The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-24

Honda, Ncgrilla and Esperanto, all had thei
cities. The capes OF Santonio. mise ana Cruz
| all had fine little towns situated upon them
and the inhabitants Of Cuba brought thei
/ produce TO thesc towns and gave II uT,. Grea
| quantities OF these provisions were carried
| TO Madrid, hence to be shipped to Spain /
| WAS always hated Spain that wns bcfor'
/ them. always Spain that kept them down nnt
/ held them back. always the crown tina
yoarned for their money. Always nm Alphonst
or a Ludwig, Philip or an Isabella wanting
| more money. And what did these Cubans gel
| In return for all they paid OUT Nothing al
/ all!
| gustine aud Tampa. Punta Gorda. Jnckson-
| Vile and other happy cities of Florida. there
! came seamen on vessels. who stopped over
! In tho ports and visited with the Cubane.
These told grand stories OF United states rule.
| They told OF how they, every year, elected
their own governors. and II a. governor treat
ed them badly how he would be nut out OF
office the next year and a better man substi-
tuted. These Florida seamen told how
wrongs were righted In their country. and
how men had just that for which they toiled.
Each man, they said. was paid for his work,
and n be wanted anything he got y.
The Cnbans listened TO this In silence for
many years, until In 1850, after hard year.
they began to get very disconnected; and
In The year Of isb0.5i they got the American
sonIncn TO help them fight for their indie
pendcnce, They wanted TO have one little
corner of the island which they could rule,
and where they could grow rich. but the
Spanish crown laughed at them and sent over
great ships TO FIRE upon them until those who
wanted to be free were killed. and the rest
wero snbdued and ready TO work ON In 81
lcnce for another generation,
In September, 1868. the whole island broke
out In revolt and the people declared their
and appointed Don Manuel cefpesdes their
commDnder in chief. For two years they
wagsd guerrilla warfare, hoping 70 drive
out from the island the wicked spanish,
rulers, but they could not do IL. spain sent
new men faster than they could XIII OH the
old ones and again Cuba settled down to OPP
preston.
with the most vigorous effort OF her history.
She organized national junta With It's head
quarters ~ the most powerful cits IN the
world, and from New York the Cuban war
fare was carried on. within three years cuba
showed that shs could govern herself wisely
and well. Maximo Gome1. her grand old
leader. directed the war. and under Nun such
men as Maeeo. Riviera and Ruiz fought.
They untitled fercely like dogs Of war, no.
like savage men, but IN all their rough and
tumble conflict they did nothing dlsgracefu'.
Never In the three years did they lote heart
or temper, never did they suffer one quick,
unprecedented word 70 escape them never
did they brcnh into Accommodation Of the cnun-
try which lay 30 near them and did 80 little
The United States stood by and watched
Cuba. II saw ito valuable commerce Win
the island die out; II saw the millivns ius
vested by capitalists In the fertile litilc queen
OF the Antilles cxinde into less than the
value OF d postage stamp: ~ cav the men OF
Cuba hunted down like wolves ana slisn Ike
jacKalf: IL raw Cuba weep with pasricn aud
drip with bleed. II saw Cuba eis under the
screening sun Of summer and freeze unpro-
tected IN the winds Of winter. and did moth
ing IL tnuet wait Ia tfe Cuba Try its metal
And then the great blow came! Ubcie Sam
sent his messenger down 10 Havana to see
bow ID island lay. The United stairs vontcd
to know ~ iis OWN ambassador where the
rights and the wrongs were. The United
States with a bruad minded, two-eyed policy
wanted 10 fudge for ltself; scd 1t sent great
specnl envoy down 10 lay of Havana and
takc notes. u WAS TO bring back full re-
port.
And ono night whllr the envoy rested from
its appointed task Of Viewing Cuba Eie crash
cams WITH great explosion the beautiful
white baitleshIp Maine weg blown into tine
air and all that was left Of her and her splen-
did crew. were atoms and the wreckage II
men. The spsEish could not walt IN their.
impatience. lest the United States View Cuba
aud Cubsns too fasorably-
And now Cuba ~ on the brink Of 3 new ex-
istcncc The president 81 Cuba will BE- new
parsonage In history. The Cuban president
MIL be d man about whom son will read md
nbrac receptions you max some time attend
when yen visit thu fair littlf nation In the
soutb Cubsn duties and Cuban tariffs viii
be fhinss Witch you must respect. and from
which you may derive benent, for Thea VIII