The sun., 1896-02-28

sumes that the Cubens cannot achieve inds
pendence for thenselycs. :.
bosys nat sehsre ses nSepsn
dense; but h, whether shs has done.so or not is
Mr.. vsst..The question I. not whether Cubs
T., Can Spain CONQUER , Cubnl Can Spain, con;
ance TO Spain by Cuba shows that Cuba to. day
resistance. This thing year ago was what the
French call an emeute,a mere handful OF men
hnm o fne sass
erts; to day II Is an insurrection. Every Cuban
Is patriot. The Cubans baye given up homes,
erty. Tell me that people like .hat can he
conquered. Never. never, never will they be
Mr.. Lindsay Dem. Ky" What proportion,
n any, Of tho people Of Cuba are In sympathy
Mr.. Vest-None. Even from the Spanish
press In Cuba. under the espionage OF the Span.
Ish authorities, II can be proven that every Gu
to achieve Independence and self-go,ernment
for that island. No instance ,an he found In
which million and half OF people, combined
and confcderated m unanimously az they are,
has ever been subjugatcd except by cxtermiha'
"what American boy does not remember
the burning Grafton Of Henry Clnv when lie
rpoke for Greece In 1924, and when he pre-
thon were remembered no Greek would lay
down his arms before the Turkish power: we
are told that these cpn"n insurrec'iomis,s ar, are
more reason why 1h9nld h sypatihhise. ihs.r Win Yin
.as% rSa bes ss hSp With the nsr
oppressed, not with the wealthy and powerful.
It throbs in the breast Of the Imprisoned bird;
has IL st. taken its tlisht with his soul 10 God lib
erty cannot be extinrnshed when a peo.
o ns s .1.n % dse ,bsm 9 And hf # Ssss Ssss
desiotisni. have inStated us. Why should we
sympathy with their cnuse2 1t is II mere farce
fol-, US to do anything else than TO declare our
10 int the soTh Of G aeny sn
ish Iower must be eliminated from Cuba be.
made des6late by are and swordi Are we to
ernor tcalied a GenernD declares his intention
them INIT into to The sSansh eneen'
II say that II We do, and sit here IDLE. until
a desert has beer, made in that splendid island.
there will he retributon upon us as II people.
because we have not been true TO the task as,
II esasy Of %s boz
Queathed to us hy our fathers"
Mr.. Vest was listened to with rapt attention
plaudrd ON ali, sides. Mir. GRAY tDem.. Del,
OF cuba could be achieved by
eloqnenge. /, had heen achieved by the burn
ing words that had fallen from the lips of the
senator from Missouri. No one could have
heard them. he said, without ,sympathizinR
with the feeling with which the Senator's
heart was throbbing. and without giving favor,
able response to every nsp,ra!ion which he had
uttered for that unhappy island.
Mr.. Lodge Rep, Mass gave notice that he
would offer as a substitute for the pending
resolution the resolutions reported in the
House of Representatives from the Committee
on Foreign Affairs.
The Senate then adjourned till to morrow.
Tho Senate committee will hold special
meeting to. morrow morning. at which time the
House resolutions viii be recommended to the
senate MS a substitute for those now before that
body. with an amendment changing them from
concurrent to joint resolutions.
Should the resolutions pass the Senate to-
morrow In that form, when they reach the
House Mr. Hit will move to concur and the
resolutions will speedily be sent to the Presi-
dent.
The changing OF their character to "ioint"
resolutions requires the approval OF the Pres!-
lent, and IL that approval IN gwen 1t Is held by
many that this viii he equivalent to the recog-
ntion Of the insurgents rs belligerents.