THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



POLITICAL 



The Cuban election programme as formu- 

 lated by Governor Magoon, provides for 

 the election of two batches of Congress- 

 men in 1907. The significant clauses in the 

 decree bearing on the matter are as follows : 



"The vacancies hereby declared in the 

 House of Representatives shall be filled at 

 elections to be held under the provisional 

 government pursuant to the proclamation 

 issued by the Provisional Governor of Cuba 

 on September 29, 1906, and at the same 

 elections Senatorial electors shall be elect- 

 ed to elect Senators to fill vacancies in the 

 Senate by this decree declared." 



"As the term of office of members of 

 the House of Representatives elected in 

 1904 will expire on the first Monday of 

 April. 1908, and as under the law of Cuba 

 the election of their successors should be 

 held on December i, 1907, and as it is ob- 

 viously unwise and against public interests 

 to hold two Congressional elections dur- 

 ing 1907; therefore, if moral peace, tran- 

 quillity and public confidence are restored 

 to such an extent that the special elections 

 referred to in the oroclamation of the Pro- 

 vision-il Governor, dated September 29, 1906, 

 can be held prior to the date of the said reg- 

 ular elections in December. 1907, there shall 

 also be elected at such special elections the 

 successors of those members of the House 

 of Representatives who were elected in 

 1904." 



The following well known Cubans 

 have been suggested to Governor Ma- 

 goon as suitable persons to aid in the 

 legislative work in view for the drafting 

 of new electoral, municipal and other 

 laws, namely. Eliseo Giberga, Jose A. 

 Gonzalez Lanuza, Antonio Sanchez Bus- 

 tamante, Francisco Carrera Juztiz, Al- 

 fredo Zayas, and Miguel Viondi. The 

 first four are Independents and the re- 

 maining two belong to the Liberal and 

 the late Moderate party respectively. 



Senor Gonzalez Tellez is now Provin- 

 cial Governor of Santa Clara and he has 

 visited Havana to confer with Governor 

 Magoon. 



A colored party has been organized in 

 Santa Clara, a party which will clamor 

 for recognition in the distribution of 

 offices. 



Colonel or Brigadier Estonoz, late of 

 the Constitutional Army, issued a mani- 

 festo December 22, appealing to the 

 colored race in Cuba to come forth and 

 clamor for their rights— equal rights with 

 the white man. 



Governor Nuiiez is endeavoring to form 

 a new partv and to infuse vigor into the 

 weakenmg ranks of the old party. 



The. commission chosen by Governor 

 Magoon to draw up new electoral laws, 



and other improvements required in the 

 laws of Cuba, had their first session 

 January 3, 1907. The members are Col. 

 E. H. Crowder of the U. S. Army, Super- 

 visor of the Department of Justice; Dr. 

 Erasmo Requeiferos Boudet, Senor Man- 

 uel Maria Coronado, Mario Garcia Koh- 

 ly, Rafael Montoro, Felipe Gonzales Lar- 

 rain, Mr. Otto Shoenrich, Major Blanton 

 Winship, consulting attorney to the 

 United States Army, and Juan Gualberto 

 Gomez. 



Foreign claims, the upshot of the late re- 

 bellion, amount to large sums. England 

 for her subjects has claims of over $400,000, 

 Spanish subjects' claims are also very large, 

 probably over a million of dollars. 



Marques Stirling, a Cuban writer, holds 

 forth in the "Lucha" against the Piatt 

 Amendment and berates American inter- 

 vention. 



The liberals have petitioned Governor 

 Magoon to appoint Carlos Mendieta as 

 civil governor of Santa Clara. 



The report of Consul General Stein- 

 hart's resignation was issued in the daily 

 press on December 18, but this is 

 incorrect, inasmuch as he will remain 

 in his post for the present. 



Ramon IMeza, a well known Cuban 

 author, has lately issued a treatise en- 

 titled, "Let Us Protect the Immigrant." 



Judge Landa has been appointed on the 

 Claims Commission to serve in conjunction 

 with Major Kernan and Captain Reed of 

 the United States Army. 



THE DISCUSSION CONCERNING 

 AN AMERICAN PROTECTORATE. 



Some Comments for and against this 



Proposition, Taken from the Papers 



of Cuba and of this Country. 



"To withdraw the troops nf)w would be 

 rank folly, and for every reason the 

 United States should establish a Cuban 

 protectorate." — Philadelphia Inquirer. 



"Whatever is done there in the way of 

 intervention, government control, pro- 

 tectorate or what not, is to be done for 

 the welfare of the Cuban people. — New 

 York Tribune. 



"Their present predicament must be 

 credited to their ignorance and their 

 seeming lack of ability to comprehend 

 the first duty of a free and independent 

 people. The duty of this country in the 

 premises is plain." — St. Joseph (Mo.) 

 Gazette. 



"For the present and the immediate 

 future there is no hope in anything but 

 the military." — Cincinnati Enquirer. 



"The men who control the business of 

 Cuba and own the property want the 

 Americans to remain." — Savannah News. 



"The foreign elefnent naturally depend 

 on American protection and frankly fa- 

 vor permanent American occupation." — 

 New Orleans Picayune. 



