The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-09-20
MExlCO-S PRESIDENT.


| Dlax Ranks with the Most Capable StateD.
men of HIS Time
| In the gift of true leadership, of or
ganizing capacity, of far-sighted. pa
| triotic and sagacious direction of .
country's policy, Porfirio Diaz ranks
! with the great rulers of the country.
As monarch of any European great
power, he would undoubtedly make a
grand name for himself in history But
his work in Mexico to-day is probably
of more value to the world than any
thing a man of his character and traits
| might accomplish elsewhere. For he
has brought order and prosperity to
splendid country, that FOR nearly a CEN
tury had been in a chronic state of tur-
moil, and has given it an honored place
IN tLe family of nations. with q people
started securely on the way of progress
To our own century his work is also
OF value that has as yet hardly begun
70 be appreciated. 1t is of immense
service to have a pesceabls and pros
porous nation developed in the bearti-
full portion OF our continent that ad-
joins US to the southwark. The natu-
Fal resources of Mexico have hardly
vet begun to be realized. What has
been done In California under tho stars
and stripes we may look to see done
there under the friendly flag of a
eighboring republic, for Mexico has
the materials for the making of sew
eral CALIFORNIA; The opportunities
for profitable commercial intercourse
with such a country are practically
boundless, and the work of Gen Diaz
is assuring Us a steady development of
their possibilities
The peculiar way IN which the prao-
tical basis OF government differs from
the theoretical in a country like Mex.
icc has made many friends of repub-
iicnn institutions perhaps unduly
harsh IN their criticisms of methods
and results there prevalent aud ar
rived at Whatever the form of gov
rrrment people may possess- Its sp-
plication N practice must conform TO
the character OF that people. and tho
Mexicans, as a nationality, are clearly
not yet fitted for republican govern
ment, as we understand IL But. IL
may be doubted IT, after all, the actual
governmcns1o4 Mexicois not really as
genuinely repu blican as that OF some
Of our own states-for instance, the
yrea: common wealth of Pennsylvania.
w hich. 10 all intenss and purpose. has
for years been under . form OF dicts-
torship in which the prcteDse Of free
institutions has been cloak for a
steady violation, defiance and abase OF
their principles P1slie sentiment ~
something that has 20 be recxonsd
with in Mexico of to-day, ~ Ia Penn
sylvania-
The ideals o. Gen. Dlaz are genuinely
publican Ike those of the ianeated
sad noble-hesrted Dom Pedro. OF
Brazil dis ain In TO make his eoun-
Ry traly free, "a well n materially
prosperous. but he gees that = strong |
yoTernnent and al Intelligent people !
are necessary preii1inaries 70 q free /
yoveTaMenI 1t IL . gres. advance /
that In country ike Mexico
al reverence for uouzrchieal in
s.i.ntions has been destroyed
The ground Is thus better prepared /
ior q new ediSce. and The sentiTaen; of 4
srpu ublseauisn. 80 universally ehe--
thed in tnat country as an deal. hos-
sFer inpsrfectly realized furnishes =
ss-oDy vantage groznd for s-re prog
resA There Is nEeh II name. ssd
D-zz- a. prSEs5en. has = gre~: a.
fa1tzze over toe F,osltbon tszt was
teid ~ Dom Pedro "a emperor ia
Eus1in- his e0sns-y tov~a-a - destisesi
place ES a scif- -.-oTe-ni-x natsoa Nex-
30 has heea r.rs "a Statesmen % q
high SrssEr- Press1e1t Juarsz ~ss
pronounced b. secretary seward cEe
- tie zrea.es. tssa % MS centzry.
J; j. fo-fsn=te for H<zi-o TIA, DssE
kas beca 80 loaz ~ Ia s~ssS al 49,