The herald., 1896-12-11
POPULAR INTEREST
IN NATIONAL LAWS
Shown by Petitions to the
Senate
FIRST SET SPEECH OF THE SESSION
Pleads the Cause Of the Cubaq
Insurgents
CULLOM ARRAIGNS SPAIN
For the Crimes Of a Century Against
humanity
The Union Needs No Precedent to Mako
Cuba Free
The House Proceeded to the Considers
ton of Bills Under the Call Of
Committees-Bills Passed
or Defeated
For the Crimes Of a Century Against
Humanity
The Union Needs No Precedent 10 Msto
Cuba Free
Associated Press Special wir.


| WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-0n the open.
ing of the senate today motion by AL
drich OR. l.. Rep.) was adopted that
when the senate adjourn today It be
| until Monday next.
The popular interest in various SUBJ;
| jects Of legislation was shown by the
armful of petitions received by the PEE
tition clerk. The main subjects OF pc
tition were for the passage of the Ding
ley bill, the independence Of Cuba and
the restriction of immigration.
The coming Inauguration Of Mckinley
| was foreshadowed in resolution offered
by Sherman (Ohio, Rep) and agreed to,
providing for committee of three sem
ators to be named by the presiding Of
! ficer to make necessary arrangements for
the Inauguration Of the president -elect.
Cullom Ull.. Rep.) was then recognized
| for speech on the Cuban question, OF
which he had given notice. Public inter-
est in the question was evidenced by q
full attendance in the galleries. None
Of the foreign Representatives were in
the galleries reserved for the. Sherman,
Hoar. Mills and others, who have been
prominently identified with the Cuban
| subject, gave the speech close attention,
| Cullom was In vigorous voice, which
/ added emphasfs to the plain words which
he employed in arraigning Spain. The
| senator preceded his speech with the
| following resolutions:
| Resolved, BY the senate and the house
| OF representatives that the extinction
OF Spanish title and the termination Of
| Spanish control in the islands in the
gateway Of the gulf of Mexico are neces-
urn IN No 30 1. ~ -
the people of the United States.
After brief reference to the preei-
dents message concerning Cuba, Mr..
Cullom said: While 1 am not disposed
10 criticise President Cleveland may
properly say that 1 had hoped he would
ma occasion to give more positive or
emphatic expression Of the true Amer
ican continental policy which ought IN
De invoked in all cases where the liberty
and the independence of any peoples of
the American continent are involved.
Ana further. think we ought never to
nesitate or delay when the lines Of this
policy run parallel and coincfdent with
those of common huma nifty" Mr. CulIom
referred to certain phases of Spanish
history showing the record of cruelty
and oppression Continuing he said:
This agency of murder and adminis-
traitor of torture in the name of Chris
tianity continued in vigorous existence
and Isabella In 1892 until after the be-
ginning of the present century. During
the existence of the holy office of the In
QUESTION 3l,192 persons were condemned
and prished' in the flames; 1883 wero
burned in efflgy and nearly 800, 900 were
condemned to severe and terrible pen.
ances. The last victim burned alive D..
ished about 1850
The above is the mildest and eimplepH-
statement OF history of Spanish Cruz
city to Spaniards from the day Of the
discovery ofAmerica to the Independence
of the United States"
After further historical references a
Spanish cruelty in America, Cultom
said: while all the provinces whiuh
have rebelled and separated from Spain
have. as I have shown. become progper.
Gus and fairly we'll conditioned, inde.
pendent countries, the feeble old mothar
country has gradually fallen into lower
and lower estate. depending and amost
relying for existence upon the stolen
gold levied upon Cuba. Puerto Rico ana
the Philippine islands Spain contin-
ues to be what she always has been-A
robber nation. l speak now of the No.
t.on and not of her people.
"If we wait for precedent. we shan
wait forever. If precedent is needed
we shall make one. We violated every
precedent by the declaration of indepen6.
ence on July 1776. We had no prece-
dent. nor did We even ask for advice -
to the change in 1873 from confedera.
tion to a union of states. When we an
rounced the Monroe doctrine in 182S Il
was in defiance of precedent and was the
determination of a rule which has be-
come a law and will never be gainsaid.
When We announced not many months
| ago that we should intervene in the mat
ter of the Venezuelan boundary and So
for ourselves if our rights were to b.
concluded by foreign dictation, we fol.
| lowed no precedent but that of good
! American common sense, which has
| won.
I'VE have now reached the time -
take another step in advance. We have
! already proclaimed that the United
| States will have something to say re- y
/ garding matters affecting the American
continent and we should nov. c7-Ounce
| that he speedy termination .. opanish
control of the islands at the gateway OF
the Mexican gulf is necessary alike to
the welfare of those Islands and to the
pS ople of the United States. The present
situation cannot continue. A popuIn-
tion of $4,000 white Cubans and 6o0,0oo
colored Cubans. agSregatHg 1.l50,ooo
persons. will never yield and ought never
to submit to the bloody military rub 3
Of 1000 Spanish. Within the bordof0,
of the island RACES war which on bot1i
sides is declared to be war Of eith6RS
extermination on the one hand Or lfk> s.
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