Omaha daily bee., 1893-11-12
PLAN OF SENATOR MATEOS
Dias and His Cabinet Discussing a Proposed
Addition to Mexican Revenues.
INTEND TO TAX The CATHOLIC CHURCH
How IA Patriotic People Is Responding to
Its Nations Need-War Between tho
An,i,li H., I,i.hy al
the Buli Fighter

CITY OF MEXICO, Nov. 7.-TSpecial by Pan
American Press Association. IA PROPOSE
ton to tax the property OF the church is be-
ing seriously considered just now by the
leading legislators of Mexico. In a late
speech in the Mexican senate Don Juan A.
Mateos, the most eloquent debater of
the republic, was roundly applauded when
he expressed himself at length. on the
subject of making the church pay tribute
to the state, the same as any other bust
ness institution holding property and re-
c~civing and dispensing money is required
to do. There are 100 Catholic, churches
in the City Of Mexico alone, the re-
ceipts of which, according TO Senior Ma
teos, are about 81 COO, 600 in hard cash every
year. Why the clergy should be allowed to
accumulate this vast sum with no return to
the government the Mexican lawmakers
profess to be unable to explain, and it is
probable n clerical tax bill will be introduced
shortly b efore the Mexican congress. The
proposed bill would in all likelihood include
the holdings of American Protestant mis-
slops, and of course will engender much OPP
position from Catholics and Protestants
Death of an Aztec Prince
There is one less of the ancient stock Of
the MocteZumas on earth. There has Just
died in this city, still in his CHILDHOOD. the
thirteenth grandson, in SUCCESSION, of the
Emperor MoctcZuma and the fourteenth of
the famous Aztec warrior ruler, Cuitlahuac.
The deceased youth, whose name was Rob-
erto Luis Cuauhtemoc, was the son of Don
Luis Sierra Horcasitas and Donna Dolores
Abadlano dc Sierra, n direct descendant of
the old stock. The living representatives of
the Moctezumas make up a large and still
powerful contingent in Mexico. Is
Contrasting Patriotism.
A Texas paper in commenting on the
praiseworthy way in which Mexico is trying
To extricate itself from its burdening encum-
brances and the points of difference in a few
little matters OF pure patriotism between
the average Mexican and the average Ameri-
can, has the following to say:
The Mexican. people have contributed of
their, means, the Mexican officials of their
salaries, the Mexican local governments of
their resources To help pay the Interest ON tho
national debt The very prisoners have vol
UNFAIRLY tai en- uD collections for that purpose
Ito maintain the credit of u government that
Is furnishing them and which has doomed some
OF them to death, 10 they rich or poor, proud
deadly yolley the honor OF the Republica
Moxicana is dear to every Mexican heart,
tunity to bleed the federal treasury to pass
u~nimproyed. We elect congressman with the
they fail to do so we feel that they have proven
unworthy OF our confidence. We demand tho
s %oSsy In our Of purses anss nv Ne g sel,eps put q nsls T. ID
for snDventiops and for pensions. No matter
what the old gentleman's necessities may he,
our cry Is still, "Glye. give" and We would re,
gard as a ut candidate for the luuatlc asylun,
a man who declined u bounty ho did not need,
refused a salary he had not earned, or asked
that his pay be reduced that the public treas
ury might not be depleted. And us we act
toward the federal SD we act toward tha state,
county and municipal government. The state
must provide for AS. We logcoll for Jobs that
are simply sinecures, pockeI money for which
we have returned no Just equivalent. and are
not ashamed
supprsssing a National Privilege.
The officials of the Mexican capital are