The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-25
CUBANS FAR FROM SELF-GOVERNMENT So Thinks the Rev. Bob Jones
 of Montgomery HAVANA IS A CLEAN CITY The Evangelist Says the cubans Are Too Busy Getting Rich To Think
 About Religion-ls Fight
 ing Bryan.

Montgomery. January 24.-(Special.)-In the opinion of the Rev. Bob Jones, who is just back from Havana, the Cubans are a long way from self-government or the making of safe and sane citizens. There is a well developed feeling of unrest among the native Cubans," he said today, "and they seem very much dissatisfied with the present situations. I believe they are now and will be for some time in- capable of f-government.'
 MT. Jones is well known in Alabama as an evangelist, one of his most recent ef- forts being a revival at Montgomery out of which grew the movement for the pass age of local prohibition bill. He went to Havana at the invitation of the Rev M E. Lazenby, pastor of the only Amer ican Methodist church in the city, and the Americans in the day time and the Cubans at night. A number of conver- sions followed the work.
 MT. Jones says there is little interest in churches in Cuba, as most of the men there are after money. They devote more time to getting rich than getting or keep ing religion. However. the attendance at the services was good as rule, and the interest seemed to get better as the meetings proceeded. While he does not think prohibition will be a reality in Ha- vana for many years, MT. Jones took oc- casion to talk plain to the Americans there about their duty to influence the others for higher ideals in civic and re- ligious life.
 The Rev. M. D. Lazenby is member Of the Alabama Methodist conference and was sent to Cuba by the congregation at Evergreen. He graduated year ago at the Southern university. The Rev. MT. Jones says he is doing a fine work in Ha- vana where the church has a fine plant and good school, and is making its in fluence felt for good on the moral and in- tellectual life of the people. This is special work of Bishop Warren A. Cand- Ter, he having devoted several years of hard work to the development of the Cuban mission field.
 MT. Jones says Havana Is the cleanest city in the world. Its streets are models of neatness and sanitary condition He also believes that the country possesses such wonderful resources that any man who goes there and exercises good busi- ness ability and judgment, with fair gov ernmental conditions, must make money.
 Picture of Oates.
 A handsome life size oil painting of Gen. William Calvin Oates has been pre- sented to the state department of archives and history, and is now part of the col lection of Director Thomas M. Owen, who has a large number now in the list. Gen. eral Oates has had a distinguished career. He went to the war of secession as cap tain of Company G., Fifteenth Alabama, and was for merit soon made the colonel of the regiment. He lost his right arm at Richmond and was three other times wounded. He was @ congressman, gov ernor, member of two constitutional con- ventions, a brigadier general in the Span ish-American war and lately named to mark Confederate graves in northern cem- eteries.
 Franchise Taxes.
 State Tax Commissioners Mitchell. Jones and Powell are preparing blanks and forms for the assessment of franchises in the various counties. The work in the line did not get under way until late last 
 this. The valuations will be made in March.
 Fighting Bryan.
 Herman Ridder, editor of the New York Staats Zeitung, was here Friday in the in terest of a movement to prevent the nomi- nation of MT. Bryan for the presidency. He says the selection of the Nebraskan means the defeat of the party. If the people have forgiven" he says 'the free silver heresies, they will be slow to over look the fat that he came out for govern ment ownership of railroads
 In the opinion of the New York editor, the tariff question is the most important at this time that there must be revision of the tariff, and that can come only through the election of democratic ticket, not possible, he thinks, with MT. Bryan at the head of the ticket.
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