The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-01-02
BRAZILIAN TROUBLE

The Cause 9 the Rebellioninzour
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AA95.lG'ASE OF Jealousy ANDRIYALRY,
The Peoplc GenernliyyYith Ii Insurr-
gents, Though Ii eLeadcr, Aiello, is
Not*a Nan to Inspire Admiration.
nIe, Who Would.Like to be Dicta-
toor-ForeignEDi Diplomatic Represent
ativcs Not Conspiring.
Notwithstanding from Rio de
Janeiroto the New5York Tribune, gives
this view Of the{troubles in Brazil:
The causes of.the revolt which@broke
out the Brazilian navy on September
6Smay be grouped under two heads:
Personal enmity and a5profound dissat-
5farfrom being an admirerEo OF theiinsur-
gent chief, Custodio Josegde Nlello, for
#IbelieYe that his vanity, ambition and
taste forsintrigue will be a constant
source Of trouble unless they can be
u held in check. Unfortunately these
81 same traits of character. eXcept,8per-
haps, that of vanity, are also possessed
by%hisopponent, Vice President Flori-
. aNo Peixoro, together with. others even
n more: dangerous. The two men are bit
& ter personalenemies,, althougn&Working
Observation-Disclosures thes same adj
ministration,from November, 1891, to
april, 1898, and the choice between
them is that of the least of the
two evils. All the leaders IN
23Ef II n5Es:ra :, ~ $500 ~ Il Il no 80 Tho ~ ri ViI-t
ians, entertain strong feelings ofehos-
tility to thevice president, and.some of
them with much reason. Over two
ffths Of the last chamber OF deputies
We're hostile to the government, and
even at the last moment the govern
ment party prevented a vote on one OF
the vice Observation-Disclosures by avoiding
aquorIulm, in order not to embarrass
him at a critical moment by having a
strong opposition vote put on record.
Outside Of the navy and of the congress
& sional opposition, the distrust and dis
like OF 1.-THE vice president and his policy
pervades$ all classes and IS SO wide
spread that no one wonders Why the
4 rising against him was not unanimous.
/ have. been brought into contact with
men Of every class, and I know that the
feeling against Floriano fPeiXoto is SIM
ply all-pervading. On September 13l
sIood on the narrow balcony of an old
house on Castle HilI,$watchingthe firing
below. In an adjoining house lay q
apoor washerwoman, killed by a shell
from one of the insurgent. vessels.
Evervifew moments q shell would pass
near us, it's weird shrek sending the
blood from every face and driving the
more timid ones into hasty retreat.
And I remember that Just then a young
man Of ~theIworking classes came up to
me and said&that were the emperor
=EFoli va haE would naUaran armjtERnrhs an
occurrence as this. He was far from
approaching the situation, but some
how lie telt that an apology was due to
the stranger who was looking upon q
fratricldal struggle between his W
countrymen. Since then 1 have stood
i i the crowds watching the almost
daily bombardments, and&IIhaye not
only noted theirzwords, but their faces,
as the shells fell in Villegaignon or
when the insurgents made good shots
at the nationalforts. l am convinced
that the sympathies of the lower classes
are with the revolt.
AGAINsTsTu GOVERNMENT.
With the upper classes the cond1-
tions== are more complex%and difficult to
classify, for here we are dealing with
personal disappoints, partisan preju-
dices, political intrigues, thwarted am
- lAHES a. G ~ -
the consensus ofgopinion is largely
against the present government. Some
classes OF trade, like that of coffee ship
pers, are strongly opposed to the re-
volt, for they have no interests beyond
the facilities given for buying and
shipping, Others, such as importers,
are largely a~ntagonistic to the govern
tlnent, for they have lost much through
these political changes and look upon.
Marsha Fl%oriano's military policy and
his reckless expenditure of money rs a
sure sign of&further financial disaster.
Among professional men, particularly
Sffof the older generation, the sentiment
is also largely in favor OF the revolu-
tion,s although not afew fear that Gus
8Ftodio's ambition is not the sure
refuge against Floriano's; tyranny they
are seeking. In the Sac Paulo a large.
proportion of the people aresin sympa-3
thywith the insurgents, and not a little
already found its way to the Aquida-t
ban. Of Minas. Geraes i know little,
but&I am inclined to believe that the
sentiment there is largely in favor of
Tloriano. InfsBahia and Pcrnambucos
there is a very strong opposition party,
and&revolts are sure to occur there as
as the insurgents win a secure
footing. al attempt to revolt has al
ready occurred in Pernam buco,z and to-
%iday$yerv disquieting rulnora are afioat,
asEsto 9the situation in Bahia. Rio
sGrande has long been in a state of rev.
olution, while in Santa Catharina, the
seat OF the present revolutionarygoVern
ment, the dissatisfaction had alreadyled
to an armed conflict months ago. With.
outgentering into reasons Just here. it
may be affirmed that a profound dis
satisfaction with the government OF
GFloriano %Peixoto existsi in the capital
and nearly all the principal statesSin
the.nnion. It is unorganized, however,,
and has no means of making itself felt.
ThneEvice presidentSis watchful and re-
lentless, and as he keeps his battalions
well in hand the people are extremely