Show r i i p Presidential ti i Candidates In Cuba r t 1 n 1 r r T Y ny Y T T y T thE Havana of cC to G Iw day the Havana of my BC ac act t qu before the war I 1 find It II vastly ally improved American lion hoe lone done this Ihl It nothing m more It 11 Itt t hu has cleansed d the It And when the about fro 10 much talk lalk t I U mad shall Iao lx been t n perfected t tIt It wIt m b be one of o the molt mott healthful In the 4 It 11 was accepted III hi th the old t h days ay that no nn power on earth arth codd make lla ItA ana ena other than en an un city elly nut Rul the tha have han proved Idea According to Ludlow who wh was himself In about a t th this we In hi tilt tie course of a Ingle year whet what had hadr trot lOt Wen Loun learned In years rurH art Span r that le I not an unhealthy city The Thet t to have hav been of knowledge ot of t rue rh clay I favorably situated for or health Its Ifa elevation end and contour are fens ra fe to good Malna ns anti and there is III r Y nn an excellent water Tt Pet there II b IIno bno no system and anel the lion ot of the water II Ie defective Large sums um of money derived from rn rev t receipt have hAVI been applied to the renovation ot of the city and the hue hili been n shown hown In the remarkable de decrease 11 I crease orell of the Ih lath death rate rat especially ind In I d relation n to conla contagious and yellow fever Rut nut while has been thor thoroughly cleansed and ono one may WAlk walkA A f w 0 down wart h nos II fO o oR I R mull murl an 1111 of the filthiest and t In the nw new world without rolling his hili u shoes there I lc diminution of the the to of WAr the theo o population of this city cilY seems a dense and III as nosey noly all as ever The teat lul and nd only accurate of the island ever er tek lak laken en the total Insular 6 to lie be about of which fifth or a total or 2351 romp S 1114 voter are crowded into the ther r It matters little that tea a weare we weare are told the leland rAil can support ten 4 lie Ita present with Its III vast alt AI areas or of yet t lends landl and forests so 10 lung al a the people p will In III crowding Into Inlo th the ct The There are re H renters of 01 copulation IlO each snore Inor than 1000 Inhabitant with more In ore than each earh and anI fIe with over oer each besides Havana lIaa e with nearly a quarter million This may m for tor the all het that thaI i this pity is III probably the I of humanity In America merla under e normal conti conditions I and when added to toi i th the calla or of disturbance we r have ac 1 at t present a political ram earn C r going on It can call only he be compared compart to 10 a pandemonium When the Cuban indulge In the lux luxury ury ot of a political hit he I Inow la now treating himself to this luxury In Its III fullest and mOil moat satisfactory acne basing been of It hitherto all r hie hi does 1111 not hie himself to the nr hail or barroom but kI tiro Ille cat cafe The ordinary euben r never ner take standing or leaning I I over aver abar but bUI first assure aurel himself ot of ota ofa a seat MAt then lights a then thell rev reo queets a waiter wlter to 10 bring him a glue Iau ot of or ague arua dule dulce or I some Im equally innocuous beverage and pro to sip lip It so 0 that It may maya a last him for tor hours houri Meanwhile i iU U the political discussion II going on snore and mo most fervid as It ft pro coeds until for tor an I Inary nary caucus In tb the United stales be cOIn cotan u nothing In comparison Ont One U Y Y V Leta the he he be 1 I topping at come hotel like the or th the Pasaje that the th Cu Cuben u ubin I bin ben duet bo constituted pretty of t lungs luuK aid lArynx and that the noes cant llant smoking of oC the everlasting alga I rette In Instead lull of oC being has haa Imparted a sonorous timbre to both bath H It my may be gathered front the foregoing lust the Cubans have at al allut hart lut awakened from their apathy and andare are now fully Cully all e to the exigencies ot of the nil situation They The are 11 gathered In knots knot at the corners ot of Ute the plazas In Inthe Inthe the portals lit of erel erstwhile and particularly In the superabundant cafes talking each other to death t 1 over the And thAt Well It night mIght puzzle a lawyer to unravel Its III and make Ince clear clar to the mind of at a lay layman la laman man In order to obtain an under 1111 atan hing or 0 au 11 Inkling of It however we are must recall that Cubit Culm line hAIl Already held two general The II till on nn the lath of June Jun last lalli wee for UHf the eh election of Jf and judge and hardly attracted universal attention lla second ucon 1 was held lb pt I Ito Ito to members to 10 a constitutional convention AnI and resulted In R a slit KIll rill ring up of passions which hl ll gave glip Ill tle that Ihal the Ihl were At al at being ln NI Tint I x A I I i I 1 wa a II tine till outcome n of the 11 tI 1111 ulli got to honk and after ed d haa lie at al last apparently I come to some sort of an AD understanding on the ha t basis usla of a unitary nl with restricted suffrage u ra and hopes soon fOon to be able lu 10 submit It Ito results In I concrete form torm to 10 tb the United mates POll con r I grit I rte fhe h sr n eke or of ron conflict obscures the field and f frequent outbursts size the tact fact that the battle le II sill on but It Is III not too early in the opinion or of those thole to judge JudI for a forecast as AI to the first occupant or of the chair under Cuba Cubas constitution now being framed ramet and to be submitted for the approval of the chief executive end congress of the United States 1 Io 0 opinion In Cuba hK has and If mainlY lit Into to three par parties ties tiel not nol oo radically different In their alms aim for or aU all seem Hem united III ht the desire to establish a constitutional govern government vern ment mint there thre I is the Cuban Cullan National I though perhaps erroneous erroneously mn i 1 ly called the Conservative 11 set braces bracel chiefly th the former revolutionists who Sought for tor Cutras readout end and their adherents There are numerous ramp camp followers or of course who shirked the con contest In the held but art are now to tn come In for Cor a share lb ot of the spoils but the dominant element is pa I The Th party Is II Ih the so 10 call callad td ad with its II stronghold in ht inthe the eastern section of uba where the blacks laCkl arc alf most numerous II 8 per cent of the population I I rho next party lall Is I the UnIon Demo erotic composed mainly o of the th met mer merchant client chant anti and clan eta tc who being chiefly Spanish In ori origin ort gin or connections are at nosh anti The contest will probably I narrow down tu to a fight lIht between the National and be radical radial Republican which latter Itter may ultimately the assistance of the Democratic I with the avowed a alma alan and principles of I T f y f Y 1 f which it Ill is more In sympathy than Ihan with the National The whole thinK thing I is yet In the air but as the political is III really greatly disturbed U there ro ore lire floating straws which Indicate pretty who are to lie be the chief ants lIt All Aa tu to who willI will be Is another story which a as is II usually the cape caN eon can he be told more after the election lIy By all odds odd the most prominent anti and perhaps popular le III th the great t thero hero ot of the Cuban rebellion comes who I is man many patriots aver the only logical candidate The Th old roan u aa he I Ic affectionately termed cannot be separated M in the 11 minds of the people peo le from the great Ireal cause which he so per adv advocated with hi hie sword SloN for nearly a third of a century lima blog biography rophy raphy Is I the history nt Cuba In during the last n 2 years ylAre or since J tIe lie h has his hll property ant and g gen en the life of a son ROn lh In the fight for Cor Cubas he II has hall held Cu Cubans bans ban to 10 th ir duty through the lu ot of Years fir and It If not reckoned a great lit at least h hh Ins has h been n at as a strategist with ills polio policy was similar to toI that I ot of Washington In hl hii to the Ihl British Invaders and by meaos fir cal It II tie he protracted the war through three decades until at meet n na naw nar w I I r I Lk a b I If f BETANCOURT A QUARTET OF PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITIES cam from the United Sial States I JIlt Its wu not a fighter like not lIot I II I for Cor dash duh and vim but he held the Cuban tore tomes together kept them from and by ing conflicts where possible falling up upon on the flank and rear of his hla opponents at unexpected times and ami plans S inept the Spaniards In n a state ot of unrest and andI I I uncertainty Its H hu admitted IX executive cUU u as well as a strategic abIU ability and ami It is 11 also aleo claimed I that Ite he eele JIlt as a diplomat being wary estate secretive and finessing That h he liver 11 In the hearts of Ue the people I WU war Am amply lY lit bo their rev reo I ot of him In Hanu last lut year ear I when the went wild In their demonstrations Hut But that he I U feared and disliked by the politicians was as made manifest t by their treatment of aC aChim him only ohly a fw few month afterward As An Anto Asto to his hla many claims have been adan advanced td on one that he Is tH h e eIll Ill to the United States StaiN anti and tears Cears that may thwArt bus long lonar cherished scheme lehme for Cor Indian autonomy and another that ht he hR has r rc the true spirit ot of friendliness which has haa animated the United throughout It its Intervention and will cooperate with the wise WIM plans for re reform form which hen have been Inaugurated dun duro dunIng Ing this period The truth is Ia probably that though the old general is fa eccentric and per Ier I hall erratic he will eland tand by tho those who came to his hll rescue In 1111 and who alone made the ut of Cubs Cuba o I bM lie JIe h hiss shown this In hi his speet h q notably In one ot of his farewell cal 11 I dresses last lut when he said Mid ng other things We should aid by Iry paCt c method In ot of which tine the at ac In the protocol And which is 18 nil as disagreeable for them all as fur tor This aid will prove without concord among mong all th the Islanders I CO ore It is II necessary to 10 forget past tilt to completely unite all d meats and to organize a 11 party part whirl Is I needed in every vry country And again Cuba owes a debt of eter elfr nab nAI gratitude II to the United States bo bf reuse aule Ua the valiant eons of America shed hp their blood to free trel Cuba from Crom the pres present I ent nl ot of Yes Ye there can be no doubt n as to IQ the attitude altitude of Gomez toward this country countr I provided h he be elected to the II a adial dial hair chair nu Du his hili very friendliness t a award ward us UI will he be urged him In Inthe inthe the campaign for tor the Cubans n as has hall already thready wen said lAid of oC them have short memories where whre gratitude Is concern nil ell The grEt great objection lIon to will willbe b be that he I ii not a Cuban but 0 a native Ir r SAnto Domingo O nod and hence should be beI I debarred from serving u as the islands lie Ifs was wa good enough as al n a tact fact III as a I will not I he fit for tor a 11 president t would seem in III II a that what Ihal can U upon II III as II a virtue by a lIOn eon f tor her hII freedom ought to 10 shine the more resplendently In nt one to her roll who gave gae up h home nr and country countr to battle In her In InI rests I rout Hut It I Is hinted that the opposing pol will Insist upon a clause In the r rI i c cM I M f I I Ii 1 I I Iv ti I Ic It t c GOMZ GIN B rO atil N 4 S M Mr r 4 if i I PHOTOS BY y MACEO i HAVANA tt I constitution n especially prohibiting an alien all an a 0 candidate I is Intended a as a blow at Gomez Gamel This is III attributed to iris hll chief rival rhal Mendez CallOt of the Federal Republic Republican an or party pirt or of CubA chairman of tilt the constitutional convention a law lawyer yer of oC ability and time the youngest member tr of the quartet of presidential bl bee lie was Wail vice president ot of the In insurgent government anti and when the war broke out abandoned his practice In to take Inke the field against the I iI 11 will bf be supported It Is IsI b by such luch 18 At as Juan Gal I berto and tM the I brothers nod It If he rinds finds his own nom impossible or may bring forth the name ot of Cisneros Betancourt better I known u uthe the Marquis of Santa Sonta Lucia Ile He alto nho Is I Ia 1 a veteran of the war having resign his title and property to become an m In Insurgent and WAS elected the first press president dent of oC the Cuban republic In 1895 Unlike General Gomez who ho la is ar aI only with the Spanish lAn Ian lAnguage guage he can speak and write having resided in the United States lie was vas at one time a popular Idol In ii Iris his native Island but It Is tJ b bIris Iris his enemies that In his ol old t lire age he hall ha turned out very er erratic and enl ent having formerly advocated annex al allan en to the United States and tin last lut year er coming out with 1 a against the americans and calling upon the Cubans Cuban to declare Cor or liberty or rev Some impatience stay may have hae been lIeen natural among the old patriots patriot at a athe the Ihl necessarily IIlo slow process ot of recon noon for tor not All of them have hae ex cx the restraint so 10 finely by Gomez The Federal are said t to he be In the majority In the constitutions convention and the soreheads art pressing the marquis claims L by attempting to declare General Go Gomez mt mez z Ineligible Still If this were to tt eventuate It would not necessarily fob 01 low that would secure the lh nomination But the he of General Gomez declare that it If them the theare are compelled to withdraw hits his nit name me bl blany b bany any such lIuch intrigue his enemies they will throw all their strength to 10 an another another other man who is III the personal prefer preter preference ence en of the old soldier This man inn 19 General Genral Mae rAS tar a native of historic and the last president or civic chief of the re rev lie wn was the man mall selected tJ by Marti InrI to raise the cr cry of revolt and conduct this the movement In until Jo Go 1111 mez and the Maces and other could arrIve with re and assume command Mauo was likewise Martis choice for the presidency after atler afterward ward bestowed upon the Marquis of Santa Lucia Luell nt at After the capture of Santiago when American troops were read ready to assume Aume control or of eastern Cuba Masso modest mOllest modestly ly I declined all civic appointments ten len tiered him retiring to 10 his hll estates In the vIcinity of where he has hili since Ince devoted hi his energies to the culture of sugar u ar cane coffee corr and cacao A year ago 00 when hen General Wood lu ed General Brooke all as governor generAl here hI he invited to assist him In Informing forming a new cabinet but while ten ren tendering dering the new executive of oC the govern government meet ment of intervention tine the aid required General Getral Maso Would accept no poll for Cor himself With Gomez out of the thi rare race Masse MallO would be d decidedly the strongest candidate the patrIotic Con element dement could put forward and lIB as against the marquis he ml might ht wilt will easily pal II b by a vote ote In the general lU assembly m I should that be 1 re required to elect Another combination all on the antl Gomez side would be the uniting of the or Nationals anti and the or Federal Republicans under a standard borne by Domingo Mendez lIend Capote instead In stead stad ot of Cisneros As AI vice presidential possibilities Gen Oen General oral eral Alexander Rodriguez now mayor of Castillo Duan o of Santiago Ind antt scores or of others 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