The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-08


year. President Don Juan
Iadro Jiminez Of santo Dom
lingo sent a personal represen-
tative 70 this country. 70 ac-
ccmplieh the formation Of q moneyed syn
dicate. which would furnish the capital to
buy up the outstanding bonds OF that ISL
and. and assume control. under a United
States professionals. For reasons which
are well known IN the circles Of finance
IN New York. Boston. Philadslphia and
Chicago. these efforts failed. as they we're
destined 20, from the beginning. WhEA
now arise be the fate OF that country Of
misruie, revolution. and bloodshed. Is one
OF the questions for the future 10 decide.
i Is open rumor n Washington that
6anto Domingo, may soon become United
States territory, IN the same sense as
Porto Rico "a to-day. II ia said. presi-
dent Jiminez. who is a conservative. Dip
lomatic. oonciAtatory, yet torceful. man.
viii IN some manner. have the question
Of granting relief 10 MS country IA such
manner as 10 place It under one nag,
brought before the next congress. Il
win b remembered the late President
Grant worked faithfully for such a meas
ure. he held II was a fruitful territory
and a stragetic point for both army and
navy. When the measure failed of rat-
hcauon In the senate. it caused an
estrangement between the president and
Senator Charles Summer. and james @.
Blaine. who were its bitterest opponents.
President Grant IN his message held Il
70 be. "a necessity IN the progress az
humanity" Early IN the seventies the
then Dominican President Baez made a.
rect overturea for annexation. VIII Preai-
dent JimeneE follow his predeceasora
exnmpleg II Grant was right IN 1871.
how much more tenabie. Is the idea To-
day. now that she Spanish war has given
ua Porto Rico. which is separated from
us BY islands belonging 70 European
powers Il is said. the ruling element on
the island would welcome almost any
proposition. which would strengthen con-
fdence In tho country. a. q field for In
vestment and immigration, and forever
put an end 70 the dangers Of a coup a.
etat. Il goes without saying. that santo
Domingo neede an infusion OF good. hardy
Northern blood. Its results there would
be seen Immediately.
There Is something truly medieval IN
the social and political history Of santo
Domingo. For years. It has seen in
ternal strife and foreign intrigue the
princeiy extravagance OF a haif-bred
president and a pauper peasantry, hnan-
eiai legerdemain and elections which
we're farce on common honesty. hiibus-
tering one month. the assassination Of
an executive the next. All these events.
Of the past give 70 the vicissitudes Of the
island, a picturesque feudality. Il re-
mains for the opening of the twentieth
century, 70 make history. which will tell
another tale. For a small island. Santo
Domingo has stood much-more than any
other country IN the Western hemisphere.
Il has suffered pitiless despotism, and
been the prey OF robber bands Of
bondholdera. who to-day hold q blanket
mortgage OF over 100000. not one
tenth Of which even saw the vaults Of
the public treasury.
After eighteen yeCrs Of misrule. under
the late President Henreaux. who was
aasasslnated at Moca In the autumn Of
1899. President Jimenez took the helm Of
state. He had order and prosperity. 10
bring out OF chaos and an almost i'm
possible task. to restore the country to
It's normal condition. Il may be fairly
said 70 have been beyond me power
Of any one now.
It was on May -. 1893. soon after the
declaration of war with Spain. that the
steamship Fanita sailed from Nozzle.
Ala, IN command Of the present Preas-
dent Of santo Domingo. Gen. Don 5uan
IsIdro JimeneE under the name Of Rodri-
Euezl. and some q his adherents. The
vessei had been chartered BY me United
States from the Clyde line. aying ths
Stars and Stripes. and carried as cargo
some three thousand rifles. a million
rounds Of ammunition and accoutrements
Of war II was supposed that the Ia
nita was going TO the relief q Gen.
Gomez in Cuba. q personal friend q Gen.
JimineE and a fellow santo Dominican
BY birth. Jimenez sailed straight by
Cuba, and at his own peril. ordered an
attack on santo Domingo stopping Al
a small British possession long enough
to make war upon a republic with which
the United States was at peace.
For eighteen years Heaureaux elected
himself president successfully. although
the constitution OF the island provided
two terms as tie limit Heureaux was
the president. the constitution. court of
laws. congress. and an IN one. Any
measure which he wished passed BY the
peoples farcically elected Representatives
was placed IN the latter's hands together
with a certain sum Of money. with the
alternative OF accepting or coming to
diEfavor with the administration. which
meant death or exile. In consequence.
during those eighteen years some four
hundred object0rs were quietly ''re-
moved for daring TO hold Individual
opinions. and four thousand more Of the
very flower OF the island emigrated.
One of tho most important descendants
of the native families was Jlmenez. son
q an island hidalgo and a former presi-
dent Mr.. Jimenez began business IN
Monte Christi accumuiaung a fortune
and becoming popular with bis country
men But with the increasing popularity
Of any Of the islanders a corresponding
distrust arose in the mind OF the presi-
dent Jimenez went to Hayti. from
which. through the influence Of Heur-
eaux again. he was forced to take refuge.
81. a..