mr.. Sulzer was the principal
lorator. All the other orators, revolved
:. labout the Tammany congressman and
at every turn the Bosr delegates made
i.they bumped into a large chunk OF the
lel0quence that made Sulzer famous.
The climax came en- the night the
Injecting was held in the Grand Opera
tltOSt.H sSulAEll lis StJIy dIltl tllS
lonly person who approached him was
ssttfae Hon. Webster Davis, who was fresh
r from his famous exploits in South Afri-
i Eca. 1t was upon this occasion that Mr..
i Davis paid his much talked of elilogy
to former Consul Macrum and recited
: his thrilling experience With the horse
i dra goons. The speeches Of Sulzer,
i Davis, the Hon. "Windy Allen Of Me-
) braska and few of the lesser lights
s We're touching. and hal was just waas
. ithey were intended to be.
/ After the speeches We're we'll under
9 way Mr.. Sulzer announced that 4 coll
: Election for the benefit Of the widows
and orphans of the Boer soldiers would
be taken up, and he Immediately called
s8 FOR subscriptions. leading off himself
with q liberal sum. Repeatedly Would
: Suzsr call the names OF members OF
tf the audience and sug2es that they con
Etribut# Placed in such uncomfortable
Z Epusitions, there Vas nothing for them
8 10 do but Shell out ard when the
! sand basgirls process had baen com
: Ipleted it was supposed that the widow.
\ t.and orphans fEthf4 Beers would be tbs
" trecipients Of oyer Si,s00. The meeting
y Awas voted a success from a finantia
y standpoint and the Boer delegates ap
: pearsd To be highly pleased over ttl'
showing If substantial sympathy.
lSut tits the sequel that anluses. 81
this time the pro-l3oer movement il
q 4 Washington had asgenerated opsnls
ssiItto a Democratic, anri-expansio,l anc
Il BRYAN sitie-scnow ard th@ Bryante!
o were WnppIiag IL uls To the bestSaf tlieil
= Ability. However. there MAS some d {,
sfse Of satisfaction 10 be found in ths
4 fact that si$Soo had bssn raised for tiis
& distressed families af the Beer soldiers
!. and the thought that they were TO d,
h lefieved evensto that extent Wsis pleas
Il ing.
& Mir. suizel.,5 by reason Of his ppsitiet
4, as supreme .iicta tor. was made ne Gus
. todians ard disbursing agent of the fuIlt
ii and was authorized T. al7 sttis
ta ,fle suffering Beers as his juGgtnen
should dictate, Hon w.ilhe did This i
I shawn by thu report Of the committee
: appointed ~ investlsate tie aifaiy.
s Or, w. \. Groffnt Is one Of the Mos
3 rampant u the local anti-s i)alsssoi.isss
5 He also makes ii specially III flrp-E,9e
Is hsynapathies. Beins an AZ round aIlui
y administration r1aist he doctor seiltsrel
g ifleartiiy into the reception s. the dele
II gates sre.n Sougn Africa. believing tlla
IS s!eansideiatie dsRldcratiG capital El.sll
ia be made GU II iile aifdig Il i We're a,sl
p. prpIlsflS worked. tiowgNei. the sislcto
t-atis rot an ardent aGmirer of Sillzer an
Y IA short time ago lie took Il nnnn him
Is nlaks inauiry as u the nun,be
q If Beer widows and Orphans relieved b
IN IN 81 500 Fund.
A !itfls iIlves cation convinced Dl
l.Croffut tlsia none dt the MONEY Ms
4 Abeen IN penieG as rs donors irtendgG
!. Should be ana b E openly charged that
s.tgad beef diverted This led ia Il ga,
Il for i mes ting the Sulzer committee
= Al Stat time the busy 1anil4an
). statesnag was engaged ii cileuH4tin
!, between Lincoln and i>ansa City III nj
!, 3 n,snlofals candidacy fer THE vice pres
: ilentul momtnatie. and his ad.nlral
81 teiselareI that Cfeffht's charges 1e,'
!, bur the outcome Of q tietp-laid ploto
* the5trusts and English money u bfin
!, abolst suffers defeat. Btlt Croffut is
I. persistent prison ana continued g In
4, sist that tllere was something wrong.
$ FINALl.Y HE sltCCCEEnED i.
= SECURING: A REPORT WHICH
:. = SHOWED THAT AFTER THE h,.N
- sfiNsE: OF THE GRAND telslsiS.
:. Hot Sc MEETING HAS BEEN PAL
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