The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-31
DISCOUNTED NEGROES TURNED
DOWN By AMERICAN HOTEL
ARE pAcIFtEo.
ALL IS QUIET IN CUBA
"Strong Undercurrent OF Indignation"
Is Restrained by Personal Efforts Of
President Comez-8tacks Would
Control Country. Could Political Or.
ganization Be Effected.

Havana. Jan. 3e.~-Fears III n race
conflict. growing out OF the recent dis
orders resulting from the refusal uf the
management Of the principal hotel in
/ Havana to entertain negroes. have in
a great measure. abated. possibilities
of further trouble having practically
disappeared. For a few days the sit
uation was threatening and there was
a strong unlercurrent of Indignation
among negroes. which il was feared
might not be kept In check. That II
| not only was restrained but the diff
Guilty. Tor the present. WAS successfully
| smoothed over. Is mainly due to per
sonal efforts of President Gomez.
The president sent his secretary to
| confer with the management of the
hotel and summoned General Cabrera
and other negro leaders. He pointed
out that the intrusion of negroes where
their presence was not desired was
undignified. and merely served to rouse
the animosity of Americans. with
whom it was highly desirable that all
cubans remain on the most friendly
terms He also reminded the negro
leaders how much the prosperity OF
the city of Havana was dependent
upon the number of American tour
lists. whom any danger of social dis
orders would deter from coming.
Appeal to Patriotism.
The press appealed to all patriotic
Cuban negroes not to persist in en-
forcing their rights. at the cost of the |
rest of the community. The result |
was that the negro leaders engaged to
use their influence to prevent their |
followers from further interfering with |
the hotel. The affair has served to |
revive agitation. which always comes |
to the front at the least suggestion
Of racial troubles. In favor of organ
izins negro party to control the gov
ernment. Provision. the organ of the |
partido independents dc color Gnde-
pendent party of COLOR prints the |
newly constructed platform Of the
party. which contains these significant
provisions:
Black to Control?
THE independent party of color
shall be organized throughout the
whole republic. with ii national char
acter. to maintain its equilibrium to
all Cuban interests. The republic of
equality. sovereign and independent.
without race Determinations or social
antagonisms. shall get our support"
There can be no doubt. If the organ
ization of the negro race as Il political
party should ever be effected. it would
rule the republic. The Importance Of
the congressional elections In July
hardly can be oyerestimated. 1t il
not 80 much IA question of which party
shall return the greater number of
as whether the independent
republic. unstided by American super
vision, shah prove itself competent
conduct an absolutely fair and peace
full election.
President Goinsz's appointment al
Senator Manuel Sanguii.y As secretary
of state ends the long SUSPENSE re
garding that important office. Ii IL
significant that the president should
have gone out of the ranks of all po-
liticai parties to select Sanguiliy. who
ever has been an Independent of in
Americans are disposed tn
regard the presidents choice as un-
fortunate. i'm view of Sanguiiiy's
ayowed hostility to everything Amer
lean. The senator lived in Harlem in
the war Of the revolution md returned
to Cuba lnder tE.. frs, Intervention,
busying himself at once with protests
against the injustice of the United
States in affairs of Cuba. He il the
author of several unsuccessful bills to-
restrict the immigration of foreigners
and To prevent their acquisition Of
land in Cuba. In one of his impas-
stoned orations he denounced the in
fiux of American settlers and bewailed
the coming time when 'where now
We're cuba's virgin forests there would
he clearings. ringing with the laughter
Of golden-haire Anglo-Saxon chill
Ilren" J.
Anti American.
Senator Sangnilly is for Cuba for
the cubans." January as marked the
end Of the first years existence of
the new republic. ON the whole. the
republic has much To bc thankful for
The only instance of armed Resistance
To authority was the abortise little
uprising i'm February i'm Santa Clara
province With the magnificent sugar
crop now being harvested. Cuba tn
ters on her second gear of independ-
nnee with the happiest prospect Of
Il