The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-22
CUBAS
NEW PRESIDENT
Welcomed With Shouts of Joy
and Long Live the Republic. "
OVERCOME WITH EMOTION
VETERAN FIGHTER TO RULE
PEARL OF ANTILLES.
NEW YORK, April 21.-Generai

NEW YORK, April 21.-General
~ Tomas Estrada Palma, president
elect of the Cuban republic. who
arrived on the steamer Admiral Farra-
gut from Old Point Comfort Va, was
greeted, says a Gibara. Cuba. dispatch
/ to the Tribune, with great enthusiasm.
/ Gibara's population of 5000 was aug
/ mented by as many more. who came
from all parts Of the island, from Ha-
vana to Santiago. to pay homage TO a
man they love. During the voyage the
weather was magnificent, and General
/ Palma's forebodings Of seasickness
/ we're not realized.
! When the steamer anchored in Gibara
/ harbOr a salute of twenty-One guns
/ greeted General Palma. His face bright
/ ened at the scene before him. How dif-
! ferent was his return to Cuba. He left
] in chains, and came back with his path
/ literally strewn with roses The harbor
/ was a Kaleidoscope Of color and ami
nation. From every craft flew the fiag
Of Cuba libre and the stars and stripes.
/ Old friends who had known General
/ Palma in the ten years war and had
shared with him the hardships and SUI
/ feTings of many campaigns, came on
( board and embraced him. Many were
/ in tears The vessel was soon crowded
I resenting different cities, who came
out in steamers and launches which
( we're decorated from stem 10 stern,
/ from the mast to the water line. After
/ n quarter of an hour of informal talk
I General Palma and his party were
/ taken ashore in a launch. II was when
/ he put his foot on the pier that the
pent-up enthusiasm of his companions
1 broke forth. There were rounds of
/ cheers BY the natives as they crowded
around their president-elect which
could have been heard clear across the
bay-
Cheer Their President.
Mayor Cespedes spoke a few words
/ Of welcome, and then proposed three
| cheers for the first president of the
Cuban republic They were given with
/ a viii.
With the village band playing the
/ Cuban hymn, a procession was formed
/ TO the principal street. whence the pres
/ ident-eleet and members of the COM
mittee were drawn in a carriage by a
score Of stalWart Cubans to the city
/ hall. Every place of vantage along
/ the route was filed. Men, women and
/ children crowded and pushed to en-
/ brace and shake Il hand of the vet
eran.
Arches had been built across every
street which led to the city hail. Not
I house in all Gibara was without dec
"a ton in some form. From every one
/ flew the flag OF Cuba, and from almost
as many were displayed the hag of the
/ United States. while the red and yellow
| COlOrs of Spain were conspicuous on
i the Spanish houses. The Spaniards
joined in the welcome. Garlands of
roses and palms figured prominently in
/ the decorations. A procession, headed
| by a detachment of the United States
| cavalry. commanded by Lieutenant
Hart, and made up Of local civic sOCie-
/ ties. school children and women, par
| tlcipated with the Palma party to the
/ city hall. and then lined up on each
side to allow his carriage to pass. Every
woman and girl was armed with small
/ bouquets, which they threw into the
/ carriage.
! General Palma sat with barred head,
I bowling in response to the cheers. He
was deeply affected by the demOnstra-
/ ton. The ceremonies at the city hall
! consisted of speechmaking by the
mayor, members Of the council. General
I Palma and Gonzeles de Quesada.
1 Mayor Cespedes spoke eloquently of
the gratitude that the Cuban peOT -
/ owed to General Palma. and the honor
| of being the first to receive the first
/ chief executive of Cuba libre His
countrymen. he said, trusted General
I Palma implicitly. and would aid him in
/ every way toward a successful admin
istration Of his office
Palma Overcome With Emotion.
General Palma, IN responding, spoke
with some difficulty, as he was almost
! overcome BY the reception given him.
! lie began by proposing cheers for Cuba
/ libre and for the United States. He
/ said the Cuban people should, with the
inauguration Of their independent gov
eminent. abandon politics and give
their attention to the betterment and
reconstruction of their country. It was
his ambition to bring the various ele-
ments together, so that they may all
work TO one end, being the upbuilding
Of Cuba. He promised to devote hence
forth all his time, knowledge and en-
ergy to bringing about this result He
/ vas frequently interrupted with cries
of "Viva Palma, Viva cuba libre-
The mayor then granted him the free
fdom OF the city.
Senior de Quesada. in his speech, said
/ the happy union that now exists be-
| tween the peoples was an omen Of
future peace and prosperity; that their
interests were so closely allied that il
was to be mutual in the personal re-
Lotions 50 apparent in the demonstra-
ton.
General Palma then held a public re-
Ception, and was overwhelmed with
congratulations and good wishes. The
procession reformed. and the party
was escorted to private house, where
the people insisted on again hearing
from their president who addressed
them from the balcony. 1t was wiSh
reluctance that they dispersed when
he withdrew for a few hours rest and
conference with friends. There was lit
tle of the former. however, for al day
there was a constant flow of visitors
to pay their respects IN person. The
exercises eliminated in the evening
with a banquet and ball at the Union
club.
General Palma viii resume his jour
Eey Monday evening. HOlguin win be
the next stopping place.
Plate Glass Window Broken.
A large plate glass window in Robin
/ sons shoe store on Main street was