The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-02-10
OK &0LOKADO NEW DEPAKTf1ENT

perialistie hand that rules. Priest, gov
ernOr mayor alike sounded the Ike
note CT the dominant sentiment, and
was with great difficulty at times tina
sCgne Cf the sIea akerS overcama the len.
lusty cheering and waving Of handker
chiefs. many Of which were momentar
lily stilled in wiPing away the tears o
! sympathy. DenVerS best citizens Wer
present. and at times there was not al
idle hand, SO general was the apprOVa
OF every whit OF opposition to Eng
I lands African policy.
s. j. Donieavy, in a brief address
started the bah, after some stirring
music was had. He said:
Whatever Of sentiment or thought il
expressed here tonight win be Ameri.
| can. We are here in obedience to the
! trumpet clll of human liberty We arc
! here because We love liberty and be-
! cause the constitution Of the greateSt
republic in the worlds history. institu-
! tions, and tle flag demand that when
/ ever a blow is struck at liberty it is
the duty of Americans to resent it,
He then introduced Governor Charles
s. Thomas. who received an ovation.
The stirring words of the chief eXecu-
tive OF Colorado were frequently inter
rupted by ringing cheers, and the SYM
pathetic feeling which he aroused for
the BOer in their strike for home and
liberty, moved the vast audience now
TO shouts and there to tears. Governor
Thomas said:
The Boe1s are men who at all times
have stood for right and freedom. They
sprung from the same common stock as
the Anglo Saxon They went to where
Cape Colony now~is to gain liberty In
their supreme endeavor to be free from
any imperialistic power, they went as
far as the climatic conditions would
permit. In 1877 England assumed con-
troll, and in 1881 these people, chatting
under the oppression, arose and made
the history of MagersGontein and Ma
juba hill, a. brilliant stroke for liberty
that was crowned with success. Cap
plause.)
In 1881 England guaranteed them
their freedom. and struck the hated
word suzerainty' from the agreement.
Where is the man who has the right
to dictate to a people capable of self
government the essential features of
their country? These people Elav shown
themselves capable of self-go government,
and do not need the protection of any
other government.
Liberty is the most gracious blessing
God has bestowed on man. and is pre-
served only by the blood of him WAC
loves At.
You all know Winston Churchill, the
war correspondent who was captured
and escaped from Pretoria Here us
what he had to say after ne was free:
What men they are-these Beers! [
thought of them as I had seen them in
the morning, riding forward through |
the rain-thousands OF independent
riflemen, thinking Of themselves, pos |
sessed of beautiful weapons, led with |
skill, living as they rode, without COM i
nisSariat or transport, or ammunition |
column. moving like the wind and sup /
ported by iron constitutions and a stern /
lard Old Testament God, who should |
rely smite the Amalekites, hip and |
high. And then, above the rain storm +
hat beat loudly on the corrugated iron
heard the sound of a chant The Beers
we're singing their evening psalm and
ne menacing nOtee-more fun of indig-
ant war than love and n1ercy-stTucll
chill into my heart, SO that | thought
fter all, that the war was unjust; that
he Beers were better men than we;
hat heaven Was against us; that Lady
Znith, Mafeking and Kimberley would
all; that the Estcourt garrison would
erish; that foreign powers would in
srfere; THAT We should lose South
-frica and that that would be the be-
inning Of the end
GOLD IS THE PRIZE.
The granting of suffrage to the uit-
lnders means the injection into the
ody polite Of a. power that would
veTthrow the government. 1t is a ma
onal question in which the individual ]
ats no figure. Suppose there were 500-
70 Chinese in Colorado today paying
lXes Would YOU want to grant them
le power Of debating your govern ;
tent and destiny Of the common {
ealth? Has England granted suffrage l
, her 100000 subjects in East India? 5
0 you suppose that if the uitlanders !
7d gone there and asked TO be admit
a as citizens to become flesh and t
God with the Beers to strike hands {
ith them against the oppression OF : \
ngland or any other power on earth,
.at the Boer would object? Why did c
ngland send her subjects there? The s
scoyeries Of gold in 1885 inspired an /
terest in the country that has pre-
pitated the war. Gold was the prize, s
Id to secure it they have sought TO t
rec their subjects on the home-loving
Der and demand for them the right T
govern them" 7
Quoting from English writers. Gov c
nor Thomas referred to Joseph Cham a
RAIN warning TO Dom Paul Kruger n
at he must die by suicide or violence
The old man was made of too stern T
lff." (Wild spplause.) I,
l know annexation is a faVorite 2
eme of the day" he continued but n
e annexation policy that should gov n
II this country should be to be
unded on the north by the constitu-
n, on the south by the Monroe doc
ne, on the east by the declaration of
and on the west by the o.
] commandments. prolonged cheer II
- Speaking as an Individual | am a,
art and soul with that gallant band ! 81
patriots applause prolonged and en-
IslaStlc) over there in South Africa. n,
2 must recognize the fact that Eng n
IDS history has led civilization into v,
my countries. but in this case it is a
. duty Of every liberty-loving Ameri- 81
4 citizen to condemn tn eoverbear- o.;
course now being taken to wreSt fc
IN civilized republic its liberty nj
indIng for the right, the people of ey
: country cannot err" loud ap- n
use.) 80 -
It the conclusion of the governors of
marks the chairman introduced May w
Henry V. Johnson, who said he NJ
she'd fervently that the intensity of 80
ling for the right Shown here could he
sent to the gallant, struggling Beers in il1
5 fervent wish was that this senti- 20. 20
Mt would pervade the country east
west, reaching into the houses of !.
lgress and the White House: that ne ne
sympathy Of the great 10000, 600 cf ne oe
pie would be sent to the fighting " "
ars by the heads Of the government. ue W,
)plause.) 81
That would not be necessary" ex- -, III
med the speaker, IF that glorious W.
tesman We all so love were in the ne ne
cutive chair-WAliam Jennings Bry- iis' s'
Nong waving of handkerchiefs az az
loud cheeringO AT
he mayor paid a glowing tribute to ,h
progress and energy of the Beer, hl'
conclusion. winding up with an in fe'
ing period: an
Tbosa gallant Roers ara 6ob+ino syt