The first election in the new Republic was carried with only a limited and somewhat perfunctory opposition to the candidacy of Estrada Palma.

Those terms are indicated in a statement submitted by Tomas Estrada y Palma to Richard Olney, then Secretary of State of the United States.

After the death of Marti, this was placed in charge of Tomas Estrada y Palma, who afterward became the first President of the new Republic.

Tomas Estrada y Palma was chosen as delegate plenipotentiary and general agent abroad, with headquarters in New York.

In the first national election, held December 31, 1901, this group, the military group, appeared as the National party, supporting Tomas Estrada y Palma as its candidate.

In the election of 1905, the former National party appeared as the Liberal party, supporting José Miguel Gomez, while its opponents appeared as the Moderate party, supporting Estrada Palma who, first elected on what he declared to be a non-partisan basis, had definitely affiliated himself with the so-called Moderates.

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