Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-24
,,,,,vr,sh,sd. 1905 by Frank q. Car
VIZ penterD

o. ffil YOU aufnetnlnB auVus Wv ~"
,,-.,iden, Of the Argentine. He has
~ In ONCE only few weeks. bu. his
long rlghs hand Is already felt In
-, mar, OF the republic. lie has be-
80, a s,tiicmens with the chiioans a.
., sse boundary question. and has at
~. .,mc Zine ordered now war vessels
-, Eur,pe In case the settlement
.s,uia moi come OF. President julio
noca has hong been noted as one OF
-. s,r,nres, men In Sougp American
n,ll,lca He has been president before
a.. lean minister Of war and has made
s,,,,olf noted rs n general IN che Ar
..-ntlne army. II was largely due TO
H., aha. Patagonia was thrown open
q, sgthmcn.. and he has the reputa-
t,n OF being "a great lndian nshtfr.
yyhNn he was minister OF war, no"
,,,~e than twenty years ago. ne lcl an
-s,y eo Patagonia against thc Indians
81 conquered chem. i have hp1rd "
- anal the victory was easily won
- ;sia, the flghting was mere hWch- I
- on the pari OF the Argcntincs, Tao 1
,S.cliled riyagts making no reslsishee'
taw,vsr eqls may be. President ltoca |
- gr.at fame from his campaign, ana
bs IA Today booked upon as the GENERAL |
gran. 81 che Argentine Republic. Roch \
tTs been compared to Grant In chafAc-
ter Ito II thu Hiill strong man OF thc |
eausry with enough ncrve 90 carry IVY
Ma auda w..hou. regard TO VINO goes
~, before him. He is n very quiet |
wsn- ue posaesscn the golden gift OF |
sIsf,c,. and believes In thc old SpAninh |
nroyefb which states that lilies VIII not
- into shut mouth."
A STABLE GOVERNMENT PROM
iSED.
Ro,a'n election means that matters
viii be stablc Ia the ArgcD.inS for FlN
years ~ come. The prchdstH ", you
tfow, elected for ak years. and he
fsigna that long provided there ls no
ryolusion. Roca has the army behind
MIN. and he Will not tOicrnse oppunitlon.
ne has always been fighter. lie Ia.
* The same tmc bc.n "A diplomat, ana
hs cabinet has been chosen wnh nc
iisa u harmonixlng the factions lie
has ne confidence OF the foreign capl-
talir.s. VITO believe tina. he will main
tain peace. and peace In the AfEon'in.
mtana progress.
Prsslisut Roca IL now nn,y-nvc year,
u agc. lie comes OF good family. De-
Ink a native ~ the province OF Tucu-
man In the northorrn part Of the rcpub-
lie lie IL "a straight. wcll.formed,
broad shnuldcrci man. with face thnt
would no. look foreign In Washington
Or u,rJon. although u would b. Htrik-
INK NNlMOtfNa fNNNlHEifH ANNa - AtAff'
llks an Engllrhman or an American
han an Argentine. You would Imagine
GIN descendant Of Angl1-StNor,
ra'her than ~ Laiins. His face II al
moE fair. The forehead IL high ana
broad. the eyes bright and piercing. the
noss large and thr under Jaw strong.
tis Il simple In his drcrs and manners
and walks abou. fhe stress OF lueno-
Ayrfs like an ordinary citizen. He has
never cultivated the arts o. the salon,
rur haS be prornunccd literary tastes.
ai,h1uEh h. IL well read In history and
k,eps posted on political mnaiers, lie
Il more ~ a statesman AMI a soldier
nan carpet knight. and he has been
eaisd the past master OF che political
schnce " the Argentine.
ELECTIONS IN SOUTH AMERICA.
General Roci was chosen president.
This means tina, he was che strongest
man Of the small cotcrle which runs
'he Argentine Republic. There are no
Hueh elections In Souih America ~ In
the United states. The country Ia sup
ntEsd % b. republic and she people 10
Rave she rich. 90 vote, nut the trtith
Is ihas few families control every
hing political. and ;hlt the ballot
hlrsa are always atuffed. Elections
are hsid on Sundays In the p1rchea %
fhs churches, outside the church door
there are three or four tables, about
which sf's Fpedy-looking crowd OF
men. who are tha receivers " she cleo
ton The ballots arr paper and are
'-urpad through siia In the boxes.
Nany o. she voters hand their ballots
10 enc receivers ard tell them 20 vote
Or chem. The same man often votes
1ysr and over aFain. declaring hlm-ef
- be some Other man each time The
rrosivers recognize the fraud hut ~
ne matser Il all cut and dried before
hand they 10 not object. The better
classes recognize II also and do not
vo,s, nu.noA Ayres II city OF aoo'upo
population. AZ lia last election Tot
'.ra'or ihere were only 1000 N9te- cas'.
whereas. NJ one vote 20 each fanlN or
Hve there were 10000 possible votes
tn. election lists are scanned by she
Candidates beforehand and added 20 or
taken from ~ Il desired. Not long hE'
me mayor Of Oilyera WIS looking over
such a IL. with a friend 81 mine N
last ne came 90 u name which We rhil
esl "MunyoE." when my friend sAl
why. mayor. Munyoz Ia dead, Don,
YOU remember We were togeiher "a.
month when the report OF his DEAN
came lnf"
"Oh. YES. remember" replied the
mayor. "Bui n hc IL dead that ~ an
me better. He can now mako no russ
~ TO how his vo," n cart"
An ovERGovERNED COUNTRY.
THIS corrupti0n IN polhlcs extends
'hrurghout she republic Every p.ONlnee
rs 81 VolsAcnl nictions tho most OF
vhlch are c0nncctei with me ring ~
Nusno, Ayrfe and sake th'tr cue FROM
w. The govarnmrrt II enhlrely IN me
hands ~ the native Ar.er',iurr. VINO
ere nlturl rnsi'ciana and Who work
ihe iai-in'u- FOR what q i worth IN,
t9tNtry q ovsrfOverned. II has al
tod only 100000 people. OF whom one
mn hye NJ she cipliul. SmN every
H,tfe lla It's own senate and house, ana
- uwu mirror officers. The resul. u
hat In "a Country which has u p0pnia'
'lon shout than Of the state or ohN
Mere ere, IN ADDITION 70 a horde oi
ie1eVq officers. na.ten eeraGcs hfteer
Gamblers az deputies and fifse'n sets o.
revenue c0llo-ioic. There are rmal
officials wfhor. number. ull 81 WHOM
receive a rlary, ari most cf whom ad4
I'd MS In Vnne WY or other. not stnc
Hirti by raw. All OF me provlnce1
aTe IN tsls and only few - them pas
ihehr lrfcre,. This internal debt O
10 cpuntry now amounts 20 more thar
.lQOoOo,00O, ana IN 1895 She nrovlnoia
d"hia,lnclrtlng unpaid ir,ertn. amount
"a 30 mons than siaI Gao 600 In gold. A
prraerf the oily debts foot up NOR
han $4,000 600 Fo,i. while tho counti'
1au rnthona deb. OF moro lhan $500,
10000 A large number OF the proNlh
csa have ~ be annually afslwed by N
EnNnrAt aas1f 80 ma thu NftlurIf