El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-01

this statement and then Braulfo Her
nandez, secretary to governor Abram
Gonzalez. was called upon and said:
The revolution brought out the
shining. sincere friendship of the
American people for Mexico
1T. taught that a sound structure
cannot be built on any foundation but
a good moral foundation It taught
that the strength OF an idea IS greater
than the strength Of the. bullet.
In honoring Francisco Madero you
sare honoring the Mexican people He
has been the apostle that preached the
great gospel; he has been cur leader in
battle and is our banner.
Eloquent Tribute to the Flag.
We will try to keep our flag as
white as purity. as green as the YER
dure Of our fields, as red as the blood
of our ancestors. ask you to drink
to the friendship OF the United States
and Mexico" Here a toast was drunk
and Hernandez said: u wish to say
that Navarro is not the lion, the tiger
that had been believed, and he shall
not go down in history as such He
was not responsible for the assassina-
+, lions at Cerro Prieto"
When this statement was made every
man rose to his feet, calling for Ma
varro and yelling vivas Navarro rose.
smiled. drank. toast and resumed his
seat
A Tribute to Dfaz.
VIM H. Burgess was the next speak
er and he said in part: We are glad
this cruel was is over. For one thing
so that we can be here tonight. For
another, because we had some anxious
days on this side, as you did on the
other. while it was going on. We had
TO read every morning about, a new
cabinet that was to be formed and
one of these mentioned John NJ Wyatt
for treasurer, Dan Jackson for at
torney general and DR. L J. Bush for
chief executioner. Besides we had to
read an extra every 80 minutes, and
the streets of Ell Paso were flowing
with red ink as deep as water.
am naturally an insurrecto. 1t
runs in the family and did so before
came to this country
Now you are to have a free ballot.
have had something to DO with bal
lots myself, and if you need some down
there once in a while that are not al
together free do not forget that we
will remember past favors 'Hurrah
for Kelly called Park Pitman.
However, we snay disagree with
the man who has recently stepped
down from the presidency, we must
admit that he led his country in the
right direction and ne enforced the
law and kept the peace.
Many heard our president saw, TO
him that we would preserve neutrality.
and 1T was preserved during this war
when your time OF trouble came and
you reVolted, and revo1ted very prop
erly and justly
am glad that it is nearly all over
Nearly, 1 say, for 1T is not all over, no
people can. go through what you have
gone through and settle it, IN such
short time. We didn't and you will not
Your record shows all clear white so
far. Remember that grass grows over
blood shed on the battlefield but never
over blood shed on the scaffold. You
had an opportunity to do wrong and
you did right
Something to Remember.
If any one THINKS he had a griev-
ance, just remember that you killed as
many Of them as they did Of you
what you do in peace will reflect credit
upon you in years TO come more than
your courage on the battlefield And,
whether I am speaking to insurrkcto
Or federal, 1 say honestly your foe
men were worthy of your steel.
If the next time odr honored guest
appears with US, he is FL presidente,
hope he will be able to tell us Of
more schools and better schools, OF
more factories and better Factories, !
If more railroads and better railroads,
railroads that run every day and do
aot stop for five or six months, he
will have earned for himself the
1iaudits of every country"
Following this address, a flashlight |
photo was taken of the assemblage. |
hrs. Francisco I. Madero, Mrs. ". w. |
rurney. Mrs. w. H. Burgess. Mrs. W. |
R. Brown, Miss Arizmendi Mejia and |
Miss Madero came down from the bal
sony and stood behind the guests table |
while the photo was made
Among the notables present besides