Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-10-11

solu 10 speculative people FOR Whatever
they chose to pay. and thus the great
leNeler. revolution, rediStributed accu-
mulated wealth. President Juarez gave
place TO President Lerdo. who was a
mildcr man and had less strenuous
work to accomplish. and finally there
doomed high in the political armament
OF Mexico n soldier of genius and the
ablcst of them all. the great son of des-
tiny. Porfirio Diaz Lerdo was beaten
and. fleeing left the country. Thus the
dawn of modern Mexico began A
man with vast and Napoleonic plans
had begun to build a new national edi-
flee, a statesman who had no fear of
American invasion, the friend of Grant
and an encourager of railways.
1t was. as has been said, some two
years before this restorer of order took
Mexico in hand that Colonel Marion
became the de facto owner of the an
cient city house of the Allendes. Quer-
endaro was long way from the fed
eral capital. times were doubtful. he
had been n power in his region and
had shown that he could raise troops
and command them TO good purpose.
and so his predatory tastes had to be
overlooked by men at the capital 1t
was no time to bother about a fighting
gentleman's peccadillos.
The occupancy of the old house by
the guerrilla chieftain was character
lied by prodigal expenditure. much
cockfghting ON Sunday afternoons and
high gaming Awful tales We're told
of people inveigled there who were tor
tured into sending letters to their
friends In distant places demanding
large sums of money for some unmen-
toned purpose. One party in the city
said these were high players who tad
to send home for money to meet debts
Of honor. but the few Mochos. or Cler
hal party men. still alive whispered
that colonel Marion was no Repub-
lican officer but an out and out scoun-
drel. They only whispered this state
ment in the privacy of their own
houses and with the doors barred. But
Marion carried himself with a high
head; he rode abroad with his body
guard of friends all armed to the teeth,
and nobody liked TO talk of his doings.
He had become possessed of all the
bakeries and meatshops of the city.
leased them TO enterprising north coun-
try Spaniards or to natives of bust
ness turn of mind and SO had COM
Portable monthly income of fully S.
600. Thus with extra income derived
from queer sources. he could live in the
style becoming a gentleman and sup
port his henchmen quite like an old
time feudal baron and just as respecta
bly,. In fact. this type of strong, I'M
scrupulous and reSolute men paralleled
in the times spoken of the followers OF
William the Conqueror. Might makes
right till lawyers and notaries come
along with red scaling wax, much tape
and stiff parchmentS. You have got to
begin somewhere and somehow. Fam
lilies of the aristocracy begin like the
Duke Of Argylrs race, by killing OF
troublesome property holders and seiz-
ing what they have.
And. after all. ii Will be seen on due
reflection that Colonel Marron's
manner of accommodating capital was
not a whit worse than the exploiting Of
the general public by the modern kings
of finance and the great speculative
manipulators of Wall street They
have the men of the long robes to help
them steer clear of the awkward points
of the criminal code and take little
risk Marion took big risks. spent his
money like lord, and poor people
found him lkable. In fact a numer-
Gus party in Querendaro would have
mobbed you had you remarked that be
was a red handed villain. They were
recipients of his bounty.
The house was ample. Ike all old
fashioned Mexican houses. built on
broad and generous principles and suit
ed to the patriarchal life of the people
Fifty guests could easily be accomno-
dated there. and In the palTny days Of
the Allendes they entertained in baro-
NAL style. Marion. their successor,
was lavish in his hospitality. Nobody
outside Of his following lived there
He was a woman halter and allowed
none of the gentler sex on the prem
Uses His cooks were devoted follow
ers- They would not be tempted to
poison him
No one knows exactly what went on
In the house and It's great gardens and
enwalied orchards Their were high,