Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-27
NEW AMBASSADOR FROM Mex.
CO MAKES FRIENDS AT
WASHINGTON.
TAFT NOW FAvORITE
President Rooseseis's lnnplled Com.
nasndatien Of the Secretary Of War
has Made Him Popular Candidate

Washington. March 25-Few dlp4s
matte representatives I'm Washington
have become 10 immensely popular
In 80 short a time a. has senor Enr!.
que G. Greel. the new ambassador
from Mexico. The announcement of
senor Creel's candidacy for the gov.
ernorship Of the stale Of chihuahua
was received with deep regret here
until IL was learned that under Mex.
lean laws the ambassador may APP
point an acting governor to occupy
that position indefinitely. Senior
Creel definitely announces that he
will adopt this plan In case he In el
ected and declares that he In delight. !
cd with his new post and desires d,
remain in Washington for many
years.
Citizens Of this country now resld-
Ing or having property interests la
Mexico are expecting great things of
creei. In the way Of bringing about
closer relations between the Unittd
States and the southern republic, and
they are not likely to be disappointed
The new ambassadors father was n
native American. having been born IN
Kentucky. and as a result Senior crecl
10 infected with the spirit of Amer!.
can progress and Ii one OF the most
enterprising OF Mexico's public men.
He Is as popular with the native Msx.
leans as with those OF foreign birta
and 1t Ia not impossible that he may
become the successor of President
Dtaz upon the death OF the latter.
Senior Greet 10 a man OF great
wealth and has been called the rich.
est man In Mexico. This title he do
MES. declaring that Senior Pedro AL.
varado. General Terrazas and other
citizens of his W state. chihuahua.
are possessed OF far greater wealth.
Personally. Senior Creel Is quiet.
unobtrusiVe. self-contained ~ n gray
figure with none of the pomp and af,
recitation of some of his diplomatic
colleagues. Although not vet three
score years of age. his hair and mus,
tache are gray. His eyes also are
gray, his fair skin has a grayisn tint
and he In nearly always clad In a gray
suit. In a gray room he receives his
callers and gives all, whether great
Or small. an equally cordial but effu,
sive welcome.
Senior Creel's great-grandfather was
a Scotchman. coming to America In
his young manhood and settling IN
Kentucky. where he adopted the life
or the hardy pioneers OF that state.
The ambassadors father was born n
the Blue Grass state and becoming
prominent In politics. he was appoint
ed consul to Chihuahua, Mexico, In
lSiS. He speedily became enamored
of the fair country, the fairer climate
and a fairest woman. Senorita Guilty.
daughter OF a prominent family of
Mexico. whom he wooed and won.
Giving up his position as American
consul. the elder Creel became a citi-
zen of the southern republic. Thus
the commercial ability of the Scotch
the pride of the Castillians and the
indonitable spirit of the American
pioneer are combined In Senior Enr.
que Creel, diplomat and f~inancier.
Like his father. Senior Creel mar.
ried a Spanish woman, a daughter or
General Terrazas, present governor
OF chihuahua and n OF the wealth
lest men Of the republic. Until hts
appointment rs ambassador. Senior
Greet sered as acting governor under
his father-in-law, who has become too
old for active participation In the AT,
fairs of state. and will likely succeed
him at the next election. Mrs. Creel
Is a beautiful and %singularly attrac-
tive and cultured and during
her short residence In Washington
has done much to add to the popular
lily of her husband. They have four
sons, two Of whom are studying
scientific agriculture and engineering
at the Iowa Agricultural college at
Ames. Ia. while the other two are
being educated in Europe.
Taft Is Now the Favorite.
II some of the dope artists now
thronging Washington during the
Bennings meet should turn their at.
tention from the horses and make a
book on the entries In the race for
the republican presidential nomina.
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