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I venture to say that not a single native Cuban holds an office or receives public emolument.
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Sherman asserts that no native Cubans hold public office or receive government benefits.
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I would regard it as a public calamity to have the power of this House placed, directly or indirectly, under the control of this administration.
I wrote an adverse report, but it was suppressed in the committee.
It is not in my blood and these gentlemen cannot put it there.
This power in the hands of a few is at this moment the disturbing element in many of our great industries.
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