Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-06-08

'AAS ~ VI 49, d uAlG L ~ pp-
litical pot in Mexico lis beginning to
0oil and the office of vice president
is the bone of contention. Ramon
Corral. the present incumbent, has
been renominatcd for the place but
the friends of General Bernardo
Reyes. governor of the state of Nue.
vo Leon, are becoming active in his
behalf. 1t is probable that during
the latter part of this year there will
be made heated political gatherings.
President Diaz who has agreed to
accept the presidency for another
term of six years, will be so years
old September 10, 1910, and it can
hardly be expected that he will live
out his new term of office 1t is for
this reason that so much Importance
is attached to the election of vice
president.
The vice presidency of Mexico was
created by an amendment to the con-
stitution six years ago, and Ramon
Corral was the first man elected to
that office. His election was a mere
formallty, as he was in reality 5e-
lected for the place by President
Diaz, who is said to have had him in
his successor. Vice President Corral
was recently renominated for the Of
flee on the ticket with President Diaz
The nomination was not unanimous.
as some of the delegates to the con-
vention insisted in voting for General
Reyes. and others wanted to support
Jose Ives Limantour, present minister
of finance, but the Corral adherents
Were in the majority and their can
ddate was nominated.
The nomination of General Reyes
for vice president has not been done
in the usual convention form. He has
been put up for the office by means
of numerously signed petitions by his
friends and admirers all over the
country 1t was originally planned
that he was to be a candidate for
president, but when Diaz reconsider
ed his intention of not again being i
candidate for the high office, it was
decided that Reyes should make the
race against Corral for vice presi-
dent.
The anti-American issue promises
to become largely involved i'm this
campaign. Supporters OF General
Reyes are already making an open
charge that it was through Mr.. Cor
raj that Il. II. Hartman obtained
from the Mexican government a re-
maTkably favorable concession for
the railroad which he is building
down the Pacific slope of. Mexico,
ana that the great American railroad
magnatc will draw from the public
treasury of Mexico as a subsidy for
building this road more than 10 mill
Ion dollars. II is claimed that Mr..
Hartman has other great industrial
fdVors to ask of the Mexican govern
ment that ne is lending his aid to
bring about the election of Mr.. Cor
raj 10 another term as vice presiden,
and 10 ultimately elevate him to tdc
presidency.
Nj. Corral. as vice president, per-
forms the dual duty of minister #
the interior In this office he super
v.ses the internal affairs of tho couU-
try in which many Americans, among
them Mr.. Hartman, are Interested,
but his friends deny that he has eX-
tended any unusual fdyors to any
person. They assert that President
Diaz was directly responsible for the
liberal subsidy granted Mr. Hartman
and his associates Mr.. Corral is q
native of Western Mexico and ne has
taken ueep personal interest III th'
development of that part of the
country. but his official fayors have
been given To Americans and MeXl-
cans alike. Less than year ago Nj.
Corral was charged by his political
antagonists with being rabidly anti
American in his sentiments.
Mr.. Corral is unpopular with the
a my, and without it's united support
Mr.. Corral, or any other ruler Of
Mexico, would be badly Handicapped
in preserving peace ana order. Gen
eral Reyes is the idol of the army.
His bravery has been proved upon
many battle fields. He also has the
confidence and highest respect OF
large part of the business element
throughout the country. II is stated
that General Reyes personally de-
plorOs the fact that the anti-Ameri-
can issue has been injected into the
campaign. During the long period
that he has been constitutional gov
ernor of the state Nuevo Leon he has
always extended a warm welcome to
the investment Of American capital
in that commonwealth. Monterey, the