The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-10-26


been enacted BY esss = but only
after seemingly isn1l1s cksyine and
q warning, sivsn 49, 10, akat he
would wait Just 10 ~ 90r the law
makers to demonstf4 tAeir willing
ness to- cope with a. problems he
had presented. But tA powder Cure,
one part financial SaAd - parts NOR
al. reform, finally M ecsptsd.
Throughout the tnoil aroused
through partial ana i5metimes twist
ed versions Of his Recommendations,
and despite more thsai 6ne anti-every.
thing-American cambtdsn, the Ameri-
can representative has not swerved
one hairs breadth ffofh the program
he laid out ,on his arrival. Backed
by the American governments con-
ception Of its duty toward Cuba, he
has taken as his motto q paragraph
from the Instructions given the Phil
ippine Commission ift 1900 by Presi-
dent Mckinley, which said:
"In all forms Of government and
administrative pfovtsi6ns they are
authorized to prescfihe, the commits
sion should bear in mind that the gov
ernment which they ate establishing
is designed, not for S6r satisfaction
nor for the expressio& Of our theo-
retical views, but fort the happiness,
peace and prosperity of the people of
the Philippine Islands, and the meas
ures adopted should be made to con-
form to their customs, their habits
and even their prej6dices to the full
est extent consistent with the ac-
complishment of the indispensable
requisites Of just and efacient govern
ment." ssR
The ideal back Of the zone man in
tervention" is the development by the
Cubans Themselves d the institution
al life of the republic. The practical
working out Of this ideal was we'll
demonstrated in General Crowder's
handling of the Zayas-G Gomez election
feud. The executive and legislative
branches of the government had fail
ed to settle Il and, p prevent re.
course to arms, both rivals agreed to
leave the matter to The courts. More
than 1,400 disputed election cases
were consolidated and the underlying
issue was placed before the supreme
court. Both candidates had accepted
the tribunal as absolutely unpreju-
diced and, when the decision fell in
favor of Alfredo Zayas, the verdict
was final as far as the United States
was concerned.
In an authoritative study of the
election solution, DR.. Rafael Montoro,
former secretary OF state, pointed out
that the recourse 70 the supreme
court in the presidential election was
triumph Of law ovsr revolution, and
that the courts action forestalling
foreign verdict, was an important
step forward in the development of
the institutional life of the republic.
In spite Of all Attempts from in
terested sources to eate despotic
Intervention out he Representative
of the president he Tbnited States,
limpartial obsery = qluba now de-
clare tha pdBiic ods = E S9lng the
last six. months = lie nay almost
completely to Ills fon&srx Chat he is
generally accepted at his own valua-
tion-that Of friendly adviser whose
counsels are based on unassailable
facts and whose efforts have been
directed to encourage the develop
ment of institutional government and
avoid further foreign intervention
and armed warfare at home.
This favorable attitude, formed
through the study of his accomplish
ments and without single official
statement from the emissary himself,
and in spite of wild fiurries Of ex-
citement caused by Intervention re-
ports, is expected to facilitate the So
luton of the few pressing problems