New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-07-30

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was to get back home IN time to die.
According to what Colonel smitherss
saw with his own eyes when he
reached Ajaco, the ex-of1cial was In
the best Of health, as active us an aero
bat and was taking home q great deal
Of heavy baggage. It looked to 4 man
up tree as II he had made his pile
and wanted to get home Tor the pur-
pose Of opening department store.
The old CONSUL did not explain the
situation to the new CONSUL He might
have done so had his mods, winks and
attempted conf licences been received in
proper spirit. The trouble with the
new consul was that he was an ex-sol-
der and an honest man, and his ap-
pointment having been secured on his
merits he meant to honor 1t.
During the first month of his official
career he ran up against several queer
things which he failed to understand,
but he had been In Ajaco two months
or more before the moss came off his
back and the cobwebs fell from his
eyes. Then he awoke to the fact that
Dictator Huasco and his crowd were
precious set OF scoundrels and that the
old consul had shared the Doodle. Eng
hsh, French, German and American
mining companies were working under
concessions for which they had paid
high prices, but in one way and an
other they were all subjected to black
mail. It was SO with the coffee plant
ers, and fruit raisers, so with all the In
dustries. The custom houses and tax
receivers were being worked for all
they were worth to the benefit OF the
political ring, while affairs Of state
suffered. & eS
After sounding Colonel Smithers for
couple Of months they offered a prop
osition for him to join the ring and
reap share Of the profits. Perhaps
he was foolish for not jumping at the
chance, but this man Smithers, this
old veteran Of the civil war, this citi-
zen who wanted to honor his govern
ment in return for being honored, fat
" refused to join the ring or counte-
nance anything that was not absolute
~ square. s s#
He stood, too, just where his services
were badly needed to carry out GER
tain scheme, and there was only one
| thing for the ring to do. Smithers
must resign. It was not long before
the secretary Of state received official
complaints against Consul Smithers.
These were filed, and charges were
sent to him. He explained them IN a
satisfactory way. "a little later other
complaints were forwarded, and these
were followed by q practical demand
for his recall. NH.
i It looked for a time is If Dictator
Huasco was on top, but it happened
that Consul Smithers had d couple OF
senators at his back, and the secretary
Of state received some inside. informa-
/ ton concerning the doings Of the ring.
An investigation resulted ia the colo
neIs favor. He was not recalled, and
semio mcially he was advised TO stick.
These little difficulties kept the con-
sui pretty busy for the first year Of his
term, and he finally realized that GER
tain men looked upon him as the
wrong man il the right place This APP
pealed to his natural obstdnacy. He
and the ring drifted urtther apart.
i Even in half civilized South Amer
lean state q United States consul Ii
safe from open assaults, except IN time
Of revolution. Colonel Smithers had
lost social prestige. Don Huasco no
longer desired to kiss him on both
checks when they met, bnt Smithers
had no fear of personal violence be-
hind the scoWls which greeted him. on
al sides. One day while out driving q
1 bullet whizzed through his hat. The