The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-05
GOMEZ N LEAD
FOR PRESIDENT
Stern Methods in Putting
Down Negro Uprising
Aids Reelection.

<Nu5. o. w IlH lAc eIlUlIlE
OF the revolution in the province OF
Orinte has come a vigorous renewal
OF interest In the presidential cam
palgn which was rudely interrupted
by the outbreak under General Evar-
lsto Estenoz M General Pedro Ivon-
ct no May Goth.
AT hat time the liberal party was
apparently hopelessly rent in warning
factions, President Gomez being ire
conclllably opposed to the candidacy
of Vice President Zayas and appar-
emily somewhat disposed to favor the
aspirations of General Ernesto AS
bert, the governor of Havana prov
ince.
General Eusebio Hernandez also
had aspirations but his following
appeared to be inconsiderable. DR..
zayas had the very substantial adj
vantage of having been nominated by
the national convention of the liberal
party. but his rivals denied the legal
ity of the convention and with the
open opposition of the administration
the prospects for their chiefs cleo
ton did not appear t1attering to the
Zayistas.
The chances OF the election of the
conservative candidate. General Juan
Maria Menocal appeared to he fairly
good. especially as it seemed clear
that General Gomez preferred to turn
over the administration to the OPPOSE
tlon rather than to he succeeded by
ZaNas. There was also taken into
consideration the possibility that Cen
eral Gomez in spite of his reiterated
assurances that he would never ac-
cept a denomination. might had it
been essential to the welfare of the
republic that he should retain the
reins of government.
President is Popular.
In this new phase of the campaign
General Gomez. if he may be consid-
cred a candidate. and the probability
that he will be daily increasing is the
only n of the presidential POSSIBLE
tiles who has gained n distinct adj
vintage. There can he no doubt that
the presidents prestige M popular
i'N have been greatly enhanced by the
stern and successful measures he took
10 stamp out the negro uprising.
1t has been openly charged that he
himself c%onspired with Estenoz to
start a small uprising in Orinte so
that the president might improve his
prospects of reelection by suppress
ing IT. and that later Estcnoz should
be rewarded with a sum Of money
sufficient for him to so abroad and
live in comfort.
The story appeared improbable and
was confessedly circulated by the
presidents mos bitter political enc
mics.
What is now said on good authority
to be the true story of the uprising
and which receives a measure of con-
flrmation l'y certain We'll known facts
is this: Estenoz had for years been
a menace To the peace of tho country:
he was arrested for conspiring against
the second government of interview
ton, n President Gomez was anxi-
ous to dispose of him. An ATTEMPT
was made to get him to leave the
country. but he refused to go. About
six months g Ivonet made a claim
on the government for back pay as an
officer of the Army of Liberation in
the Wal of Independence. 1t was
we'll known that all legitimate claims
had been satisfied before the close of
the Masoon administration, but as a
matter of policy it was considered ad-
visahle to placate Ivone1. and it was
arranged that he should receive s1o,-
600. Abou the same time Estenoz
presented a claim and is said to have
received $4,000.
Misuse Money Paid to Them.
In recognition of the presidents
good offices in facilitating the pay
nlent of these claims, the two colored
statesmen expressed a willingness to
so to Oriente and preach the doctrine
of reelection among the men of their
race. This they seem to have done
for a while until it occurred to them
that the money they had received and
which seemed a vast sum to them,
could be put to An exceedingly profit
able use by financing a revolution
Yhr G a. G I -,
be the repeal of the Morua law, for
bidding political organizations along
racial lines. They evidently believed
that they could scare the government
into compliance with this demand,
which would have given them an op-
portunitE of organizing a tremend-
ously powerful political machine.
The cry of "Nive la Reelection"
which the rebels raised in the first
few encounters with the troops and
which the presidents political enc
inies cited as proof that the uprising
was of his continuance. is now said
to have been shouted in a spirit of
derision and defiance. However that
may be. General Gomez, having ac-
tual knowledge of the undercapitaliz-
alton Of Estenoz and Ivonet threw
all his forces AGAINST the insurgents.
crushed them utterly and is now in a
position to bid for the votes of his
fellow citizens as the savior of the
republic.
Liberals Are Now United.
Despite countless conferences to
settle terms of fusion between the
Miguelista and Zayista factions. the
liberal party appears to be as far
from union AS ever and the president
as implacable as ver in his opposi-
ton to zayas. One of the c%uriousit-
les of the situation is the reappear-
ance in the political field of General
Pine Guerra. the military hero Of
the revolution of August, 1906, then
AS now. the firm ally Of DR.. Zayas.
h attitude of the conservatives in
the campaign is not we'll defined. It is
we'll known that General Menocal ac-
cepted the nomination with extreme
reluctance and his political manager
are not displaying ny activity. It
o seem probable hat they NAV
follow the line of policy openly adj
mltted during the campaign when
Jose Miguel Gomez was elected, when
it was decided that a conservative
victory Woul be dangerous to the
welfare of the country.
Apparently no party is disposed to
make a bid for the colored vote.
which might fairly be expected to be
hostile TO the administration on &C.
count Of the ruthless slaughter of
pacifc negroes by the troops. but APP
parently little animosity is felt, the
colored people generally taking the
view that the insurrection was not a
racial movement, but a movement for
political purposes by some misguided
m of the coJorad raoo