The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-04-18
CUBANS ARE DEFIANT
Convention Delegates Defeat the
Platt Amendment.
WILL HANDICAP COMMISSION
Senator Spooner Declares There
Shall Be No "r1odification.'
Other News Items.

A Havana special says: The Cuban
constitutional convention placed itself
upon record Friday against the Platt
amendment by vote of Is to 10 on
resolution that the convention should
declare itself opposed to the amend
ment "on account of the terms OF some
the clauses, and the way in which
they are drawn, and also on account
of the contents of others, especially
clauses III, VI and VII"
The conservatives assert that this
action is embarrassing, inasmuch as
it practically ties the hands OF any
commission that might be sent TO
Washington.
NEWSPAPER MEN SENTENCED.
Seniors Torrel and Urritis, respect
lively the editor and director of El Es-
tivador, the organ Of the stevedores
and lightermen, have been sentenced
by the captain of the port of Havana,
Lieutenant Commander Luclen Young,
to thirty and sixty days imprisonment
| respectively. They were charged with
the publication of libellous articles
intended to invite trouble among the
dock laborers of Havana.
At a late hour Friday afternoon both
men were released. It is admitted
that Lieutenant Commander Young's
court had Jurisdiction in the matter OF
sentence, but he considered that his
object had been attained in making an
example of two agitators who, it Is al
leged, were at the bottom of the re-
cent labor troubles, and who had been
even more recently engaged in incit-
ing another strike.
The former strike was settled by a
mutual agreement by all parties to re-
gard the schedule of wages drawn mp
and published in the official Gazette,
as the law, by Ell Estivador had been
attacking the schedule as unjust, aud
calling upon workmen to resent it.
| NEELY TO SELL PROPERTY.
The legal authorities have granted
permission to Charles F. W. Neely to
sell the brick yard and land in Havana
standing in his name. The money
realized will be turned over to the
court and kept IN trust until decision
is reached in connection with his al
legged embezzlement of postal funds.
sPooNER Is EMPHATIC.
econ gress has defined the relations
which shall exist between the United
States and Cuba, and in my judgment
it will not agree to any modification, "
said Senator Spooner, member of the
senate committee on relations with
| Cuba, after conference of the war de-
partment Friday with Secretary Root.
'The terms offered Cuba" Senator
Spooner continued, ''are more in the
interest of the island than that OF the
United States. I am confident that
the mass Of the people of the island
appreciate the unsel6sh attitude OF
this government, and if they had an
opportunity to declare their views
they would unhesitatingly approve the
relations as defined by congress.
The attention of the senator was
called to the suggestion that General
Wood should dissolve the convention
and issue call for another, the peo'
pie at the time Of the election OF dele
gates to vote upon the question OF the
acceptance of the Platt amendment
II have seen that report" he said,
"I know nothing about it. I believe,
however, that the convention ate:
further consideration of the matter
will come to the conclusion that :he
wise course to pursue is to incorporate
in the constitution the terms offered
them"
Another step toward the establish
ment of full civil government in Cuba
was taken by the appointment by
General Wood of Ernest Sterling as
deputy auditor of the island. Senor
Sterling has been discharging similar
duties for some time past under Major
Ladd. but is now re-appointed as a
purely civil official.