The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-03
His Assassination Was a Signal For
An Uprising.
WAS PATRIOTIC MURDER
FOR YEARS HE HAS TERROR
lied THE PEOPLE.
One of the Santo Domingo Revolu-
tionists Tells Why a Revolt Is
Now On In That Country@Says
the President Was Friend and
Ally of Spain.

New York. Aug. 2.-Senor Adrianc
Grullan of the firm of Huttlinger &
Viving, New York, the representative
in the United States of the Santo Do
mingo revolutionists, and formerly the
business partner of Senior Jiminez, the
leader of the insurrection. has made
public the following statement of the
reasons for the assassination of Presi-
dent HeureauX:
The assassination of President Heu-
reaux was not an act of |evenge for
the murder of Caceras' father, but the
signal OF the commencement of the IN
rising against the existing government
there CaceraS is a cousin of General
Horacio Vasquez and was with him
at the time of the shooting. General
Vasquez is a member of one of the
best families of Moca- Neither Mr.. Ca
ceras nor General Vasquez can be con-
sidered common assassins, as their mo-
tiveS were not personal, but patriotic.
He Terrorized Citizens.
For four years Heureaux has held
power by system of terrorizing. Citi-
zens were sent to prison without the
slightest process of law. and more than
300 were clandestinely shot without any
trial whatever, or without even being
given a reason for their incarceration
There has been no legal election of
any kind since 1889; then, in order to
secure his retention in power, Heu-
reaux had to count more votes from the
interior provinces than there were ac-
tual inhabitants, including men, women
and children.
las a result of this the opposition
party. whose candidate was Moya, ap-
pealed to arms, but, after long strug-
gle, was defeated. Since that time very
few reputable citizens have taken part
in the elections, knowing them to be a
farce.
The constitution of Santo Domingo,
in common with most South and Gen.
trail American countries. provides that
no one man shall hold office for more
than one term in succession, but this
the late president overruled. There is
no such thing as a free press in that
country; no paper dares publish any
thing unless favorable to the existing
regime.
Was Friendly to Spain.
During the war between the United
States and Spain. HeureauX showed his
sympathy for Spain in many acts. His
efforts on the side of Spain were so
marked and of such assistance to that
country that they resulted in the queen
of Spain recognizing them to the extent
OF decoration, which she sent TO him.
He used every effort to discredit the
insurrectionists by pro" aiming that
Jiminez intended to sell the country to
the Yankees. and if this was done and
they fell into the hands of the United
States, they would be treated like
slaves. This naturally gained some
credence among the ignorant people OF
the island. the number of which has
steadily increased. because of Heu-
reaux's policy to discourage education
of every sort, He deliberately closed
the only high school in the island and
drove away Eugenio Hostos. re-
nowned educator and the founder of the
high school.
Mr.. Jiminez desires the most friend
" relations with the United States, and
there is not the slightest fear that the
will interfere in any
way with the property of foreigners on
the island. Mr.. Jiminez and General
Gomez are warm friends. In fact. both
resided in the same house in Havana.
LAS HeureauX was an usurper, the
vice president is equally so, but blood
shed and insurrection would cease at
once if the latter would announce that
a legal public election would take place
on Aug. 16, which is the independence
day of the country"