The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-19

delphia Inquirer. which, in their
praseworthy desire to treat the Cubans
with all possible generosity and to ia
cilitate the return of the island to nor
NAL industrial conditions, the authori-
ties at Washington authorized, has not
had the effect which it was intended to
produce. It has hindered rather than
helped the desired and Indispensable
return to industrial activity"
That puts the case mildly. The fact
is that, instead of making a favorable
impression upon the Cuban insurgents
and incining them to regard the United
States with confidence and gratitude,
both as the author of Cuban emancipa-
ton and as the most influential benev-
client friend that Cuba possesses, it has
aroused expressions of anger, envy and
disappointment, which have furnished
fresh and impressive illustration of
the capacity of human nature for sell
fish thanklessness; viii elit Is notorious
that the money under the arrange
ments which have been made is not go
ing to those who best deserved it.
There appears to be no dispute as to
the essential facts touching the condi-
lions that prevail in the Cuban pro-
vinces. Manifestly, what these ex-in-
surgents want least of all is peace. The
leaders are determined to keep them
selves at the head of organiza tons that
may be relied on to stir up trouble on
every convenient occasion; the pre-
lenses of gratitude and professions Of
craving for peace are a mcckery, and
| these professions are given out with
treacherous purpose.
There is Gomez. He may not be the
rascal he is sometimes represented TO
be, yet he certainly has proved tina he is
mo good" in bringing Cuba to peaceful
conditions. What is said by the Wash
| ington Post in regard to Gomez may
not be an estimate of him that all of US
are ready to accept. Still the senti-
ment grows rapidly in all circles in this
country that Gomez is one Of the many
Cuban fakirs with whom the admins
tration has to deal. The Posts rather
| severe characterization Of Gomez is
worth quoting, because it undoubtedly
reflects a widely-entertained opinion
among Americans
Says the Post: 1--WE have never be-
lieved in Gomez. We have always re-
garded him as professional mercen-
airy and agitator. He was bought off by
the Spanish government in 1877. He
has served for pay under the Spanish
| hrr3v, 1ny,f IT.
San Domingo. He sulked in the hills,
after our occupation of Cuba, until the
prospect of money lured him to Ha-
vana. Even at that time he offered his
sympathies and his sword to Porto Rico
| in the event of a war against the
United States. He has never been any,
thing but firebrand, marauder, and
a hunbug. For some mysterious rea-
son General Brooke has recognized and
made much of him. For a time he
seemed to be antagonistic to the impu-
dent and pestiferous Cuban assembly.
He has endeavored to control the dis
tribution of the $4,000, 900 improvidently
offered to the insurgents as a reward
9 for disarmament and peace"
Y 1t is fact that the most recent ex-
hibition Gomez has made of himself
finds him at the head of the anti
American party, insisting that the al.
legged Cuban army shall not lay down
arms. Another fact is-because of AL.
gerism for one thing-that the history
of our Havana occupation is a recital
of plumbers and scandals first and last
and there is no telling when the END
will be.