The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-11-05
WILD TO GET OFFICE.
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"A 3A3uz6u111O Ok0H0SN0S Wv. W.
says: The visit of General Leonard
Wood, governor of the military
department at Santiago, has been
instrumental in bringing all the
elements among the Cubans to the
front. No fewer than 1000 incur
gents, Of whom 700 are officers, want
Offices, and their clamor amounts
almost to q demand. There are
two leading factions, one headed by
General Jesus Rabi and the other
by General Rios. At present most
of the Offices are held by represent
atives of the Rabi faction, including
the mayoralty and custom house
inspectorship. General Wood, In
order to pacify the Rios faction, has
given them six positions In rural
police forces and turned over to one
of their people the lighthouse at
Cape Cruz, together with several
other minor appointments. But
neither party is satified, each think
ing that it ought to have all the
Offices. General Rios does not dare
express his opinion publicly on
General Rabi, but he feels that this
is his district, as be has had the
nominal charge Of it for three years
and that it ought to belong to him
as far appointments of Cubans to
Office are concerned, and all the
| more so because he represents Cen
eral Calixto Garcia.
! The majority of the insurgents
here have no money, and go about
living from hand to mouth wonder
ing what will happen next. Armed
men are not allowed rations. AS
the Cubans will not disband and
will not work, nothing remains but
for them to strut about the city
with machetes and revolvers. Some
of them are nearly naked, others
appear in long-legged patent leather
boots with silver spurs, carrying
superbly wrought Toledo machetes.
A few wear Immaculate white suits
and Panamas. They are for the
most part the New York contingent,
each man now veritable bombasto
furioso.
/ Except when he is on board the
gunboat Hist, which brought him
there, General Wood is beseiged by
these seekers of Office. Among the
interviews he has had was one with
General Rios, who wanted the
mayor Of Manzauillo, one of Rab-
bis faction, dismissed aud his own
man appointed. General Wood
asked on what grounds the dismis.
sal could be sustained. He said
. lis not the mayor competent 9th
Ger? Has he not an excellent rep
utation? Did he not serve bravely
and effective throughout the war;
) To all of this General Rios re-
, piled in the affirmative, but he In
E sisted that his own nominee was
entitled to the position because he
was a Rios man. The interests o
} the city and locality were apparent
ly minor considerations IN the mine
of the Cuban commander. Blu
;. this appears to be the case every
r where among the Cuban insurgents
S OUTLOOK is DIscoURAGINa.
: General Weed and Colonel Petit
' regard the outlook as rather dis
! couraging. Still they hope tina
q some means may soon be found Il
break up the Cuban army. TIL,
members of the rank and file ar
anxious to go to work, but the lead
ers refuse to allow them to do SO
!, as they would certainly be shot i
!, captured.
General Wood is hoping that tn
other towns he will visit on his tri
/! around the province will not pre-
e sent tina same vexatious condition
, that prevail there, where the Cuba
d problem is presented in a Difficult
lie form, the most difficult be has ye
d encountered.
lie It was necessary to send detact
ment of the Fourth immune reg
ment under a sergeant to the Rie
ney plantation in order to compe
the armed Cubans to allow men t
8 work there. The undertaking, how
! ever, proved successful and 20
men are now regularly employed
q The latest advices from SAINT
le Cruz del Sur, the meeting plac
of the Cuban assembly, do not n
l. port the arrival Of General Come
J, but there are persistent rumors ths
er the friends Of Gomez who are deli
gates to the assembly will endeave
:. to embarass General Garcia and b
III supporters.
4. FROM NEW ZEALAND.
n Reefton, New Zealand, Nov. %, 81
I am very pleased to state th,