The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-31
THEIR FREEDOM
SOON TO CONE
General Wood Gives Assur-
ances to the Cubans.
ARE URGED TO HURRY
WITH Law MAKING
People Are Generally Pleased
With PIatt Amendment.

New York, Nay 30.-A dispatch to the
Tribune from Havana, SAYS. Acquires
cence i'm the VIII OF the majority is
dominant, but the conventions accept
auce of the Platf amendment mas been
quickly followed by pleas for harmony
The minority Of the radicals were bitter
against the supporters Of the amend
ment, but theirs bitterness finds little
popular support especially since it has
been shown that the majority of Those
who Voted in che affrmarive were of
the class, OF revolution sts- who did some
uSnung- General L.aCret's beIlfC.ose
telegram a5oat -DeaFh and independ-
ence IS ridiculed, and he is advised
that 1T is better to live and to make the
most possible out of life
AS an OFFSET TO the violent messages.
General A1anduley, one of the Santiago
delegates VINO voted against the amend
snaJ the country should respect the
action Of the convention. and should
strive for peace and good order lie
COldeInned sglta tom. and announced
that ne should cooperate with the
majority IN making an effective de-
others OF the nlinprIty made similar
statements and protested fagainst the
u li.a Ealllcslls crltll iS-rg the ma jointly
wen ne CONTROVERSY had been q mere
diHerence Of opinion.
me spanlsh press voices its relief a
Iae end OF fhe uncertainty, but makes
little further comment.
Mendez Capote. the presiding oficers
conferred with CSeperaE Wood on che
tuIure work OF the convention and was
told that the American authorities
would BIKE 20 have the making OF an
electoral law expedited Rs rapidly as
possible, since u is the policy of the
administratiOh 10. encourage the early
formation Of q Cubau government
The committee on pfraseoIogy. which
performed a similar work on the CON
stltutton proper win review the lane
guage OF tine appendix, and its report
Wa then Pc formally ratified BIZ the
convention and transmitted TO GenetaI
Wood
Merchants Are Satisfied.
Commercial circles express. greet sat-
lsfactlon at the outcome The AEer4
chants union, which includes the lesd-
ers in the commerce. OF the eutire
Island. mas held q meeting and has
taken steps to urge upon ltlg- eiaE9 rs
me importance OF intimate commercial
relations with the United states. 6
low ing tHe termination OF tle 2e-te--al
uncertainty
A dispatch 10 the HerasI from Ha-
vana says ia the matter of the ae-
eeptance OF the Plat IGflendA3ent there
IS general dispositiqn to abide by the
deeIslon Of the majority Of tae couEeH-
zion substantially accepting the Amer
lean terms 1t cannot be said, however
that those terms We're acceptabte. M
uerous teIegrafns nave been trans
nitted by delegates TO the interior Of
the island.
Senor Lacret says that Cuba has voI-
unfairly chained itself senior PCrtu-
ondo aeeuse5 ttIer Ollrtiunarl dele
gates who voted for che arnendlnent OF
disloyalt97 stle principles Of the re1o-
luton
senQr GUILE says he was always IA
I vora1la to the amendment
SeIiOr Nitluendas considers the
amendment an ultimatum.
Juan GUzeIberto Gomez says H die
tat0rship BY Maxine Gomez would
bring Independence to Cuba. ne wolHd
aid the movement uue1nditi7llsa y
senior .RoEaa said he voted for accept
ance because he was a revDluti0nlsI.
Jose 44iguel Gomez TANKS tRa accept
9nce 81 American terms saves the pO-
Htieat RersOnahtyc0f cuba
Delegates from Santiago and Puerto
Prineipe voted solidls agairs the ac-
cepfaree or the anendInenes Ihe union
4 denn0cEa tic Barty had one vote that OF
Delegats Giberga The vote Of inc ma
tioHal and replIa cam party deiesates
WAS about equally divided.
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