Weekly journal-miner., 1911-07-05

| CITY OF MEXICO, July Evil
 odors of all scandals will not be
 permitted to reach the nostrils of
 Mexieo's public until after the elee-
 tion at any rate, if De la Barra and
 Francisco I. Madero can prevent it.
 Both the president pro tenn and the
 man who expects to be president af-
 ter December l are standing by the
 sealed jar of diseords ready to shoo
 any meddlesome person fho would unserew the cover.
 Navarro Congratulated.
 ''In the name of the government l thank you, sir. for the bravery you displayed and for the valiant defense you made at Juarez," said the minister of war when General Navarro reported. The incident is typical to encourage raneOrous feel ing. Unofficially it was charged that the Federal soldiers had been supplied with worthless ammunition. It is probable that no official investiga- tion will be made. True or not, it is a feature of the past and De la Barra and Madero are dealing with things of the present and planning for the future.
 Madero Is Idol.
 Not yet has any of the newly or ganized parties placed in the field a candidate for the presidency who promises to defeat Madero. Almost all the parties formed so far differ but little and all agree on the es- sentials advocated by MaderO, thus leaving them nothing but a person al issue. It remains to be seen what the conservative part of the population will do. Even though Limantour, and others of the group commonly styled the "Cientifieos have left i the country, there remain many of | the business mems element which | they represented and it is not i'm probable that in time this part of the public will prove a danger to l the liberal wing led by Madero. That | they can muster their forces in time | to prove a serious menace before | October s, the day of the election, l is not considered likely. By most | residents of the capital it is con l sidered that Madero's greatest dan i ger lies within himself. If the elec- | tion were today there is scarcely i any doubt that he would be chosen | almost without opposition. He is the idol of the people now but there are those who would lay traps for him and his close friends are warning him against the danger of ! being led into any indiseretlon.
 Watching For Reyes.
 In the state of Veraeruz there is a small band of ex-rebels who fought | under Gavira who display signs of indignation whenever one praises them for the manner in which they re- spected property rights during the war. One of the duties of these men was to hold up trains on the Mexican railway when it was thought Gener- al Bernardo Reyes was coming to the capital ahead of time. Never did they rob passenger of so much as a watch. Their instructions were to look for Reyes and to detain the train no longer than was necessary.
 One night a train they had stopped carried as express a magnificent sad de horse. The little group of reb- els enviously looked at the animal and suggested to Gavira that since 1t probably was the property of some federal officer it would be le- gitimate eontraband of war. Gavira laughed at the idea, insisted that it doubtless was the horse of a private ritizen and ordered them not to mol est it. General Reyes now rides that horse. It was his favOrite saddler md had been shipped by him from Paris.
 De La Bara Busy. President de Ia Barra is learning I hat the chief executive is supposed to I 10 more than perform the duties of a Ountry's general manager. Unless | le wishes to be remembered as un- i gracious he must receive tourists l: avored with influence, promoters a vho are hungry for special favors p nd the curious who "wish to shake e he hand of the president" Those e rho promote theatrical and other en- tl erprises in the name of charity feel a rec to expect that he will accept e lvitations and every foreign colony T, xpeets him to honr them by attend e,