The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-17
People Of Nicaragua Aroused
to Point Of Frenzy, and Res
ignation Was Only Course
Left Open to Stormy Petrol.
CONGRESS EXPECTED
TO ACCEPT IN HASTE
For Sixteen Years the Central
American Republic Has Been
Ruled and RuthIeSSIy De-
spoiled by USurping Tyrant
LONG CAREER OF CRIME

Managua, Dec. 16.-JOse Santos
Zelaya has resigned from the presi-
dency Of Nicaragua. He placed his
resignation 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.
OlutiOnists threatened. The warships
Of the United States lay in Nieara-
guam ports.
Mauagua has been seething for days.
The spirit of revolt has spread even to the
gates of the palace. Ielaya surrounded
himself with an armed guard. Unchecked,
the pOpulace have marched through the
streets crying for the end Of the old and
proelaiming the new regime.
Who viii take up the reins no one
knows nor cares. 1t is sufficient that
Ielaya as dictator will be known no
more. There is no doubt that congress
viii act quickly on his resignation, for the
people have demanded It.
viii Not Have Madriz.
DR.. Jose Nadriz, judge Of the Central
American court of justice at CaTtagoa,
who has been close to Zelaya and is now
his choice for president, is on his way
here. He VIII arrive on Saturday. Ma
dTiZ has his following, strong and influ-
entail even among the revOludOnists, but
Gen. Estrada, under whose command the
great body of fighting insurgents now
face Nasquez's troops at Rama, viii have
none of him. Estrada s word will bear
weight in the choice of President.
Zelaya has known too that Madriz
lis not acceptable to the United States, and
he has sought to learn who would be
looked upon with favor by that govern
ment as his successor. But the American
government, so far as can be learned,
has named no man. and the choice prob
ably viii lie with those who have gained
the upper hand
Zelaya's Resignation.
Accompanying his resignation Zelaya
sent the following message to congress:
''The painful circumstances i'm which the
country is plunged call for acts of alb
negatiOn and patriotism on the part OF
the good citizens, who are the witnesses
of the oppression of the republic by the
heavy hand of fate. The country is stag
geriug under a shameless revolution that
threatens the nations sovereignty, and
foreign nation uniustly interYenes in our
crisis. publicly providing the rebels with
arms which has only resulted in their be-
ing defeated everywhere through the he
rOism of our troops,
'sTo avoid further bl0odshed and for the
reason that the revolutionists have de-
clared that they would put down their
arms when i surrendered the executive
power. I hereby place in the hands of the
national assembly the abandonment OF the
remainder of my term of office, which is
to be filled by a substitute Of their choos~
ing. with the 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 7 do not wish to give pretext
for intervention
People Give Vent to Joy.
A commission Of five deputies was ap-
pointed to draft a bill. looking to the ac-
cep1ance of Zalaya's resi- gnatiOn. News Of
the presidents action spread throughout
the CITY and soon got crowds moving
Continued on page six.