The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-28

have not left the island, in spite of the
present rebellion, and who remain on
the governments side. Now you see
what tyranny Spain has exercised in
Cuba
But insisted the correspondent.
the Cubans complain that they are
deprived of holding public Office"
This Is another VIGOROUSLY unjust
assertion" said Gen. Weyler 1.-THE
Cubans are left out, not through
SPANS tyranny with emphasis9. but
because they do not seek to hold Of
flee. During slavery times all the
wealthy people were not found among
the bourgeoiSie. But even from the
earliest times there is no denying the
fact that the Cubans have held the
offices of comptrollers and sub-comp-
trollers Of the revenue, like Pinillos
and Ramires, besides similar important
posts, since the treaty of San Juan was
signed. 1t Is a fact that 80 per cent
OF public employees are Cubans. Not
only in Cuba, but in Spain do Cubans
hold public Office. 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 employ 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
the last war some Of the most i'm
portant places in the administration
have been held by Cubans.
SPOILS OBJ OFFICE.
"The provincial governors and the
secretaries, the president Of the high
court of state, the attorneys, the
magistracy, the rectors and profess
sors Of the university, the officials of
the customs revenue and the heads Of
other public offices, the administrative
counSelors, the registers of property,
and, in fact, from the chief political
secretary down to the humblest posi-
ton it may be said that nearly all the
posts are held by Cubans.
I'm Madrid, Cubans are employed in
the tribunal of accounts, in the coun-
Gil Of state and in the ministerial de-
partments, to say nothing of those who
have acted as ambassadors to the high
powers, and as under secretaries to the
ministers. | assure you that there are
over a thousand Cuban officers in the
Spanish army and that there are over
5000 fighting in Cuba for Spain, rank
ing from general 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 San Juan there are no Cuban
place seekers may be because all the
places are IllleQ Will Tie OuUdihS.
But said the correspondent, the
Cubans assert that even in the local
popular posts they are barred out
through the high degree of qualification
required
''This is also inexact," said the gen
eral. "Only the possession of So per
annum Of taxable property is the re-
quirement Where the Cubans repre-
sent wealth. they have the provincial
offices, as in Puerto Principe, 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 with this,
most of the municipal positions were
in the hands of the Cubans and the
same was the case with the minor
positions and the state offices. 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, notWithstand-
ing the different tendencies Of their
political platforms, Conservative and
Liberal alike The committee is actual
| ly composed of the most prominent
men Of the three parties and they rep
resent the culture and wealth of the
island. They not only protest against
the insurgents, but against the COM
| plants they have formulated against
the government, whose tyranny they
know better than any one, does not
exist and never existed"
J The coming Christmas books, said to b.