BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-02-14
h Defense VI AadanZo CilhOn,
San Juan, February lash, 1902.


Editor BoLETIN MERCANTIL:
Kindly allow me sufficient space to refute
the charges made by the namby- -pamby
editor of the San Juan "Esnu" against the
Honorable Matienzo Cintron and his teach
ings Of spiritualism. Be it understood at
the beginning Of my retutation, which will
be but short one, that / am not spiritualist
or believer in spiritualism as expounded
by fanatics and visionary mediums. On the
contrary / am q base ball player.
The editorial lit was intended as sucb)
impledly states that Mr. Matienzo Cintron
and coterie Of his friends are directly req
ponsible for the mistaken ideas which pre-
vail among the lower classes as to the utter
ior purposes Of the United States Govern
ment in regard to the island Of Porto Rico
and the inhabitants thereof: This implica.
ton carries with it the idea, through asso-
citation, that the teachings Of these men are
subversive to public order. As the name OF
Mr. Matienzo alone is mentioned in cold
type it must naturally be inferred that he
stands accused Of attempting to incite q
class OF his weaker minded, less Intelligent
fellow countrymen to action which would
bring upon them the just wrath OF the state.
Such an imputation in so far as Mr. Matien-
20 is concerned is unwarranted and unjustif
liable in an extreme degree, and the idea
,cas no doubt engendered in the moss groWn
cobwebby brain cells Of the writer through
personal dislike of that gentleman.
As to the loyalty Of Mr. Matienzo Cintron
| first to the Island Of Porto Rico, his native
land, and secondly to the Government q
the United States, there is no doubt. Far
thermore it cannot be said that one word
of any of Mr. Matienzo's discourses has. evel
tended to misguide or deceive the people
who have attended his lectures as to the
trus mission OF the United States in Porto
Rico. Had the writer Of such nefarious
stuff as the article in question been gifted
with sufficient knowledge of Spanish to have
understood even the tenor of the remarks
made by Mr. Matienzo in his address las
evening be might have enjoyed the pleasure
of an evening such as is not often given Y
either Americans or Porto Ricans. Th'
words OF Mr. Matienzo on this occasion wers
revelation OF the true state of his feeling
towards his native state and the powers tina
be. He did Eot, as the driveling article
in the News might cause one to belev'
he does on all occasions when addressing
the public, utter one sentence which coult
be constructed, by any amount Of circum.
iocution, into an attempt to impose upor
the audience who had assembled to hea
him. His remarks we're, clear and lucid
and tended to enlighten rather than clout
the horizon of public opinion upon thu
questions OF the day, which are OF so vita
importance to every Porto Rcan.
Such beliefs as the News indicates Of
being the offsprings of the teachings o.
men of the stamina and erudition OF MI
Cintron are nothing more or less than the
creatures which are evolved from lying
deceptive articles such as that which IL
being discussed, the whole import of which
is to deIude the public into the belief that
these men are imposters who are preying
upon the public miad for some diabolical
purpose. Aud there is serious question
at hand to day pending solution which
| is quite likely to give Porto Ricans the
very idea that the motives OF the Amer.
can Government are hiddenT This ques-
Itlol is the employment Of foreigners II
public offices, the right to do sehich il
being vsliantly maintained by every Amer
lean member Of the Executive Council
LITTLE WILLIE.