Arizona republican., 1911-01-28
TOUR OF MEXICO
 ALONG WEST COAST THE RETURN OF SHERIFF AND
 MRS. HAYDEN.
Observations of Sheriff on Revolution Constitution and Things Generally.

| Snerltt and MfS. f1dlue0 ItAuiHtu yesterday from d trip of two weeks along the west coast of Mexico, going almost as far as the Randolph line has been built They intended to go as far south as Topic. but they found that the railroad has not yet reached that point. They spent the greater part of their time at Guaymas, Mazatlan and | Culiacan.
 | It is a magnificent country, said the sheriff, but the fear of the revolution lies heavy upon it, so that enterprises of all kind are suffering paralysis. There are no investments of capital and there has been this winter very little of tourist travel, which for some years has been heavy along the west coast.
 Whatever may come of it, said the sheriff, there is d revolution in MeXi- co. The revolutionary spirit Is strong. In the part of the country he visited. he was told by Americans that fully 90 per cent of the native population was in favor of overturning the Diaz government. The sheriff himself wit messed, or rather heard, one Inanifes- tation. It was at moving picture show at Guaymas. Scenes from the centen- ary ceremonials were being reeled off and when President DiaZ appeared in the procession, the house was sibilant with misses.
 The room was dark, so that it could not be told who the demonstrants were but from the volume of sound it ap- dience was involved.
 -fE Ia af trt. fnN there was a bullfight and on the other baseball game was in progress. The population of the city was about equal ly divided between the two attractions. Then d fire broke out in d warehouse in town. Both bullfight and base ball game were instantly deserted. Someone had raised the cry. "MaderO is coming." The population had gone to welcome him.
 The sheriff was told that on account of the prevalence of the revolutionary sentiment, 100 armed men could take any of the larger towns on the west coast, especially in the states of Sonora, Sinaloa and Topic.
 But there are no arms in the towns except those the soldiers have. The government has looked after that, and its eagle eye is on every man. One citizen told the sheriff that he was going along d street of Guaymas one day. when a stranger handed him paper and asked him if he wanted something to read. The stranger hurried on and the citizen walked along reading the document, which turned out to be a Maderist proclamation. In short time he was observed by a government spy and in a still shorter time he was under arrest Questioned as to how the proclamation came into his possession. he said it had been giv- en to him by a stranger. 'Nery we'll" said the officer, "Fll give you twelve hoars to produce the stranger"
 If I'm going to have any trouble over this.'' replied the citizen. T have it now. I can't find him."
 He was not locked up as he expected to be. but for two weeks he was aware that he was constantly under the eye of a government sy.
 one night recently several young men, sons of well to do families in one of the northern Sonora towns. under the influence of champagne, rent the air with cries of Viva Madero!" Be-
 
 arrest, but the rest escaped in an auto mobile and crossed the boundary. Their absence did not prevent their trial, which resulted in fines of $1,OOO each and sentences to jail for thirty days. A merchant, the father of one of the fugitives paid the fine and sent for the young man to come home and go to jail as his services were needed. He did SO
 Rumors of engagements at differ ent points reach the towns but there is no reliable news of them as the government exercises a strict censor ship over all these matters, but the rumors indicate generally insurrecto advantages. That is probably the case. said the sheriff wherever the forces are nearly equal or where there is not a great disparity in favor of the feder- als. whose soldiers consist mostly of petty offenders against the law who are not overburdened with bravery and have not much at heart the success of the government.
 During the stay of the sheriff at Guaymas a physician formerly of that place. but who had established himself at Chihuahua, returned tC Guaymas on a visit a shadow of his former self In reply to a remark concerning his run down condition he said he had been at work constantly for six days and nights at Chihuahua having under his care more than a thousand wounded feder- als as a result of the various engage ments in that vicinity.
 At Culiacan Sheriff Hayden met that distinguished agriculturist, Wiley F.. Jones of Graham county, who moved into the country ahead of the railroad and secured one of the best farms in that region. MT. Jones told the sheriff that he was going to suspend his farm ing operations long enough to return to Graham county to vote for the consti- tuition.
 Speaking of the Arizona constitution. the sheriff said that 90 per cent of the inhabitants of Mazatlan. Culiacan and the interior were for it. They had not seen it but they were for it anyway because they had heard that President Taft was against it. That was enough for them. They had seen pictures of President Taft associating with Presi- den. Diaz and they knew what kind of man Don Porfirio was A man is known | by the company he keeps, and there ! fore, they reasoned that Don Bill was