The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-20
THE OLIVETTE SEARCH OUT
RAGE.

Last MOHudy morning Inc Herald,
in commenting on the remarks of Con-
gresham Amos Cummings about the
searching of q woman on board the
steamer Olivette by the. Spanish au-
thorities at Havana, said:
Before telling what England would
do he should have ascertained if the
story on which he based his big talk
were true or not. He assumed The
| very thing his resolution was intended
/ to determine.
The resolution and all the high horse
talk about it. was based on the as
sumption that the woman was sub
jected to a search by Spanish soldiers.
The New York paper that made so
much Of the story had an immense
cut of the proceedings. showing a nude
woman surrounded by several men. OF
course the intention of all this was to
infiame public sentiment against Spain,
and get I'D another Cuban scare such
as the country had just prior to the
holidays. The woman in the case has
made statement to the New York
World of what occurred. She tells how
notice of expulsion was served upon
her and some of her experiences as an
insurgent symDathizer. She says the
order of exile in no way surprised her;
it was directed to others as well as
herself. She tells the story of the in
spection in these words
l hurried my arrangements to leave
on the morning OF Feb. 3, which was
Wednesday. and together with the
ut hers a in, he 7
10 the inspection house.
When we reached this place a Span
ish officer came I'D TO us and told me
TO enter a room which he pointed out. !
refused to do so unless my companions ]
were permitted TO accompany me, and /
we al. went in there: we were met 10y /
an inspectress, who told me that she !
had been ordered 10 search me |
l was then told to divest myself of all |
my clothing and did 50. taking off |
every garment. The inspectress scru-
tlnized my clothing. but found nothing.
My companions were then searched.
After this. about noon. we went
aboard the Olivette and, while stand
ing'on the promenade deck. Spanish
officer came up to me aud touching M
on my arm, told ME that / was wanted
In 2 stateroom. L looked around. but
could not see the captain, so followed
to the stateroom. where the same in
spector awaited me
My companions followed me in the
room, and I passed the same ordeal
which had undergone wnlle on shore
My COMPANIONS were also searched in
a similar manner, and my little O.
year-old brother was searched, but not
l was only searched twice, as
stated
At neither search was I in any way
except the humiliation of
being stripped in the presence of a
strange woman. She was not rough,
put treated the matter quite indiffer-
entity ] suppose she had performed |
the same task many times before.
During the examinations the doors
were securely closed and no men were
into the rooms, nor could they
have seen into them.
After the last examination had been
made and they were satisfied | had :
40 papers of any kind on my person
although ! really did have Dapers)
hey left the ship
One of the Spanish officers babe me
goodbye. but I paid no attention to !
lim. We arrived here on the afternoon
If Feb. l. [
This is a true story OF nv exclusion
ind the two searches made upon my l
person. CLEMENCIA ARANGO. =
This is quite a different story from
he one that so fred the patriotism l
# Congressman Amos Cummings and 7
made him desire TO have Uncle Sam go ;
light down to Cuba and demolish Moro a
astle; this is quite different from the I
tory that inflamed the imagination E
f Frederic Remington when he pic
ured a nude woman being searched
" Spanish soldiers. Congressman s
should have directed his n
esolution to the question of the right
f search. I
1t is surprising that men in whose f
ands the destinies of the American
eople are 20 a very large extent :.
hould fly off the handle so suddenly a
s Congressman Cummings did. and c
s others do. without full investigation. h
little sober reflection could not fail o
show them that the stories on which !,
ley act with such precipitancy are a
cry largely the work of pure magma h
on They should learn to make haste n
o1yIv is