Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-14
GEN, GOMEZ
IS SUPREME
His Influence OutWeighs the
Assembly.
WILL PAY CUBAN TROOPS
The Aged Warrior Has Gained Great
Deal OF Popularity During the
Past Few Days.
WILL PAY CUBAN TROOPS

New York, March IA dispatch to the
| Tribune from Havana says: The teapot
| of the Cuban politics has been fairly boil
| ing over again. The Gomez and anti
Gomez factions of the revolutionary
| party are vying with each other in fam
| ming the flames of discord kindled Satur-
day by the military asscmblys attempt
| to depose the veteran insurgent chief
| from the leadership of the army. 1t is
| clear that the controlling element in the
! assembly could not have measured ac-
! curately the prestige and popularity of
! that somewhat nondescript body before
| plunginS into the foohardy contest with
! Gen Gomez, which such a resolution of
| deposition has precipitated, for. with all
the faults of temper and judgment which
may be charged against him, Gomez re-
mains the sole military hero of the recent
| rebellion. one figure which appeals with
| out reserve to the great mass of Cubans
| whose tacit rather than active support
| made the maintenance Of the lnsufrcc-
| ton possible.
| Had MaceO or even Garcia lived there
might have been rival within the army
to divide With Gomez the honor of the
| struggle against Spain and to challenge
| now the eXpediency of his political policy,
! but among the generals of the military
assembly none has as yet so recommended
himself to Cuban opinion as to attract a
distinct or devoted following. The inilu-
ence of the assembly as whole is not to
| be set for a moment against the real
chief of the army who fought its cam
paigns and is now endeavorng, with ap-
parent disinterestedness, to secure for 1T
! the only compensation for it's lab0rs
which it can reasonably expect to re-
ceive There is chagrin at the refusal OF
! Cen Gomez to chase the will o the WiSp
! rf an Independent loan and at his firm in
sistence on an acceptance of the arrear-
ages offered by the United states and
| these reasons lie at the bottom OF the as
lremblys petty attempt to humillate nm
by depriving him of rank and power, but
in his reply to the assembly, issued yes
terday, the veteran warrior accepts the
decree of retirement and renOunces the
| generalship, but he remains, in spite of
his enemies the political head of the
revolutionary party and in that role Will
continue to direct the fortunes both OF
the army and of the other elements of the
cuban population whose present desire
; IS for q speedy termination of military
| control and the cessation Of the political
guardianship now exercised by the
United States.
There are abundant Indications that
the military assembly's short-siShted at
, tack on Gen. Gomez has simply put an
end to that bodY's already attenuated
. credit and influence and the military ad-
/: miniStra ton here and American opinion
, generally had long ago dismissed the as
semblys pretension to represent tn
, | wishes Of either the Cuban army or the
Cuban people La Lucha attributes tC
, Cen Brooke this sarcastic remark ON the
dismissal of Gen. Gomez from the chief
tainshn of the army:
u suppose the general Will feel abou
, as I would if some patriotic committee
dismissed me from the Office | hold
The coincidence has also attracted
= notice that in the same paper which pup
, lfshed elaborate accounts of the deba u
: in the assembly last Saturday, an orde1
appears informing the governor of the
a deDartment of Havana that the United
: states government will recognize NJ
, financial obligations entered into by any
DarsOn claiming to represent the people
81 of Cuba without the authorization of th
a United States, the final and crushing blow
, to the asscmbly's pet scheme of an inde
| pendent loan to satisfy the inflated army
a uavrolls which had been sent down un
2 der Gen. Gomcz's supervision. The new
6 order leaves the assembly fnancler:
= without further occupation.
The average sentiment of Havana hnd:
Its expression perhaps in La Lucha,
newspaper with neutral though decidedly
lOppOrtunlSt tendencies. ! MS conspicuous
lorgan of local opinion vigorously de
nounces the assemblys action and draw:
I from the incident this unpleasant con
clusion:
| Such an occurrence as that or Satur
, day is preiudiciai to the interest of ever.
= Fnban man. woman and child, as th'
Americans are not TO be convinced of thu
existence of self control, judgment or an,
}, of the traits necessary for conducting al
h administration when they see such glar
ing evidence of what prominent Cuba1
| Classified last night as childish pettish
n ness.
q 1t takes eloquent and convincing proc
y | IN compel a recognition of there beins
any other type of politicians on tn
island Porter made the $4,000, 900 agree
, nnnt with Gomez. The money will b
: distributed by Gomez and the instruction
;, +, Gen. Brooke regarding the formation
: of native troops conveys the tacit accept
anco of the plans of Gomez submitted t
!; | Washington AS to the attitude of tn
- C,tbans themselves toward the assembly
tho demonstrations of yesterday and to
. dav sneak convincingly. The Havan;
= pawspapcrs are filled with protests from
= y on narts of the island against the selfisl
. nolicv of the anti-Gomez leaders in thi
d city. ,..;.,
= in protest against the removal or come
;, was kept in bounds only by the energ.
a of the municipal police and today tn
o nopular feeling expressed its satisfaction
in street parade by many Cuban ciup