The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-13
IT SHOULD BE ANNExED.

On the map near Cuba will be found
goodly sized island called by the roman
tic name Of the Isle Of Pines. This ISL
and, not being specially mentioned in the
treaty Of Paris, is now in dispute The
United States claim it under the blanket
clause of the treaty ceding all the West
India possessions of SPAIN except Cuba,
to the United States Cuba claims it on
the ground that it was always regarded
as part of Cuba, and maintained I'M
der the same general government. We
do not know what the outcome will be,
but are willing to bet on the United
States, that power having much the bet
ter hand in the game Anyway, it ought
to belong to the United States if a report
Of a recent election there be true We
say it ought to belong to the United
States. We base this opinion on the fact
that it now has the political ethics of
the cities of the United States down fine
and little political reconstruction will be
necessary. The report says that at re-
cent election of alcaIde, which being inter
preted means mayor, there were two can
didates Mr.. Juan Manuel Noda and Mr..
Juan Manuel Sanchez. Mr.. Sanchez was
the hold-over mayor and had the munich
pal machinery in his hands. Mr. Noda
now charges that his rival stole the Of
flee from him and has appealed to the
military authority for redress Noda in
his case thus sets out the facts:
II became a. candidate for alcalde and
the election was held at Nueva Corona
IRTee hundred and thirty -rnreo %ktttass
y. d. E1S.i dilst as the polls closed the
l,sy who was there all during the day,
ordered every one from the ROOM The
mayor was my opponent. The people left
and were gone about twenty minutes In
the meantime the doors We're locked
When the votes were counted 1 received
barely enough to count, and so Sanchez
had the election all his own way. l had
an investigation made and a notary called
upon al who voted for me, and they
made affidavit how they voted. I had
sworn statements from 1870 of the 1873 who
voted saying they voted for me"
If the investigation which has been or
dered finds the facts substantially as rep
resented by Mr. Noda, the government
ought not to hesitate moment in an
neXing the Isle of Pines; for does not
this show better than any proof yet sub
mitted that these people are not fit to
govern themselves, but that they should
be made municipality of the United
States? Are not the methods employed
20 gain an election similar to those in
vogue in many cities of the United
States? There is every evidence of the
highest kind of civilization in the con-
duct of Mr.. Sanchez. He proposes to
maintain his power, not by violence, but
by the power of counting the ballots of a
free election. This man Noda is a crack
Drained reformer and should be promptly
turned down by the war department. If
he should be sustained, precedent will
be established which will cause much
trouble in the voting precincts of our
cities. 1t is having the last whack at the
ballots which counts in an election. Mr..
Juan Manuel Sanchez ought to be pro-
moted to higher grounds-he should be
brought to New York. Or, the ouakers
will pardon the suggestion, he might be
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