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THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST. 



From our own Correspondents in Havana and other Cities of Cuba. 



POLITICAL 



The Advisory Commission has given as 

 the result of its work the following resolu- 

 tions, which have heen adopted for pro- 

 posed electoral laws and qualifications req- 

 uisite for voting: 



A voter must he registered in the "Elec- 

 toral Census." and give all information 

 which will serve to identify him. He must 

 have resided in the province, municipality 

 and ward in which he votes six, three and 

 one month, respectively. 



The formation, revision, custody and in- 

 spection of the census shall be in charge 

 of the central board, and of the provincial 

 and municipal boards, which shall have a 

 permanent character. 



The central board shall reside in Havana 

 and be composed of five members : The 

 president of the supreme court of justice. 

 one titular professor of the law faculty of 

 the University of Havana, elected by that 

 faculty, the oldest magistrate of the au- 

 diencia of Havana, and one e.\-senator, 

 and one ex-president of different political 

 affiliations, chosen by the three first men- 

 tioned members, those who have been elect- 

 ed to the greatest number of legislatures 

 and from among these, the oldest to be 

 preferred. 



The provincial boards shall be composed 

 of three members : The president of the 

 province, a professor of the high school, to 

 be elected by the professors of the same, 

 and the oldest judge of first instance or of 

 instruction in the provincial capital. 



The municipal boards shall be composed 

 of three members. The services are obli- 

 p"atory and gratuitous, excepting when legit- 

 imate excuses may be offered, this not pre- 

 venting the payment of traveling and per- 

 sonal expenses in cases determined by law. 



THE COMING ELECTIONS AND WITHDRAW .\L OF 

 THE AMERICAN ARMY. 



According to the Government's present 

 plans the municipal and provincial elec- 

 tions in Cuba will be held the coming sum- 

 mer, probably not later than July. This 

 will be for the purpose of testing the new 

 election laws. If they work out satisfac- 

 torily and the island remains quiet the elec- 

 tions for the Cuban Congress will follow 

 five or six months later, after which the 

 American army will be withdrawn. A 

 final decision on the programme for the 

 final settlement of the situation in Cuba 

 will be made when Secretary Taft goes 

 there on his forthcoming trip to Panama, 

 Cuba and Porto Rico. 



I'he liberal leader. Zayas, has stated that 

 his partj' will ImUl a convention wi.hin six 

 weeks and that delegates have already been 

 elected. 



Zayas' candidacy is growing, and it is 

 claimed that he has twenty-eight delegates 

 pledged. Jose Miguel Gomez has a fol- 

 lowing in Santa Clara, but Zayas is sure 

 of Matanzas, Camaguey and Santiago de 

 Cuba. 



Rafael Montoro i> a native of Cuba and 

 was educated in Spain. An able man, up- 

 right and talented, and known as a gifted 

 writer. He was a leader of the auton- 

 omist party in Cuba and the title of Mar- 

 quis de Montoro was conferred upon him 

 by the Spanish government, a title he never 

 made use of. .\fter the Republic was es- 

 tablished, Montoro was appointed Cuban 

 Minister to England and Germany, .\fter 

 Palma resigned he returned to Havana and 

 is now one of the members of the .Advisory 

 Commission. He advocates he plural vote 

 for Cuba in the coming elections, and ex- 

 presses his faith in the re-estal)lish-'ient of 

 the Cuban Republic on a surer basis. 



There is still a split in the liberal party 

 in regard as to who shall be their candi- 

 date for the presidency of Cuba. Zayas 

 and Jose ]\Iiguel Gomez have each a large 

 frllowing. The conservatives have adopted 

 a platform and suggest a new treaty with 

 the United States in order to improve the 

 commercial relations ; also they want to 

 revise the constitution and to allow for- 

 eigners the ri'i'ht of suffrage. 



RAFAEL MONTORO. 



