Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-06
CHEERS FOR BoERS
Enthusiastic Demonstration
 at Cleveland.
". j. BRYAN AMONG THE SPEAKERS,
He Is Glad England Has Had Such @ Hard Time, as She Needed the Lesson Taught by the
 Struggle.

CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 6. - Four thousand people attended proBoer meeting in Gray's arlnory yesterday afternoon. There was enthusiastic ap- plause for every expression of sympa- thy a@d encouragement for the strug- glingpBoers. An unexpected event in the meeting was the appearance of Hon. William J. Bryan, who is in the city for the day as the guest of Mayor Johnson. When the committee in charge of the meeting learned that the Democratic leader was in the city, an Invitation was sent to him and the mayor to attend and address the gath ering. Both gentlemen accepted, and when toward the close of other speech hs MT. Bryan and Mir. Johnson entered the hall the whole audience rose en masse and repeatedly shouted the names of Bryan and Johnson and greeted them with hurrahs and hand clapping.
 The audience was composed mostly of men, although number of women were present The tricolor of the Boer republic was prominent feature of the hrmory's decoration, and little stream
 
 many of the men. Upon the stage were seven native Boers who had been in some Of the early conflicts of their countrymen against the English sol l Hiers. They were driven from the coun- try and are now residents of this city. The meeting continued for four hours, the principal address being by Hon. John J. Lentz. Rev. August Franz, local Reformed Lutheran, also spoke.
 l When the formal speeches of the afternoon were concluded, Messrs. Bryan and Johnson were called upon l to address the vast audience. MT. Bry hn spoke for about five minutes, during 1 which time he said:
 Sad will be that day, fallen will be the star of our destiny, if the time ever comes when struggling freemen feel that they cannot look upon the people bf these states for sympathy
 Mir Bryan said that he was in entire sympathy with the intent of the meet l ing, eulogized the fighting South Afri- 1 Ean farmers and urged them to contin he the struggle. He said that he was glad the war had cost England so dear | ly and that the disastrous cost in mon- ey and life would be much needed lesson for the English government, be- cause it would teach and has already taught a lesson that will not be soon l forgotten.
 Mir. Bryan said that he considered it h compliment that the Boers looked to ] the United States for aid and sympa- thy in their struggle and that he con- sidered it a disgrace that no official ex- pression of sympathy had yet been made by this government.
 Mayor Johnson also spoke briefly and said that he was in full sympathy with the intent of the meeting and ex- | pressed similar sentiments to those ex- pressed by MT. Bryan in that the Eng fish people generally are opposed to the war.
 I A resolution of great length was passed and will be sent to the presi- Ient of the United States. The resolu- tion calls the presidents attention to the continuance of the war for the past l two years and states that it has been chara cterized on the part of the Brit ish as a conflict of sayagery by the confiscation or destruction of property of inhabitants and noncombatants ly ing within the zone of war.