The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-15
MACOON'S FIRST DAY
 AS GOVERNOR 0F CUBA
LOOKS FORWARD, HE SAYS, WITH CONFIDENCE TO 4 PEACE
 FIJI ADMINISTRATION.

Expresses Warmest Appreciation of the
 Work Accomplished by Messrs. Taft
 and Bacon in PacifcatiOn of the
 IsIand--Does Not Anticipate Further
 Sudden Changes or Any Sensational
 Incidents.
 Havana, Oct. 14.-Charles F. Ma goon's first day as governor of Cuba passed busily but quietly. The palace was singularly still compared with the eventful days of the past regime.
 Governor Magoon said to the Associ- ated Press that he was looking forward with confidence to a peaceful adminis- tration. He expressed the warmest ap- preciation of the work accomplished by Messrs. Taft and Bacon, both in the pacifcation of the island and in laying the foundation for smooth and suc- cessful system of provisional govern ment The governor sees no reason to anticipate further sudden changes in the situation or any especially sensa- tional incident; he Is rather of the opin- ion that now governmental matters will be of the commonplace order com pared to the exciting and rapid success sion of developments of the past two months.
 Governor Magoon has announced his decision to postpone the appointment of cabinet officers indefinitely. His inten- tion is to consider thoroughly the con ditions and needs of each department, md this can be better accomplished at the outset by having the subordinate heads report direct to himself. By this method the governor believes he will be better enabled to select the ministers best fitted for the respective posts Asked whether he was likely to permit partisan political expediency to influ- ence cabinet or other appointments, the governor replied that such considera- tions might rule to some extent, since it certainly would be impolitic to ap- point to high office men to whom con siderable portion of the people was op- posed. Efficiency and suitability, how ever, would be the main considerations.
 There will be kept strict accounting of the expenses incurred by the Ameri- can army of occupation as are charge able to Cuba These will include only such expenses as would not have been incurred but for the coming of the troops to the island.
 The last demonstration of welcome to returning ex-rebels took place here to- day on the arrival of Julian Betancourt, who was formerly Pino Guerras chief of staff.
 A crowd of 2,OO0 persons, chiefly ne- groes, met him at the Villa Nueva sta- tion and greeted him with roars of de- light. With three bands of music they paraded through several squares, around Central park and down the Prado, and finally left Betancourt at his home.
 The City of Washington, with the headquarters and first battalion of the Eleventh infantry on board, and the Admiral Schley with Company l. of the Signal corps, and the Seventeenth and Eighteenth batteries of mountain artil- lery, have arrived. The headquarters and third battalion of the Fifth infan- try have been transferred from Camp Columbia to Cardenas.
 General J. Franklin Bell intends to distribute a battalion of engineers throughout the island for the purpose of verifying, correcting and completing the large army map of Cuba begun dur ing the former intervention, but not completed except for the provinces ot Havana and Matanzas
 The twenty-five marines ordered tC the Isle of Pines by Secretary of Wal Taft proceeded thither to-day from Ba- tabano.