The log cabin Democrat., 1909-10-01

 T1>>r3 O. E4AAcE 0T JAhC J0Lr1 c, into office under uncertain conditions which, during his term of occupancy, underwent no change toward better meht Two rival candidates for the presidency there were, one Gen. Le- gitime, the other Gen Hyppolite, and between them they made things warm for Solomon. The latter fancied, If one. may accept certain pronuncia- mentos, that he was president of Hay If for life. To further that ambition he swept the mailed fist this way and that. Meanwhile, Legitime and Hyp- polite were as active as hornets From this country went several expeditions to their aid, and they gave Washing ton so much annoyance that Secretary Bayard was at one time almost on the point of intervening and putting an end to Haytian disorders.
 Gen. Legitime eventually got to- gether enough recruits to make brave show In front of Por au Prince. Solomon held out as long IS his army would remain with him, and then. like Domingue and the others, he fled the country. Whereupon Legitime crowned himself president, hopeful of remain ing in position for life
 Meanwhile in the north of the coun- try, Gen. Hyppolite, disappointed be. cause he had not accomplished as much as Legitime, held on to his per sonal following and set about to keep up the disturbances. Legitime sur rounded himself, but there were defec. lions from his ranks and in spite of the iron heel, Hyppolite gained favor. When the rebel army was almost with in shouting distance of Port au Prince. Legitime decided that he had better be thinking of what his predecessors had done. It all ended on his depar- ture and Hyppolite's assumption of chief authority on the island A stern rule was Hyppolite's then ffor a period of seven years. He had all sorts of intrigue to deal with, but with an experience of half a century of similar intrigue to aid him, he managed somewhat better than the usual Haytian executive. Moreover ne ndd the troops Wltn nm.
 Characterised by his following as a mild-mannered old man Hyppolite was first-rate successor of Christophe. Domingue, Soulouque, Salnave. He was at the time of the Corpus Christi massacre a man of about 60 years. coal black in color
 Withal he managed to make pret- l tNI .J. eign governments found him consider. ably more tractable than his prede- cessors or for that matter his imme- dfate successor, MT. Simon Sam He was particularly pleasant to Ameri- cans, professed strong faith iu American institutions. and often re- marked that he wished it were possi- ble to give Hayti the same sort of freedom. The news of his death in 1896 was received in governmental circles at Washington with consider able regret
 T. simon Sam, who had been minis ter of war in Hyppolite's cabinet, then went into office. He, too, began to have troubles. He attempted to give his country a peaceful reign, and got along pretty well until his finances became tangled. There was a loss of over million dollars, and the scan dal grew and grew until in 1902, thanks to the energy of Nord Alexis. the government was forced to ac- knowledge the deficit. Sam fled the country.
 Nord Alexis brought into vogue again the strong arm method of dis | pensing punishment. The fact that he was an old man gave his enemies more hope than otherwise they would have had Indeed, ever since he has been sitting in the administration building they have been hatching plots to get rid of him Gen Simon's sue. cessful coup was never prepared on the instant It's foundation was laid before Nord Alexis had been govern. ing the island a halfdozen months. Rather more cautious than some ot the other Haytians of ambition, Gen. i Simon kept his ambitions under cover until he could be assured of sufficient disaffection and restlessness on the 1 part of the army to enable him to 1 strike
 | And that is the way things have always gone in the island between Porto Rico and Cuba The usual De- rod which schemer for the presi. dency can count upon is IS months. i A peaceable rule of greater length is not to be dreamed of. There are min isters of state and ministers of war especially the latter-to say nothing of exiled presidents and ministers of war. who must be given consideration. l Something would be radically wrong 1 in things Haytian if a revolution were not in process of fertilization at least once a month or thereabouts Here Is old Nord Alexis even presuming. l the moment he gets out of danger. oH l going back to the heart (. disturbance