The San Francisco call., 1898-04-11

supervision of the Secretary of the In terlor The duties of the projects are vari- GUS ana are subject to special laws. That these prefectures are in working opera tlon, the official telegrams of the Spanish press aHord fnnumerable proofs. General bIanco, Tn a communication to his Coy ernment, under date of March 12, pub nShed in all the Madrid papers, says: ,IH-avana-Captain General to Minister of var: In operations of columns in the east, the military lines of the enemy be- tween Bayamo, Manzanillo and Canto were broken, also destroying the civil organlzation which they had in that ter rltory for two years"
 documents were filed before the Senate committee on Foreign Relations last April, which were published as Document NO: i9, Fifty-fifth Congress, first session, Which proved that the civil government ISslsIated as to commerce, good work shops. manufactories, custom inspectors, postonces; that stamps have been issued puoic schools established, civil marriage provided Tor; that the public treasury is well. organized, taxes being collected and amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars. President Cisneros, and afterwarA Hresldent Maso, issuing state papers as thorlles are subordinate to the civil gov ernment. In many documents the gen. erals so declare it, and General Gomez the commander-in-ch duly took the oath 10 the constitution. In July, 1896, he published the following circular:
 headquarters of the Army of Libera- tloh: This headquarters being informed or the unworthy proceedings of some chiefs and officers of the army with re- gard to the civil authorities of the re- pubic, and resolved, as it is not to con- sent Tn any case. nor by any person that the sacred principles of discipline, subor- .dlnauon and morality of the revolution should be disregarded but that respect should be rendered to the majesty of it's oemocrauc institutions, its commander ln-chief and it's officers of the inevitable duty which they have to respect the func- uonaries of the civil government accord ing to their rank. The military authori- ties are obliged to give the decisive pro- lection of their force to the civil authori- ties, for the better fulfillment of their duties. The chiefs of the corps, divi- sions and brigades will chastise severely ai. subordinateS against whom any com platnts may be made of their bad con- duct in. this respect, they being answer able to this headquarters for their lenien- cy or indifference.
 '.P. Y. L. REMANGANAGUNs.
 MAAIMO GOMEZ, General-in-Chief.
 July 22, 1S96.'
 The general reports of the civil governor of the east, Carlos -IanueI de Cespetles. or Senator Morgans speeches, confirm every one of our statements and is worthy of perusal Five newspapers are also Libre, La Independencia, Fl Boletin de la Guerra, La Sanidad and Las Villas Books have also been published, the first being the primer for the public schools. Pur- suant or the mandate contained in the constitution of 1895, a constituent assem- ply was convoked to meet in October 1897. to revise the laws and to elect new ofncers. IA.e government council passed an electoral law and twenty-four repre- SentatlVes Were chosen from the six prov inces by all the citizens of the republic, those In the army as we'll as the civil ians, the election was untrammeled by the military. In a notable letter to General Garcia, translations of which reached President Mckinley, he told how in San- tlago de Cuba he gave his vote the same as the soldiers and peasants and how in- spring it was to see the people exercise the right of suffrage in districts con trolled entirely by the republic
 It was a brilliant Congress that sat the months of October and November Dr. Mendez Gapote, ex-professor of law in Havana University, presided. The out going Secretary of State submitted his reports, which were examined and passed upon by committees appointed for the purpose. A new constitution was adopted on the 18th of October, 1897, which will ence is obtained beforehand, when an assembly shall be called to provide tenn porarily for the Government and admin istratton of the republic, until a definite constituent assembly shall meet.
 The preamble says: I've, the represen- tatives of the Cuban people, freely meet Ing In constituent assembly, convoked by virtue of the mandate contained in the constitution of September, 1895, ratify our firm and unshakable resolve of obtain ing the absolute and immediate independ- ence of the island, in order to establish in 1t democratic republic, and inspiring ourselves in the present necessities of the revolution, we decree the following con- stitution: The constitution determines what IS called the republic, who are citi-