New-York tribune., 1908-07-27
CUBA AWAITS ELECTION
Results of BaIIoting on Saturday
Mean Much TO Island.
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-. Monday Julv s0-Cuba's first step along
-.+b which is expected TO lead TO the re-estab-
,s-,,e-1 next winter of the republic, put IN aoey-
- IN August 1906 VIII be taken on August L
= hat date viii be held what has been called the
-. real election the island has ever had" For
-, -ss, Colonel s,rowder the American head
= ,be Department of state c7d Justice and MS
-ss+ant< Captain Kregec and Lieutenant more
: have been engaged in working out the generhi
- and an infinituae OF details 50 as 10 gIara as
a. as human intelligence cen. against the possl-
,r..v Of fraud on them has dovolved the whole
Mutation of the election. from the verifcation
H. lists # electors taken IN the census OF last
- the appointment and instruction of the nu-
.-o1,s fo,al boards IF revision the settlement o.
,,;ezs DISPUTES growing out OF the unfamiliarlty
= he Cvbaas with The provisions of the new cleo
~s1 law and the printing Of the balloss and tier
s,e+-fput!on down TO arrangements Tor watching
- mills AMI making the returns known al ne
"a, sest possible moment The ballots are OF we
t-,s,raltan t,Te with the party enhems ana CIR
- for making the voter's mark az the head OF
each column
5be rresoat election IS solely for municipal and
,,-incial officials but il is espe .iaiy important
s,,ause il VIII test the complex ele,toral machin-
s-v spd put TO the proof the ability of the Cubans
= hold fair square end absolutely orderly cleo
..,r and abide loyalty by the results That this
I'll be the case there is every ress III 70 expect
while il is inevitable that here and there there
bogld be partisan clashes at the polls, there does
not a2pear 10 be reason 70 fear any serious dis
tu-banoe-
The eigfty-two municipalities Of the island have
ten divided into about 100 voting districts, giving
70 each polling place average Of a little more
,hau 200 voters. In every municipality nominations
have been made by the Conservative and by either
OF both OF the rival factions OF the Liberals leo
-ssrecrfvelv by General jose Miguel Gomez and Dr
Alfredo Zayas, except in one two instances, In
which Governor Magoon has given special per-
mission 10 extend the time for nominating
:, Havana there are less than four candi-
zs-ee for Mayor in the eld-Julio de Cardenas, the
-rese1t incumbent. Conservative; GeneTa4 Julian
Pe-anoogrt. Zayista; Colonel orencio Nadarse
7-,s-,Alfs+a ard Juan P OFarril bolter from the
zavts-as running on al independent ticket Fres-
er Indications point 10 the very general success u
,he Conservatives as the result in many localities
~ The !rreeancilable teud between the Loeral 1ac-
-ions Il Mieuelistas and Zayistas.
= r7f-s- del Rio the nursery Of the last revolu-
-;r- The a5berears Of Zayas, who was the brains
of The revolution. co not number more than . per
cent Of the voting population The Miguelistas are
credited with 30 per cent leaving an overwhelming
maturity for the Conservatives. In the Province OF
TIs--s7a outside the capital the Zayistas su-
-ne h1- in the city Itself IL fs probable that the
r,ser,afives viii have little difficulty in re-elect-
tnr Mayor De Cardenas. Matanzas is beyond doubt
Conservative The sparsely populated province OF
Camsguey Tiu probably declare for the Liberals
and IN Oriente The great majority OF the Ayunta-
-nienfoe are Conservative
Owing 70 the influence OF local issues Il is doubt
tu whether an analysis Of the vote cast viii be OF
much value in attempting 10 make a forecast OF
the residential election % be held in December
The only two candidates in the field are Jose
Miguel Gomez and Alfredo Zayas between whom
there seems TO be the renlotest chance Of
reconciliation. Divided. ii seems impossible that
either should have chance Of victory in the face
Of e united Conservative opposition, and so clear
Is this that credence is being given 10
ruulor that Gomez despairing Of his own election
Is preparing 10 take vengeance on his rival by
carrying al his adherents into the Conservative
camp. In the mean time the Conservatives have
determined TO hold their Presidential nornnat-
ing convention until after the August election Il
is becoming and more probable that their
candidate viii be General Mario MenocaL Should
the Conservatives be victorious in December Cuba
viii present the spectacle OF the resumption of
power BY the political element that went down be-
fore the revolution OF August with Pine Guerra
military chief Of the revolution. generals
smo Of The regular army OF the republic