The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-22
FOR CUDA'S LIBERTY.
Monster Parade and Mass Meeting at
!, New York City.
Cuban Flag and Stars ana
Stripes Side by Side.
'TIms TO Stop Talking and Load Our Guns, ~
Says Ethan Alien.


tion for the cause of liberty. A mass
meeting at Coo .r Union and a parade
arranged by ine Society of American
Friends OF Caoa gave Cuban supporters
an opportCaity to express their senti-
ments. J. vas impossible to gain ad-
mittanco ~ the main hall half an hour
after - doors Of Cooper Union were
oper '. Long before the hour set an
I'M Sc crowd gathered, and when the
do swung open there was tremen-
G. % rush for seats.
The meeting was held under the aus
pices Of the Cuban league. which sprung
Into existence during the Ten Years
War. and which has been revived since
the outbreak for independence, two
years ago. The object OF the Cuban
league is to secure for Cuba, by all law
full, peaceful and honorable means, its
political independence; TO encourage
them with our sympathy and moral sup
port, and to arouse the whole nation to
demand an end of the campaign Of muir
der and destruction.
Such was the call which aroused the
feelings Of the thousands Of citizens who
packed the main hall OF the historic
Cooper Union as soon as the doors were
thrown open TO the public. In the i'm
mense gathering men were seen wearing
the uniforms of the regular army, and
not a few national guardsmen.
The platform was decorated with Stars
and Stripes and the pretty little emblem
of Cuba Libre.
Before the meeting was called to or
der by Colonel Ethan Allen. president Of
the Cuban league. revolutionary cir
culars were distributed. One Of them
ran thusly:
Cubans, the hour has come at last
when all must rise in mighty wrath;
our hero's death has struck the glorious
note. That shall prove great call to
arms
A call which we leap to obey.
While deeper rolls the mighty voice of
Justice in thunderous tones.
A voice which thrills our very soul.
A voice at which tyrants tremble.
TO arms! To arms, We hear the
shout,
"A machete" the cry rings out.
Sweep on, sweep on, victorious hosts,
Maceo shall be avenged.
AS soon as the speakers had arrived
the meeting was called to order, and
then Colonel Ethan Allen, I'm an interest
ing speech. explained the object of the
gathering. Upon taking the chair he
spoke, in part, as follows:
This immense and enthusiastic au-
dience Is proof that the heart Of our
citizens shall throb in memory for any
people struggling to be free. Further
than this. II Is proof that the American
people do not breathe the air of towards,
although some Of the government may.
We are assembled tonight TO uphold, in
other lands, the cause for which Wash
y tigton and his compatriots contended
IN this. If we are not willing to make
some sacrifices TO extend the heritage Of
liberty, bequeathed to us from the storms
Of battle, we are unworthy to hold and
to enjoy them ourselves.
Cuba is now for the second time in
the death grapple with her savage foe
She is resolved to be free, and we are
here tonight to say she shall. The curse
OF Spanish rule Is no longer to bt
tolerated.
I'VE are told that Maceo is dead. 1t
may be so. What a renown to have lived
his life and to have met his death!
Solitary and alone he was worth an army
corps, and his taking off gives all Spain
exultation as If great armies had been
captured.
with Spain we have tried argument
long enough. She is not amenable to
reason, so we must resort to some other
force. The time has come to stop talking
and to load our guns"
A number Of other gentlemen, prom
inent in Cuban circles, made speeches,
and 1t was announced that w. E. d.
Stokes had contributed $1,000 to be used
in the cause of Cuba. Several other
donations, ranging from $50 to $400 were
made. A dispatch from the junta in
Paris was read, which stated that $780,
900 had been collected for the cause of
Cuba in that city.
Colonel Allen then read resolution
which had been previously prepared
and were unanimously adopted. The
resolutions recapitulate Cuba's noble
struggle for freedom on this and a for
mer occasion, and recite that their
struggle is exactly as was ours in 177S.
The noble proclamation of principles
contained i'm the Cuban declaration of
Independence must, ii is argued, appeal
to every freeman's heart The heart
less treatment of the Cuban patriots by
this government is Indignantly de-
nounced and repudiated. After the reso-
lutions were read General Bradley T.
Johnston Of Virginia was introduced as
the historian and the soldier" At his
opening the speaker said that ne believed
that 80 per cent of the people of the
United States are in favor of Cuban in
dependence, and that fully as per cent
favored this government helping the in
surgents end the struggle. Afterward
General Johnston said that President
Cleveland had no right to disobey a law
passed by congress, and IL he did he is
liable to impeachment
Ministers Discuss Sunday Papers.
Hartford, Dec. 22.-The weekly meet
ing of the clergymen OF Hartford was
held yesterday. and the topic for dis
cussion was the Sunday newspaper.
The principal paper was read by Rev.
Frank Dixon. pastor Of the Third Bap-
tist church, and in the course Of his re-
marke he took occasion to defend the
Sunday papers. He said substantially:
THE Sunday newspaper contains what
the public demands, and IL the public
Is not satisfied IL should make other de-