Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-17
The Veteran Would Accept Office II
Unanimously Chosen.
THE POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS
az the cuban Commander Depend ON
the Attitude OF Cubans AT the
General Elections.

New York. March IA dispatch to
the Tribune from Havana says:
Wednesday nights popular demon.
Etration In honor Of General Gomez, at
the oulnta de Los Molinas. seems to
have been turned by the antl-aHacmbly
leaders into something Of n presidential
boom for the Grand old man Of Gu
ban politics. Most Of the speakers In
sisted ON prociaimlng the deposcd Gen
erai.in-chlcf the sole guarantor u In
Hular independence and the inevitable
head OF tho still uniformed Cuban re-
public. In reply to those nightly fiat
tcring ASSURANCES, Gen. Gomoz cau-
tlonHly, but SIN auggestivcly, declared
that he could not think OF accepting
the presidential title unless u were bcs-
towed upon him by the unanimous vote
OF the Cuban people.
This answer disclosed AN intention
singulnrly at variance with the pro.
gram he announced In his manifesto
OF sunday last In response to the as
Hembly'H resolution depoHing him from
office. In that manifesto he said that
his sole desire was now TO retire 10 pri.
yatc life and end his days In peace on
his plantation In San Domingo, Ills
new attitude IL also In striking con-
trast with his offer Of his sword 20
committee OF Porto lllcanz which had
suggested the initiation OF a move
ment for Independence In that inland'
Gen. Gomez'a late change OF front In
due doubtless 60 the overwhelming
character Of the victory he has won
over the assembly and to the clntion
he feels at the almost universal sup.
port offered Co him by all classes of
the Cuban population, His future
course In. politics win be watched with
interest. for N the elections which are
10 furnish a basis for political rc-or-
gnnization are held before the present
furorc In his favor subsidies he can
doubtless have the highest honora the
new constituent assembly can beAlow
on him. merely for the asking.
The Meade. with the 100000 In cash
on board which II To be paid TO the
Cuban soldiers. entered the harbor last
night, and preparations are Delns
pushed for the disbursement OF the
money through the agency OF Gomez
The military assembly held no meet
Ing today and ita members are hope
lessly demorailzed ana altogether az
sea as 20 their future program. one re-
suit of the aEsemhly's discontinue "
already apparent In the efforts being
made TO secure the removal from once
OF the civil governor Of the city senV
Mora and tho superintendent OF police,
Gen. Mario Menocai, both NJ whom are
accused by the Gomez faction OF hav-
Ing shown undue partlsanshlp In trying
To repress the popular demonstration
OF last Monday.
Al General Brooke's headquarters at
Nedado. II was said today that Major
General chaffee was suffering from AN
attack of mnlarial fever. the recurrence
u the trouble which he contracted last
summer at Santiago.
The First Texas and the Second Loul-
Hiana are the next volunteer regiments
70 be sent home for mastering out, the
latter VIII said for Savannah on shtuf'
day, the Ward Line steamer Havana
being chartered TO convey the regiment
TO that port.