The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-30
NATAL DAY
FOR CUBA.
General Election in Island
Held Tomorrow.
ESTABLISHMENT OF NATION BEGINS
Setting in Motion the Machinery Of
the New Government-Elec
Governors Of Provinces,
ETC., to Be Selected.

etc. 10 Be selected
Tomorrow win witness a general cleo
which will be elected presidential and
senatorial electors members OF the house
OF representatives. governors of prov
inces. and members Of the provincial
councils. which correspond in a general
way 10 American State Legislatures.
In accordance with the electoral law
prepared by the late constitutional con
ventiCE. the mayors Of t. several mu-
nicipaI districts of the island, on October
p last. called upon the voters to meet
al the usual voting place in their re-
spective wards OF precincts for the pur-
pose CT selecting registration board, and
under the direction of a temporary board
an election was held for the purpose of
selecting the regular registration board
prescribed by law. This board vas com
posed of three members elected by ballot.
Registration of Citizens.
The day after their election the board
assembled Tor the purpose Of registering
the names of all citizens who had the
right 10 voee at the genera! election and
who requested such registration When.
after due examination as 10 qualifications
by the registration board, the applicant
for inscription IN the list Of voters was
found eligible. his name was duly in
scribed aud a certificate was issued to him
which served as proof of the fact that he
was duly registered.
AF=nr ha -a-f,5
tration elapsed each board issued three
certified copies Of the registration list
arranged alphabetically; one was affixed
to the building where the registration list
was made out, another was posted at the
Office Of the mayor. and the third was for
Warded to the governor7of the province.
Provincial Electoral BOnrds-
The next wheel in the electoral system
Is the provincial electoral board. com
posed of seven members, elected by a
majority vote Of the municipal delegates
appointed for the purpose This is an in
termediate body, standing between the
municipal board ard the central or fed
eral board Of scrutiny. and has the i'm
mediate direction Of all electoral proceed
ings within its province
Tbs central board CT scrutiny is com
posed Of the president of the recent con
stitutionaI convention and four other
members thereof, all of whom had been
elected by the suffrage Of the people Of
Cuba, and its duty is to pass upon all pro
tests and complaints regularly brought to
its attention and it furthermore aids in
the Interpretation of the electoral law,
ya#
test Of experience.
Procedure for Candidates
The plan Of nominating conventions
has not yet been developed in Cuba. and
party lines are loosely drawn, If. indeed.
distinct parties representing different pol
icies can be said 20 exist in the island,
and in order fcE g candidate to have his
name placed upon the ballot he must
present q petition to the provincial board.
signed by a certain number Of qualified
voters, the number ranging from 500 in
the province Of Havana to 100 in the
province of Pinar del Rio.
The provincial board forwards to the
central board of scrutiny the names of
ell candidates properly vouched for. and
the central board orders the printing Of
the ballots, which are in due time for
warded under seal to the respective wards
OF voting precincts. The names of all
candidates appear On the same ballot and
the voter indicates his preference by
making mark opposite the name OF the
candidate for whom he desires to vote
Process OF Voting.
The boards of registration on the dav
Of the election act as election boards.
taking oath to perform faithfully the du-
ties Of their Office The voting IS to be
conducted in 2 manner similar TO that
which now obtains in majority of the
States OF this country, as is also the
counting of the ballots when the election
is over The returns from the voting pre-
cincts are forwarded TO the provincial
boards, who revise the work OF the local
boards and then their proceedings are in
like manner forwarded 20 the central
board of scrutiny
On February IS. 1892 the senatorial
electors are TO assemble at the capital Is
of their respective provinces for the puT-
pose of electing four members for each.
Each province elects presidential electors
in number equal 10 the number of sena-
tors and Representatives it may have IN
congress These electors are 10 meet on
February 10, 1902.
Approval of Credentials.
After their credentials have been ap-
proved BY cGMmltIee selected from
among themselves. they viii again meet
at noon On February a, 1892, and proceed
TO vote for president and vice president.
After the votes are counted duplicate tally
sheets are 70 be prepared and signed by
all electors and Forwarded under seal to
the central board OF scrutiny for trans
mission TO the Military Governor.
Upon the receipt Of the full reports Of
the electors OF the different provinces the
Military Governor of Cuba viii announce
the date for the meeting Of congress and
for the proclamation OF the president and
vice president, and also for the formal
transfer of the government of the island
to the new government established as
above described by the suffrage Of the
people OF Cuba.
Then the Stars and Stripes will come
down and the banner Of Cuba viii float
out over the capital of new born gov
eminent Cuba viii take her place in the
great family Of nations 10 work out heI
destiny. The C=cited States viii have kept
faith with Cuba and with the world.
RAILROAD LAB0RERS STRIKE.