The evening times., 1895-11-01
RINGING WORDS FOR tUBl
Washington Declares That She
Must Be Free.
MONSTER MASS MEERING
Wild Enthusiasm and Patriotic Fer
vOr Displayed by the Lovers of Lib
erty In Mefzerott Hall-Speeclies,
Poems, Songs and Cheers Warmed
the Hearts of Cuba - Cha m pions.

Cuba's cause was enthusiastically cham
pioned last night. Lovers OF freedom un-
furled the banner OF liberty. The mass
meeting, despite rain, Spain. ana admin
istratioh quakes, WIS monster demon
stration of les kind.
MetZerott Hail was filled. Duwnsta irs
they stood I'D and the seats were flied-
But enthusiasm was in the gallery. on
the stage and ali over the main iiuor 1t
made itself felt.
The applause commenced as the speakers
Of the evening headed by Simon Wolf and
CORPORAL Tanner Tiled on the stage. Most
were familiar faces but the presence or the
two Cubans was econ discovered and they
were cheer d To the echo. Even the music
Of the be'dcrson Fife and Drum CorDe " az
drDw ned.
IL is not often the American eagle has
a chance TO spread his " iDgs I'm the Dis
trict Itself. when he does the AVERAGE
American is glad Io be there. That's hat
hit them 30 last night and started them
from the time Mr.. Wolf opened his mouth
until Corporal Tanner read the message
which came rom Mayor Mckcnna, ofPiits-
The citizens or Pittsburg in mass meet
ing asseknbled Join with you in bidcing
God speed 10 The brave people of Cuba in
declare that America should be for Amer
cans"
CHEEREp THE FLAG.
1t was this that started cheer and a
tiger when Mr. Metzerott placed in the
mouth of the horu blown by the Goddess
OF Music. n Cuban flag which friend of
Cubn was waving in the gallery. Corporal
Tanner even was knocked out for a moment
uiitn ne saw what Hsti seen uonc anu amen
he. too, joined in the uproIr.
Poems took the crowd. They were good
poems, SO good that they called forth
the lOudest applause. Dr. Crpffut wax
ened the echoes with one and Colonel Joyce
with the other. How the people enjoyed
"a rod l,roi m nd IN in
when Colonel Joyce wanted to raise a
regiment and go for the Spaniard. A
"tlger" only satisfied them.
MetZcrott Hall never heard America
sung like 1t was sung last night. The
DoxGogy, too, WIS rung out i'll the truest
Of tones. There was no mistake.
1t was great success The Cuba lead
ers froul New York were overioyed. The
faces of the gentlemen who have iabored
SO hard for the success OF the meeting
were wreathed In smiles. Corporal Tan
lief wis prou,i ne presided over such a gath
ering. The speakers were glad to have
an opportunity TO bathe in the shower of
1t was there. Every one was happy and
the committee of fifty Will not have very
hard work ahead Of it,
Mr.. Wolf called the meeting to order
about a quarter past O'Clock, at which
time the auditorium was full and the upper
gallery was filling fast. He said that it
gave him great pleasure to have the
privilege of Introducing the chairman OF
the meeting, one wbe has been selected
by the unanimous voice OF the general CON-
nittee- He wished To say also that the
ittZens should be cOinplifnented on their
patriotism could not be toeIed by a Spanish
rain. daughter and applausc-i
CHEERED TO THE ECHO
When SIR. Wolf named Corp. Tanner as
chairman, the audience cheered the veteran
to the echo, and the first thing he did was
to make pleasant dash at the admin
istration- which was also vociferousiy
"a
OF International diplomacy had made 1t
convenient to say not hing about the
Cuban struggle at the Atlanta ExpOsi
ton, there was evidently nothing 10 pre-
vent fun and fair expression OF sympathy
at the Capital of the nation. (AppiaCse-l
On motion OF DIR. Coe, Mr.. W. Burdette
Matthews, and the members of the press
present were nominated and elected sec
retaries. The president called on the
secretary to read the following names OF
the vice presidents OF the mesfing: most
General s. s. Burdett, Rev L., stern,
Isadcrc Saks, Charl.s baum. =. Beaver,
Rev. Thomas Chalmers Easton. Frank
son, Major William Oscar Roome,
b. Williams, DR.. Anton Coe. BushrJd Rob
inson. Rev. s. Domer, D. D.. E. +. simp-
son, Hon. E. n. Marble, DR.. George Gus
tis. Rev. Dr. ]. E. Rankin. W. ID Clarke.
NJ. Goldsmith, Edw ard d. EastoD, Thcmas
P Morgan. ir., s. L. Wiiett, L. II. Hop
kins, Max Kaufman.
James F. McHugh, DR.. John II. Metzerott,
Joseph ]. McNally. Hon. C. G. Conn, Ru-
dolph Saur, E. walderker. Volks Tribune;
Werner Koch, Washington Journal; Paul
T. Bowen, Thomas ]. Foley Charles
Wells, Samuel ID. Nedry. Robert F. Meter
James Mcknight, Thomas P. O'Dea, John
A. Watts, William Whyte, Andrew Muir
IA y,Hon. l.. &. Hine, John F. Cook. Prof.
Gregory, John McElroy, W. II. G. Sim
mons, Hon. L. W. Haberrom Gen Julius
Stahel, Charles Mades, Charles Graaf,
German Orphan Asylum; j. ]. Appich,
Col. Thomas j. Shannon. Col Andrcw "
Geddes, Hon. John w. Marbury. William A
Croffut. and Col. John. A. Joyce.
WAS A MIGHTY CHORUS.
Prof. l. Dushane Glow ar,i then led the
singing OF America, " having advised those
who couldn' sing Ito holler it, The vast
audience rose 10 their feet and to the spirit
anthem in thunder tones.
Every verse OF the song was su ng as if
a regiment or two were singing hymn
befpre going into battle.
H. l.. Street, deputy comma nder -in-chief
or the Union Veterans Union. wrote to
the chairman that the $4,000 of the Union
veterans Union were lin full accord with
the objects of your meeting / only regret
that your invitation to the Department of
the otomac was not received at an earlier
date, so they might have attended as re-
quested- This sentiment was the occasion
of another utburst of cheering.
Rev. DE-. Rankin. president of Howard
University, chairman of the committee on
resolutions. read the Cuban RESOLUTIONS.
which We're interrupted often with demon
strations of applause:
Speaking of the resolutions, DR.. Rankin
said that Americans stand Tor certain dis
tinctive ideas OF government which We're
born in the fire of the revolution. Our
fathers solved the problem that Greece bad
never solved. Since then we have bten