The record-union., 1898-09-10
Its Object 10 Inaugurate a Campaign Of
Education.
The Intentions of the New Organi-
zation Are to Follow Closely tho
Desires of the American Gov
Down by 1T for the Rehabilita-
ton of Cuba.

NEW YORK. Sept 9.-The Times
says:
The Cuban revolutionists in this city
are engaged in the formation of a po-
htical party in Cuba to be known as
the Nationalist party. The plans of
| the leaders have SO far progressed that
meeting will be held 10 select a COM
mlttee of from 300 to go Cubans as a
nucleus of the organization. The
movement is in the hands of T. Estrada
rama, f1del O.. Pierra, Horatio s. Ru-
pens and others equally well known.
So far the plans have been kept quiet,
but the Cuban leaders will, within a.
Few days, issue manifesto setting forth
their purposes and cause il to be wide
~ distributed among their followers,
principally in Cuba.
According to Mr.. Pierra the princi-
pies of the new party will be based on
those contained in the war resolutions
OF Congress, passed on April 8, 1898.
In explaining this and other features,
Mr.. Pierra said:
our intentions are in this move
ment to follow closely the desires of
the American Government and the
laws laid down by it for the rehabilita-
ton of Cuba. When once the prelim-
1narles of the party organization are
arranged, we shall send a committee
of two or three to Cuba to undo some
political work that has already been
started and that is in conflict with the
ideas of this Government. BY this [
mean that some of our people have al
ready made arrangements to hold i'm
town in the province of Santiago de
Cuba political gathering in October
for government purposes, and we pur-
pose to see that this is stopped and
that no political machinery shall be
put in operation in Cuba until. in the
opinion Of the American Government,
the Cuban people are ready for it,
Our reason for starting the Nation
alist party thus early is practically to
begin a campaign of education Our
people in Cuba, of course, need such
instruction. We wish, and we think
we are able, to form a large and pow
erful party 1t will contain, of course.
the original revolutionary party and
we expect to be Joined by the Left Au-
Economists. who constitute the most
progressive and liberal element of that
class.
IF the purely Spanish elements wish
TO assimilate with the new party, well
and good They will be received with
out reference to their sentiments of the
past The commercial interests of
many of the Spaniards 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 old time RoyaHsts.
How will the Cubans take to poll
tics? Well. we are new in politics
naturally. 1t may be a slow process.
What Cuban arrives at by a process
of political reasoning an American will
reach by instinct. But we expect to
prove that we are capable of self-gov-
eminent. The Cubans seen by the
Americans during the war, with the
exception of a few leaders, were of the
lowest order, which forms not more
than a third of our population. This
is largely the negro class. Judged by
them, the Cubans are judged unjustly.
judged the body of Americans by, say
portions of your East Side in New
York City. There will always be dis
cordant elements in every country, but
when the American Government is
ready for our elections we hope to be
prepared to meet the situation"
Mr. Pierra, in speaking of the COM
mercial development of the island, said
he expected few enterprises would be
started by foreigners until after the
Spanish soldiers had left. And after
that" he said, I'VE must raise some
thing to SELL"