The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-14
GOV. MAGOON NOW
RULES OVER CUBA
Taft, Bacon and Funston Have
Finished Duties and Said
Farewell.
CROWD WATCHES LEAVING
WITHOUT DEMONSTRATION
Officials of Cuban Government
Do Not Seem Sorry at
Their Departure.

HAVANA, Oct. 13.-Secretary Of
War Taft and Assistant Secretary of
State Bacon, President Roosevelt S
peace commissioners, completed their
labors here today, and this afternoon
battlcship Louisiana. They were fol
lowed TO sea and acclaimed by many
Liberal and eXrevolutionary leaders,
but the former Government officials
showed no disposition to join in the
farewell, and no prominent Moderates
participated in the leavetaking. Two
Liberal Nationaists, Gov. Nunez and
Congressman Gown, were the only high
ly prominent numbers of the Govern
ment group who saw the party off.
Preceding the departure Of Messrs.
Taft and Bacon the Government was
taken over by Charles g. Magoon. He
issued proclamation declaring that he
had entered upon and would discharge
the functions of Government, as di-
rected by President Roosevelt by vir
tue of the Platt amendment.
Secretary Taft''s Governship of the
Island ceased at noon, and at 3 o clock
he and Mrs. Taft and Mr.. Bacon and
Mrs. Bacon stood in the Blue Room
of the palace, and for quarter of an
hour hade farewell TO such friends as
called and to those with whom they
had come in contact at the palace.
The former included the members Of
the city council and Alfred Zayas, tho
Liberal leader. Immediately there
after, the Secretaries were driven to
the Caballeria wharf, accompanied by
General J. Franklin Bell, Consul Gen
eral Steinhart, Captain Mccoy and
their Secretaries st that wharf they
met Mayor Cardenas, who on behalf
of the city Government presented to
Messrs. Taft and Bacon two immense
bouquets. The immense crowd at the
wharf doffed hats and the Secretaries
responded likewise, but there was no
cheering.
Brig. General Funston, who had pre-
ceded the others, had started for the
battleshlp Virginia in a launch, and a
few moments later Mr.. Taft handed the
ladies into a launch, and the party
started for the Louisiana, Governor
Magoon, Mr.. Steinhart, General Bell,
Captain of the Port Vero, Captain Nc
Coy and others accompanying them.
The crowd was interested but unde-
| monstrative. Within a few minutes
the party had boarded the Louisiana,
| the Virginia and the New Jersey were
slow IN getting under way. When they
left their anchorages, where they had
been familiar objects Aor three weeks,
the harbor appeared comparatively de-
serted.
The Louisiana passed out first, thun-
dering salute of twenty-one guns to
| the Cuban flag flying at her mainmast
with her white-clad crew manning the
rails and the band playing the Cuban
national hymn. The salute was re-
turned by the Cuban fortress. In the
wake of the flagship came the Virginia,
| carrying General Funston and then the
| New Jersey. Afterward came the army
transport Niagara and Seneca and a
fotilla of gaily decorated launches car
rying leading liberals and e1rebels,
flying Liberal banners.
The battleships were escorted to the
harbor mouth where the Aotilla whis~
| tied farewells, the warships responding
and Secretary Taft and his party wav-
ing their hands and handkerchiefs.
Among the Liberals were Jose Miguel
Gomez, Alfredo Hayas. Plno Guerra and
other prominent members of the party.
After bidding farewell to Messrs,
Taft and Bacon, Governor Magoon,
United States Minister Morgan and
| Consul General Steinhart drove in an
automobile to the sea front and
watched the batleships disappear to
the eastward.
Before leaving Havana Secretary
Taft issued a decree that army sup
plies and the personal effects of officers
and men of the army and navy and
marine corps and Of civil employees of
| the Provisional Government brought to
| Cuba from the United States should be
admitted free of duty,
|