Show ALLEN OPENS THE Rowl I I I Resolution Declaring For Cuban I Independence I I 1 I ASSAILS TH PRESIDENT i I H CONDUCT AIT EXHIBITION I I OF HANK HYPOCRISY I And On That Would 3e Corrected By a AllRuling Power I His Ow God Time FroceEdings In the Senate The House Session I Wa Short I Washington Dec 8In his invocation invoca-tion at the opening or the senate today j to-day Rev W H MSlburn the chaplain delivered a brief and touching eulogy I of the late Senator George of Mississippi Missis-sippi I Mr Allen of Nebraska presented a resolution declaring i to be the sense i I of the senate that congress should with all due and convenient speed accorded I I by appropriate act acknowledge the political i po-litical independence of Cuba Mr Allen Al-len said that he had long urged that the United States should recognize the independence in-dependence of the Cuban Insurgents He would not be content with the recognition ognition of belligerency but would insist in-sist upon the acknowledgement of absolute ab-solute independence He was satisfied that the people would not be content with the course advised by the administration admin-istration Inasmuch as the Cubans for more than two years on many battlefields I I battle-fields had demonstrated their valor and j love for liberty he felt that they had i earned a recognition of their political liberty and that it ought to be accorded I ac-corded to them without further temporizing I tem-porizing If necessary this recognition should be backed by a fleet of American can vessels in Cuban waters THOSE OPPOSED He expressed a belief that the owners of the Spanish bonds in this country American citizens holding property in Cuba that had been injured or destroyed de-stroyed by the insurgents and the carrying car-rying trade of the country which might be affected by such a step had joined to prevent the recognition of Cubas political independence SCORES THE PRESIDENT Mr Allen expressed the belief that President MeKinleys statement in his message that the recognition of the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents is now unwise and therefore inadmissible would be a great disappointment to the members of the Republican party throughout the United States The national na-tional convention of that party had declared in favor of the independence of Cuba going farther than the simple recognition of belligerency RANK HYPOCRISY He thought that the president was under obligations to carry out the pledge which his party had made a pledge which had been made to 73000 000 people The president Mr Allen thought had been lulled to sleep by the declaration of Spain that she would give Cuba a semipolitical existence He expressed the belief that the presidents presi-dents neglect to take such action a would insure the political independence of Cuba a an exhibition of rank hypocrisy hy-pocrisy and a flagrant neglect of public duty which would be corrected cor-rected by the allruling power in his own good time MARK OF RESPECT At the conclusion of Mr Allens remarks re-marks Mr Hoar presented a resolution expressing the regret of the senate at the news of the death of Representative Representa-tive Ashley B Wright of Massachusetts Massachu-setts and providing for an adjournment adjourn-ment as a further mark of respect At 1255 oclock the resolution was adopted and the senate adjourned |