The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-07

be at all affected by the recall Of the Cap
tain-General"
sENORiTA CIsNEROs.
II was apparent that the Consul-Gen-
erdl did not wish 10 discuss Spaman-Du-
ban-American affairs, though he made re-
ply TO all questions prOpOunded III that
courteous. polite and diplomatic manner
Characteristic OF him. So the Times rep
resentative asked him about Senoriia
Evangelina COssiO y CisnerOs, the young
woman confined in prison IN Havana
whose case has attracted the attention
ami enlisted the sympathy or Mrs. Jefief-
son Davis. Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Jonn \. To-
gan and other distinguished ladies' IN TINS
country.
"she Is a very pretty girl. indeed" said
the General. About eighteen years old,
with the characteristic Cuban feature
fully developed; she might be called beau
tlful All / can tell you Of her case now
Is that when HdDtain-General Weyler pace
me farewell he told me he was going 20
call In person on her. and the young lady
would then write direct 10 me- nave re-
coived no communication from her since
/ reached the United states on my re-
turn, but | presume / shall hear soon.
In this connection General Lee lncicen-
tally remarked upon the name or tne
Young woman. Her father IS Augustin
COssiO and her mother is Cisneros Ac-
cording TO the Spanish custom she ls
known by both her mothers and father
uames-iust as by Spanish customs LLII-
hugh Lee would have been known as fltI-
hugh Lee Mason, or Robert h. Lee, az X.
T. Lee Carter.
General Lee having failed to tel any
Cuban-American secrets. the reporter ask
ed him about Virginia politics
Have you made mp your mind 70 pe-
come a candidate for the Scnate2' was
As TO THE sENAToRsHIP.
"Oh. now" replied the General. you
must not EXPECT me 10 discuss such mat
tcrs al this time. ! am representing my
country NJ Havana 70 the best of my
ability and while / take the deepest inter-
eet I'm the politics Of my country ana my
state think II better that sly N".'i"7
'.puf General" persisted the reporter.
"the people Of Virginia are mucn lhttitst
"a An al that concerns you and ihey Moulo
he nlcased to learn from You something
,,es,dprdino ~ vour future plans ln many
uorts OF the state the people are aFeagy
talking OF your being candidate LOT we
limited states Senate, az the fuece17uI lo
Mr. Martin. Have you decided TO enter
''".'.r ".roo FAR ahead to talk much about y;
nov and have already said that Wouh
make no announcement OF .ucu c,''.il'e.,s o.,
a. long as ] was Consult ieneiat ~ ~ ~
IA hut whether / am n candidate or nor
= tbink that any man VINO snail ne
cardidate should see that ti'e people Hh.e
= cberce 10 express their VIII on tho SUD-
ject.
LET THE PEOPLE DlAilJf's
"Ar earnest ana praiscworthy effort vas
made bv the Roanoke cOnv, 1tlon 20 alloW
the people TO say En" Eio,es S.'ys' sn"afe. but ir
wos defeated. but that defeat must not
be effective. ,t,.. sr,u af,-
nounce ". and express inH Mlll,li,a,,io chal-
submit 10 the decision OF the peopit' H.,
s,,l, on, onuOnent 10 meet me ON the
stump and thus give the people the ,r 1u-
no~ttinifv TO choose between w.
p,ession In that way would be nrousil
hcfore the pcoplc when they stir't '''''
',,,,.,.seeo,tatlycs TO the Leglslatufc. -,
~ t',tfn,ting his talk. Gcuefal l-'' SOU
~ shall go back 10 cuba wnsneNeI ~ ~
authorities ~ washington eau up"n IT, ~
to ~" cuho forever ! viii De back
I, old Virginia some time IN the near ~.
t,,ra 10 spcnd the remainder on my Gay
..Ifave YOU not since your afflVh ~
Virginia been urged by huInsIDes ~. 'hs
20 announce yourself a candidate ioF 'he
YES. have" replied The General and
teu vou / have never appreciated eS
fnllv as do now how enduring irlenosn,,r
can be. II makes n,,os one s'tl ,noo,her When
he has been long absent from home 10
rctnrn and find the ties strengthened
rather than weakened.
NO FAVORlTEs.
"I.et me put the question ~ tnis WY, Wy,
General: SUPPOSE your seIVlce ~ ,ue,' ,e
should soou end and YOU come back 10
VIRGINIA and decide 20 enter the sena-
toriai race. Along what lines would you
conduct your campaign
Now this Is a broad question you AK
80 Right here let me say" continued
the General. with some evidence or feel
ing that II should insist that the next
Senatorial campaign shall be c0ndu.tea
In such a manner that one aspirant shail
have no advantage over an0ther ~ -
NOT nroper for one candidate TO be placed
on the Executive Committees or other