The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-04-03

sMR. MILLS URGES ARMED
INTERVENTION.
kAtri0tism and Liberty-The Claims Of the
People Of the Unhappy Island Said to be
strons-The Monroe Doctrine Appealed
to-General Weylcr Denounced.

WASHINGTON, March 25.-Tbe dis,
placement Of the Cuban resolutions
2 no apparent effect in diminishing
the attendance in the Senate galleries
to-day, as it was expected that Mr..
Nails resolutions, proposing the use
OF b army and navy in taking pos
session OF Cuba md holding it until
the people should have established
local self government would occasion
further debate.
A resolution offered BY Mr.. Hoar
was adopted requesting the President
to transmit to the Senate all dis
patches. correspondence, ETC., from
November 5. 1875 to 1878, concerning
the pacifcation Of the pending con
hict in Cuba
MI. Mills was recognized in support
OF the Cuban resolution introduced by
him yesterday. He said that the reso-
lutions heretofore before the Senate
were steps in the right direction, but
very short steps. The people of Cuba
had far greater claims on the United
States than the mere recognition of
bell,gerency. If Ireland struck for
liberty to-day the hearts of the Amer
lean people would beat in sym
pathy, and SO if Poland or Hun
gary asserted the right of liberty. But
the United States had much closer
relations to Cuba than to Ireland
OF Poland or Hungary, for it was
part of the Western hemisphere over
which the Monroe doctrine extended
the influence of this country. Tie
Monroe doctrine was a law of protec-
tion and, as such, God was the author
Of it. 1t was the same right of self
protection which an Individual exer-
cised in abating a nuisance or destroy
ing a powder house near his premises.
Jefferson mad used plain words IN
threatening to join England and sweep
the French fleet from the seas if
France persisted in holding the mouth
OF the Mississippi river. The same
spirit had brought forth President
Cleveland's Venezuelan message.
Cuba stood as the key to the
gulf and Americas unvarying policy
had been to resist any transfer Of
Cuba to another monarchy. The
United States had stood by as jailor
and prevented Cuba from going to
France or England. And, # this
country insisted Oh keeping Cuba in
~ " Spain, was ~ AOG lllc
moral obligation of the United States
to see that Spain gave Cuba fair gov
eminent, and to see that the hell of
Spanish d%espotism was lifted from the
Cuban people?
'.The day will come" said Mr.. Mills,
when the American conscience will
be aroused to it's guilt in permitting
the oppression of Cuba. and when
that consciousness comes the Ameri-
can people will fill this chamber with
senators who will stop that oppres-
sion"
The Senator read the atrocities at
tributed to General Weyler, and
added: 'This is the work of that afro
cious s%coundrel. He could not be in
Cuba to-day if the United States
would draw her sword. How the
cheeks of our American women must
be sufused. how our children must
blush to know that this government
stands idly by while Spain, with the
keys of her dungeons dangling at her
side, permits such an %atrocious william
to raise his hand against defenseless
women"