The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-19


When everything was in readiness Tor
this terrible demonstration they sent n
spy out to see what was going on at the
American consulate. This spy found the
consul, Mr.. Barker, who was Conteder-
ate soldier I'm the late war, sitting at MS
desk oillng up a Winchester rlhe, am
scattered about him were about 800 cart
ridges. The spy hurried back with this
report and the demonstration was speed-
ily postponed"
But II was the speech OF Senator Allen,
the Nebraska Popuhst, that stirred Things
up. Said he II am glad to join IN these
expressions of sentiment regarding TINS
struggle. This is no new zeal Tor me.
had the honor Of introducing the nrst
resolution looking toward the liberation
of Cuba in the senate. And how enthusi-
astc we were about II last gear! A dis
tnguished member of the senate, VINO Is
now a cabinet officer, then uttered woros
which brought tears to the eyes OF ms
hearers. Now his tongue is bridled. Whal
is the cause Of this? 1t is the cold com
merciallsm of few cities on the Atlshuc
coast. / thank God that ] come from
state where patriotism counts more than
money. If the American people rise UP
In their might and demand prompt recos-
milton for the Cubans no administrator
could withstand the demand. How Shame
full last year when Grover Cleveland helu
the hands Of Cuba, when he might hSNe
assisted her IN gaining her liberty. HUI
man Nfe sacrificed to commercialism.
We must do something practical 1t Is
useless to talk, and talk, and talk. DO
something tangible. If the president
would send a fleet of gunboats into the
harbor of Havana, the war would cease
in thirty days. Send them with the mes
sage that war must be conducted III a
civilized way and that butchering OF baDes
and women and sick men in the hospitals
must cease, and Weyler's occupation
would be gone l have been and Will be
for the independence Of Cuba. | want to
see IL as free as the United states, or
which It is rightfully part. The senate
will come to itself soon, and do something
to aid the Cubans."
These were the resolutions adopted at
the meeting by unanimous, rising vote
Resolved, That the people or this CITY,
and of the whole United States, DO now
most earnestly protest against the par
barous and inhuman methods employed oy
Spain In the war in Cuba. The brutaHty
| and savagery of the present contest III
| that unhappy island, on the part OF th'
| Spanish commander, Weyler, 49, IL pos
sible, more horrid and uncivilized than
was that waged In the Netherlands in the
sixteenth century by his infamous proto'
type, the Duke of Alva, under the orders
Of Philip II, King of Spain; and
"Resolved, That we declare that TINS
government should at once recognize the
insurgent Cubans as bellBerents. Ano
| further, that it is the imperative Chris
| tian duty of this government to demand
that Spain shall observe from this tinh
| to the close of the war the usages OF clVi
| lized warfare: and
| Resolved, That Cuba has demonstrate
| ed by the valor and patriotism OF ner peo
| pie that her manifest destiny Is TO become
| like Mexico and other Spanish-Amerlcai
countries free and independent repuoh
| can state; and this, too, without the pay
| ment of one dollar OF indemnity 10 Spalh'
| A queer fact was brought out by one o
| the speakers at this meeting, MT. boh
| ner. He read some extracts from VIVA
| purported to be official documents. On'
| was a letter sent by Mr.. Rochhill the as
sistant secretary Of state under Cleveland
| to a consul in Cuba, in which he said:
| advise YOU to make your reports less ia
| yorable to the Cuban insurgents, as I'M
| administration wishes to avoid any trlc
| ton with Spain" The reading of this eN
tract was greeted with hisses, as was an
| other one, where a consul who had re
| ported something favorable to the insurg
| ents was told to mark all future com
| municatiors of the kind personal, so tina
| they would not be sent TO the senate wher
| correspondence was called for. 1t Is only
| fair to Mr.. Rockhill to say that he brands
| these assertions as absolutely false.
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