The Washington times., 1905-12-04

character The only revenues vert
aeriYed from exports, imports, and
stamps Governors OF provinces. each
or which contained a custom house. held
back from the island treasury as much
OF the collections as they dared With
this graft they formed ''armies." and
every force OF 200 or more is an army
IN Santo Domingo. When a governor.
or combination OF them felt strong
enough Tor the effort they would head
or SantO Domingo over the Jungle
,I.a SraHs 70 overthrow the government.
ne So-called president had adyantaga
only IN the larger revenues of the capi-
lsu port, the larger collection from
stamps, and the possession OF two gum
ooats, one the old Gould yacht Atlanta.
@ho the other the remOdeied yacht
tCeerhound that picked up Captain
:>en,n:cs on Cherbourg after the sink
ing. OF the Alabama
NO one started a revolution without
hIst securing custom house, for no
army would fight without pay That
is why this has been a ouiet summed
Ia santo Domingo The natives have
and the Americana has been in ,svery
custom house all summer
Dominican Politics.
To understand Dominican politics II ia
only essential to recall that the two
really important districts, outside the
capitals immediate vicinity, are Montf
Christie province and the Cibao, which
las several ports, Saminar,. Sanchez.
and Puerto Plata being the most i'm
pOrtant- The Cibso lies betn cen the
capital and Monti Christie. and is rich
territory. Its head is HoraciG Vasquez,
a snrewd old merchant, cattle trader,
planter and politician, a sort OF Domini-
can Mark Hanna His revolutionary
efforts have been in the endeavor 10
secure strong, stable government He
and his people constitute the conserva-
tive and just now dominant party
MOEti Christie is a lean province. with
but one port When times are bad these
fellows take TO the trails. sweeping down
through the rich CibaO on their way TO
the capital President Jiminez came from
NIonu Christie and was overthrown by
the CibaO. Since that time the Jimistz
party has been generally insurgent Wos
: Gill. who succeeded Vasquez, the sue
cessOr OF JimineZ. was q sort of COM
promise candidate, but supported strong
y nN the C1b3o. But WOS Y GIL proved
more obnoxious tnan had 5imineZ- In
,frS-0i the HOracisJas and the Jiminist7S
united against WOs Gill. A Jiminista
general. Morales, who began checker
ed career as q Jesuit priest. intrigued
himself into the presidency NaSqueZ
accepted Morales on suspicion.
Morales was entangled with Jimin-
latter party fired on an American naval
launch When an American gunbOat
shelied the rebel camp in retaliation
Morales attacked the JinIinistas in the
rear. From that date he had the repu-
tatior Of being IN league with the United
States While that cOWed the JiminiS-
tss- IL stirred EasGuez. who IS always
fearSome for the islands independence
When Morales begged the United States
list spring, 10 take possession OF the
customs NaSqueZ Immediately threat
Cncd = revolution which would have
overturned the government
Al sn.tt time the treaty had just been
signed. but there had not been time TO
transmit it 20 the United States Senate
But the United States. under an old
award. had been induced by Morales 10
take possession of Puerta Plata and
SIonti Christie. To collect claim. Con-
SequantlN Nhan NasqueZ threatened
trouble Morales published the text OF
the treaty and pointed 70 the occupa-
tton Of two customs houses as evidence
that the arrangement was already IN
effect
Stirred Up Senate
This report and the text of the treaty
reached New York before the State De
partment had laid the treaty before the
Senate The publication satisfied Vas
quez. but it stirred up a hornets nest
In the Senate
Recent cables from Santo Domingo
show the Jim-nisJ as stiH turbulent, and
Vasquez far from satisfied His repre-