The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06
NOW 1T is
SECRETARY DAVIS
Who Sickens of PrO-British Ten
dency of the Administration.
APPROVAL OF MACRUM's COURSE
He Promises a Sensation When the Truth
About the South African War Is Made
Public Mckinley Attempts to Dis
susde Him From Giving 1t Out.

suade Him From Giving 1t Ont.
Washington. April 4.-vrh.ter LAWS,
a young !rahsas City spellbinder, whtm
the pre- esident took M at the tog'nning
Of the administration and made assist
ant sec:e ary of the interior, AID who
has just returned from well advertised
trip to South A'lica. has resigned his 3C-
sition and Will trur tlr rountrv aJvo-
eating some sort Of acton III tht inter
est of the Beers. Speaking Of his pur-
pose, Mr.. Da as said today:
"Tt IS purely c. instter Of s,mLaihy
on my part. I went TO South africa
;eI. visited 10th atnies ard
saw much Of the British soldiers anl
people and also much ti the Eoeis
After seeing what ! did / n,.l lie up my
mind that che eau e c: :rg l:U"rs vas
just, that the two smallest republics
in the wor' 4 were struggling against
the greatest empire in the world FOR
Justice and Independence The strug-
gle seem:d TO ne lI"cuual. Tho wurle
Of Beers, including men, woIien
population of the city Of Washins ION.
and yet thase brave people have TIE
courage - pu up the greatest fight in
81 concluded at once that my sympa-
thies were with those struggling for lib
erty, and feel that the American people
should sympathize with them in their
fight for justice and independence.
when I entered the train at Pretoria
on my return home fully 1000 men and
women, mostly women, whose husbands
and fathers and sons were at the front,
+la,, a. he gN, l. 4 n
bye, and as the tears rolled down many
of their faces they made the last request
of me that I do everything within my
power upon my return home to let the
American people know of their exact
condition; to let them know how they
had been abused and outrageously mis-
represented by the English. The En-
glish correspondents have no trouble in
getting their dispatches over the cable
lines, as they are controlled absolutely
by the British, while it is impossible for
information regarding the situation
from the Beers standpoint to reach the
American people.
"If did not, as free American, de-
eide to listen to their appeals, my con-
science would burn and the faces Of
those suffering people, as brave and as
would haunt me as long as I live. /
am, therefore, determined to do every
thing in my humble way to assist them.
Their cause is just, in God is their trust
and in the light of the past history of
the American people, who went through
the same struggle, 1 believe the Beers
will win"
Mr.. Davis was asked what course he
haN Of trxy
pursue in order to assist the Beers. He
replied: do anything and everything
within their power and let Great Britain
and the world know the sympathies
of the American people are not with
Great Britain, but with the Beers and
in the interests of humanity and civil
ization. We would let the world know
that such an unholy war should stop,
and stop at once"
Mr.. Davis since his return to this
country has had numerous invitations
to deliver lectures. but so far has de-
cided only that extended by the citizens
of Washington. This lecture probably
will be delivered next Sunday night.
Mr.. Davis denied that he brought with
him a communication 60 this govern
ment from President Kruger. He ad-
mitted however. that he had had sew
eral conferences with President McKin-
ley, but declined to make public what
had passed between them.
When asked as to whether he would
go on the stump during this campaign
in the interests of the Republican party,
Mr.. Davis said that he did not care to
look into the future, and that all he had
within sight at present was his lecture
in Washington.
This action of the late assistant sec
retary of interior is going to cause the
administration a good deal of well-mer-
tied embarrassment because of it's atti-
tude toward the struggling Beers.
There Is good reason to believe that Da-
Wis is quite as anxious to annoy the ad-
ministration as he is to arouse Sympa-
thy for the South African Dutch, for
1t is an open secret that his resignation
was forced as a result of friction with
Secretary Hitchcock and Commissioner
of Pensions Evans. 1t was understood
when he left here several weeks ago on
the long vacation which he spent in
South Africa, that he would quit the
government service when he returned
and go to the lecture platform.
But whatever his motive is, there is
no doubt that Davis will make a red-hot
campaign for the Beers, because he is a
hustler and has the reputation of max
ing speeches that stir his audiences up
in great shape, and unless the admins
tration finds means to head him off be-
fore he gets through he will undoubted-
ly make it regret that it did not take a
different attitude toward the Beers and
continue Davis in office as assistant
secretary of the interior or something
equally as good
Mr.. Davis's formal resignation was
sent to the white house through his pri-
vate secretary. At the white house no
statement was obtainable other than
that the resignation had been received,
and the officials declined to say whether
it would be accepted.