The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-30
CUBAN CONDITIONS.
Tablet to the Memory Of Jose Narli,
the First Cuban President.
NO DISORDER MANIFESTED.
The Tenor Of the Speeches Was To-.
ward Ultimate independence.
CONCORD AND FlRNNrss COuNsflED.
juan Gomez, q sulatto Orator, Made Con.
scTvative Address.
NATURAL THAT ERRORS SHOULD BE MADE
AND FlRNNFSS COuNsFLED.
NATURAL Thai ERRORS SHOULD BE MADE
Gubnns Advised 10 Have Faith.
Spnninrds BcGin to Fear that the
Island VIII Not he Annexed.

Havana, January 29.--Four thousand
persons men in their best clothing and
women gayly dressed, stood amid a pour
ing rain in Paula square today listening to
six intensely patriotic culogies upon Jose
Marti, the Cuban patriot and first presi-
dent of the Cuban revolutionary govern
ment. A tablet to his memory was UNI
yelled at the house where he was born, in
u street near by, and eighty-two societies,
consisting of $500 persons. with banners,
flags and five bands, marched through the
principal thoroughfares to the square.
the procession, whose distinguishing
feature was 500 girls wearing white dresses
and red liberty caps, started at o'clock,
reaching the square two hours later. The
streets were gayly decorated with Cuban
and American flags, and though the inter-
est ran high there was no disorder of any
kind. Martfs widow, mother and son led
the parade, with the FIRST Cuban nag used
by the patriot, which was loudly cheered
The eulogies contained few references 20
the United States or the military admins
tration and the only two vituperative ref
erences to the Spaniards were quietly re-
ceived. The tendency of all the speakers
was toward the ultimate independence of
Cuba, which the orators realized as fact
not yet accomplished. They desired that
all Cubans should unite to reach that great
end, to make their desires known TO the
world and to claim independence az Il
right when the proper time arrived.
Senior Gonzales Llorente suggested that
the Cubans should take steps 10 preserve
the house itself in Marti's memory and
should give financial assistance 10 those
he had left behind. He called upon the
Cubans to go to work.
Juan Gomez, muiatto With q consid-
cradle reputation as an orator, made the
best speech OF the day. He co'Inse.cd
Hrmness, concord and determination as
means to gain the coveted independence
THE power which has interviewed be-
tween the old regime and the one we arc
striving for" he said lis unfamiliar with
the ways and habits of our race. and nat
urally will sometimes blunder in its of-
forts to fulfill It's obligations 10 Cuba The
Cubans must realize this ard keep it In
mind. They must calmly indicate mis-
take when 1t is made and have faith that
the error Will be corrected"
All the references to Cuba lihre werc
applauded and Marti was held up as an
example for all Cubans. A telegram OF
salutation was sent 10 General Gomez.
only two Spanish flags were in view
the day. one over building
used by the Spanish steamship line and the
other over the Banco Espnnol.
The plan of General Gomez to unite the
in Cuba with the Cubans proper
In party whose platform should be the
of the island does not alto
gether thrive in this Spanish mind.
Some Spaninrds say: Yes. give us the
Gomez programme of amity.' Others are
silent. AS for the annexationists, they
are very oiitspoken in Havana. but more
reserved in the interior of island, where
they are outnumbered and far from the
protection of the American troops.
The marquis OF Pinar del Rio has caused
some apprehension among the spaniards
by the assertion that during his recent
visit to the United States he became con-
yinced that the American government did
not intend 10 hold Cuba permanently.
Spanish bankers and merchants decline TO
lend money or TO give liberal credits be-
cause they fear that the American oecu-
nation vii! be brief and that the re-
of the ipsnar system Of gov
nrnment will be retarded in consequence.