Arizona republican., 1906-09-17

terized him. he leapa1 sas of eufcrcfsl obscurity into the Haraaz Rsiaee. cucp occupied by the gaT-iiEe5 ezutalus- general of Spain Az q As kad ben accustomed to the EeE sszzstion ln arl the decades of retiEeazezt hs urar about the complex tass aS zzunlur "a government with as zzrh auparraE confidence as he had sAaSn vzben Ess established a private asassunz g1- allas over his banishHasnt.
 Whatever may Be EAs Eeskncss ce Thomas Estrada H,alzs- shers lz uu lack of self-p possession ln k5s uake-uH- And along with this assiitE sz has skir at organization and ia1assrs. Thar hs has combined PeFzessai saodesIy anu unfailing politenesz Eith hsa uen-aG fitness for the office Azz Seer. no lolkE supplementary cause sE his s1ccess in avoiding trouble for sz t1aE
 Without underezsizaating his rrc-ths it goes without szF&E that canahlss leaders are none toe Eumeross fn Cuba Even man Of mosh<rzte talents uFas bound to take an important place Ca the councils of the ns= nation at tta time when Palma gained his foothola- As he himself once remarked Co an Ir- terviewer; There were so few stroue men that any one who stepped to tke front and assumed command of a Er1uEI of men was obliged 60 become at least a general quickly
 Yet his personality ts of unusual In- terest. Few if any. of his counrryrlea have passed through m-5re variesI aI- ventures. served their cause 60 con- tinuously and s1eadfasTly. or dispiayed the conservatism that has been his dss- tinguishing trait none has met ulth such success or won such popalarlty-E
 r1rsaaffIsarr~ rr. the province of Bayamo. Ehzzre his father was a rich land owner and -car-a tie raiser The boy had zR the 1dvau- tages money could give hirz- He stud jed under private teac@Sr at hoq-e and finally was sent Go SHzsa sz zufer the university at Seville TR-r- ha Ezs graduated in the law ans ss Has sl= intention To become barr tsszz in @-s- ba- That he was never Co =FHLeEe esiz ambition was due Co the sHF-ss of tse revolutionary fury. His retzsz Ss Eae Island was followed by the HlszsssssEs that preceded the long EEht foz if1--rsF- His father died. and it deves7a<ss z--'-- the young man Co manage ts.= -statr The war began The span Lsritz. hs,- sides confiscating his lands captured his mother and practically tortsas3 her to death
 They tortured her in an sSort =a c0tort from her information she aiI uas possess he said. in dezcFfbiHe Eis b-- reavement years afterwzra- and when they left her half dead IH the woods. where. after wandering fer days she was rescued too late to save her uf--
 Casting his lot with the revolution ists. giving them what ready money hs could raise and fighting with theul whenever the chance came. he quickly rose to leadership. was chosen ga deuufv and finally became president ot tae provisional government This zaVrr-- ment was a migratory estahl ishuleut. moving its headquarters as often as thr enemy made it necessary. but it aas recognized by the natives none the less. and Cuba Libre continued Co look uTrl Palma as it's chief with Gen AIaNlnso Gomez as his secretary of war
 While on a march with "a few troops Palma was captured by the Spaui-l captain. NOzO Niejo. Having spent a few days in Moro castle Havana Ef was sent to Spain where he spent IH months in various prisons hts last stop being in the fortress of E'iEuert-- tn the foothills of the Pyrenees- It was there that inc again proclaimed hIEl- self president of the republic Whru they set him free. in 1S1S- Lhe Ten Years war was over and Spain had frightened her grip on the island ta such an extent shat it was useless for hllll 10 return.
 Senor Palma is In the first Wear ef his second term as president. harIus been reelected by the conservative tl the spring of this year That che rad- ieals have grown strong enough co father even an embryonic resniur-,ll against his rule Is evidence tl1r hlF grip on the public favor or the Suuns nation is far less firm than torueri1- but if the cable dispatches are ta n- relied upon. there ssiu remains iu thr island a majority enthusiastically il his favor Among the influential men of that majority. it Is recalled are -at a few of .Schoolmaster Paima's no1s- boys who were trained iu the ceur- try school at Central valley and iatrr returned to the land of their fathers- all devoted to the interests of the kind ly teacher who played the part of fss- ter parent tO them during their al- sence from Cuba--New York Herald