Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-03

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RAILWAY.
Core spsndsni--"what d1es your *.
celioncy .Aink Of The Nicaragua canal.
which, ~ you know, the United states
IL about 60 buillf
Ths prcsldfni-'I consider the pro-
b. al Of the United sites - open the |
Nicaragua canal ~ worthy u high |
praise. am In fhvor Of 4 nr % any |
other undertaking which Will facilitate |
communication between she west coast /
Of south America AMI the unlio1 !
states arl Europe. Every advance /
mtnt Of shls Kind Will d. n especial !
advantage 90 such an essentially mari. /
time country nc ours
carreEp1ndep.--"C ls 4he chief |
railroad builder Among the countries /
, on this side % the Andes. I; built th1
| Orr. railroad on the cln,lntus. and !
would IKE an expression from your *
c1liency as 4, what your people fhlnk
or che fnter-c1ntlnental railway. Is 10
a prac,lc1i acheme ana will % ever be
bulit7"
The Preslden,-"chne applauds ovory
movement toward iho completion "
| the Inlcr-conilnau.ai railway. bui she
considers that u u SAN a long way N.
| on her own part chile O. endehv1rirg
| % extend her railway from one end N
the country 90 ne Dthtr. Her territory
| ~ very loaF. II hcluids large par;
| Of the PBclnc riasi line of the c1nil-
nsfs. and her railroads will contribute
1 TO a certain extent O. the proposed In
ior-continentii railway. I think The
advantiEes OF this proposed Internal
tionai line Will be of great Importance
| 20 all Interests"
THE RAILROAD OVER THE
ANDES.
After ehIs the Interview continues a.
corrslp,ndsnt - How about the
/ Tfanrlrdlnc railway which IL % cln-
meet she Atlantic and Paclnc oceans.
running from Nalparala, 20 Buenoa
Ayrcs7 l understand that chile viii
| complete ~"
Tho prerldsn,-"The Transandlne
railway IL work which has been rarc-
fully studied In Chile and % has been
steadily protected. ~ you know. less
/ than ffiy miles OF road are yet needed
20 complete u. and part Of this o. on
Chilean and part on Argsnins soil.
| A. present. on account % the cNira1r-
dlnaEy demands 81 the companies pro-
poslnR 50 finish the work. she road a.
being more carefully considered. Thor
are some difficulties In the way OF ~
extension along the lines proposed, but
T. will be without doubt continued a.
rion az these dlniculilsA are removed
Correspondcni-"iio about the rail-
ways that Chile IL building In the
s1uih7 l understand they Will open
up much new country that will be
available q, Immigrants"
The Prseldsnt--'The southern rail-
ways are destined 90 be OF great ad-
vantage to Chile. They will sivc easy
access 10 the richest agricultural re-.
Fion- o. che country. They will give q
Frsas Impulse 20 the eatab'lahmcnt nf
agricultural colonies and will stimulate
immigration. Chile earnestly dcslrcs
immigration and az far as lies In her
-.
considers Il one ~ the chief factors Of
her progress. We need more po0be In
Chile. and We have here a country
which, n properly cultivated. would
support many times our prcscm p0pu-
lasl0n."
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
After o question as 20 The nitrate De-
pokltH which the president answered
by saying that he Investigations show
eiias they viii las. Tor a LONG dine yet.
! asked hl. ,3ccllorcy what Chile
thought 81 the Monroe d0Srinc. This
wus rather delicate question. as
many people down here think that the
Unlted S.atcA wishes % control the
policy Of the two continents, His
written answer, however. was az fol-
lows.
'The International pnlicy OF chile has
always tended towards che malnttn-
ance OF peace and che strengthening u
her political and commercial relations
with the nations 81 The American con-
tineni, ana I believe thas this policy
does not depart from one OF the phases.
psrhaps she most important one. " the
Monroe doctrine"
NO WAR WITH THE ARGENTINE.
corrcapondent-"wl the pending
question between Chile and the Argen-
tine be amieahy adjusted or II there
likely 20 be n conflict OF arms7'
zThe Prcaldcnt-"I am confident that
the matters now pending between the
Argentine ana chile VIII be pcacenbly
arranged. and I believe that both gov
ernments are anxious that they should
be-" This closes the Interview,
HOW CHILE ~ GOVERNED
Chile IL a republic. hut there are u
number OF differences between lta con-
stltutlon and that OF the United States.
Ave years instead OF four. and he IL not
eligible for a second term. The prcFi-
DENTAL election day II June 25th OF the
NTH year Of each presidency and inau-
guratlon day II September 18th. OF the
same year. Both Of these dates are In
the winter months, and the 18th OF sep
TENDER - also the Chilean day OF indie
pendence corresponding 20 our 9Th OF
July The PRECEDENT Of chile gets a
salary OF $4,000 for expenses. This IL,
however, In Chilean money, so that 10
II equal Just now 90 not more than
ST. 900 In American gold. President
Ierraznrlz probably spends several times
this sum every year. The president has
the veto power the same aa our Preal-
dent has, but hla veto can be overrden
by a two-thlrds majority OF the men,
beers OF congress present az the time
the measure IN brought back. and the
political situation Il such that when
n presidential measure fails II " usual
iy The custom for the cabinet 10 resign,
80 that Chile has n new cabinet l am
told, on tho average once a month. In
addition 10 his cabinet which Ia made
IN OF ministers after mucn the. same
lines AZ those Of our cabinet. the Chill
ian president has counsel OF state.
consisting ~ ave members appointed by
himself and six chosen by congress.
THE CHILEAN CONGRESS.
Chloans cannot vote until they ne
twenty-five years OF age n they are
unmarried. but married men can vote
All the age OF twenty-one, Members on
The house 81 deputies. which CORES.
nonds 10 our House OF Representatives
must have an Income OF ciO0 sterling
4 year. and senator's must have an In.
come OF li00. or $4,000 year. Congress
sits IN regular session from June tsl
until September LIST every year, but the
president can call an extra sesalon
| whenever he chooses, The building
. | Lpnxun ma the houses Of gOnpreaa xva u