Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-14

peremptory orders by mail and by special
courier. and was laughed at for his pains.
The power of President Diaz was invoked.
and his special messenger came and was a
carefully entertained guest for several days
and departed with his face wreathed with
smiles, and 1t is said that he never stopped
smiling and patting his pocket book, even
when closeted with Diaz at the Castle Of
Chepultepec. Then the king received an in
glasses Of the two are said to have clinked
merrily in the halls of Macmillan above
the caves Of Montezuma. At all events the
trip of sns fng Of
to the minister of war bowling low before
the dear friend Of Diaz, and every one,
from =, railroad all porter to banker, being paid
they could learn what It looked like
There has been no change in the Mexican
laws. but today Shepherds greenbacks are
down the coast of the Gulf of California.
The governors Spanish would hardly get
him a professors chair in one Of our uni
versties, for II Is of the vigorous get-there
style that permits no unruiy noun verb or
rule of grammar to interfere, while the in
terjected American explosives are of a char
acter calculated to drive native to dis
traction or sting him into unwonted &C
tivity. He does not love the language well
enough to let it linger on his tongue. To
go through the mines is to get a new idea
OF his love of power, of systematic work
and his affection for big things.
For three miles up the canon and for
four miles down, from the Hacienda, the
sides Of the mountains are honeycombed
with mines, all brought under the control
of the one master hand. The governors
mind is ever busy with the condition of
affairs twenty years ahead and he cares
little for today or tomorrow This is one of
his chief mental chara cteristics, ever look
ing far ahead. OF course 1t brought him
into unendng difficulties in Washington,
but he laughed and said, kick, scold.
abuse, villify. my shoulders are broad, and
the day will come when you will say that
was right" That day has come in the east,
and he Is now given full credit for the
foresight and daring spirit that made our
capital the rival Of Paris in beauty. VIII
the day come when the same praise will be
given to his work and plans in Mexico?
Here are the facts, Judge for yourself.
Plans for Twenty Years to Come.
We had looked at the hundreds and thou
sands Of tons of ore piled up in the mines:
we were looking then at the ore in the mills
where men with rakes and pitchforks were
gathering masses of native silver out of the
ore and sending 1t direct to the melting
pots, when the Herald representative
asked: How much have you paid in divi-
dends, GOVERNOR" The answer was some
what startling: I've paid one dividend.
and was fool for doing it. When we go to
the Office 1 will tell you about 1t" and in
the office his plans for ten, yes, twenty
cally looked at him in wonder! Twenty
years ahead at his age! Yet except for the
whiteness of his hair there seems to be lit
tie change during the long years that had
passed since he left the states. His form is
erect and full OF vigor, his eye as keen, his
mouth firm, and ii requires close looking
to find new wrinkles in the smooth calm of
his powerful face Twenty years ahead by
a man who has lived three full lives. In
substance his argun ents were as follows:
~ hap ha nina
mill. great masses of native silver in plates
wires and threads tied together in the
white crystallized lime. You have seen the
shining black sulphurets of silver and the
rich gems of blood red ruby silver that Will
yield over 20 per cent pure metal, and
you have seen them in ton lots. You know
that we are taking out now over $3.50, 900
month, but for every ton Of this rich ore
that Is brought down the mountain, in mule
loads of 300 pounds each, there are tons and
tons of ore worth from 500 to $50 per ton
that is piled away in the mines. can't
afford to work 1t yet. When / came here
had roads to build. the trail to keep open,
bandits and regiments Of revolutionists to
fight, machinery to pack in on mems backs,
over to my side, and a class of natives to
deal with that would have converted Job
into a driveing idfot. I saw that the wood
supply for twenty miles around would be
Here was water power for a Kingdom.
have built the roads and the hard work
Of the Diaz tunnel and of your Roman
aqueduct Is done. This work has cost mil
lions and all the cash has ccme from these
mines. That is where the n oney has gone,
and that Is where 1t shall go and not into
dividends. How they howled and cried for
dividends! Let them howl! The great ma
chinery for the great mills to be run by
water power will come over the trail all
right before long. Then the low grade ores
can be dropped down by the train load and
then anyone can run these mines and pay
1txyi6a de Ia r ly or hundred n
come, without a skip or break, and the
great leaders eyes flashed as he looked at
the writer as much as to say: DO you chal-
lenge these facts?" Then a deep sigh and
the words, why can't they see it?" told
the story of how the battle had been fought
in his own breast, and how his unconquer-
able will had been tried The delight of his
life Is to construct, to build up, and he
cares little about reaping the results per-
sonally.
A Tribute to the Governor.
The governor has been and Is worth more
to the government of Mexico as a civilizer
than an army of school teachers and mis-
sionaries, for he has shown them the power
of the civilized mind and the benefits of
skill and science while the noble wife and
sweet daughter have won the love, respect
and admiration of all in the kingdom by
their kind hearted charity and genuine SYM
pathy Governor Shepherd has pounded in
to the dull inteliects around him some ap-
probation of what a true American Is. AS
a business man capable of organization on
gigantic scales, of ever keeping personally
acquainted with all matters most mfnutely,
of allowing no obstacles to stand long In
the way, of uniting terrifying firmness to
so hand In hand with princely kindness
and open-heartedness, of planning far
anead, and of being business and meaning
business from head to foot, he has given
them a practical example that Is WORKING
like leaven, slowly but surely. AS a famlly
man he has taught them how Americans
look upon women and what the words or a
kind and indulgent father and loving nus
band mean. AS an educated man, Dy MS
school work and by his life, he has taugn'
| them that power may be acquired by using
books His people must become more civ
ilized, and he will see to 1t that they do II
| he has to pound 1t into them with club
| Nor is his influence confined to his own LIT,
| tie kingdom, but has gone to all portions OIL
the land. Bankers find their way across
owners from England, Germany and Ameri
ca come to study his methods of mining or
ganization and work, and the president
| counsels with him on affairs of state fol
the great northwestern part Of his storm
| tossed republic His work has made life
and property safer, and his pioneering has
made the road easier for the crowds thai
will ever follow. The days glide by as ir
| a dream and the last good-byes are said
There was sorrow on all faces, and husky
voices murmured "Adios," the sweet "GoG
be with you" farewell of the Spaniard, and
at O'Clock in the morning the mules turn