The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-25

He EaS begun s. sstFftsfnsss1f VIII tbs.
Chiieans as 10 the b0an6ary question, and
has at the same time ordered aew war
ve~sess frosn Europe in case tbs satfsenaent
should not earne off President Iulso A.
Reca has hong been noted as one ~ ths
strongest nasss in South American politics.
He has been president before has been
minister Of war and bas made hiHsss.
n0ted n gan.Eal III the Argentine army
il was largely due to HIM that Patagonia
vxS thrown open TO settlement. and ne Ias
the reputation of being a great Iraaiaa
fighter. When ne was minister OF var.
now more than twenty years ago. he led
m army 10 Patagonia asassssf the In
disns ard conquered them I have beard
IL saia that she victory Was easily won and
that the fighting was usefe ba9tenery on The
part OF the ArgentsnSs. the sss-cal.sa Eav-
ages making 30 resistance However ma
may be, President Koca got great fame
from his campaign. alad ae ~ tn9ay stotsed
upor as the General Grant ~ TIE ArgeH-
tins republic. Kosca hsa been compared to
Grant ia character he il the Still. strong
man of the country Sit5 enough nerve 10
carry out hss aims without regard 10 who
goes down before him He Is a very quiet
us&n. lie possesaes lbs golden sifE OF
silence. and believes in the old Spanish
pr0yerb which states faar flies viii MT
20 into shat mouth"
A stable Government PrOmtSeA.
Rocafs election mean that matters will
bs stable In the Argentine far sir years
60 come. THE president is you know. eject
cd for sx years. and he Feigus that long
prosfded there Is fao revolution. Hoca has
the army Behind him, and he al. not
tolerate opposition He haS always 0s.n
. fighter. He has al the same time been
q diplomat ard his cabinet has been
chosen with the Idea OF ha.noni4tng tlge
factions He has the confidence of the
capitalists who believe thai be will Hsa.n~
tain peace and peace ia tina Argentine
means progress
President Roca In uow tffy-iive years OF
age. He GENES 81 good family, being a
native OF tha province of 9ucIutan In the
northern part of the republic tfe Is q
straight. SeIi-foFE9et, hroaet-shosshieEasi
man. with s face that would not look
foreign In Washington or London. a.
though IL would he striking anywhere.
President Rnca is more tas a. Eng izhfnan
or an American than az Argentine You
would imagine him a desesH4t&ms Of An
alo-Eaxons rather than Of Latins His
face Is almost fair. THE forehead Is high
and broad the eyes bright and piercing
yffe nose large and tho under jaw strong.
lie is simple In his dress and manners and
walks about the stTeets or Bueu05 AyraS
Ike an ordinary citizen He has never
cultivated tho arts of the salon. nor has
he pronounced literary tastes, although tie
~ we'll sai In history and keeps posted
on political matters lie Is more of a
statesman and soiiier than carpet
knight. and he has been called the past
master OF the Political science Of the Ar
gentfne
Elections I'm south America.
Cen Roea was chosen president. This
means that he was the strongest man Of
the small coterle which runs the Argen-
tine republic There are no such elections
in South America as In the United States
The country i. supposed to be a republic
and the paoni. 10 hssa fiis right 90 vote.
but the truth is thar y few families con-
troll everything political. ard that the bal
lot boxes are Always stuffed Elections are
held Sundays ia the p9rehss OF the
churches. Outside the church door there
are twc ar ihrue tah.ss. about which sit
q seedy-tooking crowd of men. Who are
the receivers at the election The ballots
are paper and arc dropped through sits
III tire boxen Many Of the va;ers hand
their ballots 60 tha recstxers aTsd tasl than
Go vote for them. The sarne man often
Votes over gni over again. declaring him
self 10 he some other man each titne, The
receivers recognize the fraud, hat as ths
matter Is All cut and 8riesl beforehand ttey
ID not object, The better GLASSES recognize
X also nna 40 not vote EkssHos Aygrs ia
city OF Ss'en pop'igation. ~ iss last
election for senator there were only 3H,o
votes cast whereas, az enc vote 60 each
family ~ Ave there we're i@, fsa possible
votes, The alec1.on fists are scanned by
the candidate beforehand AMI added 20
or taken from As desired. Nos long ago
Tho mayor ~ pliysra MAS ln0kiug over
such l,st with friend = Tniae Al last