THE CUBA REVIEW. 



early in the month, under the leadership of Gen. Estenoz, threatened to com- 

 plicate political matters, as both parties were bound to lose votes, the liberal 

 party most of all, but the new party withdrew their presidential candidate, con- 

 fining themselves to naming Representatives and Senators only. 



■. A feature of the cam- 

 A Negro paigtt thus far was the for- 

 Party mation early in September 

 Formed. by the negroes of Cuba of 

 a political association called 

 the Agrupacion Independente de Color, 

 under General Estenoz. In the begin- 

 ning the new organization had deter- 

 mined to present a full ticket, from 

 President down, to the country, but 

 owing to thfe fact that the electoral law 

 required a certain number of electors 

 within a certain time, the candidate for 

 President was withdrawn and the new 

 organization will have candidates in the 

 field for representatives and senators 

 only, all negroes .and mulattoes. The 

 party early in October joined the Na- 

 tional Independents, which likewise 

 have withdi^awii 'from the Presidential 

 c'ontest, and which will support the Lib- 

 ei-al candidate, General Gomez, during 

 this campaign only. There are very few 

 negfoes ill the Co'nservative party, while 

 the ranks of the Liberals are filled with 

 them. Hence the Conservatives believe 

 the new negro party will draw many 

 votes from the Liberals. 



In view of the attitude of the negroes, 

 the liberals have selected many negro 

 candidates. 



"Did the negroes possess a little more 

 genius for Organization," says the Tele- 

 graph, "the movement would be menac- 

 ing, indeed, to Cuba, for they are un- 

 doubtedly strong enough to command 

 a' large share of public support. They 

 Start out with one advantage over either 

 of the older parties, and that is that the 

 party has a clearly defined issue at the 

 outset, namely, THE JOBS." 



Appointments of candi- 

 dates for senators and rep- 

 resentatives are creating 

 further divisions among the 

 liberals. The independent 

 liberal group, headed by 

 Senor Govin, editor of El Mundo, which 

 recently joined the coalition liberal 

 forces, will again separate. Juan Gual- 

 berto Gomez is the head of inore dis- 

 satisfied liberals, and still others mixed 

 up with the labor element are grouped 

 Sunder the leadership of General Velez. 

 All these divisions, it is pointed out, 

 .will aid in the election of the candi- 

 ,, dates of the conservative party. On 

 the other hand, liberal combinations 

 among the rnunicipal councillors have re- 

 sulted in the election of a liberal presi- 

 •■dent in nearly all of the city councils 

 throughout the island, the combined 



Further 

 Divisions 



Among 

 Liberals. 



liberals easily defeating the conserva- 

 tive candidate, which shows that if the 

 liberals unite on the national candidate 

 the conservatives may meet with defeat. 

 The liberals assert they will obtain 

 fifty-seven presidential electoral votes 

 out of a total of 107. They base their 

 calculation on the result of the last mu- 

 nicipal elections and the majority they 

 obtained in Havana, Oriente and Cama- 

 guey. 



Six provincial governors. 

 Elected eighty-one mayors and 1,248 

 Officials provincial councilmen, who 

 Take were elected August i, were 



Office. inducted into their various 



offices October 1. The new 

 provincial and municipal laws became effec- 

 tive at the same time. 



The American army officers who were 

 acting as provisional governors went back 

 to their military duties. 



Cuba's Official Gazette of 

 Additions September 23 publishes the 

 to the names of 5,000 native Span- 

 Voters' List, iards who have recently be- 

 come citizens of Cuba. 

 The majority of these men were in Cuba 

 when the Treaty of Paris was signed and 

 who became citizens of Cuba by reason of 

 the fact that they did not at the time swear 

 allegiance to Spain. 



The listing' of these citizens as voters has 

 been greatly facilitated by recent decrees 

 of Governor Magoon and the political par- 

 ties are thus enrolling a large number of 

 voters who did not count during the past 

 provincial and municipal elections. 



Julio de Cardenas y Rodriguez, again elected 

 Mayor of Havana. 



