Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-17
GEN. GOMEZ IMPEACHED.
Removed from His Command
by the Cuban Assembly.


Probably Ignore the Assembly. sS--.-.~
The Cuban general assembly impeached
Gen. Maxine Gomez Saturday and re-
moved him from his command as general
in-chief of the Cuban army. The vote was
26 to 4.
The original motion which was Intro
duced by Senior Manuel Sanguilly, provided
for the abolition of the grade of general-in
chief, but an amendment was offered to
this by Senior Aguerro, which read: ~. Nygp
"To abolish the grade of general-in chief
and to remove Gen. Gomez for failure in
his military duties and disobedience to the
assembly,"
Sefior Aguerro declared that Gomez was
insubordinate and should be punished, and
Senior Sanguilly insinuated that the general
was traitor to Cuba. Much passion was
evident in the speeches, in some of which
Gomez was declared to have been delin-
quent in his duties and disobedient, because
he had accepted the proposition of Robert
P. Porter, President McKinley's special
emissary, without consulting the assembly,
because he had taken upon himself the ar
rangements for the payment and disarming
of the Cuban troops independent of the as
sembly and because he had declared to the
assembly that he would observe its rulings
in so far as he considered them beneficial
to Cuba. The assembly again declared that
the SO, O00, 900 was insufficient, and that it
has not yet accepted the proposition.
Gen. Gomez is believed to be stronger
than the assembly in the affection of the
| Cuban army. Many privates are anxious
| to leave the army and go to work, espe-
cially when they are able to obtain money
| to start them in life anew.
The position of the assembly is notably
weak, as the military administration sup
ports Gen. Gomez, as do also the planters
and property owning element, who are
tired of the Cuban army, which subssts
half upon charity and half upon contribu-
| tions levied by means of threats.
When Gen. Gomez received at Molinas a
telephone message announcing the assem-
| bly's decision he answered calmly, CAN
right, l enjoy the situation" He then
came to Havana to keep dinner engage
ment with his daughter at the house of
friend.
Gen. Gomez issued the following state
ment Sunday; "By the use of the supreme
| faculties with which it is endowed, the as
| sembly, representing the army only, has
| deposed me as commander of the
| Cuban army, which grade it conferred up
on me during the last war AS commander
ln-Cultl 1 always IOlOWeu JDe ulCLhUeS OF
my best conscience and the call of great
national needs. | endeavored in all circum-
stances to fulfill my duty.
"The assembly considers the fact that |
do not aid in its efforts to raise loans,
which later would compromise the greatest
financial and political interests of Cuba, to
| be an act of characterization and want of
respect. The primary cause for the action
| taken against me is my sconviction that
| Cuba should begin the exercise of her own
| sovereignty, as a republic of union and
concord, proclaimed at Monte Cristo and
sustained unimpaired on the field of battle,
| free from all compromise, keeping the ma
TONS honor spotless.
Gas for the rest, as sincere man, !
confess l thank them because they relieve
me of great political obligations and also
| leave me free to return to my abandoned
home, which, during 80 years of continual
strife for the good of this country that |
love so much, has been my one aspiration.
| Foreigner as | am, did not come to serve
this country by helping it to defend its Just
cause as mercenary soldier, and, conse-
quently, since the oppressive power of
Spain has withdrawn from this land and
left Cuba in freedom, I had sheathed my
sword, thinking l had finished the mission
which had voluntarily imposed upon my
self. | am owed nothing. | retire con
tented and satisfied at having done all l
could for the benefit of brothers. Wherever
destiny rules that l make my home, there
can the Cubans depend upon friend"
| The impression see ms to be among the
American authorities that, as the assembly
has never been officially recognized by the
| United States government, its action, so far
as Washington is concerned, will not
amount to more than the resolutions of any
other body of individuals.
The assembly is being strongly censured
| by Cubans on all sides, and there were
popular demonstrations Sunday at Havana
in favor of the deposed commander. in
chief, the crowds shouting Long live
| Gomez" and death to the assembly,"
Gen. Gomez during the day received nu-
merous visitors, all of whom assured him
of their affection and loyalty, and that the
| declarations by the assembly, on whatever
subject, could not represent even the army,
as the elections which gave its members
their present positions are really voidable
for illegality aud political jobbery. There
is no doubt that e majority. of the people
support him as against the assembly. 1t is
| believed in Washington that the admins
| tration will ignore the Cuban assembly and
deal with Gomez as the representative of
the Cuban people. 1t is probable that the
| $3,000,000 which the transport Mead has
taken to Cuba will be paid over to the Gu
ban soldiers in accordance with the agree
ment between Gen. Gomez and Commits
soner Porter.
j. Fount Tillmau, As, who was register
of the treasury during President Cleve-
lands second term, died Friday at Shelby
vile, Tenn.
The schooner Annie E. Reynolds, from
| Plymouth, N. c., for Alexandria, was
wrecked near Point Lookout, on Chesapeake
Bay, last Tuesday night. 1t is believed that
Capt. B. L. Hill and a crew of six were
lost.
The American Steel and Wire company,
which has absorbed the Washburn & Moen
Co., at Worcester, Mass, on Saturday, filed
at the state house, in Boston, a copy of its
charter and a certificate, designating the
commissioned corporation as agent to ac-
cept service. The paid capital is 800, 000,-
600.
The granite manufacturers and the cut
ters at Quincy, Mass, reached an agree
ment Sunday, and the strike was declared
off. The government inquiry has shown
that the powder explosion at Toulon,
France, was not accidental and much
credence is given to the rumor that it was
an anarchist outrage.
VIM. Teworgy, 40, prominent business
| man of Bucksport, Me-, was arrested Fri
H., IL,