The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-18

the order was issued four months ago.
/ saw no beneflcent results from 1t worth
mentioning"
TIE POPULATION.
Speaking OF the Cubans. the Senator
said:
There are or were before the war about
100000 Cubans on the island: 100000 Span
iards. (which means those born In SPAIN
and less than half million OF negroes
and mixed blood. The percentage OF col
ored to white has been steadily diminish
ing for more than ffty years and Is not
over q per cent Of the total In TACT,
the number OF coored people has been
actually diminishing for nearly that time.
zone thing that was new TO me was 10
learn the superiority OF the We l-to-do
Cuban over the Spaniard in the matter
OF education. Among those In good cir
cumstances there can be no doubt that
the Cuban is far superior In this respect.
1T Is sad that there are about $1,000
Spanish soldiers now In Cuba III FOR duty
out OF over 10000 that have been sent
there. The rest have died. been sent homo
sick. or are m the hospitals and some
have been killed Notwithstanding the
official reports.
tain-General Blanco and received his
courtc Gus call in return. | could not with
proprie;y seek communication with insur-
gents. / had plenty OF offers OF safe con-
duct 10 Gomez's camp. and was told that
II I would write him an answer would
be returned safely within ten days at
most.
II saw several who had visited the In
surgent camps. and was sought out by
an insurgent neld officer wllo gave me
the best informal on received as TO the in
surgent force. His statements were
moderate and was credibly Informed
that he was entirely reliable.
he claimed that The Du1ans had about
$1,000 men now in the field. some IN every
province but mostly in the two eastern
provinces and eastern Santa Clara and
this statement was cOrroborated from
other good sources.
ALL NEAR HAVANA.
They have a force all tho time IN la
vana province itself organized as tour
small brigades. and operating In small
bands. Ruiz vas taken. tried and shot
w.. hin about "A mile ana hat OF m
rallroah and about Eileen miles out OF
Havana on the road 90 Matanza5. road
more travelled than any olher. Arrangu-
rem was killed about three miles the other
side oil the road and about the same dis
lance. fifteen or twenty miles from Ha-
vana.
The Insurgents are we'll armed. but
very poorly supplied with ammunition.
They are not allowed 20 carry many car
trdges, sometimes not more than one or
two The infantry especially are poorly
clad"
Senator Proctor sa0 the army and
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for that means government by the Cuban
people. As for the Cutans they say that
the offer OF ii comes too late II it sue
ceels it can only be By armed force.
II could not but conclude said the
speaker. that you do not have 10
scratch an autonomist very deep 20 find
a Cuban. There Is soon 10 be an election.
but every polling place must be inside
fortified town
Il have endeavored TO state In no in
temperate mvou what l saw and heard.
and 10 make no argument thereon but
ieave every one 10 draw his ~'sn conclu-
sl0ns. To me the strongest appeal Is not
the barOauty practiced by Neyler nor
the loss OF the Maine II our worst fears
should prove true. terrible "a are both OF
these incidents, but the spectacle OF a
mlu.On ala a nail peOp.e. tne rn,ire ma
tive population Of Cuna. struggling for
for freedom and dt>verance from the
worst misgoverned land Of wa / ever
had knowledge The fear thar II free The
people Of Cuba would be revolutionary "a
not so we'll founded as has been supposed
and the conditions for good selt-govern-
nent are far more favorable.
But It Is not my purpose at this time,
nor do | consider IL my province to sug-
gest any pan. / merely speak OF the
symptoms as / saw them, bu1 10 not un-
dertake to prescribe. Such remedial
steps es may he required may with safety
be- lef. 10 an American President and the
American people"
OTHER BUSINESS.
At the conclusion OF Mr.. PT0ctor's state
inert Mr.. Mallory. Of Florida delivered
an extended speech in opposition To %
national quarantine bill lie held strongly
that the national government ought rot
10 trench upon The limits Of the constitu-
don by invading tho rights Of the States
10 establish their own quarantine regula-
lions He advocated strengthening the
national marine quarantine.
M. Bacon OF Georgia. maintained that
the matter OF quarantine was not sec
tonal question all the parts or the Unit
ed States being liable % rDldemics
II favor" said he. "all the AID the
government cdn biNt III til' INV "t I'd"
epidemics and the stamping out OF dis'
ease. but I do not favor a regulation
which will deny 10 a State or commu'
uitv the right TO protect Itself by quar-
antire regulation
Previous TO this Mr.. Butler. OF North
Carolina. made a few remarks In denun'
ciatlon OF the TORY bankruptcy meas
ure.
At $50 on motion Of Mr.. Frye. the Sen.
ate went into executive session aud az
o'clock adjourned until Monday.