The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-07
GOMEZ NEW PROGRAMME
he Expects 10 be Made the Political Leader
OF Cuba.
WILL DEMAND ABSOLUTE INDEPENDENCE.
His Actions Mny Cause Trouble 10,
the United stntcs--PoliticnI
Parties May Consolidate.

Havana, April s,--The Cuban military
ASSEMBLY being dead. General Gomez viii
take up his programme OF solidifying the
Cuban people into a party that shall. with
out ceasing urge the United States to
withdraw from the island. His larpase is
10 make the people seem to have but enc
emotion or desire. the thought OF linda
pendence and separation from the United
States. General Gomez considers the dis
solution of the assembly as mis- personal
achievement, aided by the military admin
istration here and countensnced at Mesh
ington. He believes that he energies fiom
the controversy with the assembly s.rong-
err than ever with the better classes. His
theory is that the Cubans, who bsiUre
thought him merely an adroit guerrilla
CHEZ, are now prepared to regd.t Kim IS
a political leader, and that 4 few DAYS
more probably will see him IN nan G
eral-in-chief OK the army.
Yesterday the Cuban General Diaz, who
commands tho province Of Pinar del Hi,,
invited several gentlemen and brigade
commanders who are friendly to Cons 10
conference regarding the lattsr's .niu'e
course. As many who were invited were
some distance away from Havana and
could not arrive here in time for the rlast-
ing, there were only few actilly pres
ent, but the possibility OF telns i>,ng
Gomez as commander in chief was in
formally discussed with tbs result that
little or no opposition the propos al
developed. In order TO get more general
expression OF opinion 1t was decided TO
defer the formal meeting until tomorrow
morning No other candidate is pc; sihle,
and II any such action is ATTEMPTED u Will
undoubtedly be carried through General
Gomez If reinstated, will be of great serv-
ice to the United States in the disburse-
ment OF the S3000,o00, nut his political
programme means the keeping up o. agi-
tation and disturbance in he minds OF re
people and weakening tae American au-
thority by producing the impression II at
everything done by the Amer ANS IS ;em-
porary and may sooner or Later be over
turned.
American observers consider any such
agitation as extremely harmful to the IN
dustrial revival and the restoration of Gu
ban credit. Some who are high in author
ity, and who have exceptional opportuni-
ties for knowing the character and ideas
of Gomez, think the United States govern
ment may have trouble with him yet. His
attitude has always been consistent re-
garding independence for Cuba, and he Is
still working for the same end.
The National Cuban party and the Liga
Patriotica continue their campaigns for
the formation of the party of Cuban inde-
pendence. Efforts are now being made to
effect consolidation OF the two move
ments. The principal difference between
them seems to be that one wishes ward
representation in a national convention,
to be chosen according to the number OF
voters in a ward, while the other insists
upon three delegates for each ward with
out regard to the number of voters. The
committee of the national party had the
question of consolidation under considera-
tion last night, but decided that 1t had no
authority to act independently. The prob
ability is that a union will soon be effect
ed and that both organizations will then
proceed upon the same lines throughout.
Another strike has Just begun on the
lines OF the unitef railway system. There
have been many similar attempts by the
employees OF this system to secure re-
establishment of the rate of wages In
vogue before the war. In each case the
companies have conceded something, and
there has been little delay to the traffic
and no disorder growing out of the agita-
tion.
The appointment by Collector Bliss OF
a Cuban negro to position in the Havana
custom house is applauded by the element
that is always seeking to propitiate the NO
groes II is expected that similar appoint
ments will be made at other posts.
All the official flags were half-maste ed
today at the hour of the interment in Ar
lington cemetery of the 1886 soldiers who
gave their lives for their country in Cuba
or Porto Rico during the war with Spain.