Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-11-03
The Cuban Assembly is Not.
GrumbIing.
PRESIDENT MASO DENIES
i""t There Has Been a Meeting OF thaSs
Provisional Government. Present
Assembly to Make Way for aE; 53s
More Representative Body.
(Ry Teleyraph)

WASH MOTION. Nov. 2.-Presidens
Mass" Of the provisional Cuban goyein-.4
ment, has cabled from Santa Cruz del
sur to senior tlucsada. secretary of the
cuban legation here. saying:
Assembly has not met owing to the
absence of quorum" S
ms was called out by inquiry from
S"!"i tlu"Sada as to reports coming byt
M" Way Of Santiago, representing the
'hhah assembly rs in session at Santa
cruz d"! sur and cngaEcd' In important
questions relating tu the future of the
island, the disarmament of the Cuban
army ana III" extent Of co-opera ton
between the former nsurgent forces
ana the United States authorities. It
mas been stated that the assembly or
canned 10y choosing General Garcia as
presiding officer. thus tndica ting the
military element Under Garcia would
dominate the assembly. Senior Quesada
W;tS considerably surprised at these re-
ports. as he Was likely to be notified of
the converting of the Cuban assembly,
particularly rs h. has been chosen
member of the assembly. representing
one Of the districts of the important
province nf Puerto Principle. He ac-
r"rdinGly autographed President Maso
tor information and the foregoing an
SW"r was received. sl5s
There are evidences that President
Mckinley and his cabinet have assur-
j..
NiSional government Will not be antago-
nistic 10 the policy at Washington, but
rather in sympathy with the execution
OF that policy.
Senior Qucsada Is satisfied that this
will be the course of the Cuban assem-
bly, when II gets to work and it Is prob
able that he made this view known dur.
ing Il recent interview with Secretary
Hay At the State Department. In the;
event of his leaving Washington to att
tend the assembly at Santa Cruz del
sur. il will be with the special purpose
of securing cooperation between the;
authr,-ities there and here and of over
comi = ,Ctons which may arise.
outs: rUnA '"e Cu0an ASSEMBLY IS.
1T is o42.. the first step toward a reg
ular and constitutional form Of govern
ment, and it will give NaN later to an
assembly truly Observation-Disclosures TIE
people of Cuba. For the present
dent A1nso has called together. this pro-
visional body which is necessarily crude
because of the unsettled condition of af-s
fairs in CUBA 1t is. however, not mil
itiry assembly, only eight or ten out of
Il membership Of forty-eight being from
the military ranks Others are from
civil life. doctors, lawyers and planters
and represent the best elements in the
community. This assembly will form a
constitution, but will provide for a con-
stitutional convention which will take
up the important work of framing
constitution and establishing perma-
nent government for the island.''
With this program in view. it is
hardly expected that the question OF
anHeNing Cuba to the United States
will assume large proportions for the
present, but will remain in allegiance un-5
til the Cuban government is sufficiently
well established to permit it to express
the wishes of the people of Cuba on the
Question of annexation.