St. Paul daily globe., 1895-10-01
LEADING CITIZENS OF CHICAGO
CALL FOR RECOGNITION OF
THE REBELS.
AN APPEAL TO CONGRESS
sPA1N,S CAMPAIGN DESCRIBED
AS AN INVASION OF AMER
1 ICA.
Efforts of the BeIIfgerents for
Freedom Are Applauded and
Encouraged.

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the population of Chicago as could
find entrance to the auditoriums OF
the Central Music hall and the
Young Mems Christian association
buildings tonight shouted itself
hoarse in appreciation of a series of
resolutions in which the United
States government is asked to recog-
nize the Cubans as belligerents. Such
genuine enthusiasm has seldom been
witnessed in this city, and on no
occasion were words spoken by men
more full of the heart and soul of
the speakers. Mayor Swift presided
at the main meeting in Central
Music hall, while Judge William A.
Vincent was chairman of the over
flow meeting in the association
building. The seventy-five vice
presidents who occupied seats on the
platforms were chosen from among
the leading business men of the city.
and each one of them had previously
expressed himself as in full accord
with the object of the meetings.
Before the speaking began copies
OF kilograms from number of gem
tlemen who could not be present
were read. The first of these was
from Gov. Altgeld, and it's ringing
words called forth cheer after cheer.
Other kilograms were from Congress
man Adams, Senator Wilkinson. of
Florida, and George r. Peck. &@a
ALL WE'RE REPRESENTED
-The representatives of the various
organizations which had selected
committees to cooperate in making
the meetings success were dis
tributed between the two. Among
these were the presidents, with con,-
mittees, from the following organ
fzations: Loyal Legion, Confeder-
ate association, G. A. R., Naval Vet
Grams, Society of the Sons of the
Revolution, Illinois State Fedora
tlon of Labor, twenty-five local labor
organizations, Standard club, Mar
quette club, Kenwood club, Oak
land club, Illinois club, Menoken
club, b,fItalian residents, Scandinavian
German, Bohemian, Irish, Greek and
African societies. All of the speak
ers addressed both meetings. They
were, Rev. F. w. Gunsaulus, w. J.
tynes, Rev.P. S. Henson, John Mayo
Palmer, Thomas B. Bryan, William
E. Mason and E. B. Sherman.
When Gonzales de Quesada, sec
retary of the Cuban revolutionary
party of the United States, and @.
a ZauaS another nror,,;no,+ (t,,1,a,,
stepped upon the platform at Cen
trial Music hall the enthusiasm Of
the audience knew no bounds and it
was. some minutes before order was
restored. AT this meeting Eugene
Kaueffer played for the first time in
public his new march, Cuba Lib
era" introducing the Cuban nation
al air. Rev. DR.. H. w. Thomas read
the resolutions, which were adopted
as by one mighty voice. They were
as follows:
ALL ARE BORN EQUAL.
to express our deep sympathy with
the Cubans in their brave struggle
to secure for themselves and their
children the blessings of independ-
ence, liberty and self-government pre-
sent the following:
Eve hold these truths to be self
evident-that all men are created
equal; that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain /. inaiienable
rights; that among those are life, lib
erty and the pursuit of happiness; that
to secure these rights governments are
instituted among men, deriving their
just powers from the consent of the
governed; that whenever any form of
government becomes destructive of
these ends, 1t is the right of the peo-
pie to alter or to abolish it, and to
institute a new government, laying its
foundations on such principles and or
ganizating powers in such form as to
them shall seem most likely to effect
their safety and happiness. Prudence,
indeed, will dictate that governments
long established should not be
changed for light and transient causes;
and accordingly all experience has
shown that mankind are more dis
posed to suffer, while evils are suffer-
able than to right themselves by
abolishing the forms to which they
are accustomed. But when a long
train of abuses and usurpations, pur-
suing invariably the same object,
evinces design to reduce them under
absolute despotism, it is their right,
it is their duty, to throw off such gov
ernment and to provide new guards
for their future security
GRINDING YOKE OF SPAIN.
This historic declaration, made by
the founders of our republic on July
4, 1776, was true then, and it is true to-
day. For many unhappy years the
Cubans have been most shamefully op-
pressed and cruelty burdened, until the
yoke of Spanish rule has become intol-
cradle. If the fathers of American in
dependence were justified in casting off