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Show GEN. GOMEZ DECLARES iV; i THE SITUATION IS WORSE : - THAN UNDER f EYLER : - , ' ".' L Says Financial Ruin and Dis- 1 honor Face the People, and the Country Is Threatened: ,With Hereditary Rule. NEW YORK, Oct. 4. Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez, Governor of . the province of Santa Clara and candidate of the Liberal party for the Presidency of Cuba, is in the city. He takes a gloomy viewof conditions in the island and says the situation is-even worse thaa it was under Weyler. ( '. are worse than ever existed under Spanish dominion." Resignation Not Accepted. Before leaving Cuba Gen. Gomes ' tendered his resignation as candidate for President, in order, as he said, to -give the convention full liberty in Its proceedings, Upon his arrival here he was Informed that the convention was held last Sunday; that It had been decided de-cided not to accept the resignation. Gen. Gomes said that before he could outline his next action he would have to learn the reasons for this action by the convention and would have-to give the matter deep thought. j . . 1 NEW YORK, Oct. 4. "Liberty Is dead in Cuba, and the condition of affairs af-fairs there is worse than It ever was under Spanish rule, even In the most ferocious periods of the Weyler government. gov-ernment. Financial ruin and dishonor face the people. If things continue a they are the nation will be converted Into one of hereditary rule." That declaration was made last nighty by Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez, Governor of the province of Santa Clara and candidate of the Liberal party for the Presidency of Cuba, at the New Amsterdam Am-sterdam hotel where he Is stopping. Upon his arrival on the steamship Monterey from Havana yesterday Gen. Gomes refused to discuss Cuban affairs af-fairs at length, but after he had rested at his hotel he was more communicative. communica-tive. Come for a Rest. "I am here to rest for some days." he continued, "and to breathe the air of liberty that 1 lacking In my own country and for which I have fought so long. "On false charges the Government assassinates as-sassinates the Liberals, the Jails are filled with political prisoners, and we have no hope of Justice from Judges and magistrates who recognize no law but the will of the Government. We are hindered in casting our votes and Cuba is now suffering a reign of terror ter-ror never equalled under Spanish tyranny. It was such things as these that made us withdraw from the elections. elec-tions. Public funds are used for electoral elec-toral purposes. The sanitary condition condi-tion of the Island is a disgrace. The Cuban Government has employed thousands thou-sands of men in the sanitary department, depart-ment, but for voting, not for working purposes. Dare Not Oppose Government. "It has become impossible to dare to oppose the Government without rlsu of one's life and liberty. The Mayor of Havana has been deprived of his office of-fice against the law. and the whole City Council has been dismissed because be-cause they were Liberals. No one dares confess his political opinions for fear of assassination, for which purpose pur-pose the most desperate criminals are allowed by the Government to be at large. "For what Is happening in Cuba the United States Government ha a direct responsibility. Palma is enabled to do as he Is doing only by telling the people peo-ple every day that in case of revolution revolu-tion or disorder the United States would send troops to punish them and to sustain the Palma Government. May Appeal to United States. "I believe if th Piatt amendment holds, the United States is responsible for order In Cuba. It should never be taken for supporting the unlawful arts of the present Government and to serve as a screen for such acts as have been committed apainst the opponents of that government. It Is the duty of the United States to put a stop to such a condition end If affairs continue as they are much longer we shall have to appeal to the United States to do so. "If the United States should Intervene Inter-vene in the matter of the elections and insist that these elections should be carried on honestly, it would be proved that SO per cent of the population popula-tion are Liberal. That proportion of the people hate Palma -and his oppressions op-pressions worse than they hated Wey-ler. Wey-ler. for the conditions he has enforced |