Evening journal., 1910-10-11
DISTRESS In CUBA
DUE TO LOTTERY
People Spend All for Tickets
and Have None
for Rent
CRISIS IS COMING
In FALL ELECTIONS

HAVANA, Oct 1.-THE Cuban
Congress having adjourned, after a
season singularly poor in results, ac-
tive preparations are under way for
the political campaign preceding the
election TO be held In the first week
Of next November. It is realized that
in these elections the Cuban repub-
lie faces a crisis.
Half the Senate and half the House
of Representatives are to be chosen,
together with a number of merely To-
cal officials throughout island. The
situation is complicated by the great
number Of parties, with still others
In process Of formation. The result
of the elections is a matter of far
less importance than that order shall
be maintained not only during the
election, but during the campaign,
and that all necessity for recourse to
military force shall be avoided.
One OF the minor parties now
springing into existence. which may
acquire considerable force, is that Of
La Joven Cuba" or Young Cuba"
modelled, so its leaders say, on the
Young Turks" and the party Of
young Italy"
Platform Is Radical.
Its platform Is a radical one, com
prising such planks as the adoption
Of the parliamentary system of gov
eminent, the revocation Of the sale of
the property OF the Church to the ma
ton, which was contaminated under
the Magoon administration, complete
autonomy for all the provinces Of the
island, the abolition of the army, and
the creation OF a national rural guard
OF double the strength Of the existing
body, reclamation from Spain of the
100000 paid by Governor Magoon for
the Spanish artillery remaining in
Cuban fortresses, in accordance with
the terms of the protocol which pre-
ceded the treaty Of Paris; the reduc-
ton of all criminal penalties by one
half and the substitution of the cleo
trio chair for the "garrote."
Ban on Religions Orders.
Other planks In Its program are
the prohibition of the entrance into
the republic of any members Of re-
ligious orders, the suppression Of the
secret police. prohibition Of foreign
corporations from acquiring real es-
tate in Cuba, and the abolition of all
trusts, adoption OF the jury system
In criminal cases and reform u the
National Lottery so that all the money
taken in for tickets in excess of 3
per cent. shall be distributed in prizes.
Gen. Manuel F. Alfonso of the Army
of Liberation appears as the head OF
the new party and Is its prospective
candidate for the Presidency.
The estimated surplus from the Ma
tional Lottery falls very considerably
below the amount which the Govern
ment expected to get from this source,
not because the lottery is waning in
popularity, but simply because the
steady drain on the resources of the
poor for now nearly a year has de-
prived them of the means OF buying
more tickets. In vain has every eff
fort been made to stimulate the sale
of tickets, even to the extent OF sub
dividing them so that fractional parts
can be bought for rs cents, and null
tipiying the selling agents 80 that
even the beggars in the streets SO
around hawking tickets.
Narrowing stories are told by
! school teachers of children unable &c
20 to school for lack Of shoes and OF
others starving because every cent has
been spent in the lottery. A very
short time after the lottery was In
/ troduced there began significant
rise In the number of proceedings fol
ejectment for non-payment OF rent
and at present the number OF such
cases is many times in excess OF wha'
ut should be under normal condi-
lions.