Cuban Liberals Protest To Gomez.

New York Times 100 years ago today, May 7, 1913:
Congressmen Tell the President Conditions in Santa Clara Are "Insupportable."
FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES
Will Be Compelled to Retire from Public Life If Safety Measures Are Not Guaranteed.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
    HAVANA, May 6.— A commission of Liberal Congressmen called on President Gomez this morning with the purpose of exposing the "insupportable conditions" in Santa Clara Province. They told the President that the lives of Liberals there were not safe, and that if measures were not taken to guarantee them they would be compelled to retire from public life.
    The rural guards were especially accused. Instances were cited of actual assassination by them, and they were accused of other violations of the rights of citizens.
    Orestes Ferrara, former Speaker of the House, and its minority leader, announced his intention of resigning from Congress and of advising other Liberals to act similarly. His reasons were the same as those given by the Liberal Commission, and he gave them to the public in an Interview. Congressman Garcia of Santiago made a similar statement.
    President Gomez assured the Liberal commission that he would investigate the conditions alleged to exist in Santa Clara Province, and said that whatever was done would be on the advice of President-elect Menocal, whom he would consult about everything, as the incoming Administration was more vitally concerned than the present one.
    The President-elect, learning of Ferrara's intentions, sent for him and discussed conditions with him. He informed Ferrara that he did not sympathize with the rural guards meddling in politics, anyway, but that until he was President he could not take action. He assured the leader, however, that, once he had been inaugurated, he would guarantee that the guards would leave politics strictly alone.