The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-15
VOTE TOMORROW
CUBANs 70 ELECT AMI 9TH
Err MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
Lively Interest at Havan Where Sc
nor Mora and Gen. Rodriguez
Are the Rival Candidates.

HAVANA. jun H--Havana now shows a
lively interest in the coming elections. Both
candidates for the mayoralty are doing
their utmost to gain votes. Meetings were
held last evening and this evening. and
others nave been called for tomorrow
evening. The proceedings are varied with
music, and last nights continued after u
o'clock. The Nationalists claim that they
control 1900 out of $4,000 voters. On the
other hand, Senior Aula, who is managing
Senior Estrada Mora's campaign. says he is
sanguine of success. Gen. Julio Sanguilly
is also of opinion that Mora will win on
the strength of his record as acting mayor.
Gen. Alexandra Rodriguez. the National
list candidate, refused to be interviewed to-
day. but seemed very hopeful. He said that
in any event he would not discuss the po-
litical feature for publication until after
Saturday. The managers of his campaign
have been emphasizing the fact that Rodri-
guez is the candidate of General Gomez,
which is undoubtedly the fact, despite the
statement of Gomez that he is equally in
favor OF the Republicans. The cry of the
Nationalists has been that they are work.
ing for the independence of Cuba. 1t is
asserted that Rodriguez has openly de-
clared his desire to be mayor because he
is convinced that the first elected mayor
of Havana will also be the first president
of the republic.
The leaders of the Republican party claim
that the Republican party is the only or
ganization with a complete programme for
the future of the island. The Republicans
will all vote for Senior Estrada Mora, who
was virtually substituted at the eleventh
hour Tor Senior Zald0, the original Repub-
lican candidate, Mora being more popular
and having a better chance generally. He
has some very energetic supporters who
are going from house TO house Distributing
campaign literature and doing all they can
to promote his return at the polls.
Chief Of Police Cardenas has ordered all
the members of the Havana force to be
on duty Saturday There is, however. no
expectation OF trouble so far as the voting
is concerned.
Keen contests are expected i'm many of
the large towns like Matanzas, Cienfuegos
and Pinar del Rio. as well as in many of
the small towns of Santa Clara province.
In Havana there are seventy-sIx voting
booths selected, and these will be omen
from . a. M until o p. m. This total num-
Der OF inscribed voters for the island is
10000. In order TO be qualified to vote
a man must be a native Cuban or the son
Of a native male Cuban, born while his
parents were temporarily living abroad;
or a Spaniard living in Cuba at the time of
the treaty of Paris. who has not made
declaration of his decision 10 preserve his
allegiance to the crown of Spain. He must
be twenty-one years old or upward on the
day preceding the election, and must have
lived in the municipality in which he in
tends to vote at least thirty days immedi-
ately preceding the election.
He must possess in addition to the fore
going one or more OF the following quail
fications: Ability TO read and write: own
ership of real or personal property TO the
value of $3.50 American gold: service in the
Cuban army prior TO July is, 1885. and hon.
orable discharge therefrom. whether a
native Cuban or not.