Evening star., 1896-11-27
do not seek to hold office. During slavery

do not seek to hold office. During slavery
times all the wealthy people were not found
among the bourgeoise. But even from the
earliest times there is no denying the fact
that Cubans have held the offices OF con-
trollers and subcontrollers of the revenue.
Ike Pinillcs ard Ramirez besides similar
important posts. since the treaty of Zanjon
was signed 1t Is a fact that 80 per cent OF
the pubic employees are CubanS. Not only
in Cuba, but in Spain do CubaDS hold pub
lie offices. For example. Calixto Garcia.
who was three times sentenced to death
and pardoned held the office of auditor of
the Bank of Castillo. His son is in the en-
ploy OF the state in the Philippine Islands.
Many leaders of the former rebellion have
held and still hold important posts in Cuba.
NO province in Spain has such large
proportion of state employees, and since the
last war some of the most important
places in the administration have been
held by Cubans- The provincial governors
and their secretaries. the president of the
high court of the state, the attorneys, the
magistracy. the rectorS and professors of
the university. the officials of the Gus
toms revenue. the heads of other public
offices. the administrative counsellor, the
registers of public property. and. in fact,
from the chief political secretary down to
the humblest position, 1t may be said that
nearly all the posts are held by Cubans.
In Madrid Cubans are employed in the
tribunal of accounts. in the council OF
state and in the ministerial departments,
to say nothing of those who have acted as
ambassadors to the high powers, and as
under-secretarie5 to the ministers. l as
sure you that there are over thousand
Cuban officers in the Spanish army end
that there are over 800 fighting i'll Cuba
for Spain, ranking from generals down TO
subalterns of all the regular forces
You will now see that these charges
that Cubans are not allowed to hold office
carry their own denial, and the fact that
since the treaty of Zanjon there are no
Cuban place-seekers may be because all
, the places are filed with Cubans.'
Another Objection Answered.
But" said the correspondent. ''the
Cubans assert that even in the local. popu-
4. lar posts. they are barred out through the
high degree of qualification required"
This is also inexact. said the general.
"Only the possession of s. per annum of
taxable property Is the requirement. Where
: the CubanS represent wealth. they have
the provincial offices. as in Puerto Prin-
cipe. Santa Clara and many towns In the
eastern department Where. however, they
. are not wealthy and could not count in
with the majority, they were retained in
the minority. But even thus. most of the
municipal positions were in the hands of
the Cubans. and the was the case
with the minor positions and the state
Offices
Now. let us see what these complaints
. amount II. Nothing but pretext to argue
with some show of Justification for treach-
cry to the nation. The plaIneSt proof that
these complaints are unjust is in the fact
, that all the representatives of the Cuban
political parties have placed themselves on
- the side of the government, have formed
committee for the national defense, and
that all are striving equally with the same
object in view, Notwithstanding ths diff
ferent tendencies of their political plat
forms. conservative and liberal alike. The
committee is actually composed of the most
prominent men of the three parties, and
they represent the culture, wealth and pro-
ductlon of the island. They not only pro-
test against the insurgents. but against The
complaints they have formulated against
the government. whose tyranny better
than any one, they know does not exist,
and never existed"