The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-11


M E XIC o.
Seven Months Session Of the sinaloa Com
gress-Auempt to Pass AtrOcioms LAW
RivaIlins Peorage or slavery-Its Defeat.
MAzATLAN, Oct IL, 1905.
The honorable State Congress OF sinaola, as 1t is
called, concluded long pickering and 1.-THE people
cOnsider an absolutely useless session the 10th
instant They opened doors last April and have
kept them open SINCE with the exception OF n few
days intermssion when it was thought the public
were to be relieved OF their silly and unwise legsla
ton. During the seven months sitting they nave
passed thirty-two DEGREES not one OF which relates
to the utterly shattered financial condition Of the
State, its public schools or public improvements.
The time was chiefly frittered away in making war
on the Governor, hunting up traitors who served In
the Empire, personal qUarrels and drawing pay in
advance at the rate Of $500 month While the men,
bers have thus with characteristic integrity, feath.
cred their own nests, they have left other State
officials at the disposal Of bankrupt Treasury to
get half pay or no pay rs the case may be. The
people are very much exasperated with their repre-
sentatves, whom they believe to have shamefuy
outraged the trusts confided to them, and public
petition is TO be presented to the supreme govern
ment asking that sovereign body to dissolve the
Congress OF State on account Of It's ncapacity. call
for q new election and thus procure new legis-
lative body. Whether the general government has
the right to dissolve the representative power OF "a
free and sovereign State AZ Sinaoa is styled in
Official documents, would be question people
would consider doubtful; but there il axiom that
all things fair In politicsa rule which holds
good In Mexican politics particularly.
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would be O waste Of time and few points win be
sufficient. One Of their most atrocious attempts at
legislation what s known as the law OF servants
ey de serpientes), regulating the hire and wages OF
nlOzos na0zds (mae and female servants). One or
the provisions OF this would-be law provided that
any servants leaving master or mistress before the
time OF service expires can be followed up and per-
secuted until captured and when captured returned
to said master or mistress, after which they must
serve out their full term, and the costs incurred In
such capture to he deducted from their wages. Of
course q law OF this character would establish sys-
TEN OF domestic servitude having vler and more
infamous traits than even peOnage or slavery, for
while It would leave servants subject to insult
and abuses from their virtual owners leave them
bound with chains and shackles manufactured by
their so-caed republican legislators, there
would be nothing or that patrarchal spirit existing
between servant and master which was supposed In
some degree to mitigate the condition Of those sub
ject to peonage and to slavery. While the majority
OF Mexican leaders and lawmakers have the reputa
ton OF being capable OF trampng all laws and vio-
atng all moral principles for the attainment per-
sonal ambition, still the country Is not without Anew
hgh-souled and noblesplrlted citizens who revolt
against tyrannlcal and barbarous usurpations. I'm
fortunately such men are In w0ful minority. Yet
even the few do some good. As might be expected,
which we allude, one which robbed the lower
classes OF their rights, and they warred against IT
ae Le aa ing Sack Sa ns
to whom il principally due the credit officiating the
enactment Of SO infamous piece Of legislation ton
elected the second officer In the Seccetary's office OF
that body TO the first position simply because FL
Co,7'eo had increasingly demanded his expulsion on
late empire In an Official capacity This honorable
de SndoQ, the Ofical organ, because he took sides
with the Governor In the between the latter and
the Legislature The personal amnesty and vim
dictiveness thus exhibited by the legislative body
brought the wits into the field. Day after day
printed squibs were distributed about the CITY, bring
ing the Congress INTO disrepute, lamp00ninx Its leg
islaton and ridiculing its members About the
closing OF the session sort OF London Tomdhd,rk
scented In session, the members photographed as
asses with huge ears, but otherwise wearing the
sntss Sss nr nj nnsr the ass Who introduced il
into the honorable body, and other asses were ap
proprstely labelled. In one corner General
Corona Is made to ask the question pointing
towards the Legislature. do those animals belong
to the train Of the Fourth dlvisIons" and person
state Congress- Justice is represented as skeie-
ton, and two skeleton employees are reaching their
hands up towards the Treasurer Generals ONCE,
dead with hunger" The clerk-a heightened look
ing young genteman-sporting a fashionable mus
tache, replies, mo hay dffero para nader there's
no money for any one The editor Of La Regeaera-
cfon Is represented rs sitting IN his sanctum with
most woful countenance, and beneath him the
words, "Ua TeddcOr sOndndO en- d,tendes" ian edi-
tor dreaming OF ghosts). pawnsbop also figures,
upon which h labelled, "Cosd Eopeio. Aciso.-No
shop. Notice.-Nothing lent because your goods
become moth -eatenl These are some OF the salient
poinfs. This Aztecian 7omdhdns had its
Off
end to itself very hurricdly its closing scenes
were short II its session was long, The day previous
10 Its closing small little handbils were struck OH
by one OF the irate city editors, headed "Glad It'd
ings Sinaloians Atbricids, SooiOeses), with some
sharp hits NJ the members AT SIX O'Clock I'm the
evening Of the 10Th the military were drawn up in
line IN front Of the Government House; music made
the air lively and attracted attention 70 the scene
soon afterwar9 Major General Corona and Governor
Rubi appeared, and, walking Ia the middle OF the
street. repaired toward the crsa Or AVtntomiento
(City HAIL. followed by the members OF the Legsla-
ure other officials and some 200 800 OF the popu-
lace. The party passed through single file OF sol
diers on both SIDES OF the street said es extending
from the Government House 10 the City Hall, nearly
half mile IN distance. Arrived there, the President
Of the Legislature addressed valedctory TO the cx
ished its labors. The Governor thanked him
and said dronicayl swell done, good aud
a suppressed Amen on retiring the anthori.
ties walked back to the Government House, the sol
diers falling IN by companies and bringing up the
the ridicue OF the popuace. the seven months SEES
sion Of the Congress OF the state Of Sinal0a.
We Will add tiat this honorable body IL composed
OF nine members mostly young men, aged say from
twentyeight 10 thfrty-nye years two OF the number
running over into the scar and yellow leaf. One Is
lawyer, six are small country merchants and TWO
are rancheros. Only one OF the entire number mas
travelled outside the State, and the remainder,
so 10 speak, nave never been outside the districts
which they represent. In one respect they have the
great honor OF being like the immortal bard OF Avon
That is they know little Latin and less Greek; they
are as ignorant OF English If they had been
schooed In the interior ~ Africa and their spanish
has been sadly baslardzed.
The Press Of Northwestern Mcxtco-OnIy
Eleven Newspapers to Over Seven Hundred
Thousand Inhabitnnts-Novel Views Con.
corning the Herald and Its Correspondents.
MAzATLAN,. Oct. Is, 1868.