The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-09-17

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business Men Are in Favor Of
Annexation, but All Apparently
Are Opposed to an American Pro-
tectOrate With Military Occupa-
tion-Insurgents Disbandins.
C5y Associated Press)> - ~.
Havana, Sept. 13.-The presence of Rob-
ert P. Porter who is in Havana on a spe-
cial commission from the United States
government to study the financial and
economic aspects of the situation, is re-
garded with suspicion by the party Of free
Cuba, as indicating the establishment Of
an American policy of guardianship.
Mr.. Porter is preparing a revision Of
the Cuban tariff which will probably be
protective of Cuban industries, and is ac-
quainting himself with every detail of
local taxation. In this work he is assisted
by capable staff. For the present his
efforts are only preliminary, as, until
after the definite settlement of peace, it
will be impossible to establish the new
regime, but his efforts and inquiries,
taken together with the announcement
that American troops will be sent later to
occupy the island-which had hitherto
been doubted by many-have had the eff
feet of provoking protests from the more
rabid Cubans, who are holding meetings
and adopting resolutions against "en-
croachment upon our rights as citizens of
the free and independent republic of Cuba
by the establishment of an American pro-
tectorate." -s.r -@.-....a. .-z .a'.-
Commenting editerially to-day upon
these developments La Lucha says:
: ""It is easy to foresee clash between
the two tendencies two forces on the
political horizon Of Cuba-the sentimental
ly Independent party and the party of
practical annexationists. On one hand
stands the Cuban sentiment, which has
struggled for freedom for three years;
on the other is arrayed every material
interest in the. island, which looks first
and foremost for the greatest and strong
est guarantee, not only that order will be
preserved, but that there will be future
development and increase in those very
4.,,r-. s,.-. y.
Either One or the Other.
These two problems, independent of an
nexation, are the chief topics discussed
and the idea of an American protectorate,
with military occupation, is nowhere Ia
vorably considered. Everywhere 1t is rec
ognized that the choice is between indie
pendence and annexation. Next month at
the headquarters of the so-called Cuban
government at Cubitas, province of Porto
Principe, representatives of the different
corps of the Cuban army will proceed to
presidential election and a definite consti-
tuition for the government. Eaoh army
corps will elect delegates, making as.tota1
Of forty eight delegates. There are two
separate and distinct wings of the Cuban
army, one strongly supporting the Cuban
government and the other favortng Gen.
Maxine Gomez. Already four presiden-
tial election tickets are in the field. On
the first are the names Of Bartolomo
Masso for president and Mendenez Capot
for vice president; on the second the
names Of Mendenez lCapot for president
and Jose Miguel Gomez for vice president;
on the third are Jose Miguel Gomez and
Do1~ Rn$o n,,rf md on fha
CaNxto Garcia and Jose Miguel Gomez.
An evening papeF says that last night
there was an important gathering to dis
cuss the future Of Cuba, which, in the
opinion Of th.se present, will witness the
achievement of independence. .-.
A central committee was appointed, con-
sisting of president, vice president and
thirty-six advisers, into whose hands the
promoters Of the movement hope to de-
liver the destinies of the island as soon
Spain formally relinquishes her sover-
eighty. . 's
/. HACKENsACK's SHIRT FAMINE.
The Eire Consequences of theWea-
Their MT the Laundry.
en- Saturday the for lady in tire princ1-
raj laundry In Hackensack was overcome
with heat. Several other ladies EMPLOYED
IN the same institution were also overcome
with heat. AS a result the citizens Of
Hack3nsack were overcome with terror .
when they found that their Sunday shirts
were not done, AMI that 1l.ey could not
60 to church until Monday, when here
ism t any church. Wild rumors :iew al tre
the town and disturbed the peace Of the
Sabbath. '!he absence Of Deacon Jones
and, Elder Smith from the places that had
known them, the non appearance even of
some worldly bicycle riders who had sent
der 81 ass ard calico shir. IS TO The laundry
on the week before, We're construed into
alarms. kilograms are reported 10 have
been sent to- several cit liens asking if any
Ill their homes were i'll and If It was catch
ing. Bashfully. and secretly peepfng be-
tween the Stats, of closed blinds the Shirt
less sat in their underclothes and saw the
swirl OF fashion go by; saw merry
bicycles from other cities sweep along the
asphalt; saw the cautious and thrifty
native who owned three shirts. wearing
one OF them to church with an attempted
suppression of pride and failure to seem
unconscious; felt the breeze from the
marshes as0ftening the temperature and
bringing in. the order OF flowers and the
call of the robins; heard the bells the sum-
moned them to church; thought Of what
the folks who went there would be think
ing of them; then in agony Of spirit they
called for retrlbution on foreladies who
forgot themselves 70 far as to be over
come by heat on tile very day when they
should have kept their heads cool and the
SuuISIlS lllSTVOl SdCIlVe. 3 &
It is said few of the prisoners sent
en1issaries to the house of neighbors to 4
try to borrow shirts, but owing to the
different sizes of necks and lengths Of
arms in Hackensack this scheme was a
failure. Beside, the men who might have
lent them had their extra shirt in the
wash, too. few men devoid of feeling
and dead to the worlds regard ventured
into public places in the same shirts they
had worn from work on Saturday, hut
were instantly recognized and catalogued
for future avoidance. Somehow or other
the men of Hacker sack succeeded in get
ting out Of town on Monday Presume
bly, they wore Overcoats turned UP the
collars Of them and kept them on in their
various offices; but 1t Is believed that the
forelady aad assistant wash ladies had re-
covered from their indispositicns over
Sunday, that the belated garments
are now worn in all the shine of starch
spirits, its piety and its pride. But Hack
ensack has discovered that it needs some-
thing. II needs Chinese laundry gentle-
men. They are never overcome by heat.
They. Ike 1t. They do not hire forelad.es,
nor wash ladies, but scrub until they die
from overWork and highbinders. They can
be relied upon. Hackengack need never
fear another Sunday shirt faMine, IL it
Will open = Chinese laundry.
timely F1S1<leness.
Chicago Times Herald: "A Chicago man IA
turned a marriage license the other day ana
asked for his money buck, explaining that the.
prospective bride who, In the morning, had
promised to marry him. had suddenly renem-
married "a, and thereupon Changed her usind."
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