Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-09-22
MEXICO AND plAz.


last week the anniversary }, the birta
of President Porfirio Diaz and the an
niversary Of Mexican independence
from Spain Mexican Independence
, was won in 1910, and the hero of that
war was Miguel fiidaigo costilla,
who is honored and revered in the his
tory of his country as is the memory
of Washington in the history Of the
United States. But next to Hidalgo's,
the most iliustrious name in the an
nails of the republic is that of Diaz.
For thirty years or more he has guild
ed the destinies of his people, com
irs first into power by ove-tln owing
Lerdo de Tejada and holding it with
chains Of confidence and love.
Diaz is now an old man He is en-
tering upon his seventy-ninth year.
and wishes. at the expiration of his
present term, in 1910. to turn over the
affairs of state to one more vigorous
and youthful, and enjoy the sweet Sc
renity of private life. That he will
be permitted to lay down the burdens
of the office which he has so faithfully
supported until death claims him for
his own is doubtful, for already the
Diaz boom of 1910 has been organized
in the state of San Luis Potosi and
is spreading throughout the land. This
, is the tribute which, by proclamation
,, % rg upon the states 10 send dele.
CITES to the capital to pre- seen thetr
request in spccial audience hat lie
ser,e again the citizens have paid
him,
The presidential question before
the public just now in the field of
the press, although { may ), EN- pre-
mature, interests the Inhabitants of
The republic profoundly This is not
because they are hesItating about who
should be president, but because they
! feel that none of the other candidates,
no matter how popular he might
seem to be. would ever reach % the
! degree OF estimation of that o. the
eminent President niaz. He is he
unique figure in history as a r,isr
| who has remained IN power thigh
| long years, and is far from losing
! gratitude in the pul lie estimation IS
has happened win the majority IF
rulers who remain in power. His
standing has rise1 ii public Affection
and respect.
Mexico in thirty years has made
wonderful progress. The people, con
tent with the territory which they oc-
cupy, have treated their neighbors at
the south with friendly consideration,
and the uprisings at home have been
so few and unsuccessful that peaceful
pursuits have not been interrupted
| Consequently, the condition of the ma
tionaI exchequer has been prosperous
even at a time when financial strin
gency prevailed in the business world
at large Marked advances have beer
noted, even during the last five years
in the industrial growth of the repub
/ lie. New lines of railroad have beer
constructed and old isolated lines
have been united into small system:
which will soon be consolidated intc
one. Posts and teIegraphs have beer
improved, public instruction has beer
advanced, and in certain sections o
the country municipal conditions
have reached such o high degree o
| excellence that a reduction in taxa
ton has been decreed. Indeed, Mex
leo is to be congratulated for hagini
had for thirty years the services 0
such a wise and patriotic statesman a
Porfirio Diaz. And Diaz may we'll lie
ioice in the love Of such an apprf
ciatiye people. ,.z-1