The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-12-20

some of the same Journals with the
assassination OF the editor of an indecent
sheet who was stabbed to death in the
streets while under the protection of head
quarters. Now the wheel had turned and
they were being eXtollcd as ill-,,sctl patriots
who while pining for an opportunity to
shed their best hearts blood pro patria, were
gagged and muzzlc'l by an unfceling and
de- p'tic government. No wonder that the
iollow-chcstcd little licutcnants gave them
selves audacious airs, and even tried to
rival their more popular colleagues Of the
navy on the Rua Ouvidor and ut the Poly
tlcania. For the first time in MANY a wear
the army was being talked about.
This is the way, in few words, in which
the republican press of Brazil carturcd the
army, ami rrctticr piece of political man.
ageiileht has never been seen. The army of
itself could never have sustained success
lul revolt in favor "t ITS own candidate un-
supported by the people; but, OH the other
iiai'i' the press needed the army OH its side,
SO as t" reduce the opposition to the repub-
lie Ia mil" When the time came by
bringing forward Gcn. Fonscca, the army
was secured, while, hy giuing the for
eien relations To Bocayuva, and the cx-
cileuuer to H,y l'arboza. the more immc-
tiiatcly important portfolios are held by
,Irrs who represent, respectively,
4, ite,.. nal mothers milk" Republicans
sA se Liberals who wanted republic,
PROVIDED the empire could be peacefully
disposed Of do not mean to suggest that
Gen. F"nSeca was either dupc or u mere
figure head. lie is an excellent selection,
since the army was wanted. but it is as
much mistake to suppose him to be u
Simon bolivar, putting all on the east for
librrty's sweet sake. us it is to class him
with the Gutierrez of Peru or the Mclgare-
jis "f bolivia, seeking only their own ag-
gran'lizcmcnt through the medium of IL re-.
bclli"us and subsidized sol,lirry. The re-
public was bound to come, army or no
army, and the press, alone and unai,lc,l,
had made this Il possibility.
give the place of honor in this whole
l'rtzilian movement to Quintino Boca-
yuva, ami the more readily that he is not
going I" claim il tnr himself. \ republican
AMI II patriot of proven consistency. he has
ever refused iu hcarkcn to the blanliSll-
llient> of the imperial governments, which
have 5" often been fatal To the principles of
the leading republicans of Brazil. and has
passed his life i'll laying bare the wcnk-
n"ssrs of the monarchy and urging his
c"untryn,cn To lave done with it, 4
journalist 10y education and profession,
he is writer of II pure and incisive
style, as free from bomhast as from
timidity. lrrsi>tcntly refusing all en,an-
elements with either of the great con>titu-
ti"nal parties, he has equally set his face
against the sans runttism of the l'atrocinio
srli""l of republican agitntors while en-
dcav"ring To intl,Sc vigor into the too Fla-
tonic in,liilrren,iSm of the merely thcorct-
irai wing of the democratic movement.
Possessed of II" fortune. lm has suffered III
the last ten years several bitter diSappoint-
m"ntS. n"tahly in the failure of the (ilubo
which edited Will, extreme ability. and
in The collapse of some railroad projects to
which he gave much time and thought.