The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-26


 that he was not permitted to put small one on his steam launch; that he intended to do so, but was informed that it would be very injudiclous and great risk to his life, He therefore avoided doing so until the arrival of our gunboat within the harbor.
 Rations to the Suffering.
 We visited the place where the Span ish officials were dealing out the ra- tions bought with the money appropri- ated for the purpose by congress to feed the starving poor of Cuba. There are not great many, however in Havana, but in Matanzas and other places further out there are many, many people actually starving to death. Some of our party. who went to Matanzas, say that they will never forget the hundreds of emaciated men, women and children, whose skeleton hands were raised to them, and that clutched their garments for help, all most before they could land from the train, and later surrounding their car riages so that it was impossible to pro- ceed. They then distributed about one
 
 but what were they among so many ? It only augmented the crowd and in- creased their importantly. In Havana we saw many fat, ragged and dirty but healthy people receiving rations, with cigars or cigarettes in one hand and soup kettles in the other.
 Wasted Money.
 We quite agreed with the doctor that not more than 15 pei cent. of the mon ey sent by the people of the United States or congress reached the poor people who are in sore need of food And we certainly think that our gov ernment or others should not send money, when certainly large propor- tion of it goes in the pockets of the dishonest Spanish officials, who have been and are still working upon our sympathies The doctor also said that he hoped that we would state to oul generous people that food and not money should be provided, and we think that not even these should be sent unless it is allowed to enter Cuba free from the heavy duties imposed by the Spanish government. Some one acquainted with the work should see that it is properly distributed. On the Maine.
 Gunner Joseph Hill visited us at oul 1 hotel and invited us aboard the Maine and, as we have already said, we were handsomely entertained, and reviewed | the entire ship. While we have seer many of her kind, we have never seer one that was as clean in every part and one that did so much credit to hel captain; nor have we ever seen finer looking set of men or officers-wht have been very popular wherever they | have have vissited.
 If it is proven that the late disaster has been the work of the Spaniards wt think that it will be found that the | Spanish officials had no hand in it There are great many nihilists an( anarchists, and other ack-braine( men in Cuba who sympathize with tht revolutionists. There are others, man, of whom are owners of property, wht ] would like to see Cuba and Porta Ricf annexed to the United States. Some of these might easily think that tht | blowing up of the Maine might bring about their desire. They think tha neither the revolutionists nor Spail would ever give them good govern ment, and they consider autonomy { farce, some of them claiming that i puts the ballot in the hands of the ig norant negro and white, before the. are educated to its use.
 l On our way home we visited the Gap itol at Washington and called at tn pretty home of Congressman Fowler but he was still busy with compression 1 al work and we did not see him. H. was busy all the next day, but never | theless he very kindly called upon u | in the evening. We were quite con vinced that he is one who is sent t. congress not only to represent his dis trict, but to serve and work for tn good of his country.
 Cuba Free.
 In reply to questions MT. Bull sai, there was not so much bloodshed il | Cuba as was generally reported, bu that there was unspeakable povert, I and distress.
 Asked if the Spanish were cruel t prisoners and others he said, 'Th Spanish are cruel people, but not bit more so than the Cubans; in fact Spaniard is much more courteous an humane than half-breed, and the Gu bans are mostly breeds.
 With reference to granting bellige rent rights. he said the United State government should mind it's own busi ness; it would be better for the Gu bans. He thought that if the Cuban were left alone they would achiev l their own independence.