Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-09

ES4sAy I its Spanish conquerors Mo
n -S@sA hammed's Paradise, writes
"SA8 8GEs Thomas r. Dawley in the
~ u New York Times 1t was
w. land where the native
liveu without toil-a land of eternal
summer, producing much with little
labor. Neither did the people go to
war, but under the despotic rule of
Jose Santos Zelaya all this was
changed. The poor Indian has had tc
hustle. And not only has the poor In
dian had to hustle but his ladino mas
ter, who always exploited him as well,
for the despot Jose Santos Zelaya
must have wealth, and he made his
subjects, whether ladino or Indian,
shopkeeper or merchant, hustle TO get
IT, and il for no other reason the peo-
pie hated him.
For 16 years this despot has ruled
the country with a rod of iron. Those
who would not submit to his rule, or
even demurred, had to die or get out.
1t Is said that 10000 of his people
have been driven into exile, but this is
undoubtedly an exaggeration, as the
total population of the entire coun-
try does not exceed half million, and
less than third of this belonging to
what is known as the ladino or creole
element. The rest are Indians, pure
and simple. They never leave the
country
While a great deal has been said
against Ielaya as a man, there is one
thing that cannot be said against him
and which his enemies never have at
tempted to say against him, and that
Is that he is not a brave man. Ii usu-
ally takes a brave man to rule any
one OF the turbulent Latin American
socalled republic.
Dia2 of Mexico began his career as
a soldier and a revolutionist, and so
did his compeer, j. Rufino Barrios of
Guatemala. Castro Of Venezuela,
while not soldier, began his career
as a fighter and leader. With band
OF poorly armed COW herders from his
native mountains he raided a few bor-
Gering towns and fought his way on
to Caracas. where he landed himself
in the presidential chair.
But Zelaya differed from these in
that he began his career as the gentle
manly son of a planter. He had little
else to do than ride over the vast es-
tate belonging to his father He was
sent to school at the capital and given
all the education that his masters
could supply EXtravagant in his
tastes, he drew on the old man s
purse strings, leaving the plantation
frequently for the town, where he was
the leader among a gathering of young
men OF about his own age and circum-
stances. For amusement they paraded
twangins the guitar strings and sing
ing love songs to their sweethearts
Had Zelaya been content with this
amusement he might have succeeded
to the ownership of his fathers es-
tate and have passed the remainder of
his days in quiet comfort, for his
country was quietly, yet strongly
ruled by the conservative President
Charmora, his party having been in
power since the final defeat of the
American filibuster Walker who had
landed on the coast with his 56 immor-
tais and fought his way to the presi-
dency
Ielaya told his young friends and
compatriots that he did not approve
OF the conservative rule His talks
became speeches; he grew bolder. and
denounced the government openly,
with the result that he was thrown
out. In other words, he was exiled.
He sought refuge in Guatemala, then