El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-10


But when the latter WIS sent to the east
coast six or seven years ago, as gov
ernor of the department, Or state, OF
which Bluefields IS the chief town. their
paths began to diverge. Estrada i'm
| b;bed the progressive ideas which were
current in Bluefields, brought thither
by the foreigners, Americans and Eng
lish, who then constituted the bulk of
the population He shared their dis
gust over the meat concession, by which
the sale of beef was committed TO
single person. He saw that the time was
at hand when this and other equally obi
Gus monOpOlies must be abolished He
took the matter 10 Zelaya, and recon-
nended action.
Zelaya promised redress, but nothing
was done, and after 10 months incun-
bency Estrada resi- gned the governor
ship. Estrada is the second of three
( brothers. all Of whom have become
prominent in Nicaraguan affairs. They
| do not owe their advancement to birth
or family connections. They began life
humbly. and have made their way by
| sheer ability and good fortune
Niearaguan Problems
The breakup of the Zelaya regime is
| bound 10 produce a large crop of prob
| lens for the Nicaraguan statesmen 10
work out. This is inevitable from the
/ character and history of the four great
political parties which exist there
Among these the oldest is the Con
! Servative party. The leader of the
/ Conservatives is DR.. Cardenas. man
| now nearing his 'ninetieth year. He is
| physician. and was formerly very
wealthy. He attributes the loss Of the
! bulk of his fortune 70 the enmity or
! Zelaya-
| Cardenas was once president OF the re-
public. He II was on whom the Pc
| litical exiies in Costa Rica, without ref
erence 70 their political affiliations
agreed as their choice TO succeed Ze-
Iaya Cardenas, however, at once LEI
it be known that he had no aspirations
less, the most conspicuous and honored
figure in present day Nicaraguan poll
tics.
Liberals at Leon
Another of the chief political parties
Is composed of the Liberals They cen
ter in and around the city of Leon Leon
is the largest town in Nicaragua ana
has some manufacturing interests. The
population includes a large class OF
artisans. and they make up the mass OF
the party.
The acknowledged leader of the Lib
erals is Gen. AnastasiO j. Ortiz man
of some go years Ortiz led revolu-
ton against Zelaya in 1896. but with the
assistance of Policarpo Bonillo. then
president of Honduras. he was overcome
and banished- Today he makes his home
in Ceiba-
The second most important Liberal
leader is Gen. Paolino Godoy. now IN
his 55th year GodOy began life as
tailor. He also was implicated in the
revolution of 1895. and was compelled TO
seek refuge in Honduras, after the dis
asrrous rout of his forces
Castrillo Faction
There is also the Moderate COnserva-
tive party the one which is mainly re-
spcnsible for the recent revolution Ii
IS composed of the better educated and
most progressive element in the popu-
lation of Nicaragua. Many of its mem
bers have been educated abroad. and
there acquired notions of liberty and
enlightenment altogether incompatible
with the policies on which Zelaya had
erected his power
1t is to the Moderate Conservatives
that CastriIlo belongs. the CastrillO who
represents the revolutionary party IN
Washington at the present moment
Castrfllo is the son of Salvador Castrillo.
minister of finance under Cardenas, and
a member Of the commission which ad
justed the boundary dispute between
Nicaragua and Honduras The elder
Castril1o is a man Of such probity that,
although Zelaya knew him an enemy,
there was none in whom he could place
more perfect confidence, and for that
reason selected him for the delicate mis-
sion which he so successfully executed
The younger Castrillo was educated in
Europe, and has written number Of
valuable works in French. He ranks
q distinguished author in France as
we'll as in Nicaragua.
ZeIayista Party.
Finally, there is the Zelayista party.
L is composed of men who supported
the deposed dictator One of the ablest
Of these is Jose Dolores Cameo Cameo
has filled a score of important offices
under Zelaya. A descendant of one of the
Conservative families of Nicaragua. he
ranks very high as a lawyer. and has
done much for his country His adj
herence to Zelaya is attributed by
mcny, to his desire TO succeed him in
the presidency. an ambition which is
now most unlikely to be gratified
The Conservatives. the Liberals. and
the Moderate Conservatives were. as
may be inferred from the fore going out
line OF their history. opposed 10 Ze-
laya But because they were enemies
OF the previous administration it does
not follow that they will enthusiastically
support any person who may be selected
as Zelaya's successor. The Zelayaites. of
couse, may be counted on 70 do all they
can 70 embarraSs the new regime
TO conciliate these conflicting inter
eSts. DO establish harmony. and to safe
guard the liberty of the people. so long
and so cruelty oppressed. are the diff
cult tasks which Zelaya's successor in
the presidency will have to accomplish
ow-v-Guatemala, Leader of
the Republics)