The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-22
THE HEROIC Beers
We're Discussed at a Mass Meeting in
Washington City.
CONGRESSMAN WERE PRESENT.
They Favor the Cause Of the Struggling
Republic.
HON. j. ". BAILEY MADE AN ADDRESS.
England Is Brutal" and Trying to Blot Out
Another Republic.
Mr.. ALLEN HOPES FOR BULLER'S DEFEAT
Request thnt the President Fro
pose Mediation Were Adopted.

Washington, January 21.--The Grand
opera house, the largest auditorium 10
Washington, was packed TO the doors so
night with an enthusiastic audience. which
vigorously expressed its sympathy wit,
the Beers in their fight with Great Britain,
The demonstration was planned as q maaus
Of cvidoncing public sentiment and in
numbers and enthusiasm was fully up to
the expectations The keynote OF the
speeches was that the Beers were lighting
for their independence AS our forefathers
bled under the auspices of the United Irish
societies and number or leading Ger
mans of the city Joined In the movement.
Among those who occupied seo.s on tho
stage were Senators Mason OF Illinois, Al
len OF Nebraska and Ttllman of South
Carolina, Representatives Clark, Dear
mond and Cochran OF Missouri Bailey of
Texas, Carmack and Cox Of Tennessee.
Rhea. Jones and Lamb OF Virginia Sha-
forth of Colorado, Meyer of Louisiana,
Sulzer OF New York, and Lentz of Ohio.
and Mr.. Van Siclen, representative OF the
Orange Free State at New York and rep
resentatives of the United Irish societies
and others. a large delegation of irish
Americans and German Americans from
Baltimore was in the audience.
The meeting was called TO order by the
chairman of the executive committee. z.
II. Moran the National treasurer OF the
Ancient Order OF Hiberulans, with few
words OF welcome, introduced Congress
man Snlzer as the presiding officer OF the
evening MIR. Sulzor was greeted enthusl-
asiically,,
( He said 'As an American citizen AM
not ashamed to have It known that my
I sympathy is with the heroic Beers In their
determined effort to maintain their homes
and their independence against the piracy
and the tyranny of the British crown III
night between liberty and monarchy
/ want to see liberty win. Their cause Is
just cause England's attempt TO steal
| their country Is an outrage, an act "
criminal aggression. and should be con-
iemned by the Christian powers of the
( world In 1916 the patriotic fathers OF
! this republic fought England to gain our
/ independence The South African patriots
1 today are fighting the same cause to main
tain their independence. This is the only
/ difference. The courage OF the Beers in
! the face OF tremendous odds has chal-
/ lenged the admiration OF mankind and
! their herosm against almost insurmount
/ able obstacles has won the respect OF the
/ civilized world
I'VE must do our duty. This great re-
! public in the name OF liberty. humanity
/ and free institutions, must demand peace
and make that demand good We sym
pathized with Poland with Hungary, with
/ -, ,,sith all he
/ puhlics, with Armenia and with Cuba.
Why ! ask. in the name of all that Is
| Just and honorable, should we now refuse
| to lend our moral support and sympa
thetic aid to the patriots OF South Africa
! 4 republic that will secretly counive and
aid monarchy to destroy sister re-
public and blot ont its free institutions
is republic rotten 10 the core and viii
soon fall like decayed tree on the banks
i of turbulent stream to be swept away
/ forever. There is no doubt that the adj
ministration is secretly in sympathy with
Great Britain and lending her all the aid
it can. Every patriotic citizen OF the
republic should condemn these pro Eng
/ lish tendencies"
Senator Mason was first introduced hy
| Chairman sulzer. He said that he mad
no apology TO make for coming to this
meeting on Sunday night. Il hold he
/ continued that there Is no hour too
sacred or place too dear to speak for the
cause of liberty. ! congratulate Wash
ington on this sympathetic demonstration
in behalf of a sister republic. The con-
fict in the Transvaal is a struggle be-
tween liberty and slavery. When you hear
these morarchists open their services with
long PRAYERS and tell of what they viii
do for down-trodden people in far off
lands you usually find them closing with
description Of the resources and wealth
| of those countries. The Beers are right
but unless we can aid them in some wav
their cause may not triumph The bird
of liberty has hitherto always found
resting place in this country. Lately tine
American eagle. Il appears. has taken 10
eating carrion. II you have any Influence
lend your voice TO the cause OF the Beers.
If you have no influence, but have convic-
tions. speak your sentiments"
\ Representative Bailey Of Texas said
that he came merely TO give his moral
| support to the cause His address was
vigorous one and he was loudly APP
plauded. IL am sick OF hearing about
our brothers across the sea-, he said.
England is brutal. SIZE has hunted tho
| Irish down and shot them IN a brutal
manner among the bogs and fens OF Ire
land. II is not merely English greed OF
gold or desire for wealth thai urges Eng
land on during this war. She finds an
opportunity to blot a republic from tine
face OF the earth and she does not hest
tate to do r. blush TO say that there
are men under this flag who hooe TO see
this crime perpetTated. But they hone
in Tain.'
Senator William v. Allen OF Nebraska.
in a vigorous address. said III there is
any country on the face Of the esr'h that
owes the British empire nothing thai
country Is the United Stsfes or America