The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-22
First Parliament IN
7rarlspnal Colony.
Speaker Addresses House in both Dutch and English
First Bill Introduced is Is Exclude Id
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PRETORIA, TRANsY4AAL.s March 2 IN
The first Parliament OF s3t the Trans
yaal# Colony n under the newly granted
Constitutions, met here hisamorning2i n5t
the hall in which the late Pre- sident i
kruger presided S for SO INA my Y y ears
over the; sittings of the upper Y olSs-{
raad Of the Ne erStWh1les n South $Atrlcan@I
rcpubli 3S5 ss
gSf NJ +. Fl ffmeye en- rose, and king In
English, explained KIM the @ m cthod u
}electing q N speak ~ hereuponS " Gen tens,
sfa eaidentof ola Tines shoutsa
Dutch n Tho fE g on erals 81 81 terruption$
was gree ted aswithaon thusi site NJ cheers
by the B B ocrs, ss5 and Fl ffney g 83Ss co M
piled ishine5 is lanai In
33 General 3 tia. the pre- ier:, onli.55
mated General Beyers for Speaker. and
Sir George, Il. Farrar, I pre- sld len tSS Of tho
Progressiye party.gpr9p,osed Mr stosk-
the I1inisterialists,a MAJ ny Of 8sWfoms
favored N the lat ter ter several
names had been su ggested by the q ~
ter. and, Nv no. many cases when
$sopportunit ys offered sho wed . h9ir r
4deserting to y t. ''Ss, SsA If FIN
Dr.zII exaner paid an d oauente tribute
to Peter Muhlenberg Gernlan
p'reaicher e doifed his
ri clad in he uniform Of az SO ldier55r "
& for.3wnr,,22 and whom hereafter fought,
@valiantly for Independence and attain
was his brigade Which stornied and
carried the$6last British bitches at
9Yorktown.$ When Washing ton was III
pondency and was ontemplating g
maintenance Of va 6 uerrl liz warfare. u
reinforcement OF i, 800 G ernlans turned
THE, tide, inspired him W tn hop o. and
enabled s., ! ae him to the
| Forge, when his army was suffering
/ the rigors Of winter and starving, the
German = 81 PennsylY
cna = 90 Ills rescue an their
relat other notableS services by In
4 sdivldunl 3535 Germans, u II and $as mentioned
II among others Count De- ISalb, Baron
won Steuhen, Nicholas IEork liner sand
Others who had rendered conspicuous
EserYice. is.3 5ssi 5ls
Turning to tho war Of al 81 g., IA tile
\ speaker paid q tribute to II Francis Scott
h1 i, and .Tsated the circumst OF
She saw what banner was due chIeflys "a
# Germans, ono Of whom was in command
H a At Fort, NJ Henry, which had withstood
In the Civil$War.
! IN tho Civil War 900, 900 Germans tool;
up arms because they thought lit was
4 wrong to tear out one star from the ban
ner which had Inspired Key s song. N The
I German had been even more conspicuous
In the vic tories Of peace than In those
A of war. Dr.. Fl exnmer4 reviewed 5thel
work IN agriculture and advanced meth.
/ DDS, and III, all lines OF industry. They
\ had manufactured the first piano made ii
d America; IS they had made greater progress:
4 In printing and III all the arts, ind as i
\ matter or fnct3@more books had becl
\ printed IN German In Philadelphia ii
Colonial days than In English in all Nev
4 England, a German had first Learned tn,
q value .of coal, and u tilted 1t In tile gren
u iron interest is, St5 " 3 II II 1
After mentioning many prominent Ger.
a mans IN more recent civil and commercial
n history the speaker asked what the colll
Il try would have done without them, III
q declared that 1t was the immigration from
all nations and the$intuslon OF the stuvd,
blood Of the Immigrant that had givel
Il this nntiontits power and Its energy
4 mollycoaales ne home, bringing only til
A sturdy manhood and wnn,anhood. ,}
& LIN conclusion the speak or made an elo
quent appeal for a@unon& or hearts an
4 a union 1T hand II all working together 10
i the glory OF this nation and to 8comba
Y intolerance and the spirit Of bigotry.