The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-11

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. the insurgents have a regularly organized
: clvil government, whose independence can
9 be recognized:
Z The Republic OF Cuba.-Its Civil Gov
ernment.-lt is admitted by all that there
. Is Cuban army which has forced Spain
; to confess her inability to re establish her
3 control of the island; but the creation and
. working of civil organization is lost
) sight of by our enemies. And yet there
is no writer who has visited the island,
: English or American, who has not told the
. world of the government of the republic
of Cuba
From the very inception o. the revolu-
ton the Cubans provided for civil power.
The Cuban revolutionary party, which pre-
, pared and directed the movement, was a
civil organization headed by Jose Marti,
most Jealous in establishing the paramount
influence of the law over the sword. Gen
eral Gomez has always desired that the
civil authorities should have the supreme
power. When he and Mart landed their
first aim was to constitute a provisional
government. All the military leaders re-
cognized Marti as the civil head After
the meeting OF Gomez, Maceo and Marti
az OU May q, 1850, Il Cdtf- tuS
selection of representatives of the Cuban
people TO form civil government was
made and in the following September the
call was complied with.
Representatives from each Of the prov
nces of Santiago, Puerto Principe, Santa
Clara and the western part of the island,
comprising the provinces of Matan2as ana
Habana, making twenty in all. We're elect
ed to the constitutional assembly which
was to establish a civil government, re-
| publican in form.
! The constituent assembly, composed OF
doctors, lawyers and distinguished Cubans'
met at Jimaguay, In the province of Puerto
Principe, on the 18th of September 1885
1t was duly organized and soemnly de-
| olared the independence of Cuba ana It's
separation from the Spanish MONARCHY.
The constitution, based on democratic and
| republican principles, was TO be IN force
| two years unless the freedom OF Cuba was
| obtained previous to the expiration OF that !
| time.
| on Septembe" is the following officers
/ of the government were elected BY the Of
| ficers of the assembly; President Sal
vador Cisneros Belancourt Of Puerto Prin-
cipe; vice president, Bartolomaye Masso of
| Manzanilo; secretary OF war, Carlos Ro-
loft of Santa Clara; secretary oil the
treasury Severe Paua of Sancti Splritus'
secretary of the interior Santiago Garcia
Canzarcs of Remedies, and secretary OF
foreign relations. Raphael Puertordo OF
Santiago de Cuba; sub secretary OF war;
Maria c. Monocal of MatauZls; sub secre-
tary of the interior. Carlos DuBosc OF bn-
racoa b-secretary of '-relgn relations
Fermen Valdez Domngr OF nabana.
The installation of these officers duly
followed. The election OF the general In
chief and the second in command, w.o 8
TO bear tho title of lieutenant general,
was then had aud resulted in the unani-
| nous election of Maxine Gomez and An
tonic Maceo respectively.
On the same day the assembly elected
by reclamation as delegate plenipotentlary
and general agent abroad of the Cuban
republic Tomas Estrada Palma.
From that time to the present the civil
authorities of the republic have exercised
their functions throughout the territor7
controlled by the Republic of Cuba, which
is about three fourths of the island There
is civil governor in every province. who
has his subordinates and employees The
provinces are divided into procedures un-
der the supervison of the secretary of the
interior The duties of the projects are
various and are subject to special laws.
That these prefertures are in wording OPP ,
Grafton. the official kilograms of the Span !,
lsh press AFFORD innumorable proofs. G n ,
erai Blanco, in communication to his |
government. undor date of March L. pub ,
lished in all the Madrid papers says: "Ha-
vana.--Captain general to minister of war. .
e
the military lines of the enemy between
Bayamo. Manzanilo and Cauto were bro't-
en-, also destroyed the civil organization .
which they had in that territory for two
years"
Documents were filed before the senate
committee on foreign relations last April. -
which were published as document No ~ q
flfty- NTH congress, first session which -
proved that the civil government legislated -
as TO commerce. government workshops.
manufactures, coast inspection, postonices, -
that stamps have becn Issued nuh-c y
schools established, civil marriage p,o- q
vided for; that the public treasury Is vel ~
organized, taxes being collected amounting
10 hundreds Of thousands of dollars, Presl- ;,
dent Cisneros and afterwards President '.
Masso' issuing state papers rs they became y
opportune The military authorities NO ~
subordinate TO the civil government In :
many documents the generals so declare n Ut
me general reports Of the civil governor az
,, me East, Carlos Manuel de Cespedes. for :.
me years 1896 and 1897 quoted in one of ~
'.nasor Morgans speeches. confirm every ~
me OF our statements and is worthy NJ rs
nerusal Five newspapers are also nuh
ished IN the republic FL Cubano Libre IN
"a lndependencia, ri Boletln be La Gucrl 70
2, In sandidad. La Villas. Books have n
'lso been published, tho first being the "a
'nmer for the public schools e.
fursuant 10 the mandate contained IN m
NO constitution OF 1895, n constituent as
empty was convoked to meet in October la
wv to revise the laws and to elect nov, nc
ihesrs The government council passed III
n electoral law and the twenty four rem ou
esenlntirss were chosen from the six nj
fovincos by all the citizens OF the ren,,h- fir
~ those in the army as we'll MS civilians. hi.
ne eierron was nnirnmmoiied by the mill n
,ry' III notable letter to General Car. 10
a. translation Of which reached pres III
ient Mckinley, he told how In Santiago nj,
e cuba he gave his vote the same ns ,sa
older and peasant, and how Inspiring II on
,,as 70 sec the people exercise tho risht m,
y tho republic. s"'ie's W
y was brilliant congress which sat Tho
,,onths OF October and November Dr \
,ennez carote ex-president OF law in m, tbo
.aynna university. presided A new con- eo, col
ober ,so- %i up'eu on the 2ath of Oe- int