The times., 1899-04-07


respective Stataes.
witness our hands and seals the day and year
first above written, at Washington City, d. G..
L. s. A.
(SeaL) CHARLES NJ COEN.
(Seal) GoNZALA DE QuESApA.
District of Columbia. s.:
I. Frank d. Blackstone, a notary public in and
for the District aforesaid do hereby certify that
the foregoing and attached copy Of contract of
agreement between Charles VI. Coen and Gonzala
de QueSada, dated November ]. 1885, is true and
exact copy Of the original, said copies having per
sonally been made by me upon the typewriter
from said original contract and compared ny me
with the said original agreement or CONTRACT
Given under my hand and notsTial seal this 18th
day OF March, 1883.
FRANK y. BLACKSTONE,
Notary Public, d. {.
It is not understood that Mr.. Coen is
dissatisfied with the terms of this con-
tract. In securing it he believed himself
to be particularly fortunate, and when he
presented it to his associate promoter in
New York as the result of his labors in
Washington with the Cuban representa-
tive he felt very much pleased with him
self. Soon thereafter he repaired to Cuba,
with the double purpose of negotiating the
500. 600 900 bond issue and marking out
some choice franchises to be claimed by
the American and indies Company under
the terms of the contract with Senior
Quesada.
Mr. COen's Discovery.
It was then that Mr.. Coen con-
siders he made the discovery that he
had been made a monkey of. Ac-
cording TO his story, he appeared on
the scene too early to get the best Senior
Quesada had to sell. Others, he afifrms,
came after him and went away with cove
nants with the Cuban diplomat which were
far more to the point and harder on
Cuba, if such thing were possible.
When Mr.. Coen returned to this country
last week he resolved to even up things
with the man who had been willing TO bind
himself for mutual advantage and profit
with the projectors of Cuban schemes, and
he came to Washington with the intention
of having copy made of the contract,
which he did. as printed above.
1t is now declared, not alone by Mr..
Coen, that Senor Quesada has lately gotten
himself into very bad odOr with the Cuban
people. wind of his negotiations having
| reached the island. and this may now be
| taken as an explanation of the action OF
the Cuban Assembly in summarily depos-
ing him from his high standing as the
| islands diplomatic representative at Wash
! ington.
1t will be remembered that when the
/ two delegates from the Cuban Assembly,
Senors Villalon and Hevia. arrived in
! Washington last week Senor Quesada sud-
denly disappeared and was seen no more
until after the departure of the men whom
I he claimed as enemies. They came here
4 to talk this Government into raising the
! appropriation of $4,000, coo with which to
! pay off the Cuban army to at least sl0.-
! 600. 600. and having failed in this, they set
/ their faces Cubaward. vowing that some
/ day the United States would be very sorry.
Quesndn Renppcnrs.
| They had been out of the city but few
| hours when Quesada reappeared. and gave
| to the press an interview with himself. in
! which he called his enemies, the Cuban
delegates, robbers. although he dressed his
adjectives in diplomatic language
I Quesada has all along claimed to repre-
sent the popular sentiment of his people
and when deposed several weeks ago he
waxed vociferous in his protestations of
| loyalty TO the Cuban cause. refusing. in
| cidentally. to quit his post here in Wash
| ington and resign his high political
standing" which had been used. ac-
| cording to his critics. to such good
effect in exchanging Cuban franchises and
| privileges for big salaries. blocks OF stock
I and percentages of prospective profits.
| To all this there is more Significance
| than appears on the surface. Many men
CT high standing in the affairs of this coun-
in the future of the American and Indie IS
| Company, which is said to have already
! been put in possession of valuable fran
! chises in Cuba Men whose names are fire.
! quently associated with vast enterprises
sometimes of doubtful character and usual
! ly of the subsidized variety are now con
nected by gossip and rumor with this New
! York company.
II is alleged that a shrewd game is now
! being played against Cuba, and Senoi
I Quesada is alleged to be associated with
nearly all of them. He derives no income
4 from the Cuban government, nor from the
1 Cuban Junta in New York according to his
! own statement. and yet he has lived fol-
several years in fashionable apartments al
the Raleigh Hotel here.
Senator Mason has figured in the news
papers as one of Quesadas persistent po-
ltical opponents. antagonizing for publici-
ty various projects advanced by the Cubar
diplomat to the administration in Cuba:
behalf. and yet Senior Quesada is very mucf
at home in the Mason residence. and fire.
quently makes Sunday calls upon the Sen.
ator, taking his wife and daughter witt
him for social visit. One OF these oc.
cured last Sunday.
Senior Quesada, when seen by a Time.
reporter and interrogated relative to tn,
Coen contract. he replied: 4 have nothinl
to say. Many other questions were aske
him bearing upon the subject of the nu.
merous franchises and grabs in Cuba il
which his name has been frequently men.
toned and to all of these he simply said
Il have nothing to say