The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-21

Washington, May 2O.-An audience
remarkable for its size. sympathy and
enthusiasm greeted the Boer ENJOYS al
the reception given in their honor to-
night at the Grand opera house, under
the auspices of the congressional and
citizens committee. The house was
crowded to suffocation, and many were
) turned away.
The interior was decorated with the
national tri colors of both the United
States and the TransvaaL There were
probably thirty menbe of the senate
and house present. Speaker Hender-
son was in one of the boxes, and Others
present We're Senators Daniel of Vir-
gina, Teller of Colorado, TilIman, Pet
tigrew, Mason and Wellington; Repre-
sentatives ShafrOth. Atwater, Slayden,
Glynn, Rupert. Gaines, Latimer,
Lentz, Sulzer, Lands, Linney, Ryan,
Greene. Henry (Mass.), Hay, De Ar
mOnd, Clark (MO.), Meters, Rhea IN.
y.
Mckinley Remains Away.
One Of the boxes. it was stated, had
been reserved for the president, a COM
mittee having been sent to the White
House with tickets of admission to the
opera house, but no. representative of
the presidents official household was
on hand.
Chairman Sulzer Of the reception
committee presided and a number of
addresses. all of them patriotic in char
acteT and earnestly supporting the
cause of the Beers. were made, the
speakers, including Messrs. Fischer,
WolmaTans and Vessels, the BOer en-
vOys; Senator Wellington, Hon. BOurke
Cochran of New York and Mr.. Sulzer.
Sulzer Bespeaks Sympathy.
Chairman Sulzer was the first speak
err He said: I'm my judgment nine
tenths of the American people are
against England in this bloody war of
conquest for sOrdid gain and in SYM
pathy with the Beers. The best thought
of England condemns the conflict.
I'VE symDathiZed with Poland. with
Hungary. with Greece. with all the
South American republics, with Ar
menia and with Cuba in their struggles
for freedom. Many we helped Why,
I ask. IN the name Of all that is just
and honorable. IN the name of our
glorious past, should we now refuse -
lend our moral support, our sympathy
and our aid to the patriots of South
Africa ? Is American sentiment dead?
1.-THE Beers will never surrender their
love of liberty. They can only be con-
ouered by being eXterminated, and
England must not be permitted to eX-
terminate them and steal their homes.
God grant that the English army
may never reach Pretoria
The three ENJOYS We're introduced In
turn by Mr. SulZer, and each of them
was given a cordial reception.
Standing Greeting to Fischer.
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 70 this country, and
what they hoped 10 accomplish. His
remarks were very much in keeping
with what he already has said in pub
lished interviews
I'VE come to you as a great liberty
loving people in whom the seuse of
justice and fair play is strong and
look to you to find a practical scheme
to obtain peace with justice. We E)me
to appeal to your people and speak to
you as brother republicans, and to ask
for a hearing. and hope to obtain it.
We look to you to help US if possible,
and whether we get assistance or not,
we appreciate the kindly feeling which
mas been manifested for US"
Describes Beers in War.
Commissioner Vessels speech was a
vivid picture of the Beers in their con-
test Tor their rights, of the charity and
deviation which ChaTa CtpFiZpd their