Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-23
A GREAT DEMONSTRATION.
Shout for Cuba Libre-A Notable
Meeting.


in favor of the Cuban insurgents under
the auspices of the Society of American
Friends of Cuba last night was remark
able one. Four thousand men marched
from east Eighty Seventh street to Cooper
Union, led by Frank Myers, survivor of
the Virginius massacre. The, parade was
divided into tenscoEumns. urge Hmvrs
lean flag was borne at the head of the
procession, which moved to the strains
Of drum corps Of fifty pieces and four
bands.
When the marchers reached Cooper
Union the great hall was crowded, and
few of them we're able to wedge their way
in. The hall was decorated with Amer
ican flags, and there were pictures of
Washington, Lincoln, Maceo and Gomez.
Col. Ethan Allen, president of the Gu
ban league, called the meeting to order
and stated its objects. Several times
during Col. Aliens speech, when Prssi-
dent Cleveland's name was mentioned,
it was bitterly hissed. There were wild
outbursts when Maceo's name was men,
toned.
series of resolutions were read and
adopted, from which the following are
extracts
"The Cuban republic is entitled to re-
ceive forthwith from this nation an Of
6oial recognition of it's independence.
Such action by these United States would
not only be in accordance with interna-
tional law, and also in harmony with rule
heretofore applied to other American
states, but would be the practical en-
forcement of that policy applauded and
defended by us all, which was enunciated
by President Monroe-that any attempt
on the part of European powers to en-
force their system over any other portion
of this hemisphere, against the will of Its
people, would be considered by the Unit
ed States as dangerous to their peace and
liberty.
SIN our judgment he mistakes the i'm
pulses which sway the American people
when he says: They view with wonder
and admiration the cheerful resolution
with which vast bodies of men are sent
by Spain across thousands of miles of
ocean that the costly gems of the An.
titles may still hold it's place in the Span
ish crown
"On the contrary, the American people
view with horror this descent of demons,
whose purpose it is to continue the robbery
and slaughter of unoffending subjscts.
This voluntary eulogy of Spain, whose
revolving perfily is on every page of her
history for the past 400 years, could have
been said with equal audacity of England
a century ago, when George III. mar
shaled his Hessians upon our soil and
tapped at every wigwam for its tomahawk
to secure the reduction of its colonies.
We indignantly repudiate the idea that
tho lieartiess trsaSment OF rns Cuban pa
triots should be continued because other
wise difficulties are apprehended with
SPAIN"
Gen. Bradley 7. johnson, of Virginia,
said ne believed that 95 per cent of the
people of the United States were in favor
of Cuban independence and that fully IS
per cent favored this government help
ing the insurgents to end the struggle.
He declared that the Cubans have as good
q government as did the colonies in the
days of Washington and that it is the
duty of the United States to recognize it
right away.
Gov. Morton, Rev. George Heber New
ton, Rev. Thomas Dixon, jr., and Rev.
Robert s. Macarthur sent spirited letters.
DR.. A. M. Fernandez Ybarra, secretary
of the meeting, announced that W. E. B.
Stokes had subscribed $1,000 to the fund,
a lady 800 and gentleman $500, and
read cablegram from the Junta's agent
in Paris saying that the total collection
there amounted to 100000.
Thousands of people stood outside of
the hall while the speeches went on in
side. A printed appeal by the junta for
funds was distributed at the meeting in
which it was declared that the junta has
proved time and again its ability to land
on Cuba's shores all the supplies that it's
means could purchase.