Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-11

bfusqueuess ana insult They treat
each other in just the same way You
are no exception. This Is their habit
OF mind. their characteristic. as nat
ural to them as the air they breathe
They will profess violent friendship
for each other and suddenly change
To- as violent animosity They under
stand each other so well that this
does not seem al all strange, only as
a matter Of course
MERCURIAL RACE.
have seen two Cubans quarrelinr
70 the point OF actual blows one day.
hinging al each other the direst male
dlctions The next day ! have seen
them walking arm in arm IN the
tfiendliest intercourse. The AFFAIR of
Yesterday has apparently passed out
Of their minds. They have forgotten
IT, or at all events some new motives
Of self interest have interviewed They
are distinctly volatile and unreliable.
Like their own cuban flea. YOU never
know where 60 find them next.
I have been giving some OF the pre-
NailinE characteristics OF the cuban
electorate as ! have observed them.
and now how large is it and 81 what
classes does % consist2 Right here
let mo say I have not been irving to
describe an the people, who live in
tho island Very FAR from that There
is large body of intelligent. indus
trious, laV-abidinE people. viz. the
Spaniards. or those Of immediate
Spanish extraction.
These are the shoUllccpers and their
clerks and assistants. mostly in tho
smaller towns, but also I'm the large
cities as well. They are also those
engaged In other productive occupa
lions. large part Of the productive
labor there being Spanish They do
not vote any more than Americans do
there. largely because they are unwill-
ing TO give up their native citizenship
Just as We Americans are. and further
because Of obstacles put in their WAY
OF becoming Cuban citizens Tn.
Cubans do not want any Sraniards e.
become naturalized, and go perchancc
take away any ~ their opportunities
for getting public office. The Span
iards attend strictly 10 their own BUSH
ness. and are many OF them prosper
Gus merchants, worthy OF respect.
forehanded and thrifty. forming q
class OF people from whom no trouble
comes, and they would be a credit TO
any community. They are therefore
~ no sense Part Of the cuban cleo
torate. The Cuban electorate con
sists at present Of over 300. 600 regis
tered voters. out Of this 500 600 votes
and over. cast in the last election, in
AfNes ANNAN AVNl ~Af'fllI~ were ln0SR OF
As vicious. LAZY. worthless and ignor-
ant negroes of pure African blood IN
such term can he used. or of mixed
blood. as anywhere cunlbcr and bur
den tho face OF this earth
In the province Of Oricnte. the
eastern province ~ the island where
/ have been living. so ner cent and
over are negroes ar those Of mixed
blood.
In other portions Of the island the
proportion Of native Cuban whites is
much larger. notably in the province
of Havana.
The so-callod white part Of the Cuban
voting population is largely tlnctured
with negro blood. however. which
makes IL as a whole distinctly inferior
to that part Of the community which b.
Spanish. You are never quite sure
whether you have the real thing or not
In my judgment In any event. the Gu
han al his best is distinctly inferior
10 his Spanish cousin.
II should be remembered however
that ] am writing OF the people as "a
mass which Of course Is the only way
TO judge them. with reference 10 their
political capacities and prospects.
SOME ARE REFINED.
There Is part. with reference 10 tho
whole electorate, a very small part. 10 Is
true but still a part. Of refined, cul-
tured and delightful Cuban people. par
ticularly In the larger cities Their
proportion. however. with reference 10
the whole is 80 small Boz voting strength
as 10 be practically pOweross TO have
much weight politically. The negro
vote clearly holds the balance Of power
They threatened Just before the last
election 20 run a distinctlVely negro
party Of their own, and they came very
near doing s0 No doubt they viii do
II ere long n the present government
under President Gomez doees not hand
over 20 them sufficiently large NUM-
her Of Offices.
There r. no educational qualification
whatever. and AN this ignorant mass
Of black stupidity. cupldity and vicious
ness. has the right 10 vote by the Cu-
ban law. and besides that there is mo-
line Of domarcaton between the negro
and the white whatever. as there is
with us and one can then form an
opinion OF what their future ls likely 10
be The negro rs not only as good ar
a white man there but he seems 10
think he rs much superior
n our experiment of universal negro
suffrage. with our American negro as
the factor. greatly superior as he tx Co
the cuban negro. and nurtured as he
had been Tot TWO IfNN ltHf MNNfI inc
olevatlug influence ~ Anglo Saxon su-
peryision. proved 90 be- but a satur-
MALTA ~ robbery misery and disiute-
grafton. threatening civilization itself
until out Of very self preservation, II
had 20 be practically abolished 10 can
be surmised what such a controlling
element ~ African suffrage is going 10
result I'm here There has got 10 be
elimination N some sort with some ar
ference made between the utterly lg-
norant al least. and those able to write
thelr own names or disaster utmost
viii follow.
History ls not going 10 make any
exception Dob ne processes from natural
causes a. natural effects even to suit
the convenience of the self-compa
and self-sat.shed cuban M my iudg-
ment there ls going 90 be but one In
evitahie ultimate end and what will
then happen every American well
Knows The Cubans mad solemn enough
warning from President Roosevelt in
his message of December 1905. where