The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-03-15
Gomez ]Impsached.

tnlS AFTERNOON, lOpeacueu OeD.
Maxine Gomez and removed him
from his command as general-in-
chief CT the Cuban army, the first
ballot taken resulting in 26 votes
being cast in support of the motion
to impeach Gen. Gomez against 4
in opposition. The meeting lasted
from 2 o'clock until 7.
Gen. Comes only supporters
were Gen. Cespedes and Gen. Nunez.
The original motion, which was in
troduced by Senior Manuel Sanguilly,
provided for the abolition of the
grade of general ir-chief, but an
amendment was offered to this by
seror Aguero, which read: ITO
abolish the grade Of general in, chief
and to remove Gen. Gomez for fail.
ure in his military duties and disobe-
dience to the assembly,"
Senior Aguero declared that Gomez
was insubordinate and should be
punished, and Senior Sapguilly in
simulated that the general was a
traitor to Cuba.
Much passion was evident in the
speeches, in some Of which Gomez
was declared to have been Delinquent
in his duties and disobedient, be-
cause he had accepted the PROPOSE
ton of Robert P. Porter, President
Mckinley special emissary, without
consulting the assembly; because he
had taken upon himself the arrange
ments for the payment and disarm
ing of the Cuban troops independent
of the assembly, and because he had
declared to the assembly that he
would observe it's rulings insofar as
he considered them beneficial to
Cuba.
The assembly again declared that
the $4,000, 0C0 was insufficient, and
that it has not yet accepted the pro-
position. The discussion of this
question will soon be taken up, now
that Gen. Gomez has been removed.
Senior Gonzalo de Quesada, who
accompanied Mr.. Porter in Cuba,
was attacked by Seniors Juan Gual-
berto Gomez, Sanguilly and Aguero,
who declared that he had acted in
bad faith and had deceived them.
Senior Arguero likened the present
conditions confronting the assembly
to those that confronted the French
chamber when it was proposed to
impeach President MacMahon.
Col. Mora and Gen. Nunez declar-
ed that the present step was useless
and would make the assembly ridicu-
lous in the eyes Of the world. Among
the principal speakers were Seniors
Sanguilly, Andrade, Aguero, Gual-
berto Gomez, Cespedes, Nunez, Villa
Ion and Lastra.
Tomorrow Gen. Gomez will be
officially notified of the assembly's
action.
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, especially when they are able
to obtain money to start them in life
anew.
The position of the assembly is
notably weak, as the military admin
istration supports Gen. Gomez, az
do also the planters and property
owning element, who are tired of the
Cuban army, which subsists half
upon charity and half upon contribu-
tons levied by means of threats.
Gen. Gomez received at Iolinas
this evening a telephone message an.
nouncing to him the assembly's de-
cission. He answered calmly, "All
right, I enjoy the situation" He
then came to Habana to keep a din
ner engagement with his daughter
at the house Of a friend.
Gen. Carrillo of Gen. Comes
staff, as commander of the Sixth
Cuban army corps, it is reported, is
now engaged in writing a document
~dischargipg from the assembly those
members who represent that corps,
declaring that they obtained their
posts as army representatives ille-
gally.
At the termination of the session
of the assembly Senior Lastras
strongly criticised some of President
Aodrade's rulings and was sharply
called to order by President An
drade, who Immediately declared the
meeting over. A violent discussion
ensued between Lastra and the presi-
dent. Senior Santa Marin, formerly