Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-11-09
AFTER THE
REVOLUTION
A Story Showing How Maguauimity
Comes TO Follow Victory
By EDWIN PENNINGTON
Copyright by American Press Asso
citation, 1911.

After every struggle resulting In q
change Of government there are scores
10 be paid OF by those who have re
volted. AS rcvolutionistS, instead OF
being favored by the law they have
ltShed themselves in power, the other
edge OF the sword is brought into play
and cuts in the opposite direction. In
stead of being used to impriSon or exc
cute revolutioniSts it is used to execute
the advocates of the government over
thrown.
When the recent revolution In Mex.
leo became the de facto government the
revolutionistS stood ready to use the
law to punish those who had used Ii
to punish them. During that period
when President Diaz held his own in
the city OF Mexico a young lawyer.
Alfonzo Fernandez, sympathizer
with the insurgents, left the city TO
join the forces of Madero, During the
lighting he was captured by the gov
Crnment troops, and, being man of
influence. every effort was made to In
duce him to return to the support of
! President Diaz He was turned over
to one Jose Sierra, n man deeply inter
ested in putting down the rebellion,
with orders TO persuade. force or buy
him to the government support.
Sierra took the captive to his hacien-
da, put him on his parole not to leave
it and treated him like guest instead
of prisoner. The jaier host was an
adept at winning over an enemy and
gested itself to him.
! Concia, Sierra's daughter, girl OF
twenty, possessed one of those oval
faces of a dusky shade, large liquid
eyes and especially the long lashes of
the Spaniard. Her father noticed soon
after Fernandez's arrival that he was
attracted by his daughter and she was
attracted by Fernandez. 1t occurred
1 to Sierra that FcrnandeZ's conversion
might be accomplished more readily
by means of the girl than by his own
arguments or threats. He gave the
young people every opportunity to he
together and when he saw that the
pear was ripe undertook to pluck 1t.
He offered Fernandez prominent
position under the government. which
| OF course, would be tantamount to Sc
curing his adherence, Fernandez de
clined the offer Then Sierra inform
ed his prisoner that he would be tried
for treason. which meant that he would
be found guilty and executed. In love
with the daughter OF the man who hat
made the threat the temptation tC
| yield and desert the cause in which he
had embarked was well nigh resistless
Fernandez seemed to have every.
thing to gain by giving his adher
ence to the established government
! President Diaz then appeared to he
! firmly fixed In the presidency. and II
would be difficult to unseat him. BY
! yielding Fernandez would acquire Il
position OF prominence that might be
permanent That position he might
make more enduring and more promi
! ncnt by throwing his influence on the
side of the man who had done mncl
/ for Mexico. These arguments were re
enforced by the fact that on one side
stood death on the other love, But
honor forbade
Fernandez now considered the parole
he had given void and began to take
measures to escape If possible. Concia
procured for him woman's dress ant
drove him in her volante past guards
who had orders to be watchfui and oi
no account permit his escape. Had i
! not been th"t she accompanied him M
would not have succeeded in dcceiying
them. AZ il was. he made good his
escape and returned TO Mexico city.
! Not even Sierra knew how Fernan
/ DEE got beyond his clutches. Concis
kept her secret. and directly after the
escape changes occurred that rendered
soon to be forgotten.
After Dinz's departure and the ap
pointmcnt Of n provisional president o.
! the republic the work of retaliation
commenced. Jose Sierra, who had beer
+ captured by the reyolutionists, wa
/ brought to the capital. To accuse +
/ man OF treason against a government
/ that was not established when the ac
! was committed would not come will
/ good grace from the government thai
had been ia rebellion Those whom
| Sierra had made TO suffer brought
him TO trial for having murdered q
man whom he had shot during tho
struggle.
| And so IT was that the law which
had before enabled Sierra to punish
now afforded the same machinery fol
Furnishing him. AS to his having or
dered shot the man he was accused OF
numbering. there was no denying the
fact. That he had done the deed le
gally did not concern the Jurymen who
were on the other side. The trial
therefore. was merely a judicial re
venge. and verdict of guilty was rem
dered accordingly.
The jury. the lawyers. the spectators,
saw nothing but the bare facts Of the
trial that have been here outlined.