The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-01-09
LIBERALS IN cUBA BURN SUGAR
NJ, n PLANTATIONS.
- CONTROL ISLAND
Conservatives and Property Owners
Look to United States for Prop
er Proteotion-Rural Guards
Are Doing Their Best.

Frequent luCtuuldIN uIts on sugar
estates continue to annoy the Proyis-
ional government These are held to
be due to the natural inclination of
certain element Of the Cuban popula-
tion that for years has amused itself
In this Way. Il is asserted that no
particular attention should be- paid
to the widespread Indulgence there
I'm this season and the idea that pol
itics can have anything to do with
such acts of disorder is pronounced
absurd and unwarrantcd
Private information shows that pol
itics has very much to do with a CON
dition that can not be cured until
politics Is laid aside in dealing with
it. The negroes who are doing the
burning are Liberals. hoping for gov
crnment places and trying TO live of
the country by blackmaIl and pillage,
while they wait for the new elections
that will put their party in power
They are nearly ~ per cent Of that
party. and what they will demand un-
der the next Republic has been set
forth by General Estauoz and is now
echoed by Col Lucas Marrero, chief
of the Ethiopians in San Juan y Mar
tinez, who says:
1T is not possible that we the long
suffering sons of the colorod race be
longer the victims of the white Libcr,
ais who were inordinatcly ambitious
The victims" claim four senators
and fourteen congressman in the next
congress and at once a large share
Of the Offices in the several govern
ment departments
In the meantime the aspirants for
positions Of public trust and to whom
the trend of affairs shows they will
be given are continuing their outing
. or picnic as Mr.. Taft dubbed their
conception of the last revolution, by
setting fire to the cane of planters
who refuse to send or pay them a few
centcmes on demand. Complaints oi
shortage of labor come from every
central. and reports of an unusuai
number of vagrants from every vii
lage. Truth is, many members Of the
Constitutional army are "soldiery'.
still in old Cuban style, in bands oil a
half dozen or more, and refuse to re-
turn to work, when only the ambi
tions of few white Liberals, whom
they can dispose of, and G,ooo Ameri
can troops who are going away slaho
between them and what they are
supposcd to have fought for.
1t is undeniably true that the ne
gro element fully expects the couh
. try to be turned over to them Whel
the Americans depart, and that lhel
will Gsht whoever else may fall he'
TO the control. It is also true Una
the conservative classes see the pos
sibillty ahead and are preparing 10
them. They will never remain que
under negro domination.
There are a lot Of political compl
cations in the case, but these are IN
main facts when all have been AM"
yzed:
The Liberal party will prohaoI
split into two or three factions D'
that will not alter the indicated resul
No stable republic is regared poss
bic 5y serious men whose opinion
confdentiany indorsed by ever
American official by dint of III
hard effort he is making Gov. Masoo
may cause a party to form asa'n'
the Liberals to make the electlo
seem less a farce Promise OF ono
is a great organizing. force, but Il
opposluon will contain no truly re
rssentative or serious minded boo
of citizens. The conservative pole
is to leave It all to the Liberals al
the United States. The proper
owners look to the latter, whatey
happens.
Much of the disorder Is in San
Clara Province. From there ha
come tales OF uprising, Whlch we
merely the operations Of roamir
blaclmailing negroes. Political &C
ditlons are particularly bad in t
proyince and Gov. Magoon has h
an additional 300 American troope
sent there. 1t is not proposed TO u
the United States force to PIT do'
Cuban bandits or hot headed par
sans unless the rural guard oils
do it, At Guinness this week .lar
man shot and killed negro N ra'
er and Major Slocum immeC IL
promoted him instead of trying h
for murder, as the people want
done. Several of the bandits ba