The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-05
SYMPATHY FOR Beers
EXPRESSED BY HIBERNIANS In THIS
CITY YESTERDAY.
Resolutions Passed and Committee
Appointed to Solicit Funds for
Medical Supplies, Etc.


president of the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians asking the members of that order
to meet and express sympathy for the
Beers in their struggle against the Brit
ish large number of the Hibernians and
their friends met yesterday afternoon in
Alhambra Hall and heard speeches from
eloquent men who denounced England for
the manner in which she has carried on
her wars for centuries past.
James H. Deery, county president of the
order, acted as chairman of the meeting.
In the absence of the invited speakers who
had not yet arrived William Curry, a
prominent member of the A o. H. in this
city, made the first address. Mr.. Curry
in the course of his remarks gave a short
history of the cruelty which ne said has
been perpetrated on the inhabitants of Ire
land for hundreds of years. He recited
at length the history of England leading
up to the present Boer struggle. He said
it was not civilization which England
thought of, but the greed for wealth Mr..
Curry was loudly cheered while making
his remarks.
A. M. Sweeney, who had arrived, was
asked to speak, and he also made an ad-
dress which was frequently interrupted by
the applause which he occasioned by it,
He charged that the British government
has put to death thousands of people in
different parts of the world where ii has
reached out to take possession of cOun-
tries which were fabulously rich and laid
waste beautiful lands which were made to
run red with the blood of innocents. Mr..
Sweeney said it was his wish and he hoped
the time had now come when England's
power would be wrested from her and she
home cOWod defeat
the nations which she has tortured for
many years will cast off the chains of
slavery and assist in pushing her into a
dishonOrable grave which she deserves. He
told his auditors that in the Boer camps
acting as counselorS were men of Irish
birth, and that in the lists of wounded
which the English generals are sending
home are not seen the names of any Irish
men, which shows that the nationality is
leaving her army. He thought 1T was due
to this partly that England now meets
reverses. Maurice Donnelly was the next
speaker, and he also told of the infamous
wrongs which he claimed England had
waged on other nations in her greed for
wealth. He said it was the Irishman's
time now to strike a blow to the mother
country which would be felt everlastingly.
COMMITTEE TO RAISE FUNDS.
Chairman Deery then appointed a COM
mittee, composed of the following to
solicit donations to be sent to the national
treasurer to be used in the purchase of
medical supplies for the Beers and also to
provide an ambulance corps: p. H Nc
Nelis. William Curry, Jerry Costello, Will
liam Flynn, Thomas Brennan, b. F. Kelly,
p. j. Mahoney. James Mcbride H. Dugan,
Richard Forester, d. O'Donnell William
Welsh and b. Cavanaugh. Over $500 was
given in the hall. The following resolu-
lions were adopted expressing sympathy
with the Beers:
IL, hit Oh,
the people of South Africa
gagged against the might of England is, in
all its essential bearings, similar TO that
waged against the same power by the faith
ers of this Republic, more than one hun
dred years ago, and
Whereas. The United States, whenever
in its history il has drawn the sword itself,
has always done so in support of popular
government, while the sympathies of its
citizens have ever gone out to all people
struggling for liberty; therefore. be 1t
Resolved That we. as members of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians of Indianapo-
lis, in conjunction with many of our fell
low-citiZens, assembled in Alhambra Hall,
extend our heartiest sympathies to the
brave Beers of our sister republics of the
Transvaal and Orange Free State In the
maintenance of their freedom
Resolved. That i'm the name of liberty,
sacred always to an American, We de-
nounce the action of England-the bully
among the nations-fresh from the interna-
tional peace conference, in arrogantly at
tacking the sovereign rights of free peo-
pie and attempting TO enslave them.
Resolved, That while We hope every
moral support possible will be offered by
the people of free America to their breth-
rem of the South African republics in their
heroic struggle, we urge upon the national
executive and his Cabinet the necessity
for the strictest construction of the neu-
trality laws against England. so that the
power of our Republic may not, even by
WI ha lfCr tod ~
misunderstood be thrown into the scale
against the people of our sister republics
in South Africa.
Resolved, That copies of these resolutions
be furnished the press and forwarded to
our senator's and representatives in Con-
gress."
These resolutions were drafted by VIII
liam Curry, p. II. McNelis and David
Moriarity