The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-06
NEBRASKA LEADER AND MAYOR
OF CLEVELAND ADDRESS A
PRO-BOER MEETING
HEARD BY 1900 PEOPLE
Resolution Adopted Urging The Pres-
Ident to Refterate the Mckinley
Protest Against RecOncen-
traGo Camps
MR. BRYAN SHES AT POLITICS

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 5.-Four
thousand people attended a pro-Boer
meeting in Gray's armory this afternoon.
There was enthusiastic applause for
every expression of sympathy and en-
couragement for the struggling Beers.
An unexpected event in the meeting
was the appearance Of Hon. w. j. Bryan,
who was 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 gathering. Both gentlemen accepted,
and when, towards the close of the other
speeches Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Johnson en-
tered 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.
Upon the stage were seven native Beers
who had been in some of the early con-
flicts with their countrymen against the
English forces. They were driven from
the country and are now residents Of
this city. The meeting continued for
four hours, the principal address being
by Hon. John ]. Lentz.
Bryan's Sympathy with Roers.
When the formal speeches of the af-
ternoon were concluded Messrs. Bryan
and Johnson were called upon to address
the vast audience. Mr.. Bryan spoke
about five minutes, during which time he
said:
Sad will be that day, fallen viii be the
star of our destiny, if the time ever
comes when struggling freemen feel that
they cannot look to the people Of these
states for sympathy"
Mr.. Bryan said that he was in entire
sympathy with the intent of the meet
ing, eulogized the fighting South African
farmers, and urged them to continue the
struggle. He said he was glad that
the war had cost England dearly, and
that the disastrous cost in money and life
would be a much needed lesson for the
English government, because it would
teach and has already taught a lesson
that Will not soon be forgotten.
Mr.. Bryan said that he considered it a
compliment that the Beers had looked to
the United States for aid and sympathy
in their struggle, and that he considered
it a disgrace that no official expression
of sympathy had yet been made by this
government. Mr.. Bryan believed that
the English people are opposed to the
continuance of the war because they, too,
are suffering because of the unhappy
conflict, and are the ones that must
bear the burden of the conflict.
Mayor Johnson also spoke briefly, and
said that he was in full sympathy with
the intent Of the meeting, and express
ed similar sentiments to those expressed
by Mr.. Bryan in that the English people
generally are opposed to the war.
Resolution for Roosevelt
A resolution Of great length was pass
ed and will be sent to the president of
the United States. The resolution calls
the attention Of the president to the con-
tinuance Of the war for the past two
years and states that it has been char
acterized on the part Of the British as
a conflict Of Ssvagery by the cOnfiscati0n
or destruction of property of inhabitants
and non-combatants lying within the zonO
Of war;
Attention is called to the denunciation
by President Mckinley Of the system Of
recommendation camps.
A quotation from the Manchester (Eng)
Guardian Of Sept 4, 1901. IS made, which
states that a degree of suffering and
death exists in these camps without a
parallel in history. In conclusion the
president is asked to enforce the treaty
of Washington, May 8, 1871, denying to
vessels operating under British authority
opportunity for the augmentation Of sup
plies Of war from the United States.
President Roosevelt is asked to con-
tinue the efforts of his predecessor to
bring to an end the horrors OF concen-
trauon camps and a warfare which, by
'its uneXampled ferocity and enormous
cost of life and treasure, has astounded
the civilized world"
Members of German singing societies
numbering 600 voices sang patriotic songs.
Bryan SHES mt Politics.
At the guest of Mayor Tom L. john
son, Hon. William J. Bryan will remain
in this city until tomorrow morning, when
Jackson day banquet tomorrow night.
Thence he goes to New Haven, Conn,
where he will speak at a Jackson day
banquet on Wednesday.
Concerning the Democratic platform
Mr.. Bryan said he thought it too early to
forecast such a document, but believed
the party would stand by what it has
fought for in the past two campaigns
and that the money plank would be in
cluded in the platform.
Regarding his own candidacy for the
presidency, Mr.. Bryan said that he was
not a candidate for anything.
Asked if he considered Mayor Tom X.
Johnson the logical candidate for the
Democratic nomination for the presidency
in 1904, Mr. Bryan said:
There is nobody in the United States
who is at present qualified to name the
Democratic candidate. 1t would hardly
be proper for me to assume the right to
discuss any particular presidential candi-
date at present. This is because am not
prepared to discuss the relative merits
Of men who might be associated with the
Democratic nomination. AS far as Mr.,
Johnson is concerned, every well inform
ed man in the country knows of Mr..
Johnson and Of his work; but when you
come to discuss presidential possibilities,
that is another question"