The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-09-28
the CUBA nIXUP.

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THE CUBA hIXUP.
All hope of peace between the Cuban
Government and Insurgents has been
abandoned and preparations are being
made for a large force Of Uncle Sans
Troops being landed there as the only
solution of the problem. The new re-
public is now practically about gorne up.
Preparations for American military
Intervention in Cuba are now in full
operation. The plans of the general
staff Of the army contemplate the con-
centration of between 20, 900 and 10000
troops, to be divided into four or five
expeditionary columns.
There is great activity in both the
army and the navy than at any time
since the war with Spain. Careful and
systematic arrangements are bein made
in every branch of the military service
for active work in the field. A form.
liable fleet of American warships al
ready is in Cuban waters, and the army
only awaits a signal from President
Roosevelt to move in force to Cuba.
Every branch of the War Depart
ment is on the jump. The horses adj
vertised for in Chicago are only part
of those to be purchased. Bids for
both horses and mules will be opened
in Philadelphia and East st. Louis.
The three great supply bureaus of
the departmental quartermaster's.
commissary and medical-are prepair-
ed to take care Of the army, and all of
them now are engaged in working out
the details Of an expedition. In adj
dition to the purchase Of horses and
mules medical and subsistence supplies
are beng bought in large quantities at
some of the Eastern ports, and antici-
patory arrangements for the railroad
transportation Of troops are being con-
cluded.
The general staff aside from deter.
mining the number and character OF
the troops to be employed in Cuba, ia
not idle. Maps Of a special kind al
ready have been printed, which cover
the latest Obtainable information Of the
topography of the island, and plans have
been worked out for the force after il
is landed in Cuba.
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Alfred Abrams Tavares HeralC
thinks it has discovered the milk in the
cocoanut and asserts that ex-governor
Jennings is the real power behind the
drainage movement and that he will bC
a candidate to succeed Gov. BrowarC
two years hence. Madison New Enter
prise.
Well, hardly sol We do not think i
possible under all circumstances tina
Nv. S j." could hope to be elected Il
a high office in Florida again, and may
be he would rather remain the ''Powe
Behind the Throne" Anyway, he is
shrewd political genius and you will no
often catch him throwing away hi
Rock Candy
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The unexpected happened in that Leg
islative- editorial junket from Fort Ny
ers to Lake Okeechobee. A resolution
in which endorsement Of the Ever
glades drainage scheme was cunningl
interviewer with thanks to the For
Myers Board Of Trade for the courtesie
extended TO the excursionists was adopt
ed, though not without protests iron
members of the party. How the excur
sionists were able to determine that tn
plan is feasible in the face of export
Of civil engineers that it is not, an
that, too. from a days jaunt through
small section Of the great watery vast
or z, OOO, 900, acres, It Is difficult to con
ceive. The drainage schemers will b
lucky indeed IL their action doesn't re
act upon them. - Times-Union ShoI
Talks.
Pass the drainage amendment an
you place in the hands Of Ave men tn
absolute power TO do a. they pleas
with the Internal Improvement land
and remember, they will be aeeountabl
to no one for thslr Ollacial actions. Ono
upon a time public officials cOasidere
: themselves the servants Of the pOOplc
now they ask The people 10 make Nv
Of them our ''bosses."