The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-10-07
DON MIouEL,s POSITION.


In order to properly appreciate the
significance of the stir IN Portugal it
+ Is absolutely necessary for the gentle
reader to thoroughly understand the
position Of Don Miguel.
This subject is deep one opening
up as it does all the intrieaties Of con
Sinental statecraft, but we shall en-
deavor to elucidate it drawing to our
assistance all the resources Of modern
scholarship and such import informa-
ton as we have gathered in reading
the newspapers and the almanac
First Of all, in order to get a clear
view Of Don Migueps position, it is
necessary to understand that he fol-
lows the vocation Of "Pretender.g We
have many people of considerable pre-
tensions in the country-some pretend
to be pious, some wise, some patriotic,
and some even go so FAR as to pretend
that they honestly think Joe AIcNeal
will be elected governor but these are
just ordinary pretenders, not to be
confouded with the genuine, real un-.
adulterated article that flourishes in
Old World soil, the royal pretender.
For many years Don Miguel has
worked industriously iii this capacity,
but other than contriving to have one
Of his sons marry an American heiress0
he doesn't appear to have been con
spicuously successful However i
revolution is always fruitful OF golden
opportunities for a man Of his charac-
ter, and no sooner did the Portuguese
irebs begin to raise Cain with the ad-
ministration than Don put up his
lightning rod. 1t is known that he has
been Ia a receptive attitude all along
and consequently it was no surprise
when the press dispatches brought
word that Don had called his followers
into conference, hoping to receive a
summons to mount the throne. AS
nearly as we can understand it he sim
ply said Gentlemen, ! am in the
hands Of my friends-in other words,
am ready at any time to yield to popu-
lar solicitation and sacrifice myself
on the altar Of public duty in order
to bring peace and tranquility to this
troubled kingdom
Ordinarily in America this speech
would be sufficient to remove man
from the class Of prominently men
toned 10 that Of an ayowed candi-
date, but it's different in Portugal,
especially at this stage Of the game.
All must admire the courage as well as
line patriotism of Don in the attitude
lie has assumed, for II must be admit
ted recent experiences Of royalty in
Portugal have not been such as to en-
courage a mere self-seelxing man to
aspire to the JOB of king. The boy
kings royal father terminated his
reign BY coming, into contact with a
bomb at an untimely moment and
Manuel himself had anything but q
pleasant official career. 1t would seem
therefore that the bold and patriotic
position taken by the pretender should
have impressed the populace with his
lsingly qualities, but SO far as we have
learned Don is still in the hands of his
friends with mighty little prospects o.
getting any furthef The trouble is
that the fevolutionists are not looking
for a royal ruler-they have become
infected With pesky republican ma
tions-and it looks like there is moth
ing left Tor Don Miguel hut to go wesl
and grow up with the country. II be
takes our advice he VIII join the in
4 surgents.