The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-03

HAVANA, April 2.-To-day Us under
the Spanish regime. bribery and fraud,
direct the Cuban courts. This is the
firm conviction Of the military adminis-
tration. Governor General Brooke Is
taking the matter up and intends to
clean out the corruption, to revise the
judicial procedure. to change the court
personnel and to abolish the barbarous
practice OF incommunicado. by which d
Judge may lmprison for life q person
ignorant of the accusation against him
and Of the names of his accusers.
1t is true that the statutes allow three
days detention incommunido but
judge under the practice that has
grown up, may make new commit
ment ct the expiration OF the third day:
another at the expiration OF the sixth
and SO on without limit.
More than this, the evidence In
criminal causes Is taken by clerks, who
for consideration write into the tcsti-
mony things never uttered, thus often
making the best friends Of the accused
appear to condemn him. Apparently
the whole criminal and civil systems
have been arranged so as to make 1t easy
to buy and sell justice.
Gomcz's Letter to His Wife.
General Maxine Gamez, In long
letter directed to HE wife in Santa Do
mlngo. reviews his differences with the
so-called military assembly. He begins
by describing the situation ns 1t was
when Robert P. Porter, as the special
representative Of President Mckinley,
visited Cuba, after the assembly's rep
resentatives at Washington had obtain
ed promise Of 100000 from the Pres.
ldent.
The writer. proceeding. says: This
action on the part of the nssembly's
committee. approved. 1t was then
that Mr.. Porter appeared and asked me
as conlmander-!n-chief to decide to ac-
cept the s3.000,00 to aid in its distribu-
tion and In the disarming of the army
and to proceed forthwith to Havana to
assist the United States military gov
ernor, General Brooke. I agreed, and
on arriving at Havana, ! conferred
with General Brool1e concerning the
payment and disarmament. II was de.
cided that General Brooke should re-
quest Washington to ship to Cuba the
S3,000,00O which had been obtained by
the representatives Of the assembly. I
saw to the adjustment of all the Qucs-
tions that led up to the termination OF
the ridiculous armed situation, and be-
gan to entertain hopes of an early re-
turn to San Domingo.
Before the Assembly.
1.-THE assembly then called upon me
to visit Its president, saying that the
object sought was an unofficial ex-
change Of ideas. But they placed me
upon the bench of the accused, my
crime being that was incluned to nc
cept the S3,000,000, which the assembly
Itself, through its representatives, had
induced President Mckinley to promise,
q matter as to which I had not been
consulted. 1t appeared that had
broken Off negotiations for $4,000, 900.
To ell this. replied that I had acted In
the best faith, but that nothing had
been lost, as would withdraw the ac-
ceptance had given. They then re-
quested me to array myself on their sido
in order 10 give strength to their reso-
lutionS. I answered that had always
done SO and would continue to do so ex-
cept in cases where the course OF the
assembly was opposed to my con-
science, to my sense of justice and to my,
idea OF the Aest interests otCuba.
Regarding the matters under con-
sideratlon, I said I had no hope OF OBJ
tanning more than the sS,0O0,000 from
the United States. and dlsapproved ask
ing charity, contending that the only
method left was 10 raise q loan, for
which the assembly lacked adequate au-
thorization Furthermore. I pointed
out that the soldiers could not wait:
that already they were too great bur-
den upon tho people of Cuba and that
longer delay appeared TO me to be cruel.
4 Strange Proposition.
'Thc conference ended without &C.
compllshing anything. saw could
not make myself understood by the as
sembly and decided not to be mixed up
in its doings. but to await develop
ments, A few days later three men
whom I did not know visited me and
said that several millionatreS stood
ready to facilitate loan OF many mil
lions, but that the matter was possible
only with my corporation. I answered
that I could not consider any PROPOSE
tion OF the kind and regarded it as
strange that any one would be ready
to lend money without n guarantee.
Tehn n committee Of the assembly ap-
proa cbed me. asking me to support tho
asscmbly's efforts to obtain loan. To
this replied that Cuba could not mako
n loan, as she lacked the necessary au-
thority. The next day the assembly de-
posed me. I consider thntI have acted
honorably. and my strongest desire now
is TO return home"
Agricultural Conditions Improving.
HAVANA, April Agricultural con-
ditlons throughout the country are I'M
proving. The tobacco crop Is good and
Guincs. the market garden OF Havana.
will put on the market In n few days
$4,000 barrels Of Irish potatoes. at s. n
barrel md 10000 pounds of onions at
three cents q pound. A large proper
ton OF both will he supplied to tho
American troops through the commits