St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-06
LOOKS like A TRAMP.
Gen. Legitime, ex-President
Of Hayti, and Family Ar
rive in New York.
The Whole Gang Down at the
Heel and Worse for
War.
The Dizzy Old Coon Is Going
to Paris to Re-
side.
President Hippolyte, Says
Legitime, Will Be Out Of
Office Soon.


ex-president of Hayti, arrived this
morning in the Ward line steamer Man.
haitian. He was accompanied by his
family and several officers of his army.
Besides his party there were only five
passengers on the steamer. The Hay
tian party was transferred from the deck
of French man-Of-war to the Manhat-
tan at Santiago de Cuba. The voyage
to this city was very pleasant one, and
the eXileS were in excellent spirits.
Their belongings consisted of twenty
two pieces of baggage, and three little
terriers. AS soon as the Manhattan had
made fast to the dock at Pier 15 she was
boarded by Consul-General Des Landes,
of Hayti, and Stephen Preston, the
Haytian minister, who were fol-
lowed by half-a-dozen reporters.
Legitime and his family were
seated In his cabin all prepared for
shore. The eX-president looked tired
and worn out and his eyes were blood
shot. His brOadcloth Prince Albert
coat was dusty and wrinkled and his
high silk hat was lusterlesS. The attire
of his staff was similar to that of the
ex-commander. Legitime's daughters
are very handsome children, with the
complexion of mullattresS. While
their father is coal black, Madame Le-
gitime is fine looking, portly woman,
not so dark as her husband and we'll
powdered. In an interview with re-
porter, ex-PreSident Legitime said: ''It
is an unfortunate fact that our country
is torn and rent with internal diSsen-
siOns, and whenever peace will settle
permanently in Hayti l am sure then
will her day of prosperity begin. For
long time was minister under old
President SalamOn and suddenly our re-
lations became strained. Reports of
false nature were conveyed to the old
president that was enviOus of his post
of honor and, in order to remove all
Semblance of such thing on my part,
family retired to Kingston, Jamaica.
where l spent three years. By the
most pressing invitation and requests of
friends, i returned to Hayti, and on Oct.
z, 1858, was elected formally and regu
laFiy president of the provisional gov
ernment of Hayti. Everything was
done fairly and squarely in my election,
but intriguing and conspiring spirits In
the North
ACCUSED ME OF FRAUD
and cheating, and Gen. Thelemaque
came down with an army to declare
himself the desired president of the
North and South. /, of course. resisted
an usurpation, and about a week be-
fore the general election, my troops and
those of the North, with Gen. Thele-
maQue at the head, had an engagement
and Thelemaque was killed i'll it. 1t is
absurd to suppose and believe such
statements that |. through friends,
caused the death of Thelemaque. did
not conspire for his assassination. He
was killed in battle on the battlefield.
l would have no motive of having him
assassinated, as l felt sure that my
election was certain, and my friends,
the deputies, were in the aScendency.
My enemies in the North now COM
pletely turned Thelemaeue's death into
deliberate assassination on my part,
and kept up the cry against me. We
had heard that four deputies from the
North were on board the steamer Hay
tien Republic with evil designs, and, of
course, it was prudent for us to seize
them. The seizure of this vessel was
entirely mistake for which we were
sorry, and this is evidenced by the
speedy manner in which we turned her
over to her owners, together with
large indemnity for the affair. / was
duly elected president of Hayti, Dec. II,
1888. My succession to that office was
Just and in accordance with the will of
the people. But l knew my enemies
would not cease to keep awake and per-
vert my every little act into those of
A TYRANT AND UsURPER.
The war was begun soon after my
accession to power, and circumstances
and my rights forced me to engage in it.
The war has been bloody one and of
long duration. Hippolyte came down
from the North sweeping destruction be-
fore him and spilling blood in most
shameful and diabolical manner, and /
can assure you that the loss of SO many
lives panied ME quite severely. My
people seemed terror stricken and the
report of my people abandoning me and
rallying to the standard of Hippolyte is
due solely to that. l lost considerable
men in battle, the number of which |
cannot now aggregate. The loss of life
on both sides have been terrible, but |
believed l was in right cause in pro-
tecting my peoples rights. But
fate was against me and the in
creasing numbers of the Northern
army threatened my Southern country
with destruction, the blood and lives of
nv people, and there was no better,
wiser and more proper course to pur-
sue than for me to resign and retire
quietly and peacefully from the coun-
try. This l accordingly did. ! was rot
forced to leave Hayti, nor was there
any surrender. The diplomatic corps
in Port au Prince concurred with my
views as 70 quietly leaving the country,
and their positions and requirements
will enable them to bear me out. By
nv holding out l fOresaw that all the
deplorable state of things would con-
tinue to exist and maybe grow worse,
so / deemed it best to retire and thus
save the lives and property and pros
perfty of Hayti. ] am now on my way
where | will spend some little time.
My departure. from Port an Prince was
indeed an ovation to me. / love my
people, and have every reason to
believe they love me. 1t is very possi-
BILE that after year in France
IMAY RETURN TO HAYTI.
I have nOdOubt by this time Hippolyte
has entered Port au Prince and declared
himself president. He is not the kind
of a man to be at the head of affairs, his
training and education not qualifying
him for the presidency. At least thisis
the opinion of the educated class of
Haytiens. Hippolyte's career as presi-
dent will not, / think. be of long dura-
tion in the event of his assumption of
such power. The people will soon be-
come dissatisfied with his methods and
he will find it more convenient to re-
tire. Hayti's war is war within herself.
She has had no outside or foreign inter
ference, nor have the French in any
way participated in the struggle. For
eign interests in Hayti will always be
respected, and so far as those of Amer