Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-11-23
HAYIPS REVOLUTIONS.
They Have Made ythe Republic q,
Subject OF Ridicule.
The Pride and Glory of the Great Co
lumbus Has Become q Gigantic
Farce-h DcEenerated
Country.

Not the least interesting feature Of
the place is the barracks, where is
qunrtered q portion of Hippolyte's
valiant army, says q correspondent of
the Providence Journal. The only at
tempt ut uniform is n suit of blue over
oils; generally in the last stage of
dilnpidation, and a cap, ornamentcd
with rcd, yellow or blue braid, accord
ing to the fancy of the wearer. Some
few have shoes or straw slippers, but
the majority are b~arcfootcd. They are
armed, however. with fairly good mus
kets md many of them carry ugly
looking knives. 1 saw large numbers
of these "soldicrs" on the plaza, or
public square, some playing at dice or
cards, some talking, others sleeping,
n all lazy, dirty and ragged. This
plaza, which was originally well laid
out and which actually boosted an
ancient fountain in the center, waS lit
tered with refuse, rootcdTup by hogs
n filthy with house offaEand dung.
The ancient paved walks which orig.
inally travcrsel it were badly broken,
n the loose stones were. widely scat
tered by the hogs. Outside the town,
as far as the eye Il reach. extends. a
billy country covered VIII forest.
In q long tramp through this
try We saw no cultivated land.
And yctthi3 land is said to be extreme
ly fertile and TO yield LARGELY any
tropical product that il planted upon
it. From In examination Of an out
cropping ledge of rock decided that
the soil wa uudcrlaiI with limestone,
and such 4 soil is nearly always rich.
Dut the richness of thi :: leland is
wasted. For ever the Oil plantations
which were we'll set wish coffee,
oranges a2l ~cocoanIt urE 'crOvn up to
tropical forest and yield ext to moth
ing. Right in the milit Cf u jungle of
wild trcC3 Gad buTilc1 | fui1 traces of
al OH ,oran~a and mango CROW, indi-
catcl by the remain of Htrai"..t rows
IN which these trees were ORIGINALLY
plant2l AMI with the La"l:nc" and
ruin of the plantation ha5 declined
everything in connection With them.
Even the oil carriage r0a;ls which
originally travcr3cd the island and
formed n channel for conveying the
produce TO the ports arc now only bri-
die paths, b!.2G completely overgroWn
with forest ard bushes. =
El'l I-ii' > I!LN I'll, LIlS IllSplDiOta' OF
Columbus, tlH pride and glory of, the
great admiral! For it will be ,,rc1neni-
bered that, after examining the, tottlar
large islands OF the West Indies, Column.
bus decided hat this one was the
richest and best. And later, when ;un-
der French rule, it was one OF tlae.fair-
cstand w~calthicSt spots in the civilized
world. The whole republic, in fact, is
q gigantic farce-and u farce, too,
which may well make all enthusiastic
advocates Of the colored race and it's
possibilities pause and consider. For
no nation los cy"" c~onsid"rcl itself
more utterly incapable of sclf-govern-
mont than the black republic. In some
eighty years of IIaytian independence
there have been more than ninety rev.
olutions; the children, with u few OK
captions, grow up in absolute ignor.
ance, and with a deep, Unborn hatred
of the white man; the rulers IRE blood.
thirsty tyrants, and the country has
degenerated into u tropical wilderness,