This man laughed when they told him they were not guilty, and never opened his lips to plead for them, or to ask that they be allowed to make their own statements.
When they had been adjudged guilty he offered a half-hearted plea for mercy.
They were so shockingly treated and so badly fed while in jail that they have come back mere shadows of their former selves, and weak, lame, and maimed.
The result of the Cuban election has at last been made known, but we find that the new president is not Capote after all, but Bartolome Maso.
The election should have taken place on the 2d of September, but owing to the absence of several delegates it did not occur until early in November.
Señor Mendez Capote presided over the meetings, and it was probably this which made people think that he had been elected president.
The election was very orderly. Maso was elected president by a large majority, and Capote vice-president. Maximo Gomez was made commander-in-chief of the Cuban forces.
The fact that the election had been accomplished in such a peaceful manner is considered a proof of the great strength of the revolution, and has made a good impression on the world generally.