Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-11-10
ALL WANT OFFICE.
Cuban Insurgents olamoring SoI
Political Jobs.
RIVAL FACTIONS Al MANzAyILLO
General mRbi ana General IRlos Zach
INSISTS That IIis Faction Has a
First Claim 10 all Of the
Local Oniccs.

OF the military department Of Santi.
ago has been instrumental In bring
ing all the elements among the Gu
bans to the front. No fewer than
1000 insurgents, Of whom 800 are
officers, want offices, and their
clamor amounts almost to demand.
There are two leading factions, one
headed by General Jesus Rabi and the
other by General Rios. Al present,
most OF the Offices are held by rep
resentatlves Of the Rabl faction, in
Guiding the mayorolty and the Gus.
tom house inspectorshlps General
Wood, in order to pOcfy the Rios fac
ton, has given them six positions on
The rural police force and turned over
to one OF their people the lighthouse
at Cape Cruz, together with several
other minor appointments. But
neither party Is satisfied, each think
ing that It ought to have all the Off
ces, General Rios does not dare eX-
press his opinion publicly on General
Rab, but he feels that this Is his dis
trlct, as he has had the nominal
charge Of II for three years, and that
II ought to belong to him, so far as
appointments OF Cubans 20 office are
concerned, and all the more so be-
cause he represents General Callxto
Garcia,
The majority Of the insurgents here
have no money and go about living
from hand to mouth and wondering
what will happen next, Armed men
are not allowed ratlons. AS the Gu
bans will not dlsbOnd and will mot
work, nothing remains for them but
TO strut about the city, with mach
etes and reyolvers, Some OF them are
nearly naked; others appear in long
legged patent leather boots with sill
yer spurs, carrying superbly wrought
Toledo machetes a few wear im-
maculate white suits and Panama
hats. These are, for the most part
the New York contingent, each man
now verltablc bomhastes furioso.
Except when ne Is on board the
gmboat Hist, which brought him
here, General Wood Is besieged by
these seekers for Office. Among the
interviews he has had was one with
General Rios who wanted the mayor
OF Manzanlllo, one OF Rab's faction,
dismissed and his own man appointed
to the mayoralty. General Wood
asked on what grounds the dismissal
could be sustained. He said; "Is not
the mayor competent otficerP Has
Ne not an excellent reputation? Did
he not serve brayely and effectively
throughout the warp
To all OF this General Rios replied
in the affirmative, but he insisted that
his own nominee was entitled to the
position because he was a Rios man,
The interests Of the city and the To-
callty We're apparently minor consld-
creations in the mind OF the Cuban
commander. but this appears to be
the case everywhere among the Cuban
insurgents.
General Wood and Colonel Petit
regard the outlook as rather dlscour-
aging, Still, they hope that some
means may soon be found to break
up the Cuban army. The members Of
the rank and file are anxious to go
ito work, but the leaders refuse to
allow them to do so, and the men do
mot dare to- do so, as they would eer-
talnly be shot II captured,
General Wood is hoping that the
other towns he will visit in his trip
around the province will not present
the same vaXatious conditions as pre-.
vail here, where the Cuban problem
is presented in n very different form,
the most difficult he has yet encoun-
tered.
1t was necessary to send detach.
ment Of the Fourth immune regiment
under a sergeant to the Rigney plan
tation, in order to compel the armed
Cubans to allow men to work there
The undertaking, however, proved
successful, and 200 men are now reg
ularly employed.
The latest advlces from Santa Cruz
del Sur, the meeting place of the Gu
ban assembly, do not report the ar
rival there of General Maxine Gomez.
but there are persistent rumors that
the friends of Gomez, who are dele
gates to the assembly, will endeavor
10 embarrNss General CaliXto Garcia
and his supporters.
Lieutenant Young and the officers
OF the Hist have been most enthusi.
astically welcomed here by the Gu
bans, who are grateful for the help
many times extended to them. The
gallant little boat during the. war was
as much an object Of love to the Gu
bans along the coast as fear to the
Spaniards. She was quite as well
known to both parties as the New
York city hall is to the residents OF
the metropolis.
Lieutenant loung has formally
claimed, on behalf Of the United
States navy, the wrecks Of the Span
ish gunboats that went ashore or
were sunk by the United States gun
boats in the memorable engagement
off Manzanillo on July l last.
After final conference with Colo
mel Petit regarding the management
OF the district, General Wood left for
Santiago at noon yesterday ON board
the Hist.
Wednesday next he will proceed to
Guantanamo, from which point, after
first returning to Santiago, he will
leave for the north coast OF the prov
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