Show FROM EXILE TO PRESIDENT PRESIDENTE E oR Tomas Estrada Palma SENOR who is said to be ho sure of elec election el doe c tion as first president of Cuba is is a rather remarkable choice for so important an office for or the tho reason that It is now nearly a quarter of a century since he in his native land During that time he has boon been living in exile asire living first in Hon Hen Honduras Honduras duras and finally in the United States But during these years Senor Pal inns devotion to the Cuban cause has been unceasing and the sufferings that lie ho 10 underwent for the cause of If liberty prior to his exile have endeared him to the Cuban people He joined the revolutionary forces that waged war against Spanish rule rute from 1868 to 1878 and remained in inthe tl the Ole e field until his capture in 1877 In revenue revenge e the Spaniards imprisoned his mother early in the rebellion and andare andare andre are re seemed accused of having starved her to death When the rebellion ended ho was wu permitted to t leave loave the tIle country country During Durin tho the last rebellion lie acted as delegate at large largo and plenipotentiary plenipotentiary in the tho United States and in inthis inthis inthis this capacity rendered valuable val ablo as assistance to lIB jis is countrymen n It will rill willbe willbe be n to witch watch with what success CeU a man who has boon been so long longa a foreigner will wilh succeed in guiding the through the tho critical stages of it itt ll firt f r t year |