The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-11

fSh title, ana the termination VI PPn'
ish control in the islands at the sa.e-
way of the gulf Of Mexico are neces-
sary to the welfare of those ISLANDS
and the people Of the United States.
Mr.. Cullom passed In rapid review
the prominent facts In Spanish history
for the last four or five centuries, CON-
tinuing said:
l protest that people with such
history and such an education can nave
no just claim to Il participation In the con
troll of any territorial possession on tnts
hemisphere. There may be no warrant
In international law for any interference
between government and Its subJects
provided that government belongs 10 tne
family of nations or is recognized as one
of the powers of the earth. Still does not
the heart of humanity beat In sympathy
with the poor souls apparently forgotten
by the Master and left to bear the burdens
OF cruel and relentless oppression? Is
there no way, no light. no hope? Must
the brutality of might alone define the Of
fense and mete out the penalty, with no
be made? oh, Spain. OH, Spain, when
shall thy day be fulfilled. Was there no
loyal Spaniard who would and could amid
all these centuries stay the hand OF death
or raise the sword of justice while there
was time to save. Spain continues to be
what she always has been-a robber ma
tion. / speak now of the nation ana not
Of her people. Some of the best and no.
blest names Of the ages come to us from
Spain. where, unhappily, too many of
them met their sad and melancholy fateS.
it we walt for precedent We shall wait
forever. If a precedent is needed we snail
make one. The present situation cannot
continue. This war of determination must
stop.
CUBA LOST TO SPAIN.
Cuba today is lost to Spain. The public
proclamation of Spanish defeat may rot
have been officially and definitely an
nounced, but in truth and fact the sub
mission of Cuba will never again be yield
ed as of old The blood on her people spilled
upon her soil will yield growth of indie
pendent ci citizenship consecrated to liberty.
This age Is not an age of retrogression.
The world today is not welded to bar
barsm in order to perpetuate tyranny or
relieve tottering dynasties. This country
will never consent to the Transformation
of Cuba into u slave pen for the holding
in servitude Of the captured patriots and
insurgents who are fighting for the dear
est rights of men. We will not permit that
island. a land which has the brightest
possibilities for people of Intelligence
and enterprise, to be made the abiding
place OF death and destruction She lies
too near our land of freedom to remain the
military prison of the most cruel and un-
relenting policy on earth. | believe II 10
be the duty of the United States to use the
great power attaching to the nation to
declare and to maintain as a prerogative
OF right, belonging generally to republ-
canism and specifically to this republic
continued in the West Indian waters,
where waves break at our very front gate,
any longer than the time it shall require
TO break it up. And II the duty of sup
pressing this damning blot, erasing it for
ever from sight shall fall alone upon the
United States, SO be ii.
Have we fallen so low as to have for
gotten the sacrifices which men of genius
and character and honor made in behalf
of this country in it's day of trouble? Have
we forgotten and enshrouded the glorious
memory of Lafayette? Have we turned
to the wall the pictures Of Pulaski. Of
Steuben. of Dekalb and others long since
in glory? These men cast their lives and
their fortunes at our feet that We might
succeed. But we shall not stand alone
In the warfare which may follow in behalf
OF common humanity. Nation after Ea-
tion will make joint cause with us in such
struggle and when we have succeeded
and shall have made into law the princi-
pie, and mao. into history the fact, every
other country worth naming will regret
Its mistake in not participating in the hu-
name work.
EFFORT CANNOT FAIL.
The effort cannot fail. We shall not
wage any warfare for the acquisition of
territory for ourselves. We shall not
claim Cuba as a reward for saving her
. from the slaughter, but We will not see
that fair island turned again to the mer-
cies Of wild beasts and vultures of war
whose only stimulus is gain. Cuba libre-
ulcc SuUdDS tUe TeWdTu, anu Wndt a
glorious reward will that be- If other
means fall We may consider the propriety
or fair purchase of Cuba. 1t is not that
we want the territory, but We mean that
and conclusion. Let the end come and
come quickly. Let the bloodshed cease
and let freedom and humanity be gloriied.
Mr.. Call, who followed Mr.. Cullom
contented himself with a brief discus
sive statement. The bill to restrict i'm
migration was taken up as the unfin-
ished business-a motion by Mr. Gibson,
of Maryland, to postpone its considera-
tion till the first Monday in January
having been defeated by a vote of 13
to 81.
Various amendments to the text of
the bill were offered or suggested, but
no action was taken on any of them. al
though they were discussed a couple Of
hours, and at 3.55 D. m, the senate ad-
jOurned until Monday.
DISCUSSION IN THE HOUSE.
The house today INDUCED in its first
political discussion, sarcastic and hu-
morous in Its nature. 1t was provoked
by the consideration of bill amending
the law prohibiting alien ownership of
lands in the territories SO as to permit
aliens to acquire possession under fore
closure of mortgage and hold the land
Tor ten years, which period they must
dispose of 1t. Mr.. Hepburn CRepubli-
can, IOwa), asked by what right a
delegate from the territories. sought to
change q law in accordance with the
platform the Inhabitants had approved
by their votes at the last election. A
breezy discussion ensued in which the
ethics Of PCpulism were considered,
taking a wide range. and so conducted
as to afford considerable amusement to
the members. The territorial delegates
urged the passage Of the bill as a mat
ter of Justice to their people. who were
now deprived of the power to receive
Investments OF foreign capital. but the
house--60 to 73-refused to pass the
bill to n third reading.
Under call OF committees bills were
passed prohibiting the sale of liquor in
the capitol building. and protecting the