Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-22
IN FAVOR OF CUBANS
RESOLUTIONS Adopted by Enthusiastic
Friends In New York.
eLyyELANws NAME is KISSED
Ard That of Macoo Greeted With Out
bursts of Applanse-A Bic
Street Parade.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2l.-The demon.
s,ratiou in favor OF the Cuban insur.
cents. under the auspices OF the Society
~ American Friends OF Cuba, tonight,
wss a remarkable one. Four thousand
man marched from East Eighiy.sev-
en,h street to Cooper union, led by
Frank Meyer, q survivor of the Wiz
oiuius massacre. The parade was
avoided into ten columns. A large
American flag was borne at the head
nj the procession, which moved to the
strains Of drum corps OF fifty pieces
and four bands.
When the marcbers reached Cooper
union the great hall was crowded and
few OF them were able to wedge their
way In. The hall was decorated with
American and Cuban fl les, and there
were pictures of Washington, Lincoln,
Msceo and Gomez.
Colonel Ethan Allen, president Of
the Cuban league, called the meeting to
order and stated its objects. Several
times during Colonel Aliens sppech,
whsn President Cleveland's name
was mentioned, 1t was bitterly Kissed.
There were wild outbreaks when
MRceo's name was mentioned.
A series of resolution were rend and
adopted, from which the following are
extracls:
'The Cuban republic ia entitled to
.kg.. fnf n IN a .,
tfiicial recognition of It's independ.
ence. sueh sciion by these United
States would not only be in accord
unce with International law and also
In harmony with the rule beretoiore
applied to other American states, but
would be the practical enforcement Of
that ipoIicy upplauded and defended
by us all, which wos enunoiRted by
President Monroe, that any attempt
upon tho part OF European powers 10
enforce their system over any portion
OF this hemisphere against the VIII OF
lite people would he considered by the
United States as dangerous to their
peace ami liberty.
'In our Judgment President Cleve.
land mistakes tie impulses which sway
the American people when he sRys:
They view with wonder and adulira-
ton the cheerful resolution With
which vast bodies of men are sent by
spain scr0ss thousands OF miles OF
ocean, that the costly Gem Of Antilles
may still hold lie place in the Spanish
Crown
"On the contrary, the American
psopie view with horror this army OF
demons whose purpose is to continue
tho robbery aud slaughter Of unoffend-
ing subjects. This voluntary eul0gy
OF Spain, whose revolving perfiiy Is
on every page OF her history Tor the
past 400 years, could have been said
with equal audacity OF England cen.
fury ago, when George Ill msIshaleu
his Hessians upon our eoil and tapped
ut every wigwam for his tomshawk to
secure the reduction OF the colonies.
I'VE Indignantly repu late the idea
that their heat tess treatment ,oi the
Cuban patriots should be continued
because otherwise difficulties are ap-
pretended with Spain"
Gen. Bradley T. johnson of Virginia
sRid he benpveJ that 80 per cent OF
tns people of the United states were In
favor OF Cuban independents, anu
that fully 20 per cent favored this
government ne. ping the insurgents to
end the struggie. he declared that
the Cubabs have as good q govern
meny as did the colonies IN the days o.
Washington, anu that II Is the uuty Cf
the United States 10 recognize 1t right
away.
DR.. A. NJ. Fernandez Ybarre, secre-
larry OF the meeting. snn9unced inst
w. h. ID. Stokes had subscribed 81 900
to the iuad, a lady 500 aud gentle.
man SSOO, aud read cablegram from