Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1900-04-07
A BOer British Battle.
A CLASH OF ARGUMENTS BRIEF RESUME THE nORRIS
NOT OF ARMS. AND GLENWOoD DEBATE.

might between the Morris and the
Glenwood high schools was won by
the Glenwood high school.
The question for debate was, "Re-
solved that origin and present
condition of affairs justify desire
for British success" On this ques-
tion the Morris debaters took the
affirmative and Glenwood the mega
tive.
The Morris high school was repre-
sented by John Henry King, Ade-
laid Ber and Louis Collins. Glen
wood was represented by Miss Kate
McLachlan, Eiggo johnson and VIM.
T. Cox.
The judges were Supt. G.. A,
Stanton, of Sauk Center, Supt j. n.
Childs, of OrtonvilIe, and Supt. Fl. S.
Hilloboe, Of Benson. The debate
was to be decided on arguments, not
on oratorical requirements.
Promptly at s So'clock the doors OF
the court house were closed, and
Chairman S A. Flaherty rose and
announced the usual preliminaries.
The first speaker for the affirmative,
J. Henry King, was announced and
spoke as follows
The question is one which must Sbe
decided by reason and not by
prejudice. The Beers have been the
aggressors in the present conflict and
once having taken up the sword they
must abide the issue of the sword.
Yet wars of conquest have usually
resulted to the betterment Of the
country conquered and in support of
this argument the speaker cited
numerous examples from history
England's colonial policy is the best
both externally and internally that
the world has ever known and what
further proof of this is needed than
the loyalty of the colonial peoples IN
the present difficulty. Compare tn
government of the Transvaal with
that of the Cape Colony adjoining
and we>see that the former for which
so much h~sympathY is expressed IS a
republic only in name, while the
Cape Colony is republic except for
it's hypothetical allegiance to the
queen. The Transvaal is ruled by an
oligarehy in which Paul Kruger is
supreme over both the legislative and
judicial departments. In this contest
the integrity of the English empire is
at stake, ;andits breakup would be a
calamity to civilization and progress.
The question is analogous to that
which threatened the integrity of
this country in 1861 and by the time
forty years has elapsed the Young
Beers will no doubt fight as bravely
for the flag of old England side by
side with the Bfitisher as did the
sons of the North and of the South
in our recent trouble with Spain.
ssMiss Kate McLachlan, the first
speaker for the negative, called
attention to the history of the country
from 1862 the year that the Dutch
first turned their attention to Africa.
In 1888, the British haYing gained a
foothold at the Cape, the Beers
trekked to Natal and ten years later
to the Transvaal The independence
and the Shepstone iaeident were
mentioned and great stress was laid
on the Bryce view of the convention
of 1884 and the position of the Beers
compared to the colonies ia l776.
la refuting the points which the
negative brought up, Miss Adelaide
Ber traced in very logical way the
history of the country from the time
it was bought by few English
settlers from an old Zulu chief up to
the present time. She especially
emphasized the legal relations be-
tween England and the Transvaal.
In 1852, England granted indspen-
dence to the Trsnsvaal on condition
that the burgher should hold ro
slaves. This condition the Trans
ysslers did not fulfil, and in 1877 the
country was taken back by England,
not, however, beca1se the Beers had
not fulfilled the conditions, but
because the Beers wanted British
protection. In 1881 the Transvaal
Mas again made semi-independent
state on the condition that there
should be no slavery. that. all white