The times., 1897-05-30
Spanish Butchery and the Tariff


Secure in its confidence In the willingness
and ability of Thomas Bracket Reed TO defy
the Constitution of the United States and
the laws directly derived fIom it enacted
for the government Of the House OF Repre-
sentatives, the Administration again in
spires a statement that nothing will be
done to check the murder of Cuban prison
ers, the starvation of ''pacificos, the as
sasSlnatiOn of wounded men, surgeons and
nurses in hospitals, or the outrage and
butchery OF women and girl children
'until after the passage of tie tariff bill "
Here is presented luIid picture of the
degradation TO which as a nation we have
fallen. The Administration is fully aware
OF the extent and exasperation of tie putt
lie sentiment in favor of stopping Weyier's
fiendish atrocities, by recognizing the bel
ligerncy os the Cuban republic II knows
how persiEenuy and impstiently Senators
and members OF Congress arc being urged
and warned 10y oonstituenciesinev every State
as they are able. from the cilulge of con-
tempt FOR liberty and humanity. II would
take advantage OF that sentiment and
that pressure TO force speedy and inconsid-
crate action on the trust and monopoly
tariff bill saying to the Senate: If you
would have mercy shown TO these OPP
cred men, women and children, pass this
tariff biH and 60 home. Then perhaps
something Will be done for Cuba through
friendly negotiation with Spain; and if
moral suasion viii end the atrocities of
Weyler, it viii give US pleasure 10 end
them: but tax e noticethat the SpaniaTds are
TO have fun license to rob, loot, destroy,
assaSsinate, outrage and butcher until
after the passage OF the tariff bill -
It has been reported on reliable author
ity that less than two weeks ago q Cuban
field hospital was attacked by Weyler's
orders. All the inmates were butchered IN
their cots. As usual, the physicians Snd
DUIseS d1NO MeEc HtuEGtitO. AtllpUH tnS
latter was blessed, devoted little
Quaker lady from Philadelphia Cut off
from all hope OF succor or of mercy, she
saw her helpless charges and her COM
paniOns done to death before her eyes, and
when her turn came, calmly lneeling with
her hands folded in prayer, she was hacked
in pieces with the machetes Of the Span
ish soldiery and decapitated.
What do Senators of the United States
say to this? Must these things be borne
that a cold-blooded Administration may
have the content and delight OF it's COW
eted tariff law. declaring, meantime, that
1t will do nothing outside of resort to
the delays and hypocrisies of diplomacy
to ameliorate conditions that make the
blood of every true American run cold.
Is there not sufficient patriotism, love of
liberty, and respect for the commonest in
stincts OF humanity among Senators of the
United States to induce enough of them to
turn the tables on the Administration and
to say: I'VE will not be held up! We win
not allow you to pass your tariff billwhlie
you permit the preparation of these heIliSh
deeds to continued We will defeat action
until you bow to the viii of the people,
cease your unconstitutional suppression of
tie House of Representatives,, and recog-
nize the oelligerent rights of a brave peo-
pie Ia their heroic struggle for liberty?"