Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-19
THE BRAZILIAN CONSTITUTION.
The States 20 be Represented I'm the Gem
eral Congress


oorted on the Brazilian coast by the Riaohuolo.
Senior Patrocinio has been imprisoned for
conspiring against the republic. The govern
ors named by the provisional government are
all military men. The province Of Bahia has
proclaimed for the republic.
The five articles of the government decree
are:
tirst-The republic is proclaimed.
Second-The provinces Of Brazil. united by
federation, compose the United States OF Bro
I'll
Third-Each state will form its own local
government
Fourth.-Each state will send representative
TO the congress which will convene shortly, aud
the final decision of which the provisional gov
eminent will await
Fifth-Meantime the governors of the states
VIII adopt means to maintain order and protect
the citizens rights.
The nations internal aud external relations
will be represented meanwhile by the proyis-
ional government
CENSORSHIP OF DISPATCHES.
Commercial dispatches are forwarded from
Brazil 20 foreign countries without scrutiny OF
delay. All dispatches, however, relating 10 the
political situation or giving any information IN
regard to the new government have TO be sub
united TO the censor.
The first news of the republic left Brazil in Q
few short cipher sentences inserted in COM
mercial dispatches. Nothing is vet allowed to
be sent out that does not meet with the ap-
prevail of the censor.
COFFEE.
The coffee market in London is strong. but
buyers are cautious. Futures have advanced
Is. Cd. since Friday. The continental markets
are higher and trmer, partly owing 20 the COW
ering of shorts.
Rrny lion, en-
London stock exchange yesterday. Ii is diff
cult TO effect transactions IN these securities.
Banks and private financiers holding Brazil
ian bonds have. largely refused 10 sell. This
action has prevented panic.
THE NEW RULERS or BRAZIL
The new men who have come 10 the front in
Brazil are practically unknown TO the outside
world, and the accounts that are given OF them
by various BrazIlians now in this country are
somewhat conflicting, being tinctured by midi
vidual views aud prejudices. Dr. Yalente, the
Brazilian minister TO this country, Is person.
ally acquainted with most of the members Of
the cabinet.
lie speaks in the highest terms Of Senior Fon-
SEGA. About a year ago, when there was trouble
between Paraguay and Bolivia, Gen de Fon-
SEGA was selected by his government to I'LL a
very important post. There danger that
the neutrality of Brazil might be violated by
Bolivia or Paraguay, each being "A neighbor of
Brazil and II was decided 10 send army
corps into the province of Matto-Grosso TO pre-
vent this and TO protect Brazilian interests.
Gen. de fonsccG was given command of this
corps and was at the same time made governor
of Matto-Grosso. twas an evidence of the con-
fidence felt in him by the government aud he
accepted the mission. He performed his du-
ties well and satisfactorily and remained at his
post until recalled by the cabinet which has
just been depoSed and which had decided that
the necessity for keeping an army corps in
Matt0-tirosso no longer existed.
The new minister of the interior. Aristides
Lobo, whose name in English would be Wolf, ia
hfty-hve or hfty-slN years old, and Is one OF the
oldest republican leaders. He is a lawyer Of
deep learning. and is a member of an excellent
family. Several years ago he a member Of
the chamber OF deputies. A brother of Minis
ter Lobo was a liberal senator OF advanced
ideas The new minister has long been a promi-
nent contributor TO the republican newspapers,
and with the utmost perseverance,. In season
and out, he has advocated the establishment OF
a republic to take the place of the monarchy.
He was one of the signers OF the famous repub-
publican manifesto issued in lS6S, aud has
never ceased 10 propagate republican ideas.
Equintine Bocayuva, the minister of foreign
affairs in the provisional cabinet, is a man
about fifty-two years OF age and the most active
leader Of the republicans by profession q
lawyer, Bocayuya is best known in Brazil as
one of the most brilliant of its writers for the
press. He is, according to DIR. yalente. as in
dependent as he is able and a man Of the most
peaceful inclinations. Il am sure" said the
minister, THAT no harm can come to anybody
through Bocayuva,"
Dr. Ruy BarboZa, the minister of finance, ID
the editor of DidriO de Notices, and has been an
advanced liberal He is considerably below
the average height and las thin as a tooth
pick" He, too, is q lawyer, and is known as an
able orator and writer, possessing unusual
learning. He has been a deputy and, one OF
the leading men of the emancipation party. he
contributed largely TO the solution of the prob
lem of wiping out slavery. DIR. Barboza was
offered place in the last cabinet, but declined
to take it because he favored more radical re-
forms than his colleagues would have accepted
He was, for example, an earnest advocate Of
the federation of the provinces.
Campos SALES, the minister Of justice, ID
another lawyer of undoubted talent, who has
made himself well known az a writer for repub-
lican papers. Like Bocayuya and BarbOZa,
he took a very prominent part In the nove-
ment for the emancipation of slaves, and Bra
Zllians acknowledge that this cause is greatly
indebted to him. Sallez is a young man yea,
but has already made his mark in Brazil
Perhaps the most surprising name on the
cabinet fist TO DIR. Nalente that of benjamin
Constant as minister of war. He was the last
person, DR.. Valente said, who would be thought
Of ut first blush as leader of u revolution. for
he was a very quiet unassuming man, with no
personal ambition. full of self-abnegation and
as gentle as a woman. Minister Constant is an
Ofhcer IN the engineer corps OF TIE BRAZILIAN
army, with the rank of colonel, and IL a pro-
fessor in the military academy, enjoying a wide
reputation a mathematician. Dr. Nalente
spoke of Constant as a man of brains and Dig
nifty and very honest. He is a man of family
and he has staked his ali on the result of the
revolution.
Admiral Fandenkock, the minister of marine,
who is about fifty years of age, does not appear
to have been prominent outside of the navy, In
which his whole active life has been spent. His
rank corresponds to that of a commodore in
the United States navy. He has held important
commissions from the Imperial government al
a naval officer. and he did excellent service in
the with Paraguay.
Demitrio Ribero. the minister of agricul-
ture, is not SO well known here, and has not
been prominent outside OF republican circles
in Brazil. member of the Brazilian legation
said today, however, that he would not have
been invited TO sit in the same cabinet with
BocayuTa if he had not been a man OF recog-
nized ability. The office TO which Ribero has
been assigned is one of the most important in
the cabinet and one of the most difficult TO fill
as IL should be filed The minister of agrlcul-
ture has supervision of the post offices, the
telegraph, all public works. the government
railroads, and colonization and immigration.
One of his most important tasks is the super
vision and care of all new settlements, or
colonies, as they are termed in Brazil. which
are hit to become permanent provinces, very
much as territories are treated in the United
States. All internal commerce is under the
supervision of the minister of agriculture.