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Show " . Jflflfl BflJ -HI. . I ....HumU.illl IJI MiIUiTOWUI,,li,iM.MMiw.MiM..IMI'MiiM'IIMIll ' f 'jflflBJ I PROMINENT PEOPLE f VB 0000HDOOOOOOVK'00XH , Bflfll va''''mmwmrmmammmmtn m immrynnm-mmmm mi m,iMUimimummmmmmMmmummmmAtmt .n 1BBfl! NEW PRESIDENT OF CUBA i( ? S j y. ii 'tint. Miguel (lotnez, the lll'ein! nr() flHj Qdatr win linn born elected president of Cuba. Bflfl Is U .rnrx of age and a native of Bntiu. Cm, a MB! province where he has ntwaya enjoyed oxtl-ior flflfl dlnfto popularity and Influence. He participated flflfl In to grant revolutions, In tbo first Of win. Ii j he resrfiK) tbo rank ot major, und In tun ttecr ud flflfl . " thut td major-general. He was ono o tho nun flflfl H&ifeS ry mission rs sent to 'Washington to advise a tn h .flflfl ""TOg" t prnctlnd method for dlsolvlug the lovolutlim ny t'flAwJ Att ' nV. G" 00,1101 WH selected as governor of '-flflfl Bn,ft Clara province by tho government of tn 'flflfl KPLg-JgMfSKl tervention. and When bis term ox pi red hi wo flflfl ffjifffXwiBSSKmK ll,cu' Ruvrnor an a republican or voii" v.' Bh VNftf ,f ETO aqlr tlve. During hit teim in th gubernatorial 'i flflfl be won a high rnpuliiiii n for ability and prn.i"i- 'flflfl Blvcno9 In May. 1005, tho geneial was nominated for the piosidonev ! 'flflfl tho national liberal convention, but resigned his cundldary four months lut r flflfl giving (ih ids reason for this action that It was Impossible to continue, tho rm '"flflfl palgn within the bounds of tho tmv, and luring pan nf the hlnmo on tlio Umu d flflflj JtateH. owing to tbo Piatt amendment. An iipiIhIuj? In Culm followed, winch '-'flflfl ended with tho deposition of President Palma anil tho Intervention of the 1 flflfl United Stntos. flflfl lit August, 190C, Gen. Gomet was afttel chared With conspii...v 'flflfl against the administration ot the late l'roelfliut lnlmn, but he denied tin. u.u flflfl gntlon and won released from custody aftcf a month's Imprisonment. flflfl In December of tho snmo year Gov. Mngoon apiiolnted him secretary or , flflfl n commission to revise tho laws of Cuba. This included tho ilrnftlni; ol an, flflfl electoral law, defining tho organization and functions or tho Judiciary, n civil (Jflflfl service law, and also laws on such other subjects as inny be roforied In by flflfl tho provisional governor. flflfl Gen. Gomoz was unanimously nominated for tho presidency by tbo Mlgurl LflflJ Ista convention which wns held InBt March. Tho oihur faction or the liberal 'Iflfll party, tho Zaylstas, nominated Alfredo Zayas, but Inter Scnor Zuyaa ichIkiiciI fflfll and tho two factions formed a coalition, choosing Gen. Gomez as tbo pre-jl- flflj dentlal nominee and Senator Zoyas for tbo vico-presldency. iflflfl iflfli |