The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-09-05
Z DEMOCRATIC DEeAUCH.
A High .s.d Time with the funds Collect
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hey were coming, it was the intention
IF the citizens, irrespective of party,
% tender them a proper reception
However, before a meeting could be
,alled by the representative business
men of Washington the irrepressible
Hon. William Sulzer, the Tammany
who revolves like pin
wheel, bobbed up and seized npon the
1t appears that Sulzer had taken the
precaution to have some correspon
lence with the Boer officials and this,
according to his East side mode Of
clearly entitled him to pitch
in and become the whole thing. lie
called meeting which was composed
largely of gentlemen of the Sulzer cali
bre and from which the substantial
of Washington remained stndi-
ously away. Sulzer was chosen as
of the committee TO receive
the Beers and was clothed with extra
power. lie appointed the
sub committees, arranged the pro
gramme for the reception and public
meeting, and the hand of the Tammany
statesman was to be found III all the
most important details 1t was to be
BY this time it was plain to be seen
that the affair was being utilized as
Democratic campaign card. Democratic
Senators and Representatives We're
selected aa vice presidents and orators
for the nreettifrFs5, bat the programmes
were 50 carefully arranged that at each
of these functions, Mr. SulZer was the
orator. All the other orators
reyolved about the Tammany Con
gresham and ut every turn the Boer
delegates made they bumped into a
large chunk of the eloqnence that made
Sulzer famous.
The climax came the night the meet
ing was held i'll the Grand Opera House.
Sulzer was in his glory and the only
person who approached him was the
Hon. Webster Davis, who was fresh
from his famous exploits in South
Africa. 1t was upon this occasion, Mr.
Davis paid his much talked of eulogy
to former Consul Maerum and recited
his thrilling experience whit the horse
Dragons. The speeches of SulZer,
Davis, the Hon. "Windy" Allen, of
Nebraska, and few of the lesser lights
were touching, and that was just what
they were intended to be.
After the speeches were well under
way, Mr.. SulZer announced that col
lection for the benefit of the widows
and orphans of the Boer soldiers would
be taken up, and he Immediately called
for subscriptions, leading off himself
with liberal sum. Repeatedly would
Sulzer call the names OF members of
the audience and suggest that they
contribute. Placed in suchuncomfort-
able positions, there was nothing for
them to do but ''shell ont, and when
the sand bagging process had been
completed it was supposed that the
widows and orphans of the Beers would
be the recipients of over 81 800. The
meeting was voted success from n
financial standpoint and the Boer dele
gates appeared to he highly pleased
over the showing of substantial sym
pathy.
But ii is the seqnal that amuses. BY
this time the pro Boer movement III
Washington had degenerated openly
into Democratic, anti-eXpansion and
Bryan side-show and the Organizes
were whooping itup to the best OF their
ability. However, there was some de-
gree of satisfaction TO be found in the
fact that ~ 800 had been raised for the
families of the Boer soldiers,
and the thought that they were to be
relieved even to that extent was pleas
ing.
MIR. Sulzer, by reason of his position
as supreme dictator, was made the ems
todian and disbursing agent of the fund
and was authorized to apply the same
to the suffering Beers as his Judgment
should dictate How we'll he did this
is shown by the report of the com
mittee appointed to investigate the
affair.
DIR. w. A. Croilut is one of the most
rampant of the local anti-expansionists
He also makes n speciality of pro Boer
sympathies. Being an all around anti
man, the Doctor enter
ed heartily into the reception to the
delegates from South Africa, believing
that considerable Democratic capital
might be made ont of the affair if il
We're only properly worked. However,
the Doctor is not an ardent admirer of
Sulzer and short time ago he took it
upon himself to make inquiry IA to the
of Boer widows and orphans
relieved by the 81, 800 fund,
A little Investigation convinced DIR.
Crotfut that none of the money had
been expended as its donors intended
it should be and he openly charged
that it had been diverted. This led to
n call for meeting of the Sul2er com
mittee.
At That time the busy Tammany
statesman was enFGPed in circulating
between Lincoln and Kansas City in
his memorable candidacy for the Vice
Presidential nomination and his ad-
mirers declared that Crotfut's charges
were but the outcome of deep-laid
plot of the trusts and English money
to bring about Suffers defeat. But
Croiiut IL persistent person and CON
tinued to insist that there was some
thing wrong.
FINALLY HE SUCCEEDED IN
\ REPORT WHICH
THAT, AFTER THE EN-
PENSE OF THE GRAND OPERA
HOUSE MEETING HAD BEEN
PAID AND A FEW INCIDENTALS
THE SUM OF SlS
AND A FEW ODD CENTS REMAIN
ED FOR THE B0ER WIDOWS AND
II was under the cover of "incident-
ais the richness was found. Under
livery bills for Tammany politicians
were paid
BUT THE GREATEST OF ALL
WERE THE WINE BILLS.
1t is no wonder that the 81, 800 sub
scription was made to melt so rapidly.
When a Tammany statesman under
takes to queneh his thirst for liquor
is bound to give way, and
n th,a lar = tbn F,,,,1
for the widows and orphans of the
Boer soldiers that vanished.
According to the report of the audit
the Washington reception
to the Boer delegates was a disgrace
full dehauch and the gentlemen who
IN good faith from South
Africa to the capital We're imposed mp
on in the most shameful manner.
DR. Croffut is an ardent supporter of
Mr.. Bryan, but he denounces the con
duet of the Democratic politicians in