The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-11-13

| lions have made peace. Gomez was
named for the presidency, with the
understanding that Zayas is TO have
the nomination next time.
The Conservatives, composed for
the most part of members of the old
Moderate party. the organization by
which the Palma administration was
primarily supported, selected as their
standard bearer NJ. Mario Menocal. a
man of good standing and consider
able ability, who made a record dur
ing the conflict with Spain which will
be of assistance to him at the polls
and who as a large property holder
has stake in the community which
commends him to the acceptance of
| the conservativeJy inclined. He has a
reputation for energy ard courage
and has given notice that if elected
to the presidency he will maintain
order and suppress any attempt 1T
| instruction with an iron hand, in
which case he will present a strong
contrast to his first and only prede-
cessor. His associate on the ticket is
Rafael Montoro, who enjoys the easy
popularity of somewhat shifty
demagogue.
Supporters of Menocal declare that
he is another Diaz and that if elected,
he would rule Cuba in much the same
manner as the famous president of
the MeXicans rules his prosperous ma
ton.
The municipal elections last August
showed that the country cared NOT for
the revolution of 1906 or at least
for the leaders of that revolution.
DR.. Zayas was the man who did the
brain work for The lnsurrection. Gen
eral Gomez came close to doing some
of the fighting. DR.. Zayaz, as he
likes to be called, even rather than
senator, gained everything from Sec.
rotary Taft when the latter settled the
Cuban problem by bringing on the
| intervention.
The necessity for a temporary fu-
sion of the followers of Zayas and
Gomez was shown in the August con-
test. Now that such an agreement
has been made, the Liberals will
probably succeed, although many Gu
bans are still anxious to express their
displeasure that the country was
turned over to the Liberals by Mr.
Taft, for that is practically what was
done.
Not that Mr.. Taft made mistakes
in 1906. In ten days he Strengthened
out a nasty tangle. The Liberals
would have burned the island, per-
haps, rat least they had everyone
scared. The late President Palma was
haps, or at least they had everyone
ton came in and the Liberals helped
Governor Magoon run things. The
Moderates, after ward the Conserva
lives, refused to see Governor Ma
COON or have anything to do with the
running OF the government. The gov
ernor tried to get them to come to the
palace, but they would not
The presidential and vice presiden
tial electors are distributed as fol
lows: Pinar del Rio, IA; Havana, 25;
Matanzas, IA; Santa Clara, 49, Cana
guey, 8; Oriente, %. Besides these
there will be a number of substitutes
from each province. There will b.
sixteen senatorial electors for each
province.
The representatives will be appor
toned as follows: Pinar del Rio, 10;
Havana, %; Matanzas, 10; Santa
Clara, IS; Camaguey, 5; Oriente, IS.
The Conservatives are offering odds
that General Menocal will carry the
provinces of Pinar del Rio Matanzas
and Camaguey.
The electoral vote OF these prov
lnces is not sufficient to elect Menocal
The Conservatives must also carry
Santiago. There the fire is hottest.
The fact that Menocal represents
the monied interests and the aristoc
racy had bad effect on his candi
dacy i'll the country districts. Gomez
the Liberal candidate, made the most
of Menocals connection with the
sugar trust, he being the manager Of
che Of its largest plantations in Cuba