New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-14
SPANISH AMERICAN TOPICS.

The electoral campaign IN Costa RIca will open
next February and VIII prove especially active, ac-
corGing To the forecast Of the local papers The
election itself OF President of the republic ana OF
the Deputies 10 Congress Will take place on Apri l.
| The legislative session must begin on the Is; or
MAY under the guarantee of constitutional rights
of which the present President deprived the late
Congress by his decree Of last September There
no less than ~, political piri''s %n'cn WI" ~
them already has Its canIil.t" without mentioning
the faction which II the .air-i moment may SiaI lar
up the canddacy u the present President Don Jose
Joaquin Rodriguez
Another Presidential election is also in progress
M th- southern ,nl of the Spanish american con-
tinent Next March General Obcs Herrera. Presi-
dent OF the Uuleudyan Republic, viii have reached
the md Of his constitutional term, and h" IS already
working hard o. prevent the election Of General
Tales who Wa b.. predecessor IN the Presidential
chair at Monte,ilco ana who would not easily con
sent TO allow Herrera to be- the power behind the
throne. The flyori- caniidat"s of The present al
ministration IN Uruguay are General Perez the Min
lister OF War. and Don lose Ellauri. who recently
succeeded in securing loan l,r m f'pupiic, IN
London. But it * reported that S,noi Eilaurl IL
LITTLE inclined 10 accept he support 81 Herrara's
administration ana TO run for the Presidency
In Nlcararua the foreigners residing In the
try have sent to the Chamber petition asking for
the abolition OF Article MI 81 the Constitution
which says "The foreigner beginning lawsuits for
unjust claims shall lo-" me rEhi ~ ir-iths IN the
country II thc suits are not amcaby settled
Tho Nicaragua Government and legislators
bound t. free their country from many libera laws
which have not been accord with IDEAS Of cyiliza-
ton now prevalent. After long debates law has
been voted allowing the free exercise of all kinds
Of worship. and forbilling the Government to in
tcrfere with the conscience OF the people. and 10
show any preference for ans religion The CON
stituont Assembly has aIsp inserted IN the fnnia-
mental charter a claus" guaranteeing the lnNloii-
biliiy of human life.
The latest book relative to the United States which
has appeared Ia South America is from the pen OF
Senior Domingo Pantoja. Suaniard nlturalized In
the Argentine Republic. The title Of the book Is
"'rhe United States AMI South America" with
subtitle "Thr Yankees Painted by Themselves"
This book Of Senior Pantoja IS "A rather fair picture.
indeed 81 American men ana customs. though
somewhat tinctureI with the political international
suspicious freely entertained by spanish Ameri-
cans toward the great Republic Of the North The
able and sometimes eloquent author OF the book has
spent some months lately In the United states and
he gives credit 20 the qualities OF It's Inhabitants,
ana Of its Institutions
Labor troubles have been near breaking out lately
in Bogota the capital Of the United States OF Co
lomba. 1t had been rumOred that the municipal au
thorties intended TO place octrol duty-something
like the one against which all Sician laborers
fighting now-uppn certain articles Of food. like
bread and chocolate. and that it was proposed TO
monopolze the "chcha." Fortunately those rumors
were pronounced basecss by the Government
and tranquility was not disturbed in the country
DR. Thomas Ndzgucz, a notable statesman OF Co
lombil, and the old and faithful supporter of the
Conservative party died recently IN the Santander
district He had filled many important judicial
Offices. and represented In the EoBota Senate the
Department cf Bocoya.
In every country where native Spanards live.
moral and Iecuniary support has been sent home
for the Spanish war against the Riiiians Even from
Guatemala che resilient Spaniards have forwarded
To General Alacas in command at Mclilla. cable
dispatch beginning with the words Forward. coun-
trymenn and containing the expression OF warm
pa riOtic sentiments.
While the latest Geographic dispatches report the
practical opening Of Warlike operations between
Nicaragua and Honduras, il may be interesting 10
note that the Honiurancan Government accentu-
atcd its peaceful disposition 50 late AZ on the 9Th
OF December 1896 At that date President Vasquez
sent by telegraph d Senior Alberto Membreno. the
Honduras representative at the Pedagogical Con-
gress Of Central America recently mentioned here.
the order 10 declare that Honduras would remain
on the defensive. despite the aggressive conduct Of
Nicaragua" and "io express to the Pedagogical
Congress the peaceful sentiments OF the Hohduran-
can Government.