The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-29

showed tnaC the trade from the island
to this country was $S2O0O,O00 annual
ly and the trade from the United
States to Cuba was $19,000.00O.
But mark it" said Mr.. Sherman. 81
do not favor the
ANNEXATION OF CUBA
to the United States In my Judgment
the island should become a, part Of
Mexico, being of the same people. and
I would be glad to see that end dc-
complished."
Mr. Sherman said he would now turn
his attention to the "saddest phase of
this whole subject" He referred to.
the recall of General Campos, a hu-
name soldier, and his succession by
General Wevler. who has been well
christened "the butcher
The events in the last thirty days in
connection with this appointment had
changed the senator's whole feeling, he
said
This man Weyler, "7ehe continued,
SIS one of the worst men which could
be sent TO pacify a people. His war
fare is massacre. He openly avows it.
He is a brute, pure and simple; his
hands are stained with the blood of
defenseless men and women"
In support of this statement Mr.
Sherman sent to the desk and had read
extracts which were most startling and
sensational. They recited atrocities of
WeylerS former command in Cuba
which sent a noticeable murmur of hor-
ror through the crowded galleries. One
of the statements was that General
Weyler had captured parents and their
several daughters pretty senoritas. He
had ordered the young girls stripped
naked and compelled them to dance
thus naked before the Spanish troops
while the parents driven to the point
of insanity stood by. But this was not
all. The senator went on to give ex-
tracts from recent interviews with Cen
eral Weyler in which he spoke of ex-
terminating the Cubans. This showed
him to be, said Mr.. Sherman, a demon
rather than a general. Then the sena-
ator added: eff this continues, no earth
ly power can prevent the president of
the United States from going to that
island, sweeping over it from end to
end. and driving out these barbarians.'
At this fervid sentence the galleries
broke into
LOUD AND LONG APPLAUSE.
while the vice-president loudly gave
warning, that under the rules. If the
demonstration was repeated the gale
rieS would be cleared.
Mr.. Sherman said every Christian
heart. every American heart revoIted
at this rule Of oppression. We did not
want any Armenia at our doors. We
should not shield ourselves, like Great
Britain, by saying Armenia was too
far away. Cuba was right beside us
The rules of civilized society. the shirt
of the age, demanded that Spain
should be compelled to stop these cru
elites. Not only the United States. but
the countries of the world, would unite
in this demand. And if Spain failed to
heed it, and Weyler CART out his
projected plans, there was not a point
on the American hemisphere which
would not ask it's president to put an
end to the infamy.
Il share in the responsibility of the
course we must take said Mr.. Sher
man in closing. land confident in the
justice of this course, confident in the
justice of the Almighty Ruler of the
universe. / feel we should aid in Sc
curing for Cuba the same liberty we
now enjoy
Mr.. Sherman was again warmly ap-
plauded as he closed, and Mr.. Gallinger
TOOK THE FLOOR.
He graphically pictured the wrongs
which Spain inflicted on the Cubans.
quoting many newspaper articles, and
declared that General Weyler was be-
ginning to live up to his fame. In con-
clusion he said: God speed the day
when Cuba shall be free"
Mr.. Lodge asked to have placed in
the record the outline of Weyler's
forthcoming proclamations sent by the
correspondent of the Associated Press,
and said this alone would justify any
action the senate would take. General
Weyler's policy of shooting down de-
fenseless people was begun, said Mr..
Lodge.
There was q people struggling
against wrongs, beside which the
grievances which led the American col
onies to rebel against Great Britain
were nothing. The insurgents bad
gained the