| Show S SM A FRIEND OF CV ready to champion her cause in ill congress 0 MASS ME EMING AT NEW YORK cooper union crowded with an enthusiastic thusia thus lastic audience congressman sulzer declares spain cannot subjugate tho the cubans demanding belligerent rights tor for the republic sana dana presided now new york nov 21 G cooper union was crow crowded d L d tonight with ft a large larco arid and enthusiastic audience of 0 sympathizers sympathizer with the cuban insurgents the staso stage was decorated with hags flags ot of various south american fro republics publics and tho the state anil and stripes in the elio center of 0 tho the stage was ivan a marble bust of jose joae martl marti the dead cuban patt pa tilot lot surrounded by potted plants and palm palin leaves the mass meeting was nas similar to the meetings recently held field in chicago boston and washington charles A dana presided preside and made the opening address eulogizing the late jose and expressing strong sympathy with the cuban cause dr winters who acted as secretary ot of the meeting read bettels of fit regret from congressman Con giessman amos cummings gov Ilc Intire ot of colorado gov culberson calberson of texas clarke clarice of 0 arkansas a rev arthur B ball all mayor of 0 fargo N D ex cx gov R A alper alger of michigan gov roger roeer allen alien ot of notah dakota united states senator chandler augustus NY peters gov upham ot of wisconsin patrick egan and andrew carnegie all tile letters cx acas sympathy W with ith the cause ot of cuba after the secretary hall had finished leading them lie he introduced william sulzer who he said was among tile great cit of 0 C cuban u ban independence pen dence arid and it man mail who s tood stood ready to champion herc her cause aluse ever in the congress ot of the united states stales mr sul remarks were n cre frequently interrupted by deafening applause REMARKS ile he said let tile ine say first of 0 all that I 1 welcome this opportunity to express my sentiments regarding tile the freedom ot of cuba the cause 0 of the cuban pa tilous arid and the position on tho the question this government should take what I 1 eay bay here I 1 say from deep colv I 1 L tion after mature deliberation and as an american citizen as an american representative in tire the present crisis in cuba my sympathies are all with the heible and patriotic cubans and I 1 sincerely hope and believe they will nill succeed cula must and will be free and independent and in my judgment tire ond end Is near the result Is inevitable and the cuban republic will soon take its stand among the elio nations of 0 the world there Is more than insurrection in cuba it Is revolution revolution 9 a always I 1 accomplish something tor for the up 1 I lifting of 0 humanity and the amelioration of the human race I 1 believe in i revolutions evolutions when oppression cannot longer be endured spain denies that war exists in culia cuba yet site she sent a hundred thou thousand saml men to put it down her greatest general lias has taken personal command and says lie cannot succeed u unless n lie he receives a reinforcement of 15 a hundred undred ii and fifty thousand more inore in men c 7 spain never did and never will admit the truth about cuba she will not permit the world to know chow what Is po go ing on in that island islam the probability Is that she bho 1 Is 14 4 not carrying on a civilized I 1 mode ot of warfare ar rare there seems to be little difference between capt gen lial Balina maceda ceda and capt gen campos arid and the message of president grant through ills secretary of 0 state slate in crying out in the intel into abt iest of 0 christian civilization and common humanity against tile the mode or of warfare in cuba by the spanish government governa nt Is no doubt as true today as aa it was anas then spain cannot N win lit she cannot again sub subjugate cuba ifer her greatest grea lest general meets with defeat on every important engagement and her resources are drained to a condition 0 f national silo bill cannot c carry arry on tile war much longer and must soon admit her inability to quell the revolution fr from am what I 1 can ascertain and learn from the best arid and most authoritative sources I 1 know the cubans will accept n no 0 terms but the freedom 0 of ill tho island CUBA BELONGS TO US cuba lies iles at our very door an anil I 1 belongs to us by right some day she will tithing belong I 1 to us VIA it will never come by burch purchase use cuba will conio to us in her own good food time but when slip canles canies she will conle in her ice pride and her glory ot of her own accord as a free and independent state a possession rich beyond the dream of nf abai ice and essential to our control of 0 the gulf or mexico our continental supremacy and our national destiny I 1 the time has come when as a peo 1 lle 10 of the groat great republic we must declare doc dec c lare our honest views and our true convictions arid declare thorn them in no wen weak k vacillating or mistaken ton tones to remain silent much longer would boull subject us to tire the ridicule arid condemnation dem nation of every nation of tile the western hemisphere our duty Is s plain eye aye in my humme humble judgment Is ii imperative we should recognize the cuban patriots as bellig belll brents who nho have all the rights and privileges that right implies a aidi 1 I 1 1 I affords afi in modern wayfare wai wat dire fare in th this 1 9 metter matter in congress I 1 will follow ather any man may darr daro to lead will lad where any man may dare to roll follow I 1 cannot speak for or the administration I 1 cannot speak but for ont 0 iran in the fifty fourth conerus Con gross but I 1 liopo hope aal I 1 believe within tile next few week some action will I 1 ii taken ferat will viii command the approval ot of every fiber ty american from mm bay to the of 0 in the name of tin tilt gild of Nation sI let cuba br b arop in the ahr name ot or hu nian lly long lav alvy the cuban whon mr r pul lr fleishm spi alclo th ahr follow lne ilir ro ver d resolved tant w we 0 our vm pathy to tile ali cuban people in their struggle for frood n and md he nm and we call on ih tho Coit 01 riis and in the th I 1 president of er the states and ip 0 quest them to geart tt rights to the cub cuban a n rt pub |
