The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-06
copyright. 1910, by F.. p INV,

Mexico 80 - az, tn pris:dint j,
= go Arly in his life he tool -
I'M 4+ahse ~ liberty an it is recalled i,
scoed his IN age iv two he our.
IN nis nurse with a bow an, arron,
IN school his ardent natrra a,io"
uooh Tn tyranny iv tn school W.
~. 50 ne packed up his hooks .hs
80 teacner in tn leg an left ~, s"o
ma throughout his youth an, az,
+hann ne was devoted to his com.
a. from ~disordherly conduck an,
49, he rose to be nr:s;.
80. III a Job which he
'aS held down liver s.nce through ~,
SURFACES iv a grateful people
-, ,Gin'ral Diaz's methods " ,,ovrn
people is mild but frrt. He
Alinfnlts all question to thin o..
thin tn throuble iv thinkin' ahof,t
nm be tiliin' thin tn answers frs+
ie corts opposition, as he thinks #
improves tn craftsmanship If h;s 90
es' Win a Mexican feels like crit;
IN tn governmint he's nerfecLIv
rec 70 90 so, if he is in Paris ar, has
slht fr his family. Aven if he is an
sao"to my " tn governmint an
~ 1nio ms wife that he thinks Gin
TAI I'iazs pants bags at the knees
no narsh measures ARE adopted To-
rus MN: tn p%risidint Only asks him
10 put Ms head again a wall. sh,,t bic
eyes an listen to reason. II ;s ~,
r"ie Nv tn governmint to carry III,
iast wurrnds iv aven tn most sevara
critic " tn administration to tn fam
~, onies5 they ARE iv an incindrv-
airy charackter.
we talk in this country W our
progress in iliction laws, but we are
80 Lar oehlnd Mexico that we ought 20
be ashamed iv Ourselves. tn D.av
system is C1mnla in III n~+lro~ T-
TOUR or five years he takes tn COW
~ IN constitution in existence ont ~
IN garnet. 1t is in his own hand
Wrltln. He's read'n' it an adm.rin'
It's Just an wise provisions whin
prslntiy Mrs. D-az hears him excla m:
"nat DAY is this? Why it's tn thir-
tleth lV Novimber an here tn const-
sutton says l am bound to eau tn,
ilctlon ~ hesilf on tn foorth iv
How cud / be so f'rgetful?
We shud have rem nded me.
But, still, what difference does a few
days more or less name? Ill put on
me a imme.etly an go out an
summon tn Electorate to declare their
choice he says. An on a certain day
IN Citizens iV Mexico gather at tn
pollIn places scattered at intherval-
~ three hundred miles throughout tn
an reglSther their will. No in
| mydation Is practised. TIL prisidint's
ora hers whin a man says he is goin' t. |
vote again tn govermint is not to
shoot or interfere with him in amy
way ont he has exerc sed his suffrage.
"lVrything is left to tn voters to
decide EXCEPT tn result. Before tn
polls ARE opened tn officers in
charge go through tn nicissry form
Atty iV n tn :lliction iv Gin
raj Diaz with his majority. Thin tn
begins. TIL reader can guess
What a saSacyous pllyt.ckal prophet
az is whin we tell him that in forty
year tn gin'ral has niver been ten
votes out iv tn way. He is always
cam Waitin' FIR tn returns.
" anst tn issue is befure tn country
he goes about his da " wurruk as il
lawthin' a h%appenin'. On tn day
'e1ure tbs last illiction our CORY
'pondint interviewed h n an asst him
t he though he wud be il.cted. He
ooked thoughtfully out iv tn window
V tn palace to a new III :ldin' acrost
h sthreat where a sojer was shoot
n at tn feet iv a hod-carryer to
HIM go up tn ladder more
quickly, an remarked calmly: I cam
lot tell. TIL issue is in tn hands iy
h people an they must decide TIL
lex month, as wan mule afther an
Their brought in its load Nv fav'rable
eturns, he remarked that it was al
safe to thrust tn people. In
h n their good horse sense wuu
ssert itsif over tn ravins iv d mmy-
ogues. He remarked On tn exthra- :
rdhinry mortality among orators j
urin' tn campaign an said he sup |
eyant a slight wink at tn sicrety il |
heir lungs to tn bitin' mountain air. |
tut he showed absolutely no emotion /
eyant a sight wink at tn sicrety V |
A. threasury who had come in to hear ]
n returns. !
"Mxico. undher Diaz, is tn safest !
ounthry in tn wurruld FIR men with /
honey to invest. 1t IS thruly polised |
e a picked body iv intelligent pIice-
len who regulate tn thratic with
Whin an ffende again tn
wv is captured tn p'lice do not lam
I'M over tn head an dhrag him to
l. station house, as they do in this
country. Wan iv tn cop
ars is INSTRUCTED to let him escape
/ return FIR this sarvice tn plice-
an is given tn first shot at him. II