Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-02
Why President Heureux
Was ASSaSSinated.
START OF A REVOLUTION
Dead Man Had Been an Absolute
Dictator and Had Suspended all
the Laws of the Land--Pe0ple
Kept in Ignorance.

New York, Aug. 2.-Senor Adriant
Grullan of the firm of Huttlinger &
Vivig. New York, the representative ii
the United States of the Santo Domingo
revolutionists and formerly the business
partner of Senior Jiminiz, the leader OF
the instruction, has made public the
following statement of the reasons fol
the assassination of President Heureux
The assassination of President Heu-
e was not an act of revenge for the
murder of Caceres' father, but the signal
of the commencement of the uprising
against the existing government there.
Caceres is a cousin of General Horacio
Vasquez and was with him at the time
of the shooting. General Vasquez is a
member of one of the best families of
Moca. Neither Mr.. Caceres nor General
Vasquez can be considered common as
sassins, as their motives We're not per-
sonal, but patriotic. For four years
Heureux has held power by a system of
terrorizing. Citizens were sent to prison
without the slightest process of law.
and more han 800 were clandestinely
shot without any trial whatever or with
out ever being given a reason for their
incarceration.
There has been no election of any
kind since 1889. when in order to Sc
cure his retention in power, Heureux
had to count more votes from the inte-
rior provinces than there were actual in
children. AS the result of this, the oppo-
sition party. whose candidate was
Moya. appealed to arms, but after a long
struggle was defeated. Since that time
very few reputable citizens rave taken
part in the elections, knowing them to
be a farce. The constitution of Santo
Domingo. in common with most South
and Central American countries, pro-
vides that no one shall hold office for
more than one term in succession, but
this the late president overruled. There
is no such thing as a free press in that
country, no paper dares publish anything
unless favorable to the existing regime.
During the war between the United
States and Spain. Heureux showed his
sympathy for Spain in many acts. His
efforts on the side of Spain were so
marked and of such assistance to that
country that they resulted in the queen
of Spain recognizing them to the extent
of a decoration, which she sent to him.
He used every effort to discredit the in
surrectionists by proclaiming that Jimi-
nlz intended to sell the country to the
Yankees, and if this was done and they
fell into the hands Of the United States
they would be treated like slaves. This
gained some credence among
the ignorant people of the island, the
number of which has steadily increased,
because Of H%eureux's policy to discour-
age education of every sort. He DELHI
erately closed the only high school in the
island and drove away Eugene Hostess,
a renowned educator Inc the founder of
the high school,.
"Mr. Jiminiz desires the most friendly
relations with the United States. and
there is not the slightest fear that the
insurrectionists will interfere in any way
with the property of foreigners on the
island. Mr.. Jiminiz and General Gomez
are warm friends. In fact, both resided
in the same house in Havana. AS Heu-
reux was an usurper. the vice president
is equally so, but bloodshed and insur-
rection would cease at once if the latter
would announce that a legal public cleo
ton would take place on August 16,
which is the independence day of the
country"