Arizona republican., 1911-05-24
The Gonzalez Proqra m.

The Gonzalez Program.
Senior Abraham Gonzalez. selected
by Madero for governor Of Chihua-
hna. has stated the policy which ne
says ne viii follow as the chief ex-
ecutive Of MeXico's great northern
state. In brief. ii is the policy of the
square deal" His words Will be re-
assuring TO American investors, for
his reputation Is excellent. and there
Is no reason TO doubt his sincerity.
He is grandson of d former governor
of chihuahua, and is a man OF good
education. He speaks perfect Eng
fish As broker Tor Americans DEAL
ing in mines, real estate and livestock.
he has acquired a large circle of
friends in the United States. For
nearly a generation the state of Chi
huahua has been practically a duke
dom under the control Of the CreeI
and Terrazas families. The immense
land holdings of these two families.
''''AA 1phAiAN ~ tAlOll Albult IN AdT1-
Gus ways from all investors through
their control of all the functions OF
government in the state-always a
Terrazas or a Creel in the governors
chair-and their ownership Of the
principal banks built great fortunes
for them, but resulted in the impov-
erishment of the people generally.
Gonzalez has long been opposed to the
Terrazas-Creel oligarchy, and when
Madero raised his banner of revolt
Gonzalez became his valuable lieu
tenant. Now that he Is to have the
political power so long welded by
Terrazas and Creel, Governor Con
zalez proposes to inaugurate new
era. To a newspaper correspondent
at FL Paso he frankly expressed him
self:
We certainly do not wish to de-
priye any of the gentlemen OF their
political rights" said Governor Con
zalez to the correspondent. We want
them to vote ana 10 exert their influ-
ence in politics, but equally and hon
estly"
How have things fallen completely
into the hands of the Creel and Ter
razas families in chihuahua ." the
new governor was asked
Theoretically. concessions are
granted by the state legislature. or as
sembly." he said but practically this
power has rested in the past in the
hands of the governor. These men
named the governor. who. in turn.
controlled the assemblies Then the
first requisite of launching successfully
any business enterprise in this part Of
Mexico was a bribe fund. or else it
would be found inconvenient to grant
the desired concession"
How far" asked the correspon-
dent, do YOU expect TO change the
personnel of the government? Has
the corruption permeated all the way
down.
Il do not believe the employees Of
the government are all bad replied
Governor Gonzales Many OF them
have been compelled to follow prac-
tees of which they did not approve |
Graft has thus become part of the |
system. We wish TO make only such |
changes as viii eliminate graft IL
there is honesty at the top il should |
not be difficult TO make il obtain all |
the way down.
Whatever feeling there is against !
Americans in my country" said Gov.
ernor Gonzales. lis due almost alto |
gether to the gobbling up Of our re- |
sources through corrupt means. |
though unfortunately means which |
our system has encouraged, if not |
imposed. You viii find no feeling |
against Americans, or foreigners in
general. when there is honesty on !
both sides
American and other capitalists,
large or small. need no longer come ,
with bride money in hand 10 establish |
themselves. or their Industries, in the
state of Chihuahua-not so long as
] am governor. There shall be no
anteroom to the executive office.
where blocks of stock may be traded
for concessions. We shall welcome
Americans and their money; We have
room for many Of them But we hope
TO have honesty within and we expect
honesty from without. When cOnces-
sions are granted they shall he
granted publicly, and to the highest
bidder. without discrimination. and
the proceeds shall go into the public
treasury
The Tyrannical Republic of Portugal.