Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-10
A Meeting Will Be Held Soon to Sc
lect a Committee Of Two Hun
dred and Fifty.
FORMING A NUCLEUS
FOR THE ORGANIZATION.
Movement In the Hands Of Tomas Is
trada Palma, Fidel G.. Pierra. ITO.
y ratio Reubens and Other Well
known Members.


New York, Sept. 9.--The Times says:
The Cuban revolutionary party in this
city is engaged in the formation OF a pc.
litical party for Cuba TO be known as
The Nationalist party. The plans OF the
leaders have so progressed that a meet
ing will be held soon to select a commit.
tee OF from 200 TO $50 Cubans as uu.
cleus for the organization. The move.
ment is in the hands Of Tomas Estrada
Palma, fidol G. PieEra, Houtio s. Reu.
bons and others equally well known. 50
far the plans have been kept quiet, but
the Cuban leaders will, within a few
days, issue a manifesto setting forth
their purposes and cause 10 % be widely
distributed among their followers prin.
oipaliy in Cuba
According 70 Fidcl G. Piora, the
principle Of the now party will be based
on the provisions contained iu tho war
resolutions Of congress, passed April DO,
1895. In explaining this and other feat
urcs Mr. picrm said:
soar intentions GRE. in ths move.
ment, 10 follow closely t1o wishes ofths
American government and the Jaw. laid
down by .t for Decentralization o. Cuba
WHOM other rre.imimres OF the party
organization are arranged, we shall
send a committee of two or three '1
CuIa tound1 .ome political wu. chat
has already been started, and that Is IN
conflict With the ideas Of ths govern.
mont BY this moan that some OF our
neoplo have aI-eady made arrangements
10 hold ina town in the province o.
Santiago de- Cutaa political gathering
in Oc-ohor Tor governmental purp0
and we propose Co sec that be IS stopped,
and that no political machine shall DO
put Ga operation iu Cuba until, in tho
opinion Of the American government,
the Cuban people are ready for h.
"Our reason for starting tine National
ist party thus early is practically 20 bs-
gin a campaign Of education. Our
people in Gaia OF course need such In
struction. We wish, and we think We
are able 10 form a large and powerful
party. It viii contain, Of course, tho
original Evolutionary party and We ox.
pect to be joined by tho left autonomists
who constitute the most progressive aud
liberal element OF that class.
II the purely Spanish element wishes
10 assimilato with the new party, well
and good. Il will DO received without
reference TO It's sentiments Of the party,
The commercial interests Of many Of the
Spaniaris are important and as they
would suffer by returning TO Spain It is
not unlikely that the new party will
eventually contain many Of the oldtime
royalists
"How will the Cubans take TO poll
ticsf"
"Well we are new In politics natural.
ly. Il may be- a slow process. What q
Cuban arrives at by process OF politi
cal reasoning, an American will reach
by instinct. But we expect 60 prov,
that we are capable Of selfgoyernment
The Cubans seen by the Americans dur
ing the war with the exception Of few
leaders, were OF the lowest class, which
forms not more than a third OF our pop
ulation, This Is largely the negro class
Judged by them, the Cubans are judged
unjustly. IL is as though a cultured
foreigner judged the body Of American.
by say, a portions OF your east side IN
New York City. There viii always b,
discordant elements In every society
but when tho American government
IL ready for our elections we hope TO b,
prepared 20 meet the situation"
Mr. Pierra in speaking OF the CONNER
Cial developments Of the island, said h
expected few enterprises would b. start
ed by foreigners until after the Spanisl
soldiers had left. "And after that. " III
said, "wo must raise something 10 sell. b
Powers Recommend Removal Of Turks
Canea, Island Of Crete, Sept 0.-Thi
hdmiais Of foreign powers m rcplyinl
90 protests of the Cronu executive com
mittoe against the recent massacrcs hayD
declared they will recommend their re-
spectlye governments TO solve tho ques
ton definitely by tho removal OF th
Turkish troops from the island Of Cret
and the appointment. of a governor 20 b.
selected by the powers
nayard's Condition Uniavorable.
Dcdham. sept 0-Hon. Thomas +
Bayards condition Is not 80 fayonbl
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