Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-28
VIVID DESCRIPTION OF ATROCITIES
A Prayer and a Promise Solemn'y
Directed to the President.
ENTH SIASTIC AUDITORS

chair yesterday
Many persons identified with the
rious organizations which have the aiding
of the Cubans in their fight for liberty as
their object were present, and the pro-
ceelings were followed with much inter-
est. They were commenced with a brief
but eloquent prayer by Rev. DIR. Irwin of
Oklahoma who pleaded that the hearts
of the people should be opened to the Gu
bans. and that they might be quickly de-
Hvered from their enemies.
Mr.. Charles b. Hanford, the well-known
actor, recited the Star Spangled Banner
in an impre ssivc manner. and then Sana
tor Daniel addressed the meeting
Powerful Effort.
The senior senator from Virginia
gained most enviable fame as an orator.
but he has seldom made a more powerful
address than that which thrilled his hear
ers yesterday. His description of the war
in Cuba and his Indignation, which grew
deeper and deeper as his sentences became
stronger, obtained the sympathy of his
audience. and applause greeted almost
every period.
The noblest epitaph ever written. he
said In the beginning, was that craven
upon the tomb of the greatest OF English
patriots: Resistance TO tyranny is ODE
dience 10 God. and Thomas Jefferson had
fire in his spirit when he said Liberty
is the gift of God" II was not unbecom-
ing. therefore, on the Lords day to express
sympathy with those who are giving their
hearts blood to acquire the God-given
gift of liberty.
Cuta was a part of the American CONT
nent. he continued. almost within mailing
distance Of the United States.
1T is also Il loophole of defense and a
sentry ct our gates. An island about the
size OF the Keystone state and of $50 900
inhabitants But what is the condition OF
affairs in Cuba? he asked with rising in
Election 1t is the condition of war with
sword. torch. dagger, and knife-and knife
TO hilt- 1t is rot only the condition of
war, but of a war OF murder and arson
War at the best is brutal In Cuba it is
hendish and hel..Sh, and every American
ought 10 desire TO see the hand OF our ma
ton stretched forth 10 prevent the con-
unuance of the atrocities called war
The applause which greeted this denunci-
aticn was tumultu0us.
The Atrocities Should Be Stopped,
II YVES the duty of the agents and serv-
ants of the people. he declared TO stop the
cuban atrocities No nation. he said, is
worthy 10 hear the name of a nation
Which strinks from the great RESPONSE
hllltE II has assumed i'll the family of ma
TORS, and for this nation he trusted no
weaknesses would enter into cabinet or
legislative walls that would keep it from
doing what is right. bravest and best in
Whatever danger it may meet. This was
not a case of trouble in a distant land bur
was az our very doors.
Nou have heard of the Monroe doctrine
lhdt lore;gn nations must" he exclaimed
not seek conqu'sts on our continent, and
Wnen the President OF this country a short
time ago reiterated that doctrine of Mon
roe in the affair with Venezuela every
amen an hand was raised in approval
ana 'u"storu lives were ready to back the
freSlfe!it- Is this great government now
10 play the dog in the manger.' or shall We
"a! to all the world that we realize the
destiny of Cuba to he free and another star
on our flag? We realize II so much that
We VIII question the right of any other
country 20 occupy it,
Inere was another storm of apoIarsa at
TINS winch was with difficulty Gained
The Burial of the Cuban ResoIutjon
He described the overwhelming n,,b1ic
opinion set forth in so many forms in favor
OF interference in behalf Of the struggling
CGhaus
w hat has Congress done?'' he asked
More than year ago the Senate and the
Hos passed resolutions urging the late
tr.Slcent to intercede in the interests of
',iba l am glad to say this session passed
not only a resolution of sympathy. but the
senate passed a resolution seeking 10
it-yShize CIba as a belligerent. What has
become of the resolution?
rom kscd has hung il mn shouted q
vo-ce. 'eu
No. 1t has gone TO the tomb of the
Capulets- 1t has gone to that great no
NJ, al h' rsue on Capitol Hill. where silent
"'.4 spectral hEureS fit about the halls
Mhlcii were occupied by REPRESENTATIVES,
Bat l am afraid | am treadlng upon a lii
lie delicate ground
A yoite--'No Go on. 20 m. civ. I. ..
EN-" 90 oh' give II TO
Ar. Daniel-"Let me say, then. that
can only reflect on that lost Plead of our
iYH'cai constellation after the manner of
ne poet laureate OF England when he
stood before the body of a dead friend and
said: At4eu anu
r rom the dark, deserted home come AWAY.
St -tte anu thought here no longer dwell"
oohtlhulng, Senator Daniel depicted the
c-hSerFative people of the country wbo
49, alarmed over possible results of in
r,,c,s..rt nee IN cuba by quoting the Italian
,,o: I'M ne people are so good that they are
s'o1 -or nothing; some are so conservati,,e
tEty conserve nothing
The Flag No Longer Protects.
SAID the citizens of the Union had still
another interest in Cuba we h,va o,,-
~ ci'izehs there and some citizens who
nave property there. 1t has been that dav
after day. month after month. whore the
Al'Ae of an American citiz IN should he a
,- 70, II has been a reproach l am an
I'm poIe 10 pole. from Europe 10 Africa
.'t'I the occident. ought to feel thai
- eat starry banner is over him and Is
70 protect him But this has ceased
Is
".''e department can be believed has -ima
81 again broken the treaty between our
.'NAtry and herself by sending into con
hn'faent men who hold IN their hands Ger
lNlcates or American citizenship We have
protested. we have protested we have nro-
L'St.i: but men still die in solitary corfine
mert." No'i'i'e
IT, created much satisfaction by reading
tNFacts from speech made by Secretary
Nh' rinan, while a senator in 1896 In which
~ declared the Cubans had as completn a
Eo'efhHent as the American patriots ard
better supplied army than Washfnyton,s
IL Is evident that he is fully loaded To
he.p Cuba. exclaimed the senator II am
only sorry that he is little patient In puII-
lAS the trigger. The sentiment Of Sherman
was In favor of Cuba, and / hone that
Spain has not pulled over his face the Thin
Veil Of forgetfulness"
Worse Evils Than War
Continuing, Senator Daniel said:
War Is an awful thing and God forbid
that we should go into IL needlessly. II is
a dreadful and unspeakable calamity. Bu,
there Is one fate for nation worse than
war; 10 trample on its history to refuse IA
meet Its destiny when il goes forth 10
meet II, and its hands CULVER when such
crimes these are committed in its nres
IL IL