The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-01-27
Congressman
Favor CransUaaI

Washington. Jan. 21.-The Grand
Opera house, the largest auditorium in
Washington, was packed to the doors
tonight with an enthusiastic audience
that expressed its sympathy with the
Beers in their fight with Great Britain
! The speakers included members Of both
branches of congress, and on the stage
were other public men. who came
merely to add their moral support. The
keynote Of the speeches was that the
Beers were fighting for their independ-
ence, as our forefathers had done in
l776. The gathering assembled under
the auspices of the United Irish sOcie-
ties, and a number of leading Germans
of the city Joined in the movement. the
decOrat iOns were American flags. with
fair sprinkling of the green of Erin.
Among those who occupied seats on
the stage were Senators Mason of Hi
nOis. Allen of Nebraska and Tillman of
South Carolina. Representatives Clark,
DeATmOnd and Cochran of Missouri,
Bailey of Texas, Carmack and Cox Of
Tennessee, Rhea, Jones and Lamb of
Kentucky, Shafroth of Colorado. Dow
enOr of West Virginia Meyer of LOuisi-
Ohio, and Mr.. Van Sicklen of New
York and representatives. of the United
Irish societies and others. A large
delegation of Irish-Americans and Ger
man-AmericanS from Baltimore was in
the audience. The meeting was called
to order by the chairman of the exc
cutive committee, NJ. p T. Moran. the
national treasurer of the Ancient Order
of Hibernians, who. after a few words
of welcome, introduced Congressman
Sulzer as the presiding officer
Representative William SulZer of
New York was selected as chairman.
Mr.. Sulzer said, in part:
las an American citizen, | am not
ashamed to have it known that my
sympathy is with the heroic Beers in
the determined effort to maintain their
homes and their independence against
the tyranny of the British crown. In
a fight between liberty and monarchy.
1 want to see liberty win.
Their cause is d just cause. Eng
lands attempt to steal their country
is an outrage, an act of criminal ag-
gressiOn, and should be condemned by
the Christian powers of the world.
In 1916 the patriotic fathers of this
country fought England to gain indie
pendence. The South African patriots
today are fighting the same cause to
maintain their independence. That is
the only difference.
THE courage of the Beers in the face
of tremendous odds has challenged the
admiration of mankind. and their he
roism against almost insurmountable
obstacles has won the respect of the
civilized world. They are entitled to
our sympathy, and we would be false
to ourselves and to all our history if
we did not give it to them.
England must not be permitted to
crush the Beers and steal their homes.
Her criminal march of devastation
must and will be checked.
I'VE must do our duty. This great
republic, in the name of liberty, HUI
mainly and free institutions, must de-
mand peace and make that demand
good. We have a right to express our
sympathy for the patriotic Beers We
have a right to aid the Red Cross So
ciety in their behalf.
I'VE sympathized with Holland.
with Hungary, with Greece. with all
the South American republics, with
Armenia and with Cuba Many we
helped. Why, 1 ask, in the name of all
that is just and honorable. should we
now refuse to send our moral support
and sympathetic aid to the patriots of
South Africa? A republic that refuses
sympathy to a sister republic strug-
Cling to maintain it's independence
against mOnarChial aggression is I'M
worthy of the name and in danger of
monarchy itself. A republic that will
secretly connive and aid a monarchy to
destroy a sister republic and blot out
its free institutions is a republic rotten
to the core and will soon fall like a
decayed tree on the banks of a turbu-
liant stream, to be swept away forever
THE defeat of the Beers will be the
severest blow to republican instftu-
lions that has been struck in a century.
and every lover of liberty should fer
vently pray that they may be success
full
There is no doubt the administration
is secretly in sympathy with Great
Britain and lending her all the aid it
can. Every patriotic citizen of the re-
public should condemn this.
Il want to see the Beers win, and
believe they will win.
God bless the embattled farmers of
South Africa, is my fervent prayer.
and from the ashes of the conflict may
there arise a greater and grander re-
public, the glorious United States of
Africa"
Senator Mason was first introduced
by Chairman Sulzer.
'I congratulate Washington the
sympathetic demonstration in behalf
of a sister republic. The Beers are
right, but unless we can aid them in
some way their cause may not tri-
umph The bird of liberty has hither-
to always found resting place in this
country. Lately the American people, /
it appears have taken to eating car
rion We do not want for the Beers
the kind of liberty that England would
give them. We want the Beers to have
the kind of liberty they want If you
have any influence, lend your voice to
the cause of the Beers. If you have no
influence, but have convictions, speak
your sentiments"
Representative Bailey of Texas deliv- !
cred a vigorous address, that was
Ioundly applauded.
Il am sick of hearing about our
across the sea- said he. Eng
land is brutal 1t is not merely Eng
ish greed of gold or desire for wealth
that urges England on during this war
She finds an opportunity to blot a re-
public from the map of the world, and