. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW. early in the month, under the leadership of Gen. Estenoz, threatened to com- plicate political matters, as both parties were bound to lose votes, the liberal party most of all, but the new party withdrew their presidential candidate, con- fining themselves to naming Representatives and Senators only. â . A feature of the cam- A Negro paigtt thus far was the for- Party mation early in September Formed. by the negroes of Cuba of a political association called the Agrupacion Independente de Color, under General Estenoz. In the begin- ning the new organization h
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW. early in the month, under the leadership of Gen. Estenoz, threatened to com- plicate political matters, as both parties were bound to lose votes, the liberal party most of all, but the new party withdrew their presidential candidate, con- fining themselves to naming Representatives and Senators only. â . A feature of the cam- A Negro paigtt thus far was the for- Party mation early in September Formed. by the negroes of Cuba of a political association called the Agrupacion Independente de Color, under General Estenoz. In the begin- ning the new organization had deter- mined to present a full ticket, from President down, to the country, but owing to thfe fact that the electoral law required a certain number of electors within a certain time, the candidate for President was withdrawn and the new organization will have candidates in the field for representatives and senators only, all negroes .and mulattoes. The party early in October joined the Na- tional Independents, which likewise have withdi^awii 'from the Presidential c'ontest, and which will support the Lib- ei-al candidate, General Gomez, during this campaign only. There are very few negfoes ill the Co'nservative party, while the ranks of the Liberals are filled with them. Hence the Conservatives believe the new negro party will draw many votes from the Liberals. In view of the attitude of the negroes, the liberals have selected many negro candidates. "Did the negroes possess a little more genius for Organization," says the Tele- graph, "the movement would be menac- ing, indeed, to Cuba, for they are un- doubtedly strong enough to command a' large share of public support. They Start out with one advantage over either of the older parties, and that is that the party has a clearly defined issue at the outset, namely, THE ; Appointments of candi- dates for senators and rep- resentatives are creating further divisions among the liberals. The independent l
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