St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-27
FRIENDS OF CUBA.
Ringing Speeches for the Cause
at IL New York Meeting.

Ringing Speeches for the Cause
at New York Meeting.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-Cooper
Union was crowded with large and
enthusiastic audience tonight of SYM
pathizers with the Cuban insurgents.
The stage was decorated with the
flags of various South American re-
publics, and the stars and stripes.
In the center of the stage and back
of the chairman was a marble bust
of Jose Marti, the dead Cuban patriot,
surrounded by potted plants and
palm leaves. The mass meeting was
similar to the meetings recently held
in Chicago, Boston and Washington.
Charles A. Dana presided and made
the opening address, eulogizing the
late Jose Marti, and expressing
strong sympathy with the Cuban
cause. DR.. Winters, who acted as
secretary of the meeting, read let
ters of regret from Amos Cummings,
Cows. Mcintyre, of Colorado; Culber-
son, of Texas, and Clarke, of Ari-
zOna; William F. Ball, mayor of
Fargo, N. D.; ex-Gov. p. A. Alger, of
Michigan; Roger Allen, of North Da-
kota; Gov. Upham, of Wisconsin;
Patrick Egan and Andrew Carnegie.
All the latter expressed sympat thy
with the cause of Cuba. After the
secretary had finished reading the
letters he introduced Congressman
William Sulzer, who, he said, was
among the greatest sympathizers in
behalf Of the cause of independence.
and man who stood ready to cham
pion the cause even in the congress Of
the United States. Mr.. Suffers re-
marks were frequently Interrupted
by deafening applause. He said:
Let me say. first OF all. that I
welcome this opportunity to express
my sentiments regarding the free
dom of Cuba, the cause Of the Gu
ban patriots and the position on the
question this government should
take. What 1 say 1 say from deep
conviction, after mature delibeTatiOn
and as an American citizen. and all
that 1 say I will stand by in the halls
VI COHS dS GIL -alIISll lCdiA ISJl t.
sentative. In the present crisis in
Cuba my sympathies are all with
the heroic and patriotic Cubans, and
l sincerely hope and believe they viii
succeed. Cuba must and will be free
and independent. and in my judg-
ment the end is near, the result in
evitabie, and the Cuban republic
nations of the world. There is more
than an insurrection in Cuba. 1t is
a revolution. Revolutions always
accomplish something for the up
lifting of humanity and the anchor
alton of the human race. I believe
in revolution when oppression can
no longer he endured.
Spain denies that war exists in Cuba,
yet she sent a hundred thousand men
there to put it down. Her greatest
general has taken personal command
and says he cannot succeed unless he
receives a reinforcement of a hundred
and fifty thousand more men. She
never did and never will admit the
truth about Cuba. She VII not permit
the world to know what is going on in
the island. and the probability is that
she is not carrying on a civilized mode
OF warfare. There seems to be very lit
tie difference between Gen. NalmeZeda
and Capt. Gen. Campos, and the mess
age of President Grant, through his
secretary OF state, in 1859, crying out in
the interest of Christian civilization
and common humanity against the
mode of warfare in Cuba by the Span
ish government, IS no doubt as true 10,
day as it was then. Spain cannot win.
She cannot again subjugate Cuba. Her
greatest general meets with defeat in
every important engagement G.2d her
resources are drained to a condition of
national bankruptcy. She cannot carry
on the war much longer and must soon
admit her inability to quell the revolu-
tion.
From what I can ascertain and
learn, from the best and most authen-
tic sources. l know the Cubans will ac-
cept no terms but the freedom of the
island. Cuba lies at our very door and
belongs to us by right"
When Congressman SulZer finished
speaking. the following resolution was
adopted: Resolved, That we extend
our sympathy to the Cuban people N
their struggle for freedom and inde-
pendence. and we call upon the con-
gress and the president of the United
States and request them to grant bel
ligerent rights to the Cuban republic