The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-11
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public schools established and civil mar
rage provided for; that the public treas
| ury is well organized, taxes being col
lected, and amounting to hundreds of
thousands of dollars. President Cisneros,
and afterward President Masso. issuing
state papers as they became opportune.
CIVIL POWER SUPREME.
''The military authorities are subordi-
nate to the civil government In many
documents the generals so declare it. and
| General Gomez, the commander-in-chief.
| duly took the oath to the constitution. In
July, 1896, he published the following cir
cular:
headquarters of the Army of the Liber-
ation.-(Circular)
""T1lis headquarters being informed of
the unworthy proceedings of some chiefs
and officers of the army with regard to
the civil authorities of the republic. and,
resolved as it is not to consent in any case
nor by any person that the sacred prin-
ciples of discipline, subordination and
morality of the revolution should be dis
regarded, but that respect should be rem
dered to the majesty of its democratic in
stitutions, its conmander-in-ch and its
officers of the inevitable duty which they
have to respect the functionaries of the
civil government according to their rank
The military authorities are obliged
to give the decisive protection Of their
force to the civil authorities. for the bet
ter flhfHment of their duties
IS The chiefs of the corps. divisions and
brigades will chastise severely all subor-
dinates against Whom any complaints
may be made of their bad conduct in this
respect, they being answerabIe to this
headquarters for their indifference
'MAXIMO GOMEZ
The General in Chief
"'P. 7. L. Remanganaguns % July. 1896
"The general reports of the civil COVER
NOT Of the east, Carlos Manuel De Ces-
pedes, for the years 1896 and 1897. quoted
in one of Senator Morgan's speeches. con
firms every one of our statements and is
worthy of perusal. Five newspapers are
also published in the republic: FL Cubano
Libre, La Independence, FL Boletin de
la Guerra. La Sandal and Las Villas.
Books have also been published. the J
first being the primer for Che public !
schools.
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
Pursuant 10 the mandate contained in /
the constitution OF 1895. a constituent as /
sembly was convoked 10 meet in Octo- 4
Der, 1897, to revise the laws and 80 elect I
new officers This government council /
passed an electoral law. and twenty-four
were CHOSEN from the SIX
provinces by all the citizens Of the repub-
Ec- those IN the army. as we'll as the civ
hans. The election was untrammeIed by
ne military. In a notable letter Of Cen
eral CahIto Garcia the translation Of
y h1ch reached President Mckinley. he
-oid now in Santiago de Cuba ne gave MS
vote The same as the solder and peasant,
and how inspiring It was TO see The people
exercise the right Of Suffrage IN a distr.c;
,on+ rolled entirely by the republic.
1T was q brtiEaut congress which SAT
ne months OF October and Novembe-.
Dr. MaTs4ez Capo-e. eI-professor OF law
n The Havana university. presided. The
outgoing secretaries q state submitted
hetr reports, which we're examined and
.assed upon by committees appointed for I
ae purpose
NEW CONSTITUTION ADOPTED
- new constitution vas adopted OF ere {
n q October. 1881. vh1ca Vii be IN force
no years. unless .-sdepeHd sTcs IS o5-alnei :
beforehand. when al assembly snail De Z
allied 70 provide temporarily for tne gov I
rnnert and administrator of IRE rs2ub-
&C. un-sl a definite constituent assembly :
hall meet
'-TaA preamble says; We ne repre-
s-,tatsves % ehe Cuban people. t-eey
les-ns II coIsrstUtlJa assembly. coz :
sked 5y virtue OF the raa-r3s.e con~as1e6 T
. tEs cons.sti Iztol q tfe Is-h @ septez.-
~. 1ss5. raafy our firm ard gns.asze-4a.s
ssoive % obtaining re soSc1u-s All In
sef1s,e Independents of tiss tsl2zd. II 2
1ier 90 estaosssl IN ~ 4 democratic repg5-
G and irsE&7znE ourselves Il tsss preset
scessE5es O. the revolution Te decree q
e following constitution:
20 The constitution determines Ebat Is ,
sI-ei tse repC5'sc. ziro are cstize1s. -hs5-
-dlvtdlsll and Tso.teicaI rights re of5cers :
the goTe-u-ae--. Ihelr poNe-s and PR
6es f9r cae asSezlaefEz c. ~ rer-e- z
.n.zcive-> The princ.pz. articles a-e-
'' Article s-<-uba1s and fore Ene-r ~ :
p-5tso,s1 n tses- religious o5laz5zs ard
the p-ac1es o. eas-- Respective CUTS as \