Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-22
GREAT DEMONS TRATIONS
Monster Street Parade With
Thousands In Line.
AMERICANS FOR LIBERTY
Inscribed on one of The Banners-cooper
Union Packed and damned With
Sympathizers Stirring
Resolutions.

New York, Dec. 21-Two great demon
strations in favor of struggling Cuba
took place in this city tonight. One was
street parade of the organizatio called
the Friends of Cuba" The other was
mass meeting at Cooper Union called by
the Cuban league of the United States.
Several thousand men took part in the
street parade and many thousands more
lined the sidewalks and cheered enthusi-
astically along the line of march. The
procession formed ON East Eighty-sixth
and Eighty-seventh streets and marched
by way of Third and Lexington avenues
and Broadway to Cooper Union. Franz
Mayer, president of the organization, was
grand marshal The column was divided
into ten batalions. An American flag was
carried at the head of each battalion
with two Cuban soldiers as escorts. A
large number Of transparencies were car
ried illustrating Spanish massacres One
showing the killing of Maceo bore the IL
tie, SPANS latest triumph in numbering
under the flag of truce" Other inscrip-
tlonS were, Let congress act, the people
will uphold congress-" Americans for
liberty and facts. Remember Washing
ton and La Fayette" uphold the Mon
roe doctrine" another star to the con-
stelation of republics For Gods sake,
stop the murder in Cuba" 1--WE die. but
(,
the American friends of Cuba-our object
is to assist the downtrodden Cubans and
to prohibit Spain from committing furth-
er assassinations."
Cooper Union was packed to the doors
when the meeting of the Cuban league
was called to order by it's president,
Ethan Allen, a lineal descendant of the
general of the same name, of revolution
ary fame.
The following list of vice-presidents
n Il n
Frank S. Black, John Jacob Astor, Sena-
tor David B. Hill, Charles A. Dana, An
drew H. Green, General Daniel Butter
field, Roswell P. Flower, Andrew Car
negie William Rockefeller, w. r. Hearts,
James Gordon Bennett, Chauncey M. De-
pew, DR.. w. q. Ward, Alonzo B. Cornell,
Franklin Edison, Hugh ]. Grant, William
c. Whitney William M. Evarts, Thomas
G. Platt, William w. Webb, Russell Sage
B. T. Tracey, General Stewart L. Wood
ford, Robert Bonner, Bradford Merriman
Thomas L. James, General Martin Nc
Mahon, c. N. Bliss, Darwin R. James
Frederick r. Coudert, George Hoadley
Powell C1ayton, Rev. r. S. Macarthur
Joseph Jefferson, Richard Mansfield, Ed
ward Lauterbach, William H. Crane, T.
V. Powderly, Samuel Gompers, John E.
Milholland, Warner Miller, Judge Nor
gan, ]. O'Brien, w. Bourke Cochran. A.
p. Fitch, Fred D. Grant, Brayton Ives,
Thomas F. Gilroy, Theodore Roosevelt,
Frank B. Carpenter, Walter S. Logan,
Paul Dana, Anson G.. McCook, John E.
Dillon, General Wager Swayne, John
Wanamaker, Charles Stewart Smith, Ho-
ratio r. Harper, Noah Davis Robert G.
Ingersoll, Murat Halstead, Timothy L.
Woodruff, General Joseph Hayes, Cen
eral G. T. Christensen, Colonel E. H.
Ropes and General Leopez De Quaralta.
The following secretaries were elected:
Francis Wayland Glen Sidney G. Math-
er, Thomas st. John Gaffney, John Rut-
ledge Abney, Richard s. Emmett, James
r. O'Beirne and Howard r. Payne.
President Allen was greeted with
cheers when he rose to speak. He said
In part:
This immense and enthusiastic audi
ence is proof that the hearts of our citi-
zens still throb in harmony for any peo-
pie struggling to be free. Further than
this, it is proof that the American people
do not breathe the air of towards, al
though some of the government may
We are assembled tonight to uphold in
other lands the cause for which Wash
ington and his compa triots contended in
this. If we are not willing to make some
sacrifices to extend the heritage of lib
erty bequeathed to us from the storms Of
battle, we are unworthy to hold and en-
joy 1t ourselves.
1--WE assemble here tonight as Ameri-
cans to declare that the independence Of
Cuba shall be recognized now. To delay
Is to make ourselves responsible for the
further ruin and slaughter which will
follow, Cuba has resolved upon freedom
or determination, and applauding her
assassin's hand. With Spain we. have
tried argument long enough. She is not
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