The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-15

OLD abuses. but created new ones. He
replaced the old administration, which,
although not perfect. was at least
economical and simple. by complic-
ated and expensive machine govern
ment, which did not stimulate progress
and which fostercd corruptions.
, This had an end under the rule OF
MS successor. General Serrano. who was
the first governor with liberal ideas
sent TO Cuba by Spain. Serrano smiles
In his likeness as he always smiled in
life. He had a handsome countenance
and a distinguished presence;' he was
very good-tempered. and Ind great
deal OF personal magnetism. He was
brave TO rashness. good friend, disin-
tefested, courteous. Up to q very adj
Yanced age he preserved his health and
his gayety. In Cuba he made himself
beloved not only for his personal quail
Ties, but also because OF the policy
which he pursued. He gave liberty to
the press. declared that a change In the
system OF government was necessary.
and when he returned to Spain demand
cd In the senate that radical reforms
should be instituted without loss OF
time In Havana he uttered the mem
orable words: ig ~ i"FElI
1T frightens me when think how
much power I possess los captain gen.
eral. In country In which a man has
the right to do everything. everything
Is to be feared from him."
No less liberal than Serrano was
Dulce, who had the face OF Kalmuck.
This governor was MS beloved by tho
Cubans as he. was unpopular with the
Spaniards who were opposed TO reform,
He had distinguished himself In the
Carlist war Qs33-40). He was on guard
In the royal palace In Madrid when II
was attacked In 1871 by battalion
that had rebclled. He bnrrlcaded him.
selfat the head Of the principal staircase
and defended 1t bravely. causing tho
assailants to slip and fail by scattering
dried peas on the, stairs. He was less
fortunate in Havana, when the volun-
GERS mutinied against him, and was
Obliged to resign from his post and re-
turn to Spain.
Ca6allero de Roadas, Balmaseda, Jov-
ellar, went to Cuba to put down the in
surrecticn of 1868. Caballero de Roadas
had hard and angular features, dark
complexion and dark hair and wore q
moustache. He had put down in Spain
the republican instruction In Andalu-
sia. He failed to put down the insur-
rection in Cuba, Notwithstanding the
frequent kilograms which he used to
send to his government In which he
said, The rebellion Is nearing Its end"
Count Balmaseda was very stout; so
Stout that the soldiers said OF him In
joke that when he dismounted his horse
could be heard to say AT last!" He also
was unsuccessful In his attempt to put
down the insurrectson. and accomplish
ed nothing OF profit. He was lazy and
gave himself up to favorltes, who ran
the government for thei:. own gain.
Jovellar, on the contrary, had the
face of French .ascetic; one'of those
faces which the French call lame de
couteau. which are all profile. He was
thin, sallow. melancholy, taciturn, bu,
not disagreeable. because he had dis
erection. courtesy, and good sense. He
did not accomplish much, but neither
did he commit blunders. He was fond
OF study and given to meditation.
The governor who put an end TO the
first Separatist rebellion was Martinez
Campos. II his portraithad been loft In
the palace in Havana the Cuhans would
have respected IT,. 1t was the likeness
OF brave. noble, and loyal soldier, the
Sio'SiS - pc VI otil SOldiuO. Lie lOlll-
my Atkins Of the Spaniards. with his
heavy moustache. his long goatee. his
bronzed complexion. In what way he
put an end to the rebellion we know-by
his humane methods and the promise of
reforms f,E- ss
The first time that Martinez Campos
was captain-general OF Cuba he was
succeeded by .Blanco Blanco's portrait
was made in, 1850 and is that of man
OF fifty. with kind eyes and a chestnut
beard. who might be taken for an Eng
lishman or German The Blanco OF
1899 has white beard nnd is bowed
down by the weight OF years and By the
tremendous strain of the campaigns OF
the Philippines and Cuba.
Among the governor generals OF Gu
ba are represented many OF the prov
inces of Spain and some OF her former
colonies. It has been already said that
Ccncha was an Argentine and Pezuela a
Peruvian. Castillo was Mexican,
Fnldes an ASturian; Ricafort and Wives
were born in Valencia: Arodaca, Sierra
no., and Prendergast In Andalusia; Ar
las In Estremadura; Tacou in Aragon;
Marin and Fajardo in Murcia; Dulce,
Caballero de Rodas. Jovellar, Martinez
Campos, and Salamanca In CASTLE;
O'Donnel In the Canaries; Balmaseda,
LesuHdl. and B!anco In the Basque pro-
vlnces; Weyler in the BelearIc Islands.