New-York tribune., 1902-02-20
BIG MEETING PLEADS FOR CUBA
SHEPARD, COCHRAN. LAUTERBACH AND WOODFORD URGE
RECIPROCITY TO AID THE ISLAND.


Washington the Committee OF Ways and Means.
Nothing unworthy win affect the Judgment or
those men. who are now de,i5eratinS upon that
subject The Republican party is responsible
FOR the present condition Of cuba cuba is safe
With the Republican party. Trust IT, zap
pause) President Mckinley said there should
be an anelioration of all the burdens of Cuba
James c. IHaine said the handmade of protec-
tion reciprocity. and that if protection was
TO be maintained .hera must be reciprocity
That doctrine is sound to-day as il was WHEN
he promulgated it. Elihu Root says that a full
and free reciprocity must he maintained in order
to carry out cur obligations toward Cuba.
There was one error made by Cuba. When
the demand was made that her constitution
should be ratified until she made conces-
siOns to this country, she should have eXaeted
certain concession from the United States Cuba
must be made self-sustaining. We have given
her good roads and schools. Amerieanism has
taken the place of monarchialsm. All that we
have done for Cuba Will, if We do right by her.
come back to a hundredfold-"
w. BOURKE COCKRAN's SPEECH.
W. Bourke Cochran received warm greet
ing He said in part:
ing Hail SIX Years ago-the first meeting believe
T. declare for Intervention IN CUBA ~ t1e CnteIa
States The CUBAN people then decided mat ami
hiated they might he. but subdued they never
-
ton that fe el compelled TO plead asain for Cuba
Ruin this Jime IS not aPPreh nded rom M spain out
behind me l believed possible that this coun-
ton of the World that would surpasz ali con
tributions The end is not vet: lnteFve%ntion % mas mas
for protection from ourselves The spirit OF this
meeting inspires the prediction that It's objects VIII
This is question Of politics It is ,,.g question
question Of morals and justice SAppiause9 ,,s Inc
CAppause) spain gave cuba a partial market. We
save her none The President demands IN tne name
That is not demand Tor favor 1t IS a demand toT
e PTTpig 9 Nm a Iint Is iie The o1 de-
conform to The moral law What is IT that has re-
like those OF the train wrecker.
Mr.. Cochran read from the resolutions recent
ly presented TO the Republican Club, and said;
If they mean anything they mean that this ais
6r S mas rt qsd a In Tng g hs S H ye 9r s
IN IN doing anything to annoy a protected industry.
government is obligated pay bounty to those
who are to refrain from raising sugar in Cuba. IL
is then under still greater obligations 10 pay
bounty to those who never thought Of raising
Wen may Mr.. Lauterbach declare that no one in
o6S ti cIony ~ mas tb TTI(r i'm IN h Ih
prOtectionsts themselves II is the protectOnsts
against a helpless people be prevented Ardentiy
as desire change n our nseal = stem, 40 not
crime Protection and free trade involve ques-
question of morals. tApplausel
There Is nothing to prevent this country from
prohibiting the growing Of sugar and tobacco n
Cuba altogether II such proposition were made
In this country The making il would diSap-
pear In tweuty-four hours. But this IS just what
the government is permitting. Is IL the purpose or
this nation 20 Derpetrate an outrage from which
Spain shrInk? Can be possible that this country.
face face with this enOrmity. will hesitate TO
give suCcor % the oppressed?
Is Cuba free2 Voices. No. uo,'O She's
neXed. Is she annexed that she is to have Hb-
erty is she annexed that she is to be plum
dered? tApplause) We have been prolific in
euphonious words, but We have been grasping in
material advantages, (Applause) Cuba is tenta-
tively in the United States. Cuba is not indie
pendent State. That she Is supphCattng for the
very right 20 live shows that she Is less fnde-
pendent than any State Of this Union tApplause1
Can the American people dare to perpetuate this
Injustice
I have recently been amused in reading in the
foreign dispatches the debate which
friend in 1895 Well tn tell YOU which was our
friend. Not of them, long $ they thought
lighting for the freedom 1f Cuba Great
nation have fear. Not all the soldiers and
fleets I'm the world could take foot of American
soil The thing We have to fear Is the corrup-
ton of OF Justice (Applausel II
ruin CUba's industries by treating her unfairly
bring upon her growing decay. The ruin will be
progressive and final
If there Is this earth any power that can
punish this nation for rObbing and plumber, bear
in mind there is a power of this earth. eternal
i'm the hsavens. that will take full cosnizance OF
our wickedness-aud from that power cannot
escape. Let but once allow the government to
become immoral and the people will not long re-
main virtuOuS.
In the name OF humanity. in the name OF Justice
in OF the American people. we protest
against this condition. We demand this relfef-not
only for the people Is groaung in distress but
TO preserve the majesty of this republic; to pre-
this people the dearest prospects of the human
race. tApplause)