New-York tribune., 1870-09-26
MEXICO
THE EXPECTED CHANGES IN THE CABINET
RETIREMENT OF TIE PRIME MINISTER
ROMERO HIS PROBABLE SUCCESSOR.
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| RETIREMENT OF TIE PRIME MINISTER
ROMERO HIS PROBABLE SUCCESSOR.
(FRoM our OWN CORRESPONDENT
| MEXICO, Sept. 1.-THE reports still continue
Of the retirement Of Prime Minister Don Sebastian
Ierdo de Telada who has had longer term OF Office
| than any other since the proclamation OF independ
ence His friends say that he is resolved TO separate
from the Cabinet and that he will leave for the United
States; but sure that up to the evening OF the
9TH inst he had not given TO President Juarcz any
intlmaon of his intention TO resign and up TO this date
ne retains his position in the Ministry Nevertheless we
have every reason TO believe that he is about to retire.
For long period he has boen opposed to Mr. Romero,
the Financial Minister, who has been supported by
President Juarez and now Mr.. Lerdo has come into
full rivalry with Juarez candidate for the next
Presidential election therefore his position In the Cabinet
is no longer enabe The present bad state the finances
is consequence OF the opposition made 10 Mr. Romero
by Mr. Lerdo during last eighteen months because,
nv his influence in Congress, all the reforms attempted
by the Finance Minister have been paralyzed, and
no measures have become law OF effective for
ING an equilibrium between the income and the ex-
penditure. L know that during the same period Mr.
erdo has opposed the ideas Of his colleague Cen Mea
the Minister War who in the early part OF last year.
had prepared project OF law To recruit tle teuelaI
army by an equitable system OF conscrpon But owing
TO the opposition of Mr. Lerd0 in the Cabinet he d not
even present his project to CongiSss ana Iano Hddi
measure was adopted for recruiting tho army, when
was SO ineffective that when soldiers were required
at the end OF last year TO combat the M VI
san Ius PotOsi aud Zacatecas they could only DC oD
tained by a very severe use OF the MI
able bnt have hadDpiOrJuueh
for perceving that his opposition 70 tne 5
forms in the important departments Of war ana nnahCo
has heen vastly preudcia 10 the country Also nc %
respOusble for the excessive ana unwlse ueay III P
fishing an amnesty for political Onenses ne it7
little inclination To fOnent inaCrIhl
,oeDts or proRress of any kind and an linpaItl eA
OF the situation lDFesstu ~ -.
@ itb flI conviction that Mr.. Lerdo was the YrosVs
obstacle 10 the reorganization anu an Se1 ,be army
conT1y since the fall Of the Empire IN iop' t,,ts
Vouh'' '..hayod nobly and defeated all attemPtS
80 resolution: but nevertheless trade,
az ,,ry and revenue have DeeneontlnaOusp uefIhlhb
chi
ar ceased 10 flow from the country, dlsuuSt iesaw
% a.. T,tture IA undininished, hundreds Oh SHOPS arc
I'sed thousands Of houses are empty p,
nunerous multitudes OF people Witnout @ ~ r., r
20 be revenue fallen nearly onetnIu oI W pr
t.t,,ns There Is universal poverty hni 'o
seonent dsconent ia the people, ana n chrome ponh
rsnIey i'm the Government; aud MI. l%fdO ndr .o'et
iSlIgg aHv canabty for remedving this SAD state pi
,;rs otherwise than bv killing the reyoiutlonists WhO
nave FOL lowed each other in o VeAdtioua SLc'cs7loh
There are rumOrs which have a semblancc OF lrOoh
biIity that Mr. Romero will leave the nnaucai depart
nent u order tO occupy the post or Prime Mlmhicr IN
,isne oI Mir Lerdo and that MI Yglesas the Minister
Of Jnstice and Public Instruction, Will also tih charge
cf fite fuances Mr. Romero Is man OF most eXtFt".-
dIaarv Industry with large, clear ana cultivated llt
lS,lco .iugl'arly modest ana unprctendlhg WIN IN
Aen esre for The prosperity of his country; and he
anItest- a faith in the general principles ~ S't ~
and "A d. sire for practical Vcnents pi ~ hihIs
which plare him advance or ne mass p pohurlih~
,ybn have hitherto ngdcd IN ihis lSPu', l4InS ~
ong residence n the United states he studied deeply me
Ise. oT your extraordinary prospri' ara ne hlr mo
,i,,bie ambition O3 guiding Mexico hi' 1U'l, 'h' ~
of material progress and development as Jhe ohy
means of m8iit inning it- iudcp' 'udeu q:
-f1, 4f AtItpacIu some 7lh il DihIS ' -'f'
uenists haVc appeared one OF tho, under the com
,.s..t ..,. .tifhr. -ttiIIi1'i f' town O LiA
i,r a, a ,,rk ,.f tha evening ~ tho 4tn inst Th'Y
liberated dt Jhc stucio ~ la t'OA ''c Poi'' '"''