| Show I ROOSEVEL r IS MASTER IN CUBA Seats of Members of Congress Elected in 1905 to Be Declared Vacant PROTESTS CUT NO FIGURE ANOTHER ER IS PREDICTED Havana Dee 2 By a decree to be issued soon under specific authority of the president of or the United States State th seats of members rs of or the Cuban congress elected in lImOS will be declared vacant This wa the announcement by Gov Governor nO nOI Governor Ma Magoon goon today to se S zen n II I atoms members of the house of ot rep whom he had invited to attend a conference in the palace After A ftC reviewing all the facts developed by b the thep peace ace commission sent to Cuba by President Roosevelt in response n to t President nt Palmas appeal a peal for tion Uon Governor called the at of the members to the Oct fact that the tile determination as to the status o 0 oi i the he congress congre had h d been reserved by hy the tho peace commission for tor consideration at ar Washington t He then communicated to them the final determination n of President Pres President ident that the he seats of all alt senators and representatives elected ted in shall be considered vacant from fron Oct 12 the tho th vacancies created being h filled by an nn election un under under der cIer the provisional government in ar an the thC proclamation reclamation of or Governor Taft laft S pt 29 First Series Will Continue Contin e eThe The first firt series storIes of or senators and rep representatives s elected in 1904 will b fon on y in iii office if Ir moral peace tranquil tranquillity lity Ami Jul nd public confidence be restored to o such an alt extent that an ail election for Cor th 0 vacant scats seats may mav be held during durIn 1907 and there may beat the same lime time an election of the successors suc ors of represent representatives whose terms expire D 31 1907 without shortening these terms avoiding g the necessity for two elections The salaries of or the ousted onsted members wilt will willbe be hp paid to Oct 12 the date fixed by the peace commission Governor Magoon explained to th members of or congress that he lie consul consid considered ered eyed it only fair and courteous to sub submit sU submit mit to them Um the terms of th the decree prior to its It formal format promulgation so Of n that they the might decide what attitude they thc desired to assume After AC er all the Ow had been placed laced before them Senators Dote DOk DoI and Tamayo spoke in b br half of or their colleagues and the con conference conference conference ference then adjourned The decree d probably will ba ho promulgated promulgated promulgated gated tomorrow Protest Futile After the former Minister of the Treasury Fonts y Sterling Sen Semi Senator Senator ator Dolz Doz and other moderates ex fOX express press d strong dissatisfaction with tie the terms of the decree which they the de ike declared dared was unfair but they thay said paid they recognized tile the futility of ot any protest General G pral Ruis Rivera formerly seer tary of the interior said fald to the tho Associated Press that he realized the thA decree merely carried out an obligation of interest to the peace commissioners commissioner but blit he greatly deplored it believing Its k It effect would be disastrous He said sali he ho was firm finn in iii the belief beller that the onh means of o establishing condi conditions conditions conditions consist In the election of an en entirely entirely tirey new congress whereas the pro proposed posed rosed ro ed election which would result in IT turning over Oer the government to the lib liberal liberal eral control would surely result In f new insurrection the moment the Amer Ames American AmerIc lean ican Ic n troops were withdrawn from the thio th island The fact was General Ri Rh Rivera vera that the United States S tes had hail ig ignored I ignored nored this which was aUnt to all alt Cubans and pointed Irresistibly Irre to lh th conclusion that If the United States withdrew it would be with the full re TP recognition cognition of ot the necessity for or a speed return and the consequent extinction of or Cuban Independence e |
