New-York tribune., 1890-05-26
~ DEFENcE OF TIE CUBtNS.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
sir: As Republican ! arm pa"'d 20 SCI" That Nr.
Ir9slus Of Icur-NlvaHa. lu ii- speech on th" Farm
hill delivered Nav 10. ny prr-enn. an auonFuou,
letter which hc incorporated into hi, remarks. gave
currency 20 mot uucall'd nr and ,nln-t attack
upon tac CIt1u born citizen. of kcy West IN D. they
are dc-cslcd "uruat4ial.cd fore -u labor, Icing
thc ,c.m of cuba morally and intellectually tlo 90.
fcrior - Chinese u % hari enough io -ce our boo.
du.iry which gives cmpl.ymcu' ard .nrp'rt - .nfuc
10000 people. impcru~l hy the mct,Ii" which Mr.
gro-us supports but h. j., sfin harder - be- DE subject
of such e-it.io., Misrepresentation.
Among the cuban immigrant, 10 hey vt were
many Of The vc,lthic.t. nohlc.t AID h.t atrcn, II
cuba: people who sacrificed wealth ant comfort for
patrollsu and Vho, falling iu au attempt - .hcrto
their own country. sought political frcenm tnder our
Aag and established on our shores al ndusty which
our American worAmcn have adopted and pronted
hy 20 far from hcnP "uunaturalilcd7 tier nr,l
4tcps have always been directed towTd attaining
American ctllcu.hp. and a. to their nfcriorty.T
would say That among the most progressive and eho
fm,lnc,s men of Key West are - bc fund men of
Cuban BIRTH who have WOrlcd Al The cisartAble. Tho
esteem In which they are held IS shown w The fact
that Al present tie two members Of the Legislature.
ono Justice 81 the Peace. the Assessor ofTaNc, and
tho County superintendent oi Public instruction are
Cuban-, elected by the people and one ~ he County
commissioner two of the city Commissioners aud
cInor Of the state and all II these haze been or
uro now employed In The cigar factories. Tho Cuban
workingmen. also far from being the dcgrdch Great
urc- whlcn SIR. Brosus rcpcscnts them o be-. arc
intelligent Industrious wcl organized and hsritabe
they have built theatre Of their own and uppOr by
thcir regular contributions school for poe children
fires pcctivo 81 color Wcll as several 1aiv ana
weekly papers edited in spanish They ar pcar"
nl orderly and patriotic class Il people NO com
Inunltv Of equal size iu the United state H. moro
orderly and controlled by fewer poIcc and doc not
merit such misrepresentation II hab bccnSulJccicd
10 upOn tho floor 0f Congress.
IN the past tho majority OF the Culn cirW-
workers have voted The EcpuhDchn uchct. believing
The Republican party their freud and rs pdcy their
safeguard. one can Only conjecture wlmt IJty theN
will hereafter support If q Republican a.iidcstrJys
the business by which they paln their ling. ana
Republican member, brand them as scum Ind IN
feAor TO Chinese" ~" may be strong cough {"
dispense with their votes especially they I've In
Democratic state but II the destruction Of lrir IN
dusirlcs conpcls them 10 cugtatc 10 NewiOrk on
Penn sylvania their votes there may dcicrbie tie
rc-dcncy. ut irrespective Of tlc qdcslionshcthrr
them long and know them well that Icannot
allow such Stigma t0 be- placed upon them without
raising NY voice in their behalf 10 dcnoutc the
slandcrous assertion uttered against uon an feel
that the Republican party sho1ld not De held them
resi- pOnsibic FOR the language uttered by Mr.. Brlus
Respectfully v0urs, f.. -. LOCl
Member Republican State Committee Of Fldda
Washington, ID. g., May "a, 1890