The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-05
CUBAN WAR
Of BALLOTS
IMPENDING
5 ERlOUS DISORDERS
FEARED IN NOVEMBER
ELECTIONS
QUESTION OF FAIR VOTE
AGlTAIES THE PEOPLE
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Many Allmasl'Iss and All
islanders are Natural Born
Office Seekers
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llft .lAth''N WV
Hlayana, Oct. 5--Wltl the approach
o. the elections, November /, tie
second held by Cuban government
without American supervision there
nas been perceptible growing ope
that what remains Of the campaign
and The electoral struggle ilielf may
bC passed without serious disorders
The first Cuban election. that )t
lgoi. nj w1ich President Estrada
Falma was elected ior second term
WAS cOntessedly carried by fraud,
which fact led directly 20 ihe reyolu-
tion OF August 1906 the overt roy
OF the Palma administration and tho
second American in;cwenton which
continucd under the governor neral.
ship Of Charles E Magoon until Gen.
lose Miguel Gomez, who he'd been
elected president at tie election hclu
IN 1905 under the direct supervision
cf Col. Crowdcr and other American
officers Of Governor MagOons cabinet
was inaugurated president Of TIE re-
stored republic, january ~, 1909
That election was conducted without
hitch aud without fraud
+ Fair Election Problematcal
II now remains to be seen whether
tie administration Of President 90
mez Ii competent TO guarantee the
people Of Cuba similarly unimpcath
able election. That Ac VIII make ev'
4 cry effort 10 10 50. there IS uo doubt
but It Is questionable Whether Il Is
possible to guard against the results
ier the bitter factlona aninoslties
/ that are such a marked feature or
/ Cuban politics.
Most Of the candidates for the VA.
lrious offices lave now been nominal
ed and in Havana alone there are
10 less t9an five parties III the field
They are the Liberal party lIaya.
lstsJ; the Historic Liberal party
4 (Miguelists), the independent Liberal
party (headed by Gen. Numczy, the
Workinsmfns party and the party
% Young Cuba
/ 4 report recently issued by Gen.
Armendo Riyas, chief OF police OF
Havana. shows doplorablc cond'-
Iuon OF anairs in the capital So
great has been the Increase OF Idle
ness and mendicaey since ,ac eatab.
ishment OF TIC national lottery toat
ten. RIgas declares that some stops
ii nst be taken to correct the evil, and
Ito that end he has invited number
OF prominent citizens TO form com
nittec TO study the conditions amt
suggest a remedy.
Office Seeking Is Cubans Mania
+ Cen Rsas- says that he finds an IN
creased and most alarming indispos-
iiion to perform any uselul labor,
which results largely from the pre-.
sailing passion Tor oilce.nuntins,
wrlci aneets Cubans OF all classes,
I 1uese ofiiee.seekers says throng tne
icntsances OF all governmental depart
ments, pestering the chiefs FOR ap'
ponimenls OF any kind
While this rush for Offices Is go
ing on Gen Riyas says that there -
constant unsB.isIicd demand for
lsltillcd workmen and for labor Of all
lhIds IN city and country. Worse
than this. the general finds q rapid.
Is decreasing number Of Young Gu
bans employed IN factories and IL
re various trades, so that the indica-
ltions, he says. are that ere long en-
bans will be divided into two classes
bcggars ard oiilceholdels.