The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-04-11
Have No Voice In the Government
and Are Dissatisfied With
Existing Conditions.
THE NECESSITY FOR REFORM
n Things cottifue as at Present 81 e
Progress OF the Island WlllBe
Seriously Retarded.

NEW YORK, April io-A dispaich 20
the Herald from Washington says: In.
spector General BrocknHdge. who has
Just returned from inspecifOn tnp IN
ctfba and Porto Rico. IA an ln,eryi, ~
says:
since the Untel States has be IN
p0sEetsi0n u Cuba. the condition Of the
island has naturally lmmeasura1ly i'm
proved. I have no idea that there IS
any danger 0f insurrec,lsn against the
United States. The minds Of the people
AZ this moment are on the cues son Of
the payment of ne p.03.0O0 10 the Gu
ban inFurgentA
after this has been settled thsy Will
devote themselves 10 a duscusslon OF the
kind of q government cuba shah have
after the American troops haze been
Withdrawn. There VIII be no trouble
from the Cubans as people du Ing mill
tary occupation but feel sure tina, after
our troops have be Withdrawn there
viii De duHturbanccs.
we are not going about the matter u
aturg the Ciibans for sell-goyernment IN
the right way. Il seems 10 me iha. m
first thing we ought 20 do Is 10 have an
ele-iiOn by the people OF a convention 20
draft constitution II Ihat tonstitu-
,ion Is not satisfactory We can set &;
asii. hut we ought to ind OUT what
the people are willing ami able to do.
~ Il is me icand Is governed By Amer
irau suldlrrr enforcing Spanish laws, on,
Rhl,h are rngTaf.sd American ideas, the
result being confusion.
"uur constitution guarantees 70 ,yrfy
man the right 20 fair triai By jury ot
Die pesr- a. the place where the crime,
shall have been committed An oncnderl
against The Law in cuba has no such
privilege. He II examined by an ofi-
clai who represents what might be conf
pared w!,a our grand jury. and II his re-
port ~ uniayorhble the prisoner isi
Or ugil, before judge for examination
who ctr,ines him 60 an appe at court. /
Six months have been taken up In these
operations. BESIDES, the prisoner may be
sent for trial Tar from the point where
the crime was committed.
Unrest pervades Cuba because the
people have no voice in their goveren-
mrni. They know that the United States
cannot a. present take the island. no mat 4
ter how much We would like to do 80. I
am confident that II a vote were taken
In Cuba today on the question OF annex
atton 10 the United States It would be
ad ,pied ? to l. The Spanish element pre-
yers annexation and many of the CuDans
also. for they do not know after the eX-
pirall0n OF the Cniteu States rule whetaerl 4
5 90 or loco former insurgents will rule /
the Island. or whether they. the people, !
will
Il have served on the plains many
years, and ! hHd the quickest way 10
unite people was by effectng prompt
Keeping the provinces
u Puerto Principe and Santiago de Cuba
Isolated retards their development. II
under the terms OF the Foraker amend
ment railroad cannot be built. then
good roads should De built. Ne are pau
nerizing the Cubans by giving ,hem ta-
lions.
The construction Of roads would per-
ngl their employment and would soon
make them SELF supporting Further
more, the building of roads Nouh result
n She return 20 circulation OF more tnan
, million dollars which has been collected
n payment OF taxes.
Gomez des res 10 be the Bolivar INF
ubl, and he knows that to be such the
s,and must be independent. He is the
uban army and his word Is the unan-
nous wish OF his sUboriinates. II may
,e accepted, therefore, that he wi op-
,ose with ali his strength the annexationi
Il the island to the United States | dol
lot believe that he had under his fagi
iuring the insurrection 1900 men. prac-
!ca&y all OF whom were negroes.
THE people are much better situated
rom climatic point Of vieN than are
hose OF Cuba, but it is evident that un-
ess congress takes action under which,
he nroiucts OF the island may find a
market In this country, there is great
anger OF starvation The Porto Ricans
IRE conten,ed people ana General Hguryi
$ doirg all he can TO aid them to earn
livelihood by spending money In pub
Ic improvements,