El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-01
A Little Soliloquy on Maderoism'
BY ]

The reading of the eloquent addresses
delivered by Mr. Madero to his men, as
well as the statements which he has
given TO reporters for publication, when
considered in connection with the actions
OF many of his followers, lead to a train
of serious thought.
We must believe that Mr. Madero Is
a democrat in the broader sense of the
term, for he himself hath said it." He
must be a, patriot, as our extinguished,
mot distinguished Arctic explorer, DR..
Cook, has compared him to George Wash
ington. 1t would be interesting to know
Just what were Mr. Madero's feelings
when receiving this praise from such a
source.
Let it be conceded that, for true
democracy, altruism, and pure patriotism,
Mr.. Madero is almost mot quite) the
equal Of our own peerless one, VIM. J.
Bryan, and it may be granted, also,
that his intentions were good when he
began raising SheOl as he has done But
what shall the harvest be?
In order to get a proper perspective
of current events, lit is sometimes well
to read history, and apply to the present
tune the lessons taught by past ex-
perience Those who were not born yes
terday may recall a time when there
was q party of refoTaners in the city
of Chicago. These reformers were known
as the Hagmarket rioters, and their
methods for reforming the government
of the United States in general, and of
Chicago IN particular, was to kill off
everybody but themselves, by the use
of dynamite bombs. Some of these re-
formers were hanged by the neck until
they were quite dead; others were SEN
tened to long terms of imprisonment
for their crimes, yet, such is the nCwer
of ont foil nj
patty for that class of criminals that,
after a few years, the people of the
great state of Illinois allowed themselves
to be persuaded to elect one AltgeId
governor for the sole purpose of par
doning these convicted murderers who
had not been hanged.
1t is believed that the prisons in
Mexico are filled with men who have
been incarcerated for political offenses.
the type of L. Gutierrez de Lara, and
are eagerly listened to and implicitly
believed by the people OF the United
States But these statements are not
true The prisons of Mexico like the
prisons of the United States and of all
other countries, are filled with convicted
felons, mrurderers, robbers, and men
guilty of all the offenses known in the
criminal code. If there are any prisoners
in Jail for socaiied political .offenses, it
is because thew adopted the methods of
the Chicago Haymarket patriots.
History does not relate that the men
of the Is colonies forming the original
United States of America began their
revolution by attacking towns that were
not defended; employing the jails of all
the convicted felOns, and then proceeding
to loot all banks and business estaIb-
hshments, as well as to destroy public
buildings and records.
Unfortunately, this has been the GUS
tom in the socalled revolutions in the
Spanish American countries; and this
last one is no exception to the rule.
Wherever a party of the insulrectos has
attacked and taken a town, the first
move has been to empty the prisons and
to swell the ranks of the revolutionists