Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-28


signed. II is fact that 80 per cent OF
the public employees are Cubans Not
only In Cuba, but in Spain do Cubans
hold public Offices. For example, Ca
liNto Garcia, who was three times SEN
fenced TO death and pardoned. held tho
Office OF auditor Of tho Bank OF Cas-
TIA. His son a In the employ OF the
State In the Philippine Islands. Many
leaders OF the former rebellion have held.
and sull hold important posts In Cuba.
NC 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 gov
crnors and their secretaries. The Presi-
dent Of the High Court Of the state. the
attorneys the magistracy. the rectors,
and professors OF the university. the Of
ficials OF the customs revenue. the heads
OF other public Offices. the Adminis;ra-
tive Counsellor, the registers OF public
property and, I'm fact. from the CHIEF
political secretary down 20 the humblest
position, 1t may be said that nearly all
the posts are held by Cubans
In Madrid Cubans are employed in
the Tribunal or Accounts. I'm the Council
OF state. ana in the ministerial de-
partmcnts, TO say nothing of those who
have acted as ambassadors 10 the high
Powers, and as under-secretaries 10 the
ministers. / assure you that there are
over a thousand Cuban officers in tho
Spanish army. and that there are over
five hundred fighting IN Cuba for Spain,
ranking from generals down to sub
alterns OF all the regular forces
You will now see that these charges
that Cubans are not allowed 10 hold Office
carry their own denial. and the fact that
since the treaty Of Zanjon there are no
Cuban piace-sookers may be because all
the places arc filled with Cuhans."
ANOTHER OBJECTION ANSWERED
"But." said the correspondent. the
Cubars assert that even in the local,
popular posts. they are barred out through
the high degree Of qualification required. A"
This Is also inexact," said the General,
"Only the possession OF g. per annum Of
taxable property Is the requirement
Whore the Cubansrepresent wealth they
have the provincial offices. az IN Puerto
Principe, Santa Clara, and many towns
in the eastern department. Where, how
ever. they are not wealthy and could not
count IN with the majority, they are
retained in the minority. But even thus
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.
"Now, let rs see what these complaints
amount 10. Nothing but preteXt to
argue with some show Of justification
for treachery to the nation. The plainest
proof that these complaints are unjust
is I'm the fact that all the representative
of the Cuban political parties have placed
themselves on the side OF the govern
mcnt have formed a committee for the
national defence and that all are striving
equally With the same object in view,
Notwithstanding the different tendencies
Of their political platforms. conservative
and liberal alike. The committee IS &C
tually composed OF the most prominent
men Of the three parties, and they repre-
sent the culture. wealth. and production
Of the island. They not only protest
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