The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-04-10
RIOTS IN
LISBON
GUARDS MADE FIERCE
CHARGE OF THEM.
TROUBLE FOLLOWS AFTER ELEC
TloNs IN PoRTUeAL-MoN-
ARcHIsTs WIN EASILY ~

y WIN GS\0uGu
Lisbon, Portugal, April 6.--The cleo
lions here Sunday, which we're con-
Quoted peaceably with the exception of
minor disorders in some of the dis
affected districts, were followed at
night by serious rioting, which was
only put down by most vigorous action
on the part of the police and troops.
The rioting broke out in different parts
of the city, as though by preconcert-
ed plan. Troops which had been
patrolling and others that had been
held In reserve were Immediately or
dered into action and they repeatedly
charged the mobs that in places filled
the streets, but without effect. The
rioters used clubs, stones and whatever
other weapons were at hand, and fin
ally the troops were obliged to fire
upon them, killing and wounding
number.
The determined action on the part
of the authorities seemed to have the
desired effect, and shortly the mobs
were well dispersed.
With the exception of minor dis
orders at AMOS and Alcantara, the
elections passed off quietly through the
country, so far as the present dispatch
es indicate.
The voting, due to the agitation
throughout the country and the active
campaign of the republicans, possibly
was the heaviest in Portugals history.
Victory for Monarchists.
Nevertheless, a large monarchist
coalition majority, composed of the
two old "rotative" parties, the national
clerical and the tranquillist groups, is
assured. Ninety-nine out of LAG depu-
ties to be chosen, already reported
elected, are monarchists.
In a general way the elections turn
ed out as planned by the parties in
control. The republicans, who had but
two seats in the dissolved parliament,
increased their representation to pos
sibly 20. In Lisbon they swept the
populous sections of the city, but gerry
manders, including the outside dis
tricts, offset in a measure this advan-
tage.
Cry of Fraud.
The opposition leaders are raising
the cry of fraud. They claim that
while government pressure seemingly
was relaxed the old electoral machin-
cry was in full operation because of
the fear ON the part of the government
of great republican movement, and
that therefore the elections do not rep
resent in any way the sentiment of the
country.
AS the suffrage is limited to those
who can read and write or who pay
certain taxes, the republicans contend
that it was an easy matter for the au-
thori.icG to manipulate the register list
against the republican partizens among
the masses, so per cent of whom are
T illiterate. Nevertheless, leaders like
Machado, Almeida and Cunha say that
the seats they won give then sufficient
strength to wage open war against the
old regime as soon as parliament re-
assemblies.
The monarchists apparently are sat-
isfied with the results, saying that the
extravagant claims of the republicans
are utterly disproved.
PLoTTO STOP ALAskA'S GROWTH
House Committee Starts investigation
of Charge.
An investigation to determine
whether anything is being done pur-
posely to retard the development of
the territory of Alaska has been set
on foot by Representative Hamilton OF
Michigan, chairman of the house COM
mittee on territories.
There have been persistent rumors
that big interests are at work retard-
ing the railroad development of the
territory in the hope that they may
thus secure valuable land concessions
at nominal prices on the theory that
the lands are worth nothing because
there is no means of transportation.
Mr.. Hamilton wants congress to
look into these charges.