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In the same year he was elected to re- 

 present the Fourth Army Corps in the 

 Constitutional Assembly where Cuban 

 independence was declared and the con- 

 stitution signed. By unanimous vote of 

 that Assembly he was chosen Secretary of 

 the Interior of the Revolutionary govern- 

 ment, and performed the duties of that 

 office during the two years of the constitu- 

 tional regime. From 1897 until the end 

 of the war he held the rank of Colonel in 

 the Sanitary Service. 



Following this, as Mayor of Sancti 

 Spiritus he organized departments of health 

 and education, established orphanages 

 and other philanthropies. 



In 1 90 1 the Republican party of which 

 he was one of the founders, elected him to 

 represent the Province of Santa Clara in 

 the Cuban House of Representatives where 

 he served several terms as president. 



He has always been an earnest and active 

 partizan; in Congress he has worked for the 

 extension and regulation of charities and 

 has been the author of various bills looking 

 toward public betterment. 



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