The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-03
Numerous Parties Will Con-
tend for Supremacy at Polls
on November |.
CUBANS ARE POSSESSED
OF AVERSION FOR WORK
Presently Will Be Divided Into
Two Classcs-Beggars and
Office Seekers.

IINNANNA. Oct. 2.-W1ln inc dp-
proach OF tho elections OIL November /,
the second held by the Cuban govern
mcnt without American supervision,
there has been pcrccptibic q growing
hope that what remains OF the campaign
and the electoral struggle itself may bo
passed without serious disorcdrs. The
first Cuban legislature that OF 1904, at
which President Estrada Palma was
elected for second term. Was confessed
ly carried by fraud. This fact led di-
rec,ly 10 the rdSolution OF August. 1906,
the overthrow OF the Palma administra-
tion and the second American tnterren-
tion, which continued under the COVER
nor Gcncralship Of Charles Il. MaSoon
until General Gomez, who had been
elected president at an election held in
1905, under the direct supervision OF Col
orel CroW1cr and other Officers OF Ma
goonS cabinet was iuauguratcd ON jan
uary IS, 1908. That election WAS con
Quoted without hitch and without fraud
II now remains TO be seen whether the
administration of President Gomez is
competent to guarantee the people OF
Cuba unimpcachable elections That he
will make every effort 10 do so, there
is no doubt. but IT is questionable wheth-
or IL is possible 10 guard against tho re-
suits of the bitter factional animosities
that arc such a marked feature OF CUBA
in politics.
Makes Peace Possible.
One thing that seems 10 make Tor
peace. is the apparent determinatioh o.
the conservatives not TO attempt TO put
or,t their fun strength at q ye-clcctlon
at which only half the members OF the
lower house and municipal officers arc
chosen but TO make n determined ilEht
for victory at the presidential elections
To be held in 1912.
Most of the candidates for the various
offices have now been nominated, and IN
Havana alone there are no less tnah nxe
eral party (Zayaists). the Historic lid
craI party CMiguelistsl, the lndepenaen'
Liberal party (headcd by Gcncral Nu-
ncZD. tho Workiugmcn's party, and the
party or Young Cuba. There is also a
nossibiIitv OF tic resurrection OF the In
dependent Party of Color. the Iormatlon
of which was declared TO be Illegal under
a law passed last summer. which denied
recognition to all political parties organ
ICED along racial lines, Former sen
ator Bravo Corrcoso OF oricnte mas pcr,i
Color 10 bring an action in tho suprem"
court TO test the constitutionality Of this
law.
A report recently issued by General
Armando Rivas. chief of police OF Ha-
yana. shows a dcplorable condition III
the capital, So great has been the IN
crease OF idleness and mendicanSE s!ncc
,h., General RIvas declares that some
steps must be taken TO correct the evil
and to that end he has Invited n num-
Der OF prominent citizens 10 study con-
1jtions md suggest remedy.
General Rlvas says that he nnds an
Increasing and most alarming indlspo-
sition to perform any useful lapor. "nich
results largely from the prevailing pas
sion for office hunting. OTice-seekers
The general ssys. throng the entrances
~ nil governmental departments poster :
Ing the chiefs for appointments OF any
While the rush for offices is going on,
General Rivas says that there Is con
,'nrirr,en and for labor OF all kinds in
cItT IprNs and country. Worse than this the
general finds rapidly decreasing nun @
Der OF young Cubans employed IN ,aS, c,
torIcs and In the various trades. so llat
tbe Indications he says. are that ere
lons Cunans will be divided into Two
classes-beggars and officeholders.