Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1901 — Elections In Latin Countries. [ARTICLE]

Elections In Latin Countries.

“The elections in Havana and among the Spapish-American people of cities of Central and South America differ a marked degree from those of the Anglo-Saxon nations, England ' and the United States.” This statement was made recently Hickey, formerly of the staff* if Major General Wood. 1 “In Havana, fir instance,” continued the colonoi “in a municipal election a half do tin candidates are placed before thtytieople. Each is supported by a p&Vonal, not a political, following, rtlrhe citizens do not split into two <d posing factions, as is the case in thgl [country. It is not a question oF—Arties so much as individuals witfciiAe Latin race. “This is one I chief reasons that the \l^ ,e Romance language are so uje kV>le- For example, after a pdj, Ant has been inaugurated anotlfl, lan may rise and draw to hims<| f an \cause of his strong it\h a formidable following gilnsurrection follows, with the jig thf that the government is ov t ke pV n -”—New York Tribune. L n h si