The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-18
CUBANS RESUME
SELF-GOVERNMENT
Election for President, Vice President
and Congress Held Last
Saturday
ZAYAS THE LIBERAL IDOL.
United States Troops Will be With
drawn January %, on Pa
triot's Birthday.
VAS THE LIBERAL IDOL.

HAVANA, Nov Son Saturday
next elections will be held throughout
the island for president, vice presi
dent, senators and representatives in
the lower house of congress, to whom,
according to the present program, will
be committed the fate of the restored
Cuban republic on the termination Of
the government of intervention, jan
uary %, 1909.
The troops of the United States will
be withdrawn on that date, which is
three days in advance of that origin
ally set, in order that their departure
may mark the anniversary of the birth
of Jose Marti, the Cuban patriot.
Preparations for the elections are
now complete. All the election officers
have been appointed, the electoral
boards organized and the last ballots
distributed. The whole island is alb
sorbed in the outcome of the struggle.
The conservatives are headed by
General Mario Menocal and DR.. Rafael
Montoro, the presidential and vice
presidential candidates, respectively
while General Jose M. Gomez and his
former bitter rival in the party leader
ship, Alfredo Zayas, are the nomi-
nees of the liberal party, the Miguelis-
Ia and Zayista factions, finally unit
ing their parties in support of Gomez
on the understanding that he would
not be nominated for second term.
FAIR ELECTION ASSURED.
1t is assured beyond peradventure
that absolute fairness will character
ize the election, about which every
safeguard has been cast by the pro-
visional government. Both the politi-
cal leaders have given assurance that
they will accept Loyalty the result of
the popular verdict.
There is practically no difference in
the platform of the two parties, both
having as their chief planks the pre-
servation of the republic, equal rights
for all citizens, the encouragement of
agriculture and commerce and the
maintenance of friendly relations with
the United States.
The struggle is, frankly, for the pos
session of the government and the
control of public patronage.
General Gomez and General Memo
cal are veterans of the revolution and
each has a large following. DR.. Monto-
70 is the foremost orator in Cuba and
was nominated in the expectation OF
his being able to control the Spanish
vote, but he is unpopular with many
Cubans on account of his attitude dur
ing the revolution, when he held office
in the autonomous government in the
last days of the Spanish regime.
ZAYAS THE LIBERAL IDOL.
Senior Zayas is the idol of large
section of the liberals. He was the
leader of the last uprising against
President Tomas Estrada Palma, but
his followers are suspected of giving
only lukewarm support to the candi-
dacy of General Gomez, between whom
and Senior zayas there was an implac-
able feud until it was apparent that
the very existence of the liberal party
was dependent upon a compromise,
whereby Senior Zayas withdrew his
pretensions to the presidency.
The two factions, however, did not
actually fuse, but Zaya accepted no.
mination for the vice presidency and