The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-18
TEACHERS WAX WARM
County Association Splits on
Pro-Boer Resolutions.
PRO BRITISH WITHDRAW
Adopting Anti Boer ResoIu-
tons in Rump Session.

The county teachers had the hottest
session yesterday afternoon they have
held in many a day, and there is likely to
be a permanent split in the association.
The trouble was caused by a resolution
offered by ]. F. Grimstead extending SYM
pathy to the Beers in their present strug-
gle with Great Britain. The resolution
drew forth a fiery debate in which several
took part for and against and the tech
nicalities Of parliamentary usages were
used for all they were worth. President
Fifer lost the track Of the motions,
amendments, etc, and Miss Happie Ran
dali the secretary, simply gave up all
hope Of keeping track Of the proceedings.
II was d bowling, gesdculadng- mob
fighting for supremacy on the floor. Fin
ally a vote was reached on the resOlu-
tons and the ladies were for the Beers
unanimously, which saved the resolution.
Otherwise il would have been turned
down A rising vote was called FOR, but
President F'ifer overruled il, which caused
a howl Then Perrin Dunn Of Peck,
after the association had voted to ad-
journ, stepped onto the floor and said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: An old lady
wants 70 talk 10 you. II is the queen Of
England. Hear what she has to say"
Then he proceeded to organize a rump
convention to protest against the pro-
ceedings Of the regular convention and
pass anu-Boer resolutions. He named I.
E Parker of Haysville, as chairman of
the rump committee on resolutions and
they held a session at the Baltimore
hotel
Mr.. Grinstead's resolution, which caus-
ed so much trouble * as follows.
Whereas The British government
claims 10 Zoe justified in carrying on the
war against the South African republic;
that the Transvaal has naturalization
laws injurious to foreign settlers; that
they impose an unjust tax on the pro-
ducts Of the mines; that they are not
humane and just in their trea tment Of
foreigners, the condition being that the
TransvaaI naturalization laws were pass
ed in accordance with two solemn trea-
ties entered into By the English govern
ment under her greatest statesman, G ad-
stone; further, before the war began they
were reduced to five years, the same as
the United States, which was Br.tains
demand. The Beer republic imposes a tax
OF five per cent on the net output Of the
nfnes. while the English possession,
British Columbia, charges 70 per cent.
The fact that sixty helpless Beers, after
surrendering their arms. were murdered
in cold blood by the Fifth Lancers, the
pride OF British chivslry, rivals IN bar
barism the most heather cannibaL Also
the giving Of power to Butler and Kitch-
ener to put 10 death any whom they
wish IS an act Of which no other civil
lied nation has been guilty. Even the
autocratie car Of Russia IS clothed
law with no such power Therefore be it
Resolved. That the Sedgwick county
teachers in association assembled, repre-
senting all creeds and political beliefs,
declare that we believe the Beers strug-
gIirg for their civil and religious lib
erty. which has twice been acknowledged
by their oppressors, and that when
Chamberlain says the American people
are in sympathy with the English, he not
only misrepresents the people, but Aioes
1t maliciously. We therefore emphat--
cauy deny that we are in sympathy with
the English. and extend to the Beers our
sympathies, best wishes and hopes for
victory and national existence in this IN
equal struggle 1t is further
Resolved, That we condemn the action
Of the English in giving tomBulier and
Kitchener the power 70 hang at viii and
the murder Of the helpless prisoners as
treason 10 every principle Of snoranty, re-
ligion and justice. It IS further
Resolved. That we consider the Boer
dealing with their foreign population as
more humane and just than the boosted
British civiliz alton in India, which al
lows women Sc and men sc per day for
labor. and c0mpeIs them TO reduce living
to an absolute science, not what Is needed
for the body. but what it can actually
subsisr upon Also compelling them 10
buy their seed Of British merchants and
sen their product to British agents,
which yields to England millions of rev.
enue. while Britaiu's liberty and ciyiliza-
ton cursed subject dies Of famine. 1t is
further
Resolved That copies Of these resolu-
tons be sent to the Wichita papers,
Queen Victoria and Paul Kruger.
The regular meeting Of the association
was very interesting. There was a
Round Table discussion Of the subject
should a Teacher Urge Pupils 10 Take
the County Examinations" by Ira z.
Parker. F. E. Nelson. Win G. Price.
STATE Superintendent Nelson addressed
The convention on the Importance Of
Higher Educational Advantages Upon
Common School Work; What It Means 10
\ vote Of thanks was rendered to Pro
fessor Nelson.
Hobbies" a paper by Happie Randall
was very interesting. That Boy pa
per by Chas. NJ Fifer. was also very fine
RUNP RESOLUTIONS.
The rump convention met al the Bald- /