Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1901 — CUBAN ELECTION LAES [ARTICLE]

CUBAN ELECTION LAES

The Scheme for Choosing Provincial Governors. HOUSES ARE PROVIDED FOR, -ity of Havana WHI Be Entitled to Seventeen Members on First Apportionment —All Electoral Mat ten in Hands of a ComiuHelod. The project for an electoral law as drawn up by the committee appointed for the piirpose is published at Havana. It only deals with the election of Representatives, Provincial Governors, Councilors, Mayors, and Ayuntamientos. A law regarding the election of a President and a Senate is not outlined as yet. The report says that the election of Provincial Councilors is most urgent, as these Councilors, together with double their number of electors will together elect a Senate, and the Senate and House of Representatives together will decide regarding the legality of the election of a President. The project, in conformity with the constitution, recognizee the representation of minorities. The constitution says that the House of Representatives shall consist of one member for every 25,000 Inhabitants. This will give Havana 17 members, Santa Clara 14, Santiago 13, Matanzas 8,

Pinar del Rio 7, and Puerto Principe 4. The electors may vote for eleven members in Havana, nine in Santa Clara, eight in Santiago, five in Ma-taT-’p '■‘’me ’n Puerto Principe, and four In Pinar del Rio. Regarding Provu. la councilors, the constitution number in each province •hall not exceed twenty nor be less v _ me project gives Havana twenty, Santa Clara and Santiago seventeen each, Matanzas fifteen, Pinar del Rio twelve, and Puerto Principe eight The-electors can vote for thirteen Councilors in Havana, eleven each in Santa Clara and Santiago, ten In Matanzas, ‘eight in Pinar del Rio, and five in Puerto Principe. The commission has taken away all right of intervention on the part of the governmental authorities and puts all election matters in the hands of an electoral commission composed of members of the different political parties.