The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-03
TASTE LIBERTY WITH BLOOD.
crRAN INSURGENTS MAKE A SHOW
OF HOME RULE.


tbe Cradle of Rebellion, But Ac-
cording to One of Its Jealous
Nurses the Young One seems to
Tbrive-Letters From n Cuban Ofi-
Ger Giving An Insight Into the
camps of the Insurgents.
TAMPA Fla, Sept BRIG. Gen. Enrique
colIazo of the Cuban army has written
several letters to his family in this city
IN the situation of affairs in Cuba The
letters. though greatly delayed. contains
.ome interesting features. Under date of
La Parras, Holguin, June &c, 1887, he
writes:
we have just passed the electoral per-
ioi with tranquility and the exercise Of
our rights of liberty. There were 1900
votes cast in the oriente, the eastern di-
vision, which is composed of the provinces
Of Camaguay, Puerto Principe and San
nago. The official board met at Mala
Noche on the 24th of June and declared the
result. The following are the names of
those elected by the first division: En-
roue Collazo, Aurelo Hevia, Tomas Par
do Manuel dEsprague; while from the
second corps, Boyamo, Mayuel Rodriguez
Jose Fernandez Random, Jose Fernan-
dez de Castro and Carlos NJ. de Cespedes
were elected. We have not learned the
result of the election in Camaguay yet but
expect to march in that direction in about
fifteen or twenty days. The final meeting
& to select the new government will be held
some time in September l think we will
make the change of government without
any difficulty and in conformity with the
laws, and the outside world can see that
in the midst of this terrible struggle we
can live together as a free people, in the
exercise of our just rights.
There has been but little doing in the
way of operations recently. The excessive
n rains the debility of the Spanish forces
and their sickness has really paralzed all
n operations on their part, and we can do
n but littie'
In the next letter Gen. Collazo, under
N date Of Potosi, Tunas July 4, 1897, says:
The papers from Madrid have just been
"a received and they bring us the intelli-
gence of the agitation in the United
y States. I see the excitement is great, but
a ! expect nothing to come of it until the
close Of the year, at least.
I'VE have just passed terrible crisis.
After nine months of drought we were
# without vegetables in the oriente, and
N there were no cattle. There was no wa
" ser We have an excessive population in
M Poguin, $1,000 alone, and we were afraid
This crisis would have prostrated US. But
M It was so that we were able to bring
# from Camaguey and the Tunas great
herds of cattle, which carried US over to
the rainy season. Now we have an abund-
ance of vegetables and all of the necessi-
# ues of life.
We are assured of the final triumph,
which will soon occur if we are helped
from the outside. but later if we are left
q TO ourselves. success will be ours ulti-
III matey"
BY the same courier that brought over
MI these letters came the address of Gen.
CoHazo, delivered to his constituents upon
ms election as delegate. The address
shows that at the meeting of the assem-
E bly which elects the new president and
caolnet some time this month, radical
cAange will be made in the policy of the
government. In his address he said re-
gardlng the change of governments:
we nave had, until now, a government
ol war. We need for the future a gov
eIhment OF peace, respectful to the law.
we must. then, create a government in
"hch the three powers can act in per-
leC1 independence, but at the same time
nelplng each other as a guarantee of lib
erty
We will define, by means of a more
extended constitution, the form of repub-
"'ah government we need, securing to
eaen state its individual government The
executive power should be vested in the
president, who should be elected by the
people we having the full power to ap-
N % a9.HI MS cabinet or ministry, being vested
W "ltn d power over the army also. The
M esIslatlVe power should reside in the
muses. Of representatives, the members of
%Uch should be elected by popular vote,
@ !e mousse to perform its functions in
nlllea time, taking a recess and being
ouolect to special call. 1t viii call the
otI.solhs government or administration to
E eve an account of its actions, or this
IS NJ yIid tIg pe demanded at any time the good
y ne country demands It,
me Judicial power should be inde-
nam ruent' with tribunal in each state, which
vau eT intervene in all cases, military as