The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-23
WHERE UPRISIAGS ARE
COMMON AS CIRCUSES
Every Time an Election is Held
the Defeated Party Shoots
Up Things

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Mr.. Jesse c. Bonar, for three years
Ia student in the Logan county high
school here, and who left Guthrie two
years ago to take position with J. NJ.
ConneI, general passenger agent OF
the Santa Fe Railway company at To
peka Kas., and who later went to la
Fundiction, suburb of Lima, Peru
South America, with the Cerro De
Pasco Railway system in writing 90
a friend in Guthrie relates an interest
ing experience he had in real reyoll
tion down in Peru. They have a revo-
luton in Peru about every three OF
four years every time there is an
election. Jesse holds quite an impor
tant position with the company and
bids fair to make quite a mark in the
moulding of the future history of Peru
His friends here are all glad TO hear
Of his bright prospects OF success. De-
scribing his experiences in the revolu
ton he says:
"A great deal has happened here
since ! last wrote YOU: for a while II
looked as though a piece OF history
might be made before orr very eyes
l Uul IT'S al VII ttONs We NtiNt AHN q
revolution; | presGme a reyouconcita
would be more accurate. They have
method OF holding elections here which
is peculiar of most South American re-
pubncs Briefly II is as follows The
candidate approaches the polls, IS
halted bv a gendarme, HIS political
sentiments ascertained. If they are Uf
the type approved by the administra-
don. he is allowed to proceed unmJ-
Tested; If otherwise. the gendafme
does him the honor OF accompanying
him 10 the polls and he deposits his
ballot at the point of the bayOnet-
for the official candidate, OF course.
"This is Of course all very well Tor
1.-THE party in power, but there are here
ipeople who think differently from
them. Their only recourse is a reyolu-
ltion. This one started in Chosica, a
ltown of about $4,000 near Lima. They
Icapmred a train on the Peruvian Cen
lual railway and proceeded up the line,
lcutting all telegraph lines and inter
Iruptlng communication all the way up
lat each tsation It was a complete SUI
prise, and they easily captured the
government forces at each place When
lthey arrived in Oroya the terminal
of the Central railway, and the begi a.
! ming of our line. they had about 500
linen in their crowd, all armed with tha
II Mauser pistol really small rifle, car
} rying a thousand metersi some IN n
dition carried Mausers.
!. They kept right on going after they
, reached Oroya and had shot a few sol
ldiers who opposed them. Al Oroya
two Americans, employees of our line,
got on the train with them. The plan
lof the revolutionists was to surprise
lCerro de Pasco that night a simple
matter, as they ware destroying all
lmeans Of communication as they ad-
vanced But the best laid plans 9I
mice and men gang aft and aft aglee,
as Bobbie Burns has so aptly said.
When the train reached Carhuamayoi
a small eating station about midway
between Oroya and the smelter they
Ian piled off 10 eat, leaving no guard
over the engineer in the cab. When
they and their commanders We're off
| the train the Americans entered the
cab. pulled their guns on the engineer
who was an old campaigner having
taken part In three previous reyolI
lions, and told him 10 pull out, lie
was somewhat reluctant al first but
,if was marvellous 10 observe The
lchange that came over him under the
subtle persuasion OF a Smith * WeS
J son The revolutionists discovered
that their train vas leaving ahead ol
schedule, TOO late TO do anything b a
fire q few ineffective shots after h.
when the engine an oil-burner. 5l
the way, reached the sIDclter yards
the main line switch happened TO be
open and the first thing they knew
they found themselves IN the Intricate
iangle OF The yards, You know VIZ
have about eighteen miles Of ya5dag,
here. They brought us the first del
mite news OF the revolution. although
when The communication an over thl
country was cut off SO suddenly, anf
SO near election, every body had thei
lsusplciOns CarhuamayO is onl,
about eighteen miles from the smeit
! er and ID wa, feared al FIRST that the
might make a night march, seize thl
smeiier and perhaps dynamite M
! furnaces and building That would b
a pretty serious proposition. as 20
know the value OF the plant and IN
amount represented Ia their cOnstIul
lion is equal TO the cost Of The PHI
ippines
"Egeryihlng was in commoiiol
Mounted scouts We're az once di
matched in the direction OF Carhul
mayo with orders to proceed cautiOu
ly and 10 report the first sign Of N
insurgents at once but 10 be sure an
not 10 give any false alarms. In N
iaeanlime an the fire arms IN ne cam
we're collected With all the ammun
ton. There are about one hundrs