THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



15 



Political and Government matters 



Juan Gualbei'to G6mez, Leader of Liberals and 

 Secretary of the Comision Coiisultiva. 



Political meetings are the feature of the 

 day, and the two parties, Conservative and 

 Liberal, are getting their forces together for 

 the Presidential campaign. Jose Miguel 

 Gomez's friends are zealous in his cause, 

 while Zayas partisans are equally active. 



SR. ZAYAS DOES NOT \V.'» NT TO BE THE CANDI- 

 DATE FOR VICE-PRESIDENT. BUT GENERAL 

 ORESTES FERRARA SAYS HE MUST. 



Senator Alfredo Zayas is unwilling to 

 accept the Vice-Presidency nominaiion, and 

 in a public letter to the Liberal party ex- 

 presses himself as follows : 



"I must state that had any of the gen- 

 tlemen come to me I would unhesitatingly 

 have told them that I am not willing to 

 figure as a candidate for the Vice-Presi- 

 dency of the republic, and do not consent 

 to my nomination thereto, and that I will 

 refuse it if the nomination be made in the 

 coming national convention."" 



Thereupon Orestes Ferrara replies to 

 Zayas, also publicly, and assures the Sena- 

 tor that he is still the party's candidate — for 

 Vice-President. He says Zayas has never 

 resigned, and his resignation cannot be ac- 

 cepted now. 



The Conservative party meeting on May 

 21 last may be called the first shot in the 

 Presidential campaign, and many Liberals 

 had been invited to attend and were present. 



The speakers were Eduardo Dolz, Pablo 

 Desvernine, Alfredo Betancourt :\Ianduley 

 and Sergio Cuevas Zequiera. Speeches were 

 made by Rafael ^^lontoro and Gonzalez 

 Lanuza. The Liberals had to listen to 

 severe strictures on the events of last Au- 

 gust and September by S'efior Desvernine. 

 Senor Dolz compared the 20th of May, 1902, 

 with the 20th of May, 1907, and said that 

 "there are only two ways of explaining the 

 sad contrast between these two dates. Either 

 the occurrences were due to the incapacity 

 of the government or to inexperience, and 

 he attributed all to the latter cause— not a 

 crime, but a misfor.une which might be 

 repaired by the union of all good Cubans 

 in one object, the national welfare of their 

 country." 



THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY TOSES SOME PROM- 

 INENT MEMBERS. 



Some leading Conservatives, it is said, 

 have abandoned the Conservative party, and 

 allying with Republicans, have formed a 

 new organization, which will support Jose 

 Miguel Gomez for President. The bolters 

 are Governor Emilio Nunez, Senator Diego 

 Tamayo and S'r. Cesar Cancio. With them 

 will join General Freyre de Andrade, ex- 

 Vice-President Alendez Capote, Mario 

 Barcia Kobly, Carlos Fonts S'terling, Jose 

 A. Cueto, Ricardo Dolz, and Senator Par- 

 raga. 



General Emlllo NuiSez. Civil Governor of Havana. 



