Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-03

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wsr's o,.as az he time al
ready conn a.i, fIhssy cor.
cession W. la1a in is-n for the
building rY'"an Central trunk
-yst, &c. DO -crsi..s a., uiu -: ny
from & p'tai north to VI Pa-v,
Is. 10 the sea en-.
. - 10 cher side. In
"a .oiag b,seo subsidy ~.
''ssainns we're p,ass, 90 20 a. Nrxi-
~ NJ :. Railway, passing r,". =
the eastern eide " 10 plateau. ami
connecting sU.edO, Texas, with the
City Of Mexico, another IN the Inter.
national and Intcfoceanic Railway,
crossing the islhmu8 of rchuantepec,
a distance u one hundred and forty
miles, from ocean 10 ocean; and third
was obtained by General Grant, Tor the
Mexican Southern, from Pueblo to
Oaxnca. serving ~ a continuation Of
the Mexican Central along the middle
country 10 the south. The road next
Ia otdef siIh1idigoi crosses the country
from the hntbOr ut Acapulco, ON tho
Pacific, TO Vera Cruz, on the Atlantic,
through tho capital, aud l. known as
the Interoceanic. From Benson, Arb.
conn, tn Buaymas on the western SEA.
board, the sonora Railway gives easy
access 10 the Pacific coast on the north
west. " lille the Monterey a Gull Rail
way cov.rs the coast On the Atlantic
side. nom the northeast 10 Alvuvndo,
south Of Vera Cruz. In order 20 com.
plrie grand national system, OF net.
work of railways, crossing the country
az convenient distance from sea o. sea,
east and west, and with Hines running
parnllcl with and near tho coast on
either side, one In the middle Of the
country, ami one on each eide nj either
edge of the table land, u L. only necrs.
sary % complete the Hue along the
western edge " the plateau; ana that
IL the work now being done by hon.
JOHNNY. Young. Tho nov ro1d com.
muncss gt Dtmiug, New Mexico, aud
pa.sra along the western edge OF the
Mexican table land for xix hundred
miles, whom Il doscenis to the Pacific
Coast at Topolohampo Bay, thence
Tafnlieling the coast TO Guaymas.
Each Of these roads receives n con.
siderable suitably from the government;
hut, when the contract for building the
Mexican Northern Pacific Railway
was entered Into, the executive de-.
clared tina, no more railroads should
bo subsidized In the Republic.
The entire Mexican Midway eye
tenn was completed. There are
other railways leing built In Mexico,
but only those mentioned IN the fore
going account are subaidi1ej by the
government.
Another thing Of which Mcxicnus
ntcqultC ~ proud ne Of thcit railway
huilding, Il the heroic manner IN
which the government has met aud
overcome the Influence u the Cnth0.
lie Church. by "a number OF move.
menta covering the year. ffom 1885, to
1879, "a truly praisewOfthy evolution
was carried forward In the Repuhlic Ia
this respect under the inspiration In
great part of Benito Pablo Justc1, full
FLOODED Indian.
Al the commencement Of the move
mcut for independence under the pre-.
ent constitution, the Catholic church
was the established religion Of Mexico
a. Of spain; aud tho ecClr,iastlcal tfib'
unal. exercised the rlRht VI intorier.
rnce with the administration of JUS
tee. The landed property OF the
church amounted 10 about Onr'hhif Of
an the real estate IN Mexico, aud tho
county was fairly "enthmlled In iV,'
tiers aud Darkness"
Under the recognitlou Of the United
States. President Iuarvz wc- enabled,
In 1851, 90 carry into effect an Rcl
al'oli-hiug tho church tribunals, and
| conlscnting the land OF tho church "a
the service Of the State. But tie Int,
ter movement was not accomplished
without incurring the displeasute OI
England, spain and France, Whose
armies were nj once put la action l'
maintain the rights Of their citizens
Involved Ia her civil war, the ptOie.
Of the United States could not Induce
the withdrawal Of tho French troops
hut England and Spain received set
tlomvnt, aud called OIL their forces II
turned out that the tcparation Of tn,
wrongs Of his subjects, was only pre-
tex, under which Napoleon III wlshe,
10 establish In MoxicO hereditary
monnrchial government under Ro'
man Catholic emperor. Archduk,
Maxlmilian ~ Austria accepted thi
crown, but was defeated and shot II
1907, by the Republican party undo
Juarc2. With the exception u Sigh
interval dlss4nsiOns during tho ninl
yenrs succeeding the execution o
MAMMALIAN, the clyll authority ha
been supreme In Mexico, aud Cath
olIcIsm aud militancy alike have beeI
relegatod TO the background.
But along with the readiness d
heroic action, there runs In the Mex
| cau character n childlike simplicity
nni n pTOnenes- to resort TO eSpcdi-nis
not at all reassuring 10 the wcll.wlshe,
of the Ilcpuhlio. All thia, however
TO tho contrary Notwithstanding, on,
cannot but see that the institutions o
Mexico do not rest for stability on I
"papot" constitution; but the history
OF her struggles for Independence, au,
the heroic efforts 10 hold the stat,
Rpart from the church, show thol