The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-15

newspapers were anxious to Americanize
everything. but a reaction has come. And
our Yankee Interventors have only them
selves to blame.
Diplomacy has been lacking and, as III
the matter Of fixing the salaries of Gu
often been too hasty, if not needlessly
harsh"
CHAMBER Of HORRORS.
The Lucia under the caption ''The Cues
tons of the Day" says:
when the Governor of Cuba receives
the complete report from the commission
investigating conditions in Havana jails,
he will get deep insight of the misery
and filth in which prisoners are still living
after one year Of American adnlnistra-
ton.
'The magnificent results which have
been 50 apparent to the official organs of
the Special Concesionnaire are such as to
cause surprise in every circle.
The commission, composed of Messrs.
Runcie and Conant, now preparing data
and making personal investigations, will
show that Havana jails are about on a
par with famous Newgate, during the
reign of Henry VIII. And, if such a
physical, visible sign of an inward COM
pulsory shame is possible, William the
Great and Good will blush when he reads
the truth. One of the most apallingly
filthy and corrupt examples Of Jail admin
istraton was found in Las Recojidas, the
celebrated jail for women. The unclean-
illness is revoltinsly indescribable. The
prisoners have no beds, cots or blankets.
they sleep on the floors, shuddled together
for warmth.
RECORDS show that imprisoning for long
terms on slight offences was just as
al
women in this disgusting place are prac-
tically without clothes. Some one is to
blame, but, zpresumably, it will not be easy
TO settle the brunt of responsibility on
the rieht+party. OF course, there are seye-
raj who can be severely criticised for their
parts in allowing continuance of the dirt
and decentralization extant in the Recoji-
das. But those most culpable. are, with
out question. the sanitary inspectors: the
x-Fiscal, Mr.. Mora; and the Military
Governor of the city of Havana-by spe-
cial concession Certainly, conditions det-
ri,nental to public health cannot be sup
posed to opera tie in a manner deroga tory tc
the welfare Of comfort of transferable
vvretches who belong to the same sex
| as our mothers, wives, sisters and sweet
hearts, Presumably they canont be call
ed women, as their enforced life of
SWEDISH, naked filth mas transformed
them into outrageous AtraVesties on Gods
;grea test handivvork-
| $50 they, being such, are not worthy
; the kind offices of sanitary reforrlers for
! their own sake. But the inspectors
Should realize that their indifference as to
the interior of the Recojidas might be pro-
ductive OF illness among the jailors. %
But the chief cusprit is General VIII
liam Ludlow, Military Governor of the
city of HaNana-by special concession.
| Ludlow had no par ticular duties ca Ia
lElogued as the, when he assumed charge
of his eleven thousand dollar sop to his
tprlr Cerberus. He can N ard ly claim
THAT this Jail was not in his Jurisdiction.
as his overvveening self-esteem caused
him to exercise every effort to secure con-
troll of as much as possible, his depart
mcnt including Guanabacoa, Regia. Casa
iBlancha and as ma ~. s OF the provincial
7 Villages as he could obtain, Maybe he