| Show sensational claw ty brailey T Jo linson against tte I 1 SPAIN CONTROLS NAVY AND COURTS make it known to all men that the money of spain permeates the most secret recesses of the administration the mora claim of was paid to a syndicate of lawyers relatives and friends of cleveland and the administration in return cleve lanu keeps hands off cuba st louis feb 23 among the distinguished men invited to participate in the mass meeting of the cuban sympathizers thi which was held saturday nisba last in music hall was general bradley T johnbson John Bon the confederate ex of richmond A letter the general dated february 18 was received today by john F cahill secretary of the cuban relief committee general jahnson was in havana when general fitzhugh lee first arrived there and gave the latter much valuable assistance in the situation after expressing regret at bis inability to be present he writes john sneer about the combination between the puritan and blackleg quincy adams and henry clay would changed bei into a horse laugh at this new firm of the president and the inquisition the successor ot george washington in alliance with the grand inquisitor 1 A VIGOROUS resolution by gibbon of lease americans or war washington feb 23 mr gibson rep tenn introduced in the today the following resolution whereas many american citizens have been illegally and without cause arrested and imprisoned in the island of cuba by the cuban authorities and whereas some of these americans thue wrongfully arrested and imprisoned have been into dark and foul dungeons and some of them have been denied the necessities of life and some ot them have been maltreated without trial and some have been done to death and whereas in a majority of cases these americans thus unlawfully arrested and barbarously dealt with have been denied the trial them by the treaties treat iea between the united states and spain and have been treated in a man ner of civilized nations or a people professing to be christians and whereas it 0 well known that many of these americana have been maltreated and some of them butchered not because of any fault of theirs but to enable spanish officials to vent their hatred of he united states and to exhibit their animosity toward americans in general and whereas these wicked illegal and barbarous deeds of the spanish officials in cuba as they have been by the lawful authorities of spain are an international insult and injury to the whole people and government of the united states and whereas the further submission of the government of the united states to these atrocities and outrages upon our citizens in cuba alil degrade our government in the estimation of the lovers of liberty and justice the world over and be at the same time a grievous wrong and humiliation to every citizen of the united states an injury to one being an injury 0 o all therefore to the end that justice be done the rights of american citizenship asserted and vindicated the lonor of our country sustained and the laws of humanity and civilization enforced resolved that the president be and is hereby authorized and directed to de ti j s mand ot the spanish authorities in cuba the immediate restoration to liberty of every american citizen native born or naturalized now imprisoned by them in the island of cuba further that in of that demand the president be and is hereby authorized and directed to accompany it by the presence of a sufficient number of united stales war ships to make the demand bood and if said demand is not granted within twenty four hours that the city of havana and if need be other parts of cuba be bombarded until said demand is fully complied with and all of said american citizens delivered to the commander of our warships the resolution was referred to the committee on foremen relations |
