El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1896-12-15
The Cuban Situation.

The United Press just scooped the
Associated Press from the word go"
this morning. The Associated simply
was not in it at all. The United Press
report had an account of a big meeting
last night in New York, and not one
word in the dispatches of the Associated
Press. An account of that big meeting
in Gotham is as follows:
A Cuban League of the United States
was formally organized in New York
city last evening. The men behind the
movement are so well known and carry
so much weight that it is beyond doubt
that this is the beginning of move
ment that will take no small part in the
history of both countries. The meeting
organized with Colonel Ethan Allen as
president and the following as vice
presidents: Charles y. Dana, former
Governor Roswell z. Flower, former
Postmaster General Thomas NJ. James,
Chauncey NJ. Depew. John r. Dos
Passos. Theodore Roosevelt, eX-Mayor
Thomas f. Gilroy, George Hoadly, J.
Edward Simmons and G. H DenniSon.
Francis Wayland Glen was elected
secretary: Darwin Il. James, treasurer:
up as follows: John Jacob Astor, Paul
Daua, General Butterfield, Colonel
Fred Grant, Walter Lafan, Edwin
Wardman, John @. Mcguire, r. G
Alexander, Constant a. Andrews.
Frank B. Carpenter, John D. Kelley
and Thomas r Stuart.
The call reads in part: THE object
of league is to secure for Cuba by ali
lawful, peaceful and honorable means,
the political independence which her
patriots are now endeavoring by trem-
endous sacrifices of treasure and life to
gain, to encourage them with our SYM
pathy and moral support and to arose
the whole nation to demand an end of
the campaign of murder aud destruction
in that island. Mindful of the help
which our fathers received in similar
struggle, we are constrained by sense
of gratitude to turn to Cuba the kind
ness which was so effectively given to
us
The call was signed by all the men
named above and many others, includ-
ing Coils p. Huntington. Judge Noah
Davis, eX- L. ). Senator Warner Miller,
ex-Gov. Alonzo b. Cornell and Gen
Powell Clayton. y monster mass
meeting will be held fin Cooper Union
gan, of foreign relations committee, and
Congressman Hit, of the same
committee in the house, and Congress
man Reed, of Maine, and Senator
Cullom, of Illinois, will speak.
A St. Louis di-patch says: Noluu-
teerS for relief Cuban insurgents are
being modified in this city and next
Friday, ii all plans are carried ont
successfully, 900 men will leave New
Orleans for Cuba. Two hundred of
these are St. Louisians, remainder
coming from East st. Louis and points
south of here on line of Illinois Central
and Iron Mouptaiu railroads.
y Denver dispatch says: Armed to
the teeth and equipped for war, Il
company of 800 men with cannons and
camp utensils, will leave Denver in a
few days to cast their fate with the
Cuban insurgents. The men are under
the leadership of DR.. II. l. Darnell.
Furthermore, Il Beatrice. Nebraska,
dispatch says: General l.. w. Colby,
assistant attorney general during
President Uarrison's administration,
and for many years commanding gen
eral OF the Nebraska national guard.
takes an advanced position on Cuban
trOu bles and alleged assassination Of
MaceO. He said today:
Il have been studying the situation
and conditions down there closely and
am satisfied that with I0,0G0 men, and
by that | mean American men, | could
whip Weyler and his Spanish soldiers,
and If could get some wealthy Amer
iaap to back NE ip it ! would do it.