The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-12-10
MINISTER TAYLOR ON THE Cx-MlNlsrrn nANNls TAYLOR com
PRESIDENTS CUBAN POLICY - pletely riddles the Presidents mes

MINISTER TAYLOR on The CX-MINlsTEE nANNls TAYLOR com.
PRESIDENTS CUBAN POLICY 49, plcty riddles the Presidents mes.
sage relating to he Cuban question. lie exposes the falshy of Spanish pre-.
tentions analyses the plan by which autonomy is to be granted to Cuba,
explains It's spuriousness, and then proceeds to demonstrate the wickedncss
of President Mckinley position. Here is what he in part says:
AT the end ofthrcc years of wholesale destruction, provoked by Spain
through unprecedented political aud economic oppression, that has brought
death and famine to hundreds of thousands, the Spanish crown at last con.
fesscs that the Cub,ns are right and their wrongs should now be rcdrescd
by II generous and genuine grant Of home rule, When the profccd scheme
Is examined. it is found not only indefinite and Illegal, but absolutely want.
ing in sincerity upon the two vital points at issuance. Such proposal has
been cxtorted by the results Of q struggle that has so completely broken the
military and financial power of Spain that a conquest Of the island is now
hopeless. After expanding $500, 1000, and after sending over 200 900
soldiers, Spain has a fighting force in the island of less than 10000, while
the revolutionary army, now In possession OF the greater part Of the country,
numbers about $4,000, tt
Who has the right to say that the heroic men who have maintained in
the Maniguas of Cuba such a conflict against such odds re not capable Of
Wlfgoverument2 Who viii say that all the fruits that they have won
through death by the sword and famine, should in the hour of victory be
surrendered for an empty sham which means only new bondage under their
old and ptiess opprsors?
"And yet this heartcS, selfish message Ia. not me word Of encourage
mcnt or sympathy for this suffering people, now dying and starvingby thou
sands at our very doors In it they are contcmptuously denounced as no bet.
ter than their prosecutors. Fortunately for the honor Of this generous.
Christian nation. this message, with cool and serene cynri,m, admits that
il does not represent the sentiments OF The American people as expressed by
congress a year ago in the Joint resolution OF both houses, declaring that a
state of war did exist in Cuba, and that it should be 10 recognized by this
government. Congress is politely told to attend to its own business; that IL
the recognition Of benNgcrcncy shall become necessary in the future, the ex
ccutivc power will act without congressional interference.
at is generally understood that this deliberate conspiracy to thwart
the will Of the nation is to be carried through an appeal to the speaker Of
the house of representatives, who is expected to 50 manipulate its ruin as to
prevent the passage of the pending beligcren, resolution, which the senate
has already approved, In other words, the tyranny OF the speaker OF the
house is to be used in behalf Of Spanish tyranny in Cuba 50 rs to prevent
any expression whatever of sympathy with o recognition OF n government
whose status has within the last few days been described as follows = =