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 CUBA RLVILW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyright, 1916, hy the Munson Steamship Line 



Volume XIV 



NOVEMBER, 1916 



Number 12 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



NEW y 



Dr. Alfredo Zaj^as, Presidential Candidate 

 of the Liberal Party. 



THE CUBAN ELECTION 



The result of the Cuban election will not 

 be definitely known until the official count 

 has been completed. It appeared fiom early 

 returns that Dr. Alfredo Zayas was elected, 

 but it seems to be defmitely shown, as we 

 go to press, that President Mario G. Menocal 

 has been re-elected President by the Con- 

 servative Party and that General Emilio 



Ximez has been elected Vice-President. The 

 Liberal Party had for its candidate for 

 President Er. Alfredo Zayas and|for Vice- 

 President Tr. Carlos Mendieta. Although 

 popular interest naturally centered around 

 the presidential candidates, this year's 

 election was imijortant in other ways because 

 12 senators were to be elected and 57 mem- 

 bers of the House of Representatives, besides 

 5 principal councilmen for each province, 

 many of the mayors of the cities throughout 

 Cuba and various other important officials. 



As in the United States, the President and 

 Vice-President are not balloted for cUrectly 

 by the voters, but are chosen by means of 

 electors. In Cuba there are 130 presidential 

 electors, 15 in the Province of Pinar del Rio, 

 32 in Havana, 15 in Matanzas, 28 in Santa 

 Clara, 12 in Camaguej^ and 28 in Oriente. 



OLYMPIC GAMES 



It has been announced in the press that 

 the Cuban Minister to Paris has advised the 

 Cuban Government that the Olympic games 

 of 1920 are to be held in Havana, and Presi- 

 dent Menocal has appointed a cojmmittee to 

 take charge of this matter. The President 

 of the committee is General Freyre de And- 

 rade. 



LIBRARY 

 The library of the late Dr. Barnett, who 

 was formerly m charge of the Publicity 

 Bureau of the Department of Sanitation, has 

 been presented to the Cuban Government. 

 This Library comprises more than 2,000 

 volumes. 



