Evening journal., 1897-05-17
FOR THE INSURGENTS
An Enthusiastic Meeting Held In
Washington.
DISTINGUISHED MEN WERE PRESENT
Senator Allen of Nebraska Addressed tho
Assemblagc and Gave His Views on
the Subject Resolutions Read
by senator Butler Adopted.

Washington. May 17.-An enthusias-
tie audience Of men and women. many
Of them well known In Washington,
packed the Columbia theater TO its
doors at a monster meeting held In be-
half of the cause Of the Cuban insur-
gents. The theater was appropriately
decorated. Seated on the platform and
participating In the exercises were Sem
etors Gallinger and Allen, ex-senator
Butler of South Carolina. Rev. Hugh
Johnson, pastor of the Metropolitan
Methodist church; Rev Howard VIII
bur Ennis and a number of others
Identified with the interests Of the in
surgents.
General William Henry Browne.
president of the Cuban league, called
the meeting TO order and introduced
Senator Gallinger as the presiding Of
fcer The latter made brief address
and read a number of letters and tele-
grams of regret, among them being
those from Senators Chandler. Frye
and Burrows and Commander Clarkson
OF the G. A. II.
Mr. Karl Decker of Washington, who,
as correspondent Of a New York paper
spent some time in Cuba. much of it
with a branch of the Cuban army In
Santa Clara province, gave a description
Of the condition Of affairs existing and
Of the pitiable plight Of many of the
people suffering for the necessaries Of
life.
He ridiculed the claims sent out by
General Weyler that the island had
been pacfed and said that IL the Gu
bans were granted belligerent rights by
the United States they would certainly
win. Mr. Decker has just returned
from Cuba.
In the course of some interesting re-
marks Senator Allen OF Nebraska hu-
morously declared that there was no
division in the Populists ranks on the
question Of Cuban liberty. In this
whole matter, he thought, there had
been too much sacrifice to a spirit OF
commercialism, and IL was time this
/ government had little more humanity
and a little more Americanlsm.
He declared that the United States
| could not afford 10 have a decaying
monarchy with a foothold on this CON
tinent, and he would be delighted 20 see
Spain and the Ottoman empires wiped
from the map of Europe. IL the presi-
dent were TO send a fleet 10 Havana.
war in the island would cease In 80
days. and II would not be necessary TO
fire q gun. If the United States should
say to Spain, "You shall not war upon
the hospitals. upon women and upon
children Weyler's occupation would
be gone.
Mrs Clara Belle Brown of the Wo-
mans National Cuban league said the
league had but one platform, one aim
and one end, and that end was the es-
adjustment of the republic Of Cuba
Remarks were also made by the Rev
Or. Kent Mrs. Lincoln, vice director o
The Woman's league, and Rev. Howard
; Wilbur Ennis.
Senator Butler Of South Carolina
read a series Of resolutions which hat
been prepared, and these were unani-
Z mously adopted. They earnestly pro
, tested against the "barbarous and In
human methods of Spain IN conduct
ing the war I'm Cuba. declared that this
government should recognize the in
surgents as belligerents and that Cuba
had demonstrated that il was hei
manifest DESTINY. Ike Mexico. to bs
! tree and independent without the pay
ment TO Spain Of any indemnity