Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-04-30

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n graduate OF college: we find that the
then Vice President II a doctor of law.
and we find that every member Of the
cabinet II n lawyer or a doctor; and II
you will read the letters or any OF the
orders issued by Gen. Gomez, you will
find that those letters were written by
hand and brought out by brain that
has not only wonderful mind. but
must Of necessity have been a cultiva.
ted mind. (Applause.) have met,
within the last two weeks, In the city
OF Washington, men Of enormous
wealth, men who own tracts after
tracts Of land In Cuba, men Of splendid
education, men Of high social stand.
Ing in CuM, and every solitary one Of
them hns foregOne every dollar that he
Is worth, every solitary one OF them
has fOrsaken his high social standing
In Cuba and has taken up arms in de.
Tense Of the present Cuban government.
and proposes to 20 through this battle,
starting from the day that the Ameri.
can soldiers land in Culnl, to Offer nils
life ana all that he has on earth that
Cuba may be free. Applause and
cheers.)
Does anybody say that men that are
willing TO forego everything In this
world worth living for but indepenG.
eice. men who are willing to sacrifice
all that they have, unable TO govern
| themselvesY
do not think that any sane man
would undertake 70 make that state.
ment to you.
After predicting that the driving OF
the Spanlarls out Of Cuba would be a
task Of but short duration, Congress
man LOrimer said:
Many Of the people Of this country
have been dissatisfied with the action
Of the men In Congress who were as
ISOLATED with me. Many Of the people
OF this country have become dissatis'
fled with the attitude assumed by the
President Of this country. Some say
that the members Of Congress We're toe
radical. Some say that they were toe
aggressive. and wanted to act too soon
Others say that the President Of this
county was too conservative, and
blame him for not acting at once. 9th
ers went further with reference to the
chief executive. Others limited that the
bond market had something to do with
his attitude. Let me say to you, gen
tlemen, us one who has been on the
ground during all Of this great crisis
that the Maker above never put breath
into the body of a man who Is more
conscientious, who Is more scrupulOus
who cares less for money, who would
be less Influenced by money, than Will
lam Mckinley. wild applause and
prolonged cheering.) We have disa'
greed. He and majority Of the Re-
publican members aud all the Demo
cratic members of the lower body OF
the National Legislature have dis
agreed as to what the final outcome
should be. They have not disagreed
as to the freedom and independence OF
the Cuban people. Great applause and
cheering) They have not disagreed as
to the national honor. They have only
disagreed as to the methods through
which the same ends should be at
tanned.
At last we have arrived Mt a solution
of the question with reference to an
agreement as to how We should pro-
coed. That agreement was arrived at
not by the Republican members of the
National Legislature, not by the Dem
Ocratic members Of the National Leg
stature, not by the Populistic members
of the National Legislature, but that
agreement was arrived at by practical.
~ a unanimous vote of Congress. ZAP
plause and cheering.) And when the
agreement was arrived at, when the
resolution was finally passed, 1t went
to the President of the United States.
He did not ask whether Democrats,
Republicans or Populists passed that
measure, but, with the boldness of the
signers of the declaration of indepen-
dence, with the boldness with which
Monroe drafted the Monroe doctrine,
with the boldness with which Jackson
signed the papers Of the State of Tex