The times., 1897-05-17
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| voices are stiIed. One year ago a man,
| who j S now Secretary of S tate, in the Sen
| ate moved them all to tears by his plead: ng
OF Cuba's wrongs and he, too, is now
| silent.
Their tongues are bridled,' exclaimed
the orator. There is an interest in the
United States which is bridiing them
WHAT interest is 1t. Simply few COM
merciai interests in the East. / thank
God thatI come from a State which counts
patriotism above dollars.
"If the American people would rise up
tn their might and demand prompt recogni-
tion OF Cuban liberty, no administration
could Withstand them. Oh, low shameful
it was in Grover Cleveland to let the cry
pass unheeded. That was more CONNER
cialisnl"
But am not here to make a Populist
speech; but let me tell you that the Popu-
list party is not divided upon this subject
No, the old parties, and do not wish To
deprecate either of them, may have their
division upon the question OF Cuban liberty
or upon the question Of liberty In this
country, but there is nothing OF this amoag
the Popnlists MI. Decker, the newspaper
man, who preceded me, says that we
should do something practical IL is Ese-
less to stand here and talk and talk I'M
less our meetings are followed by action.
II we could but send fleet to thcsi.ar-
Dor at Havana within thirty days the
Spaniards would surrender. IL would not
be necessary to fire a gun.
Low long are we to suffer Gen. WeyIer
Na hot fr, ha
campaign of a civilized nation in this
barbarous fashion? When will it end?
Not so long as the United States sits down
supincly and offers Cuba its bare sym
pathy. Not until this sympathy takes
tangible form.
II want to see that sparkling little
island as free as the United States, of
which it is rghtfully a part. We can
not afford to have the grinning and de-
cayed old monarchy of Spain remain upon
this continent For my part 1 should like
to see Spain and the Ottoman empire
wiped from the face Of the globe"
The speaker accused England Of holding
Greece in check while the Turk ravages
her, and said that the United States Is
performing the same function with regard
Co Spain and Cuba But, lie said, / be-
lieye tie Senate of the United States will
soon come TO itself again aud pass q resolu-
tion giving substantial aid to the cubans-
without speaking Of the present Adj
mlnistration, which is as yet too young
to give US u fair estimate OF what it has
accomplished, / say that the foreign policy
OF this nation for the past thirty years
has been disgrace to this government"
The speakers reference TO the Shame
full inaction Of President Cleveland was
met with hisses for the former Adndnistra-
ton. He said that we had buiided someof
the little South American republics, but
it was time now to say TO Spain: You have
gone far enough; the dictates of humanity
require that you stop at once. All that
Spain needs to kno W is that this Gov ernni ent
has a backbone lApplause.l Mr Allen
also accused the Government OF cowardiee
In the case of Mrs. Maybrick. All ma
tions except America were quick to pro-
tect their citizens abroad, but In Cuba the
flag of the United States does not protect
an American citizen sfCries of Shame
''Sbamci') Closing, he said amid much
enthusiasm: Il feel we can an drop cur
Repuhlicanism, or Democracy, or Popu-
lism and join in the demand from this
Government for the just recognition of
this island and its struggling, heroic peo-
pie' tApplause.)
A short address was then made by Mrs.
Clara Belle Brown, director OF the League.
in which she explained the planks OF the
platform OF the League, and the persistent
efforts which 1t would make to secure
the Independence OF the island Mrs
Brown also announced that a collection
y.4 falra P1,- +,.1
which she was seconded by Senator Gal
lingeT. During the collection, a coiored
man in the gallery enfivened the house by
declaring that ne had 66 cents, so of
which he would give to the cause, and
he did. He thought that he might not have
any work today, but the League promised
that he would not be out OF job. zap
plause)
The announcement that Rev. DR.. Stat
ford would speak was received with en-
thusiasm, but that orator was not ap-
parently in the audience.
Rev. Dr. Alexander Kent the next
speaker. said that he came only to hear
and learn, and would speak only one or two
words on the occasion. He, too, felt
that cornmercialisnl was opposed to liberty
when it dominated country. The hopes
of freedom would not be fully promised
in the hands of people ruled by com-
mercial motives alone. The commercial
spirit was not only here, but on the island.
The people of Cuba would have been free
in the last revolution but for aid to Spain
from this country. Thirty gunboats were 4
built for Spain In New York. and all the
Cubaus get from this country was a few
old RATS Commercialism certainly sacri- i
feed Cuba in that revolution.
The fiiibuster Virginia was captured and
forty-seyen of the filibusters were butch
cred Commander Lamey, OF II. NJ. 8.
Niobe, stopped the murders. Ifthat officer 4
wasn't prevented has not this Government
the right to interfere now. tApplause)
Would that the American people were SO
liberty loving as that English officer. II
the people will 1t, Cuba shall he free, and
IL the United States shall say to the Gu
bans, 'swe'il stand behind you," then most
gladly would the speaker give heart, hand
and service to the cause OF that brave /
people tApplause.l
Mrs. Bessie Beach Lincoln read poem
on Maceo whose sentiments were applaud
ed
The resolutions were read by ex-senator
Butler and were put to the meeting and
carried by rising vote with
cheers.
The Following is the official copy of the
resolutions:
l. Resolved, That the people Of this
city and OF the whole United States, do
now most earnestly protest against the bar
barous and inhuInan methods, in which
Spain has for some time past, been
carrying on the civil war in Cuba. The
brutality and sayagery Of the present
c.nrlLeSt in that unllannq island ON 1hfa