The Alaska citizen., 1911-01-23

the reEoluu-uAry army. Previous to the publication two years ago of his book, La Question Presidential Cl he Presidential Question:. he was known only as q member of an old. spcD,ed and extremely wealthy faWily Of the state of C0ahuila. in northern Mexico.
 But his book gave him another s.rt of fame anu prepared him for the strenuous life Not long after it was issued Diaz had Madero thrown into prison. The views expressed ill the Look of Don PoriirIo," as piaz is famiIiarly called among Mex jeans. were not such as to endear him to the man who has been at the head f the Mexican governml nt for forty years.
 Madcro's incarceration was not a Ing one. but when he emerged from his dungeon cell he found that lie was Iated as a leader of the oppo- sition to Diaz For a while he lay low. awaiting developments. Then. when the elections were announced in the early part of the present year. Mddero suddenly came for, ward as q candidate for the presi- dtncy.
 T. was a bold move. Usually those whose ambition is 10 inherit the power of Diaz try to get hold of the viCe-presidency. Few have thought of getting power in the Mexican republic by dispCssessing Don PorGrio. As the latter is a very old man, those aiming at the e-prcsidency figure that when he dies the yicc.prcsident will in the ordinary course of events step into his shoes Hence the yice-presidental bee ill the bonnet of so many MeXi- cans.
 But Madero came out opsnly as a candidate for the position held so long and so successfully by Diaz, The auiacinus aspirant for presiden- tial hunors toured the country mak- ing stump speeches in the most approved firm. everywhere seeking adherents and votes. At first the gov rumcnt did not take him seri- ously. I hey locked on unalarmed while he made his campaign. But after while they concluded that he was going too far
 So just before the election last July Madero was imprisoned once more, accused this time of sedition. He remained in cell during the week that elections were in pro gIess and was freed only after giv, ing a ? rs nal bond for $S,0OO, it is said.
 After his release he went into the anti-Diaz agitation more active L. than ever. The outcome of his efforts was his blossoming forth a W weeks ago as the acknowledged leader of the Mexican reyolutionlsts against the Diaz regime. That he Is actually at the head of the move mcnt. although a man Of no preVi, ous military experience, Is evidenced by that recent dispatch from Mexico to the effect that Madero was wound ed in a recent battle against a body of "rurales." the famous caval ry force organized by Diaz.
 Madero is about 40 years old. His fath r, who owns immense plan, tati-ns ot "guayule." a substitute for rubber and other products, is re puted to be worth between S15,OoO,- GOO and $20,000,00Q. Unfortunately for his revolutionary son and the cause of the anti-Diaz forces, Ma dtrO senior, it seems is pro-DlaZ in his sympathies. He has issued sort of manifesto in which he prac- tically disavOws all sympathy with his sons proceedings and emphasizes his loyalty to the existing state of affairs. There are those, however, who sympathize with the revolution who hint that the old gentleman may have judged it expedient to do this, as otherwise something dis agreeable might have happened to him, living. as he does, within the reach of DiaZ's bands of rurales.
 MaderO. the revolutonist, is mar ried and has several children. Like most MeXiCans of the upper class, he has received an excellent educa- tion and has travelled extensively. Members of the Madero family are at present studying in American in stitutions of learning.
 One who knows Madero describes him as Of medium height and sWarthy complexion, with a short, dark beard and strong features. He is very polite and gentle, but pos scssed of an iron will and bulldog tenacity.
 The Madero family is known not only in COahuila, where lie it's i'm mense plantation properties, but also III Otnef |. rtlOnS or the fepuDllc, including the City of Mexico. A sister of the present revolutionary chief is the widow of the late Gen eral Olivares, a well known figure in the Mexican army. In former times members of the Madero family have held posts of importance In the Mex ican government, such as the gov, ernorship Cf states and other DO, sitions almost as high.
 In addition to their plantations they are interested in mines, fac tories. banks and other industries both in Coahuila and in other parts of the republic The father of the revolutionary chief supplies nearly all the "guayule" used by big American manufacturing concern in St. Louis, as well as all that used by a big concern in TOrreon Mex
 "To the American people Francis co l. Madero is the dark horse oi presid ntial possibilities in the Mexi can political situation" declares an American who knows the revolution ary leader. The limelight of pub licty has been so skillfully kept on the perpetual president that even after the passing of General Bernardo Reyes, the Man on Horse back the 'Boulanger of Mexico, very few people paid more than slight attention to the only man who. since 1884, has dared put him