Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-12-09

of electors and the manner of exercising
suffrage; second, to organize courts of JUS
the local bar; third, to frame the insular
budget both as to expenditures and rev.
enues, without limitation of any kind and
share OF the national budget, which latter
will be voted by the national cortes with
the assistance of the Cuban senators and
deputies; fourth, to initiate or take part in
the negotiations of the national govern
ment for commercial treaties which may
affect Cuban interests; fifth, to accept or
reject commercial treaties which the ma
tional government may have concluded
without the participation of the Cuban gov
eminent; sixth, to frame the colonial tariff,
acting in accord with the peninsular gov
eminent in scheduling articles of mutual
commerce between the mother country and
the colonies. Before introducing or vot-
ing upon a BILL the Cuban government or
the chambers will lay the project before the
central government and hear it's opinion
thereon, all the correspondence in such re-
gard being made public. Finally all con-
fiicts of jurisdiction arising between the diff
ferent municipal provincial and insular as
semblies, or between the latter and the in
sular executive power and which from
their nature may not be referable to the
central government for decision, shall be
submitted to the courts.
should Give Spain Chance.
That the government of Sagasta has en-
tered upon course from which recession
with honor is impossible can hardly be
questioned; that in the few weeks it has
existed it has made earnest OF the sincerity
of it's professions is undeniable. / shall not
impugn its sincerity, nor should 1mpatlence
be suffered to embarrass 1T In the task II
has undertaken. 1t is honestly due Spain
and to our friendly relations with Spain
that she should be given reasonable
chance to realize her expectations and to
prove the asserted efficacy of the new or
der of things to which she stands ire
vocably committed. She has recalled the
commander whose brutal orders infamed
the American mind and shocked the civ
ri a ha mr. q
order of concentration, and has undertaken
to care for the helpless and permit those
who desire to resume the cultivation Of
their fields to do so, and assures them of
the protection of the Spanish government
in their lawful occupation She has just
released the Competitor prisoners here
tofore sentenced to death, and who have
been the subject of repeated diplomatic
correspondence during both this and the
preceding administration.
VIII Not Hesitate to Act.
Not a single American citizen is now in
arrest or confinement in Cuba of whom
this government has any knowledge. The
near future will demonstrate whether
the INDISPENSABLE ;ssH. condition Of righteous
Spain, as well as equitable to all our in
terests SO intimately involved in the well
fare of Cuba, is likely to, be attained.
action by the United States will remain
to be taken. When that time comes that
action will be determined in the line of
indisputable right and duty. 1t will be
faced without misgiving or hesitancy in the
light of the obligation this government
owes to itself, to the people who have con-
fided to it the protection of their interests
and honor and to humanity. Sure of the
right, keeping free from all offense our
selves, actuated only by upright and patri-
sion nor selfishness, the government will
continue it's watchful care over the rights
and property of American citizens and will
abate none of it's efforts to bring about by
peaceful agencies a peace which shall be
honorable and enduring. If it shall here
after appear to be a duty imposed by our
obligations to ourselves, to civilization and
humanity to intervene with force, it shall
be without fault on our part and only be-
cause the necessity for such action will be
so clear as to command the support and
approval of the civilized world.