Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-06-20

caused Mendez Capote, who had voted
for the amendment, to resign his lead
ership and apparently take steps to
identify himself with more conserva-
tive influences. According to declara
tions of leaders of the Republicans,
their basis of organization and their
articles of party faith still are opposi
tion to the Platt amendment, peaceful
but uncompromising. Their difficulty
is in getting members of the conven
tion to accept this tutelage or to enroll
themselves as uncompromising Repub
licans.
Some of the leaders among the Ma |
tionals who see that the Republicans, !
under present conditions, will continue |,
to be destructive and opposed to what
ever is done, are inclined to meet the
situation. They have in their own
formula of principles some eonstruc-
tive elements. The constitution, or
| fundamental basis Of their party,
which was adopted last FEBRUARY, is
clear enough and broad enough for
distinct political organization. They
have a definite program regarding the
tariff, taxation, the gold standard and
the administrative regime. Their ten
denotes, so far as platform can set
them forth, are toward strong COM
monwealth with municipal and pro-
| ;,I III ,In bn N
recognition of the necessity of CEN
tralizing authority.
NOT A NEGRO PARTY.
It should be noted that while GGal-
! berto Gomez, the older of the Rep0bli-
cans, is of negro blood, that party is
not made up Of negroes. Marua Del
gradoQne of the conservative Nation
ais, nom SaEta Clara Province, who
supports the Platt amen,iment, is also
, OF african blood. QAintin Bandera
, another picturesque negro leader, who
Is something of bushwhacker, has al
= 50 announced that he is Nationalist
q snd not a Republican. He has an ig
:. nogaht black following, which is TeE,
: loyal t. him and is not very dGngsrou
: to the community. Quintin Bander
: himself has long program of tvwenty
Y two articles, and he proposes q peace
4 ful't { emonstration on July asa, mean
e 0f convincing the United States ths
r. the Cuba1S want absolute indepent
feuae and will have it peaSsably, an
n6t otherwise. He announces that h
is the Quiutin Bandeua Of yesterda,
> Ele same today and tSamorrow, and a
u '7ays disposed to sacrifice himself fc
l. rhe country. He got .i1tGo trouble O
Il election day in orse of the interic
Z towns, buI it was not Of serious M
IL ture,
% There Is a chance fUr rhe Union Den
y ocrats to develop desided strengt.
" though they viii not .be strong enooy
L. to influence a drifting convent5S
" They showed considerable vitality
= the municipal elesgtioJs. General Eu
v chic hernandez, the nominal head
Be- the parry; CarIUs Garcia and 9th,
= leaders were Insurgents, and are no
T. working with the Autonomists. The
l. of H8gana, and that was not a bs
i ofHavana. and thai was not a ba
= showing for them. They find encou
agGment in the support they receiT
l. for aggressive advocacy of close relt
l. tiCuswith the Unfyed States, but the
= have ,0nly one member of the conveI
l. tiGn. 'This is Eliseo Giberga, but SenC
l. GiDerga may be able to attach TO hin
l. self a group of conservative member
|" or ne may attach himself TO then
) This al depends upon the develnI
mETts of the next few weeks
Il is to be regretted that the Uniu
Democrats so far have shown so litt1
J. constructive capacity. They are yer
! strong in pointing out the destructive
! tendencies of the Republicans, and til
: absul'd compromises of the National
but they give themselves too much
j criticism of their opponents.