Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-05-05
HERMOSILLO LETTER.
Natter Social and Matters Political. HEI.MosILLg, SONORA.
 Aprfl g IS.p {

e qulte large and substantial e lfica Inn
 1t IS hardly expected to reach Its com 9 pletion before 10 or r. yea-s. Of tb
 mint will only say that 1t stands ol , the same old place Mint plaza) and Is Il D every respect ID spple-pie order. Tn
 scientific and mechanical part of tn } business Is performed entirely by for elgners, while the m-nial offices ar
 filled by nat ves. B far the best look Ing and most salient building is tn,
 railroad depot on the north end of tn,
 city, and ID front of which stands tn,
 Occidental Hotel, kept by MT. c. dt
 Beautford ln very credltable manner
 aud d number of booths selling oranges
 pastry, candy, cigars, etc. | was aulte
 astonlShed to find at my arrival about
 4O carriages awaiting the passengers and
 ready to take one To any part of the city
 at the small expense Of l215 cents. I
 found these carriages a great accommo- 1 datlon, Uot only on account fl the very
 small charges, but also because the drivers know everybody and drive vou
 safely and quickly to any place desired ! within the clty limits at the above men, | toned rate. My driver took me at my | request Co the Palace Hotel, universally ! acknowledged to be tbe best The hosf. | MT. tlOrentne OterO, receives his ems ! toners m very courteous mauuer, and the accom- modatlOns aud board are all that can be desired (m HemOsillol at | the rate of S2 per day. The court yard
 Of tnls hotel $ especially attractive n
 account Of the cooling stream flowing
 through Its middle and the beautiful
 shade and orange trees planted about the place, which latter eXhalt the gently | sweet aroma of its tender white bios
 sons.
 Yesterday morning I ascended the
 rocky cliffs immediately ad! iuIng the
 south side of the cIty and known for
 ag0S as the "CerrO de las campanas,7
 Mountains of the bells) because near
 the top there are some immeuss
 bOulders which give d far reaching
 metallic sound when smartly struck with
 hard stone. The many legends at
 tacLed to this mountain I sIaI reserve
 for d future time. The view from the
 top of these craggy peaks k exquisite
 At our very feet the city with its vary
 cOiOred buildings lu the business
 quarter, the dull gray and windowless
 adobe houses of the outskirts. the p.az.
 all m bloom, the Alamedt wirh it.
 ma! sstlc cottonwood trees from VI hich II
 has its name, here and thsrs the deep
 but brilliant green of the orange and
 hma trees in the different court wards.
 To the south the Pueblo de Ceres half hidden m beautiful foliage; to tue west
 the broad valley of the Sonora river
 with its immense wheat and alfalfa
 fields, tn splendid villa of MT. r.
 Monteverde surrounded Uy beautiful
 garden and orange grove, trees and blossoms every where, truly d wonderful panorama worthy of the brush Of Turner.
 l immediately concluded I would spend thIs Sunday Tn visiting the out skirts of the town and was much pleased to have durI8,g my walk the mpany uf one of Herl0siIlU's best ed heated men yhu occupies d high official position and 1 wua enlightened me upon many subjects l ilnI especially upon Uue which tu me 1 aud probably to many intelligent Der 1 son had heretofore peeL an unrayrleu l
 k n, blank page, Iny stlc subject. | namely tue psltIc- of MeKIc0 and thl 1 n'..l causes Dl Jl- tr-quvut revolutions | I.I- Is a mater upon V llcu 1 touch | gltG great hesitation for oJvIOEs Tea $ l 1 shall be as snort put explicit | as lssiJie 1 an positive that the gen | tlvnIau n question told me the sad l truth with hesitation and certain feel | ing of shame for the government of his | couJtry, but still be told me the truth.
 All the official papers lssued ID the | Sta-e of Sonora bear upon thelr face ID one shape or another the Inscription. l e Iue free and SOyerIgu State Of Sonora" Fms inscription is made by the ever Oc- curing arb trary and altogether uucon- stit Itional interference of the Federal g1vsrum -nt delusion, fils-hoOd and a laughing stock. Ils a pity lis true, us true tIs pity, but the fact remains tlay the General goverI ment is to be blamed for most of the blood shed, the pro perty destroyed, the fO tunes lost by Ind Istrious and wealthy men during the m .uy small and great revolutions which this beautiful but unhappy country has pissed through. When the State elec- tipls approached, the Federal govern ment sets up a candidate who Is suitable to the D wers that be in ti e Capitol for office of governor amt such other posi- tIIus as are considered of sufficient i'm pOrtance. If the opposition party sets up candidates with a strong fOll, wing, the Federal government, through Its em- plOyees, secret agents and underhand workers seeks to undermine all the In- nuence at the command of the opposi- ton or sta.e party, and when they find that extra pressure k Leeded to put their ticket through they stop at nothing Du force the election by all means in their power. Let us see for moment what facilities the Federal government has at their command to carry through the election If their favorites: First they manage to have such officers at the election tables as will blindiy obey the order from aDove and will m case of need record certain votes according to the rules Of the multiplication table while they treat others ln the very play fui manner of 'now you see It, now yoU don't" Then they have of course all the votes of the federal employees, their brothers, cousins, adhere R-, etc, and they have of course the vote of all the federal troops of which there Is always a great namber m the State about the tIme of election. tihere are at present abput I.2D0 federal troops m the Stat because the last Sunday ii April Is cleo tlon dayD But thIs is not the worst. When the opposition party shows mp very strong, and lt Is known that many Of the State officials are adherents of thr same, these officials are slyly ap- pr lached and gwen c. un ierstand that they had better either cone over or re- sign, seeing that if they refuse the for mer. the latter will be brought about anyhow" These transasti us are here publicly called "ameuaz ts' or threats, and no officials, from the lowest office sweeper Co the highest judge on the bench k secure in hIs position If he re- fuses to b. thus bulldose1 lexcuSe this slang.D Add to all this the physical fear inspired into a peaceful population by the very presence of large band of rutiian- lv soldiers with the best of arms, whose whole life, ID most cases, has been long series of crime and deprivation. But of that. more. presently. lt will thus be seen that in most cases the candidates to the principal ffices of the State Gov erument are elected by frau3, threats, and even by force If arms, al practiced by the Federal Government, winch. according to the Constitution of the Republic has not the least rlEht to interfere in the elections of any State. When Mr. Carlos Ortiz WIS elected Gov eruor in opposition to the Federal party, his majority was SO great that he latter, in spite of all the fraudulent proceed ings put in motion agunst hlm, could moi prevail. and Mir Ortiz took his seat in the gubernatorial chair. How, under the shadow of a preteXt, the Federal Government impesched bum. took him and his followers prisoners, forced him to abdicate, and was on the point of foullv numbering him, Is of too recent A date and too we'll known to need any mention here. There IS but one voice, wherever I have been, upon that gentle mans dnIngs while he was Governor: