Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-11
The Cuban Electorate, Its
Characteristics and Composition

,,sos e,eo years Of living
,ho cuban people comins In
touch with their daily life.
m.t idea can be had Of the
a,, Az Go Whist they are and
ibel prospects, are.
s,. lived Tor i've ycars anosas
,c,.r having lcft the island m
s,,e and having gained moan
working knowledge of their
believe I can describe them
hand as they really are.
ID, peithe, a prophet nor the son
,.,pnei but I am a. certain I'm
mind what the future ~ this
.,,5meut ct self government on
,,u s coins 10 be as ! am that
yssrs last past have been
r tbai beautiful ISLAND
inevitable llN of sequence from
q, eject obtains bore. as of
Guy vui obtain This experiment
nyzlc as bad Il not worse
shat n1- gone before
rA ,,pr. tho last election In 1908
.q uuirtly. that is for tho Gu
put Dot 10 be remembered IL IS
,,.n. tl Boz good. " a giant stands
,ou With club. not stuued' ana
Iufiuatcs that u rs FOR your
rb 90 walk in a certain direction
t.st straight. and secs that YOU do
,d b. b. 20 totally different thng
Yam to he left 90 wander at your
m sweet Vi'l.
oas Cine state Of things during
.., elections The Cubans know
VI ,so,.4rds OF American troops, the
~, .oidiers ian the world, self-con-
e or1erl, and self-rcspccting. Of
4e uo other men are ofhccrcd.
e9icbinr thcm They knew that
~, would spring like n tiger az the
.s ,f command and that they would
II Ht. ono man iu maintaining and
,rcfor the utmost order They knew
49,. maintain guns. carried on mule
r4 could penetrate every highway
tvooy and could be set up In half
-,r,tc ready for action. and could
,Ao h.lah forth $50 shots minute.
I'm knew also that every mountain
..Y ihi. island was known now TO
ofBrers. since this last occupation,
vi had There could be no taking 10
\. hoods again. AS under the Spanish
8. without being bounded At once
4 r irresistible foe So IL was quite
II pu1er thing 10 be good. and they
rsr because they had to be
CUBAN CHARACTERISTICS
IAN not writing in any spirit Of I'm
p+lr.ss toward the Cubaus. They have
,sot amusing and some engaging
,-fs [ am simply cndeavoring to
IA after am ample soiourn among
a.n what the real characteristics of
n Cuban electorate are. as I have OBJ
,s,ve8 them. So that Americans chanc-
~ 10 read this article may be able 10
n,n conclusion Of what their political
.ruocts are likely TO be If permanent
n.fft 20 themselves
tho FIRST place they are the most
Dsiablc people believe. on the
nrnl world 7 have Communicated
t4 globe have been to China, and
tsrs seen also the Japanese and other
mah.aul- of tn East Indies. have
htu over my own country from one
I'D 90 Che other tNo territories and
igs.s alone excepted, ana as FAR as
ny observation goes. thus somewhat
extended these people surpsss an 9th
trs thit ! have ever seen in nervous eN-
ctaoMy
They tear p passion in tatters, and
n6, anly t1ai but they tear ny the tat
fas tion-oltcs cling them down and
Zen dance nn them. they render the
Hws o1iusg sentiments or emotions
n sriezs of yocifefation and whirl-
winds uf gasticulation
) stranger before he has obtained
cough facility boo the language 10 un-
.fnnd what they are talking about.
b, simply dumbfoundcd lie does not
slof what 90 make OF IL.
Ar they AN crazy. or mas some ter
nbf cr unVontcd thing happened. he
wonders or ave they violently angry at
zach other
Nothing of the sort They are simply
exchanging the compliments Of the sea
SOP, Urarkng how pleasant the day is
ul2E or what "a heavy rain they had
yesterday. or now unlucky il was that
nt lttl incident happened "caram-
q was "iremcndo." or how fortu-
rie e Vas that other little incident
Ar-eno1 which was agreeable. Ave
'Nrla 70 was "magnihcc" "csplcn-
ddo 'dc'iccoso.' and so on, ad nau-
scam
AVALANCHE OF VERBIAGE.
Ths state of things obtains in ordi.