The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-17
ZELAYA RESIGNS
The PRESIDENCY

Managua, Dec. 16.-Jose Santos Ze-
laya has resigned from the presiden-
cy Of Nicaragua He placed his reSig-
nation In the hands OF congress this
morning.
Apparently there was no other
course to take The people were
aroused at last The guns of the rev.
olutlooists threatened, Tho warships
of the the United States lay in Mic
araguan ports.
Managua has been seething for
days. The spirit of revolt has spread
even to the gates of the palace. Ze-
laya surrounded himself with an
armed guard. Unchecked, the popu-
lace have marched through the
streets. crying for the end OF the old
and problaiming the new regime.
VINO Will take up the reins no one
knows nor cares. 1t Is sufficient that
Zelaya as dictator will be known no
more. There is no doubt that con-
gress Will act quickly on his resigna-
ton, for the people have demanded
it.
Madriz May Succeed.
DR. Jose Madriz, Judge Of tho Cen
tral American court OF justice at Car
agoa. who has been close to Zelaya,
and is now his choice for president
is on his way here He will arrive
on Saturday. Madrlz has his follow
Ing. strong and influential. even among
the reyolutionists but General Estrada
under whose command the great body
Of lighting insurgents now face Vas
quez's troops at Rama. will have none
of him. EstTada's word will bear
weight in the choice OF president.
Zelaya has known. too, that Mad
rlz is not acceptable 10 the United
States and he has sought to learn
who would be looked upon with favor
by that government, as his successor
But the American government. so far
ss can be learned has named no man.
and the choice probably Will lie with
those who have gained the upper
hand
Accompanying his resignation. Ze-
laya sent the following message to
congress:
Styles Self Patriot.
THE painful circumstances in which
the country Is plunged call for acts
of abnegation and patriotism on the
part of the good citizens who are the
witnesses of the oppression of the Re
public by the heavy hand of fate The
country is staggering under a shame
less revolution that threatens the ma
tons sovereignty. and a foreign ma
ton unjuStly interyenes In our cri-
sis, publicly providing the rebels with
arms which has only resulted In their
being defeated everywhere through
the heroism Of our troops.
ITO avoid further bloodshed and for
the reason that the revolutionlSts
have declared that they would put
down their arms when | surrendered
the executive power, hereby place in
the hands OF the national assembly the
abandonment of the remainder OF my
term in Office. which Is to be filled by
a substitute of their choosing.
hope that this VIII result in good TO
Nicaragua, the establishment OF
peace and particularly the suspension
of the hostility OF the United States,
TO which | do not wish to give pro-
test for Intervention"
A commission of five deputies was
appointed to draft bill looking TO
the acceptance of Ielaya resignation
News OF the presidents action spread
throughout the city and soon got
crowds moved through the streets.
shouting for tho United States. Es-
trada and the revolution.
People Rise at Last.
Held In control for years by the
strong hand of Zelaya, the people have
been quick to break through tho re-
straint when 1t was certain that the
dictator could not breast the tide that
had risen around him. In the later
days Zelaya has Tesorted to all known
tricks and contrivances TO hold the
people of Managua with him. Re
ports of a government victory at Rama
have been freely circulated and ru-
mors that Il massacre Of reyolutionists
had occurred were allowed To spread
unchallenged and undenied. After II
became known that these were with
out a shred Of truth, they rebounded
like a boomerang.
First ono deputy and then another
tooI5 up tho denunciation of Ielaya
in the chamber, and later In the pub