New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-22
CHEERING FOR FREE CUBA.
A WILDLY ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING IN
COOPER UNION
RESOLUTIONS CALLING UPON THE GOVERNMENT
TO RECOGNIZE THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE
UNHAPPY ISLE STIRRING ELOoUENCE

TO RECOGNIZE THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE
UNHAPPY ISLE. STIRRING ELooUENcE
OF YOUNG CUBAN.
great deal of enthusiasm was manifested in
this city for Cuba last night the inspiring
causes being a procession Of the American
Friends Of Cuba from East End-ave. to Cooper
Union. and rousng assmeeting in that his
toric hall The assembly hall was crowded to
the doors long before the hour set for the meet
Ing. and the paraders when they arrived soon
after . o'clock. could frd no room inside So
they contented themselves with listening to
oart-tai speakers outside the building The
parade passed through Broadway from Thirty
;ourth-st. to Twcrty -tnird-st. and there was
much cheering along the line Of march.
big proportion Of the audience in Cooper
| Union was made mp OF Cubans, either by birth
or descent. Lut there many Americans
there and they We're not a whit less loud in
their applause of the speakers than were their
| Cuban neighbors. Some OF the eminent speak
ers asked to address the meeting did not ap-
| pear. However kilograms and letters denOunc-
| Ing Spain and calling for The immediate recog-
| milton OF Cuban Independence were received
| from United States Senator's Mills Lodge Cam
eron. Call and Cullom. and from the Rev. Drs.
K Heber Newton, Robert S. Macarthur and
Thomas Dixon Governor Morton also regret
ted his inability to be present
RED HOT LANGUAGE
The speakers Of the evening did not temper
| their language In the least. Each and every one
of them denounced the alleged atrocities commit
| ted by SPAIN and called upon the Government to
| take the field against her. They declared that
Cupa must be free. even IL it meant to the
| United States to make her free. And apr ,rently
every man in the crowd said amen. At any rate.
everybody who had a voice used it In wild cheer
| ing. and everybody who had a hat a cane or a
handkerchief waved 1t franticaly at frequent In
| tervals.
There was only one speaker whose remarks
were extraordinary from oratorica point OF
view. and that was DR.. Henry Lincoln de Zayas.
young Cuban. He spoke entirely without
notes, and his language was Incorporate to the
last degree but he moved his audience to the
| most extraordinary demonstrations Of enthusi-
asm.
The meeting under the auspices Of the
| Cuban League of America DR.. de Zayas called
the assembly 10 order and the tone Of the meet
| Ing made itself apparent at his first words.
In introducing Colonel Ethan Allen, the pres-
dent of the league. DR.. de Zayas said: This
enthusiastic assembly shows that the great
American heart beats in sympathy for the Gu
bans, vho are struggling TO-. the absolute and
universal Independence Of their native land
This the signal for the first of many wild
outbursts Of cheering which subsided only when
Colonel Allen rose.
COLONEL ALIENS REMARKS
In assuming The charmanship Of the meet
| ing. Colonel Allen said in part.
Spain by her revolving cruelties has forfeited the
good opinion of mankind and is no longer 10 be re-
garded as factor among civilized nations Sne ls
friendship is-a biigit and her justice is scourge.
span has her Cusa and is the coequal with Turkey
IN revolving crime. Both nations have outlived
their titles TO human considerat ton, and should be
Roed from the family & Of Independent Governs
10 declare that the independence OF cuba snail be
respensibe for the further ruin and slaughter
which will follow The time has % come to stop our
talking and 10 doubie-sho. our guns.
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
Dr. de Zavas then read the list of v,e-pres-
dents of the Cuban League of America. The list
included the names Of many of NewYorks best
known citizens and the mention of almost every
name the signal for n burst of cheers.
Among the vice-presidents the following
men: Governor Morton. Frank s Black, John
Jacob Astor. David Il. Hill. Andrew II. Green.
General Daniel Butteriield, Roswell p. Flower.
| Andrew Carnegie, William Rockefeller. Charles
A. Dana Chauncey NJ. Depew William c. Whit
ney Thomas G. Patt. Russell Sage B. F. Tracy,
Robert Bonner. Cornelius y. Bliss. Darwin r.
James, John II. Sarin, Frederic Il. Coudert,
Oswald Ottendorfer General Powell Clayton,
Joseph jefferson. Richard Mansfield, w. Bourke
| Cochran, Edward Simmons, Ellis H. Roberts.
General Wager Swayne. John Wanamaker, Noah
Davis Robert G. Ingersoll. Murat Hastead.
Timothy L. Woodruff and Edmund c. Stedman.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
Colonel Allen then read long set Of resolu-
tions which were nevertheless closely followed
and applauded at nearly every period The reso-
Iutions declared that the Cuban Republic was
entitled to receive forthwith from this Nation an
official recognition OF its independence. They
also declared that the United States could not
oppose those contendmg for liberty unless it
ready to repudiate the immortal fathers Of the
American Republic
In conclusion the resolutions called attention
to the advantages to be derived by the country
from obtaining Cuba, but averred that I'VE only
ask that Cuba as free and independent State.
by herself and for herself shall determine her
own future" a copy OF the resolutions will be
sent to Congress
duccd and he got such welcome nearly stag
gered him General Johnsons address OF
some length and it dealt almos, entirely with
considerati lion Of the Constitution and its rela-
lions 20 the position taken by secretary Olney.
General Johnson was Of the opinion that the
Secretary was entirely In the wrong The
speaker several times mentioned the name of the
President. and in case did that name fail TO
bring round of Kisses from the crowd
GIFTS FOR THE CAUSE.
Announcements Of gifts then made, one
OF them being a check for $1,000 from W. F.. d.
Stokes. Mr.. Stokes was on the platform, and
being recognized. oheered until ne was
forced to make a brief speech in which he said
amen to all that had been said before him.
Then came the young orator. DR.. de Zayas.
He wrought the audience up to a point OF frenzy.
and small wonder at that. for he has the gift or
eloauence. one Of his burning periods ran thus:
Rather disappear from the face of the earth
than drag out a wretched existence subjugated