The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-12-22
MANAeUA CHEERS MADR|z.
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WEI.
COINED AT THE CAPITAL.
Frobable Successor of Zelaya Gets
Enthusiastic Reception Madriz
Not Certain How RevOlutionists
VIII Receive Him-Declines to
Comment on Zelaya's Administra-
ton or OH Action OF United States.

Managua, Nicaragua. Dec. 19.-
Jose Madriz, Judge of the Central
American Court of Justice, at Car
tago, who has been put forward as a
candidate for the Presidency to sue
ceed Zelaya, received an enthusiastic
reception on his arrival here today.
Long before he reached the capital,
Madriz was the object Of cheering
crowds, He was met by delegations
from various departments and ac-
claimed all along the way from Cor
into to Managua.
At this place the crowds awaiting
the appearance of the candidate were
extraordinary. Troops and police
were out in force for the protection
of Madriz who proceeded on foot to
a hotel through an almost inextrica-
BILE mass Of people, the soldiers and
detectives breaking way for him
through the solid ranks, pushing and
throwing aside the frantic people.
In front of the park there were
hostile cries against the attempt of
the soldiers to clear the street, and
Immediately fifty civilians, all of them
residents of Leon, the home of Mad
riz. and the stronghold of the Lib
erals who favor his candidacy, whip
ped out revolvers, brandishing them
in the air. They formed a compact
mass around Madriz, acting as his
bodyguard and escorting him to his
quarters.
For the moment the situation was
critical. There were shouts Of viva,
Leon; to hell with Managua!" No
shots were fired, however, and the
procession went on it's way. The
Presidential candidates face was
flushed and wore a look of anxiety.
He was accompanied to the hotel by
the Mexican minister, and from this
place the crowds were shut out
DR.. Madriz arrived at 8 O'Clock this
morning at Corinto aboard the steam
er Acapulco from Santa Arenas, Co.'S
tn Rica. He was received by cum
missions representing Congress, the
Supreme Court and the municipali-
ties Of Leon, Managua, Chinandega
and Masaya. A salute of 101 guns
was fired in his honor. Soldiers lined
the piers at attention, and enthu-
siasm marked the greeting of the
crowds along the water front. DR..
Madriz. though seemingly we'll pleas
ed. at his welcome, made no speech.
Soon after he landed he said in an
interview:
Il shall accept the honor which has
been offered me. I am not the candi-
date of Leon, but of the entire Re-
public. Ny chief concern will be to
appease the ancient sectionalism
which has divided certain localities. -
DR.. Madriz said that he was not
certain how the revolutionists would
receive him. He had sent a delegate
to Bluefields to confer with the rev.
olutionary leaders there, but his rep
resentative had not been permitted 10
land. Gen. Estrada sent word that.
II he had come to treat for peace. It
was useless. Madriz was hopeful
however, that he would succeed in
making peace with the revolutionists.
He had conferred at Punta Arenas
with Adam Cardenas, the former
president of Nicaragua and now head
OF the Conservative party. and a mu-
tual promise OF cooperation had
been exchanged. Cardenas was over
thrown from the Presidency by Ze-
laya In 1891, and recently he was re-
ported as having taken the field
against his old enemies, heading an
expedition which was preparing in
Costa Rica for an attack upon Mica
ragua. 1t also was asserted that the
former President had bound himself
to support the candidacy of Gen. Es-
trada.
DR.. Madriz declined to comment
upon Zelaya's administration, nor
would he discuss the question of in
tervention by the United States, but
ne expressed the hope that an amic-
able settlement would be reached. as
ne had trust in the high sense of JUS
tice of the American peOple
The candidate was met at Gilman
dega and Leon by almost as great
crowds as had gathered at Corinto.
and they shouted "long live the sa-
viour Of Nicaragua" There was, how
ever, a remarkable absence Of hostile
cries to Zelaya. The people of Leon
were widest in their demonstration
or friendliness. Flowers were show.