The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-30
Wissne1. Hail.,
REFoRM,s PRAISES IN HAvANA.
SUNG In Amazing style by o ~spaniard with q
Dictionary.

The fame Of Havana's reform Mayor reached
this country by the last mail from Cuba. An ap.
preciative article concerning him in q late issue
of the Havana Saturday Letter should prove in.
teresting and instructive to the reformers Of tho
Cts Union. especially that part in which tho
writer. Mr.. Francisco Hermida, adverts to the
relative qualifications of persons experienced in
city government and those who make up for
lack of experience by vocalizations.
The Saturday Letter is printed partly in Span
ish and partly in English. The article on Ha
vana's Mayor is supposed to be in English. 1t il
headed NJ Miguel Diaz. Very Esteemed Mayor
in Our City, 1t is In part as follows:
at is evident. The streets and plazas in Ha.
vana have now. a clean aspect. nearly beautiful
The sprinkling is in truth plausible by the 40
tual proceeding and by its efficacy. In the pub
lie places, there remain no dead animals as be-
fore. offending the ~nostrils, and from this and
various and intelligent cares there results a Sc.
in All the extension Of the city.
,"This. and what Is more the rapid extermina-
ti9n Of .n the ,i smaiiPG1 in If Ct. H. is 500 owed W. M t. the
he did not hnd elements nor means. and as they
to the population of Havana. elements and means
the expert member Of council made Mayor had
"If at tho head of the Municipal direction, one
or those named and reknown figures made with
empty speeches. ana IDEAS OF sincerely had founl
itself, tho capital of the island of Cuba would
have been lost by the smallpox epedimic.
"There would have been a great deal Of talk
ing and very little done, or what would have
been done to combat 1t, would have been uncer.
tain. Painful experiences have proved that
what / have just affirmed Is but the truth.
An ancient and good member of council is a
guarantee Of q useful major to the city, because
he has in his favor and In favor of his admins.
trated the experience, a thing which does mob
usually go much In harmony with the garrulous
and 4 1t is wanted. the RHETORICAL Of the speeches.
That member mado major was not a brilliant
orator. nor even an orator, he WAS in nothing
cause he had to be ono by necessity.
The e%xcersise OF the charge Of membey
during years ana years. 10 a guarantee OF good
sense Of great natural talent, and Of something
every day 10 scarcer which Is honesty and We
racity.
1.-The actual Major Of Havana goes from one
dexterous hit to another, and from one good
proceeding to another, because he Ia gifted with
those qualities mentioned in the paragraph
before this ono and which I mark.
have spoken to-day in lively praise of tho
Major OF Havana, because he deserves 1t also
for other motives of a public character. for
having begun and disposed himself to begin the
refiXing OF tho streets, .calzadas, walks and
promenades; for seeing in all those works q
clear idea which a good man OF good will re-
solves to avoid also that It should not be said
as was said by all foreigners that have visited
US. that this was the dirtiest city in tho world,
and consequently, the least attended by the
municipal action"