El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-21

Francisco L Msdero. jr,, who has
won the dictatorship OF a nation by
peculiar combination OF war and words,
viii stand out on the pages OF history
as a man quite new He typified the
spirit of the twentieth century, which
finds an exponent in him OF the
classes IN Mexico. hitherto unruffled
by radical reform Madero. who IS
loved by the many but q puzzle to all,
has won by a humanitarian war. at
times iaughable in its mildness, leading
a successful revolution. half of arms
and half OF kisses
Madero. worshiped by his people but
understood By none, has forced him.
self forward by the power Of his gem
tleness. that is, the strength of his
absolute forgiveness and humanitarl-
anism. Changeful TO degree nearing
weakness, he thinks aloud, altering
his determination with every wind
If. as If is said. the greatest men
change their minds the oftenest, Made
TO surely is q great man. He has
shown himself a political butterfly.
honest beyond a doubt. but wavering as
a feather, brave without question, but
gentle as a child
Madero Is Brave
While Madere IS an overly refined
man. he is a brave man. That bravery
puts him where he is; not any ability
as an organizer or politician HIS
honesty makes him loved by the people
1t is a strong combination, coupled
with his brains. But his brain may be
too big, too misunderstanding. There
was no organization in the reyoiution-
A simple plot failed, and Madero en-
tered the field and shouted; No re-
efecfioni Effective suffrageg And
Mexico came to him, slowly at first
with Latin-American apathy, but later
more fully. more completely. Mexico
had decided to wait until the death OF
Diaz. had been waiting more than 20
years for that event. There was moth
ing revolutionary in the country, no
big man to lead the people, until Ma
dero announced himself as anfi-reeiee-
zionist candidate for the presidency.
He was thrown in Jail for this indis-
erection, and still the people did not
rise. Escaping, he fled to the United
States and later entered the field in
lead OF his followers Circumstances
did not make Madero. He made the
circumstances, and then the eircum-
stances made him. He did it with lit
fle assistance. The sheer sincerity Of
the man carried him through The be-
ginning, the printing, the hard pull up
the steep hill
The revolutionists had figured that
the army would turn, as it did in Por-
tugal Tt did not They depended that
the people would rise as they did in
Paris. They did not. Yet there was a
complete sympathy for Madero, the
reTolutionist, and for the revolution
The great majority wanted him. But
they would not speak. Knowing that
tongues, not rifles. make a complete
revolution. Madero was stunned by
this But he did not hesitate and
slowly they came to him. The apathy
OF a people unused to change was slow
" overcome, not by themselves, but by
the energy of the man leading them.
Success and Failure.
All through this period Madero re-
NAMED the same up to his agreement
TO an armistice and the negotiating of
peace with a government which did
not publicly recognize his belligerency.
There was nothing OF egotism about
the man; he Is too honest, too trusting
for his task, it appears He had not
made his revolution by "vivas-" He
tried logic first, and the mere truth
forced the issue. Tongues are wag-
ging and the press, for the first time,
is speaking half its mind AS an
a:wakener, Madero has been a success.
AS a rexolutionist he has failed, but
he has made himself the biggest man
in Mexico
AS a social reTolutionist, a side. OF
the man seldom estimated Madero is
typically twentieth centurian- Mex
leo has had its Hidalgo a Washington;
its Juarez. q Lincoln; its Diaz Bis
mark or e. Nicholas Its reTolutionists
came from the people. but soon became
of the classes. owned by the class. Ma
dero, standing at the top, has chosen
TO lead those st the bottom, decrying
his own class. He follows Joseph Fels
and some young American socialists
who start at the top and work down.
In that, he is ahead Of his time in Mex
leo. he stands alone.
Sometimes Like Boy.
Madero, the man, is a bundle Of
nerves. He does not impress one, al
casual meeting, as a man Of force But