The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-10
CUBAN POLITICAL PARTY
INSURGENTS WILL INTRODUCE I'M
PROVED AMERICAN METHODS.
One of the Necessities for organizing
a Home Government to In
sure Tranquility.

NEW YORK, Sept. 9.-The Times says:
The Cuban revolutionary party in this city
is engaged in the formation of a political
party for Cuba, to be known as the Ma
tionalist party. The plans for the leaders
have so far progressed that meeting will
be held to-day or tomorrow to select a
committee of from 200 to $50 Cubans as a
nucleus for the organization. The move
ment is in the hands Of T. Estrada Palma,
Fidel G. Pierra, HoratiO S. Rubens and 9TH
ers equally well known So far the plans
have been kept quiet, but the Cuban lead
ers within a few days, will issue mani
festo setting forth their purposes and cause
it to be widely distributed among their fol-
lowers principally in Cuba. According to
Fidel G. Pierra, the principles Of the new
party will be based on the provisions con-
tanned in the war resolutions of Congress
passed April 10, 1885, In explaining this
and other features Mr.. Pierra said:
Our intentions are, in this movement, TO
follow closely the desires of the American
government and the laws laid down by it
Tor the rehabilitation of Cuba. When once
the prellmlnarleS of the party organization
are arranged we shall send a committee of
two or three to Cuba to undo some polit-
lea! work that has already been started that
is in conflict with the ideas of this gov
ernment. BY this / mean that some of our
people have already made arrangements to
llOAO, III d lOWu III the province Oh santiago
de Cuba, political gathering in October for
governmental purposes, and we purpose to
see that 1t is stopped, and that no political
machinery be put in operation in Cuba until,
in the opinion of the American government,
the Cuban people are ready for 1t.
our reason for starting the Nationalist
party thus early is practically to begin a
campaign of education. Our people in Cuba.
OF course, need such instruction. We WISH
and we think we are able to form a large
and powerful party. 1t will contain, of
course, the original revolutionary party,
and we expect TO be joined by the Left Au-
Economists. who constitute the most pro-
gressive and liberal element of that class
If the purely Spanish element wishes TO
good. 1t will be received without reference
to its sentiments of the past. The CONNER
cial interests of many of the Spaniards are
important. and as they would suffer by re-
turning to Spain 1t is not unlikely that the
new party will eventually contain many of
the old-tlme rOyalistS.
How will the Cubans take to politics? ?
Well. we are in politics, naturally. 1t
may be slow process What a Cuban
arrives at by process of political reason
ing an American will reach by instinct. But
we expect to prove that we are capable Of
self-government- The Cubans seen by the
Americans during the war with the excep-
ton of a few leaders, were of the lowest
class. which forms not more than. third
of our population. This is largely the negro
class. Judged by them the Cubans are
judged unjustly 1t is as though a cultured
foreigner judged the body of Americans by,
say, portions of your East Side in New
elements in every country, but when the
American government is ready for our cleo
tons we hope to be prepared to meet the
situation"
Mr.. Pierra, in speaking of the commercial
development of the island. said he expected
few enterprises would be started by for
left. And after that he said, 1--WE must
raise something to SELL"