El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-14
MAD ERO DESIRES
PEACE, BUT A
CHANGE
Wealthy Man Highly Edu-
Gated Dedicates Self to
Political Reforms.
OBy Horace H. Shelton)


San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 14.-Fran-
cisco I. Madero. candidate for presi-
| dent at the recent Mexican election and
as a result of which he is a refugee
from the country which the members
of his family fought to free, is in San
Antonio. where he will remain in order
to be out of reach of the persecution
of Diaz and his allies.
Mr.. Madero is not an adventurer, he
is not a revolutionist nor is he a
cialist or agitator Madero is a pa
trician. Born to wealth and aristoc-
racy he was reared in luxury, educated
in Europe has travelled widely and is
in "~-prv way refined. polished and in
telligent man. He is a graduate
of the Ecole Centrale of Paris. one of
J the worlds most famous engineering
schools, and speaks Spanisl, English
a~@ French fluently as any native of
either country.
Man of Wealth.
His grandfather, Evaristo Madero is
! one of the largest land owners and
wealthiest men in Mexico, his fortune
being reputed to be $50 600 900. This
Madero was for years governor OF Goa
hula and Tough. side by side with Jiaz
in his struggle to MAKE Mexico free.
Francisco l. Madero, the refugee, is
also a man of wealth. In making the
, race lOT pISSlQcHI, III dQFOcdIlnS Tic
right of the Mexican people to elect
their own rulers, and in preaching the
doctrine of liberty, he not only risked
his personal safety but also the confis-
cation of his immense fortune. The re-
suits have shown him to be martyr to
the cause he believes is right.
Madero's offence consisted of an
nouncing as a candidate for president.
He was conducting an orderly cam
paign in the open. Suddenly charges
of 'sedition" were preferred against
him. Armed soldiers invaded his pa
latial home at Monterey at night and
he was dragged from his bed and
marched at the point of bayonets to
the state penitentiary where he was
thrown into what was practically
dungeon, among men convicted of the
vilest crimes. Denied visits from his
family and from his attorneys, denied
the right to know with what he was
charged he remained in this prison
nearly three weeks His food was
coarse and he slept on rock floor with
only one blanket for bed. He became
infected with vermin.
Fearing his supporters might try to
free him he was hurried away to Sal
tillo, 200 miles distant, where for
months he remained in Jail under SINH
lar conditions to those in Monterey.
Ills fdml1y Spfcd upon.
Not only was Madero jailed but spies
were set to watch his family. Their
vast business interests were hampered
in every way by federal spies and Of
ficials. They were Ioroed to issue
proclama tions to the people of Mexico
denouncing Madero and discouragins
his candidacy. Although always loyal
TO the government they were looked
upon with suspicion. Although social
fear they might be thought TO be in
sympathy with Maderos candidacy and
thus bring upon themselves the dis
favor of the government.
"Not a RevoIutionist.'
For the hardships and prosecutions
1 have undergone I care nothing" said
Mr.. Madero. II could have expected
nothing less from such a dictator and
tyrant as president Diaz Political lib
erty does not exist in Mexico. 1t never
will under DiaZ. He is maintained in
office by armed force, not by the de-
sire of the people.
Those who have opposed him have
been imprisoned, nave been banished
or in some cases, even executed. Their
property has been confiscated and their
families made outcasts. This being the
case it is small wonder that Diaz has
been elected year after year without
litical party in Mexico.
THE country is filled with spies Men
try to secure favors from the govern
ment by reporting any man whose 10y
atty to DiaZ may be suspected. Pun
ishment, sure and swift, is sure to fol-
low. The jails of Mexico are now full
of men wnose only crime is that they
believed in political liberty, that they
opposed the dictatorship of Diaz and
hod hro
There is no country on earth where
tyranny is more pronounced. The truth
scarcely ever comes out of Mexico
| Where papers have dared to print the
truth their publications have been sup
pressed, their plants destroyed and
their editors thrown in Jail.
Peace, but Justice.
81 am not a revolutioniSt or an an
arcnist. My fathers before me were
patriots. They fought for their coun-
| try. We are not poor My family is
| worth millions. We are certainly ia :
| terested in the upbuiIding and the pro-
| gress of Mexico, for selfish. reasons, If
| for no other.
| Il do not want TO see an era of blood
| shed. 1t is not my desire 10 see ny
country involved in revolution or TO see
| the laws disregarded.
My ambition was to see my people
! have political freedom, the right to
! public speech, the freedom of the press
! and the right to select their own Off
! GERS without military dictation.
L wanted the right of trial by jury,
! the adjustment of the practice o:
| throwing men in prison without trial
| and without any charges being pre-
| ferred. 1 wanted to see Mexico a real
| republic, not a dicta torship.
| THE result of my fight for those
| principles is that I am now an outcast
| from my country, and I cannot return
| until such time as Diazism is forever
! wiped out Of that country. 1t will be
! done by peaceable means, by the ballot
/ and that day is not far distant"