The herald., 1895-11-27
SYMPATHY WITH CUBANS
Is Expressed by Enthusiastic
New Workers
COOPER UNION IS CROWDED
By Men Who Favor the Cause OF the
Insurgents
Sensation Caused in Spain by Proposal
to End the Cuban War by Grant-
ing Autonomy

| NEW YORK, Nov. 26. cooper Union
was crowded with lare and enthusias-
| tic audience tonight of sympathizers
with the Cuban insurgents. The stage
was decorated with flags of various South
American republics and the Stars and
| Stripes. in the center of tle stage was
marble bust of 'ose Marti the dead Cuban
patriot, surrounded by potted plants and
| palm leaves.
TIE mass meeting was similar TO the
meetings recently held in Chicago, Bos-
ton and Washington.
Charles A.Dara presided and made the
opening address euloszing the late Jose
Marti and exposing strong sympathy
with the Cuban cause.
DR.. Winters. who acted as secretary OF
the meeting read letters of regret from
| Congressman Amos Cummings, Cover
nor Mcintyre of Colorado, Governor Cul-
berson of Texas, Governor Clark of Ala
bama. Rev. Arthur Mcmahon, William
Ball, Mayor of Fargo, n. D.. ex-Gover-
nor r. A. Alrer of Michigan, Governor
Allen of North Dakota, United States
Senator Chandler. August W. Peters.
| Governor Upham Of Wisconsin, Patrick
Egan and Andrew Carnegie.
All the letters express sympathy with
the cause OF Cuba. After the secretary
had finished reading them he introduced
Congressman William Sulzer, who, he
said. was among the greatest sympa-
thizers Of Cuban independence, and
| man who stood ready to champion her
cause even in the congress of thesUnited
States.
Mr.. Sulzer's remarks were frequently
interrupted by deafening applause. He
said;
LET me say first of all that l wei
come this opportunity to express my
sentiments regarding the freedom of Gu.
ba, the cause of the Cuban patriots and
the position on the question this govern
ment should take.
what say here say with deep con-
vction after mature deliberation and as
an American citizen, as an American rep
| resentative.
''In the present crisis in Cuba my svm-
pathies are hll with the heroic and patti
otic Cubans and | sincerely hope and be-
lieve they will succeed.
Cuba must and will oe free and lnde.
pendent, and in my judgment the end is
near; the result is inevitable. CUBA will
soon take her stand among the nations
of the world. There is more than insur-
rection in Cuba. 1t is rather revou-
ton; revolution always acComplishes
something for the uplifting of humanity,
! and the amelioratiOn of the human race.
1t believes in revolutions when oppres-
sion cannot longer be endured.
"Spain denies that war exists in Cuba,
yet she sent hundred thousand men
there to put it down. Her greatest gen.
eral has taken personal command and
says he cannot succeed unless he receives
rein forcements OF a hundred and fifty
thousand more. Spain never did and
never will admit the truth about Cuba.
She will not permit the world TO know
what is going on IN the island; the prob
ability is that she is not carving on
| civilized II ode of warfare. The message
! of President Grant, through his secretary
| of state in 1869, crying out in the interest
of Christian civilization and common
humanity against the mode OF warfare in
Cuba by the Spanish government. is. no
doubt, as true today as ii was then.
"Spain cannot win; she cannot again
subiugate Cuba. her greatest general
meets with defeat in every important en-
gagemen, ami her resources are drained
TO condition of national bankruptcy.
Sne cannot carry on the war much
longer, and must soon admit her inability
to uuell tue revolution. From what | can
! ascertain and learn from the most au-
| thoritative sources, | know tho Cubans
will accept no terms but tht fr ,etom of
the island.
Cuba lies at our very door and he
longs to us by right. Some day she will
belong to u.s. But it will never come by
purchase Cuba will come to us in her
own good time, but when she comes she
will come N her pride and her glory, of
her own accord ana as free anu inde-
! pendent state, a possession rich beyond
the dream of avarice, and essential to
our control OF the gulf OF Mexico, Cur
continental supremacy and our national
destiny.
"The time has come wien, as people
of the great republic, we must declare
our honest views and our true convic.
tions, and declare them in no weak,
vacillating or mistaken tones. 10 remain
silent much longer would subject us to
the ridcule and condemnation of every
nationsof the western hemisphere.
"Our duty is plain, aye, in my hum
BILE Judgment, is imperative. We should
recognize the Cuban patriots as bellig.r
ents who have all the rights and privi-
leges that right implies and affords
in modern warfare. In this matter III
congress | will follow whcr5 any man
man darss to follow. / cannot speak for
the administration at Washington; can
ot speak out fJr one man in the fifty
fourth congress but hope and believe
that within the next few weeks some ac-
tion will be taken which will command
American from Batiin's Bay to the
Straits of Magellan.
In the name of the God ofi natinns,
let Cuba be free. In the name OF human
ity, long live the Cuban republic.
When Mr.. Sulzer finished speaking, the
following resolutions were adopted:
Res lved, That We extend our sympa-
thy to the Cuban people in their struggle
for freedom and independence, and we
call OH the congress aHu the president
of these United States and request them
to grant bell gerent rights to the Cuban
republic.