The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-22
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ANN corps Of fifty pieces. and fodr bands
utsr the marchors reached Cooper uni1n
ne great hall was crowded and few Of
Asn were able to wedge through. The
,,,,sparencies carried at the head Of each
.ouun bore the sociotys emblem Of Amer
van and Cuban flags crossed and design
that showed the American eagle holdine
~ stars and stripes over globe on which
v,s the outline Of Cuba. The larger pau
i, bore portraits Of Washington, Lincoln
md Cuban soldiers. Maceo and Gomez
other pictures represented the Nirginius
massacre in 1873 with the question:
HAS the American government forgot
en this?'
other transparencies depicted The killing
N General Maceo with the title Spain $
lest triumph of numbering under the flag
A truce" and General Weyler riding in
triumph over Cuba with the Goddess OF
Liberty deman ling. so far and no fur
lhsr."
The meeting in Cooper union was carried
Nv the Cuban league of the United States
ne platform OF the hall was decorated
With the flags Of the United States and
| Cuba Various revolutionary leaflets were
| GlttTiUulSu III lht dNilruNfs Nllt VI AAiil
song: ''Al Machete.' to the air OF the
usrseilles hymn, Its chorus reads:
TO arms,
To arms
We hear the shouts.
Al Maohete
The cry rings out.
Sweep on. sweep on. victorious hosts,
Nseeo shall be avenged
Colonel Ethan Allen. president OF the
. Cuban league. called the meeting to order
| nd stated it's object. Several times dur
i,s Colonel Aliens speech when President
ceyelands name was mentioned 1t was
utterly Kissed. There were wild outbreaks
when Maceo's name was spoken.
series of resolutions were read and
,,opted from which the following are OK
uacted
"The Cuban republic is entitled to re-
reIye forthwith from this nation an official
recognition of It's independence. such ac-
ton by the United States would not only be
ia accordance with International law and
also in harmony with the rules heretofore
sppled to other states but would be the
PRACTICAL enforcement of that policy APP
rlauied ana defended by us all which was
nunclated BY President Monroe-that any
uempt on the part OF European powers
70 enforce their system over any portion
d this hemisphere against the VIII OF l's
people would be considered by the United
States as dangerous 10 their peace ana
liberty
I'm our Judgment the president mis-
takes the impulses which sway the Ameri-
can people. They view with wonder and
idmration the cheerful resolution with
which vast bodies Of men are cent by
Spain, across thousands of miles of ocean
that the costly gem of the Antilles maS
still hold its place in the Spanish crown.
On the contrary. the American people
view with horror this energy OF demons
whose purpose is to continue the robber!
md slaughter OF inoffonsive subjects Thi.
Voluntary eulogy of Spain, whose revoltine
lefidy Is oil every page OF her history loi
the past 400 years, could have been sait
With equal audacity OF England century
iso, when George III marshalled his Hes
isns upon our soil and tapped at every
vigwam for its tomahawlI to secure the re-
oueliOn Of the colonies.
we Indignantly repudiate the uttel
eertless treatment of the Cuban patriots
saouid these continue because OF the ditfi,
sulties which are apprehcnded VIII
SPAIN"
General Bradley j. johnson OF Virgin {
ua he believed that 30 per cen. Of thi
E0p.e OF the United States were in favci
cuban independence and fully - re
cent favored this government herping thu
Insurgents to end cae struggle.
Colonel Johnson said hat Presiden
.leseland had no right to disobey Law
sssed by congress- and ii he did he i
liable TO impeachment.
Is there any government in Cuba today
Johnson.
AZ is true they have no picket line dowI
cre,e' out they have congress and, thanl
~ president much more active than
vi own Tho Cubans have now as goo
sS'vrhment Us did the colonies in the day
r. Warrington, ard IT is the duty Of IN
'r,Iea states to recognize It right away.
LIONEL Allen explained the absence o
ii.na'o's Morgan. Cullen. Mills. Call an,
uu,o.se by saying that circumstances a
,b me demanded their remaining 2
Ns,. Na.lohai capital, The senator's all sem
,e' regrets with the statement that the!
cuta. ''' 'o' W. iee''''" y
rhu.oyernor Morton. Rev. Newton. Rev
, ,..,.s Dixon, lr., md Roy. Robert $. Nc
",nur sent spirited letters.
mr. a, NJ Fernandez dc Yh1r-n. a'crc-
4" me meeting. announced lint ".
f,a' s,okes had subscribed 5000 to the
H. a iady $lc0 and a gentleman $500,
,s,r, ,esu a cablegram from the iunta'e
ls",ss N faris saying that gha total col
,,.non there amoun cd to sioo 900 Thors.
M " people stool utslda the hgll whiif
"a -oi.eechmaklpg went m iraido print
,,,haport by the iurta for funds was dlr,
der,.s.u al tho nesting en- Which L wa.
Tine y" a. Cuban iun'a has proven time az
,horos "sain It's ability 10 lard anon Cuba
csnlS AZ the ggpplioa that rs monl'