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The oasis., 1911-05-20
GALES, ARIZONA, U. S. A.
Santa Cruz County Depositary

the editor and prominent and we'll
 known residents of the states of
 Sonora and Sinaloa, residing at
 various points all the way from
 Nogales to Mszatlan. a
 All agree that the work of Don
 Porfrio since his accession to the
 presidency of the republic has been
 great and wonderful. He found
 the country rent and torn by:inter-
 necine strife, poor, and without credit, the people impoverished
 and suffering widespread-practi-I cally in a state of anarchy. He reduced chaos to order, restored the credit of the country, rehabili.
 tated it's industries, developed it's
 resources, opened new avenues for employment of capital and Ia Dor making profitable employment for the populace and elevating their condition, attracted into the cOun.
 try millions of foreign capital, developed great railway system putting Mexico and it's people in close touch with the outside world, giving the products of her rich mines and fertile soil easy access to the markets of the world, and raised his beloved country 10 al high position in the esteem and regard of the natives of Earth.
 All that was the fruit of a great and constructive staiesmanship which marks Por6rio Diaz as one of the great administrators of all time. And all was accomplished under a republican form of govern. ment but by application of manip- 1 uplation under system which has made the government practically | a self perpetualing oligarchy. All Mexicans agreee that the Diaz sys- trm was necessary to the ends he had in view, and all supported it willingly, until those ends were attained, and long aflerward. :. Order was restored and had been maintained many years and the country has enjoyed a perfect peace under which there has been attained most remark tble deyel- opmen'; and nearly all the people feel and say that the system has effected the ends intended, and can | be abandoned without endangering the peace and prosperity of the land. The revolt which has assumed proportions so stuppndous Is revolt against the system, not against Don Por6rio; and had President Diaz recognized the ripe | e.s of the time and decreed aban- donment of the system he would | have been maintained in the chief magi-tracy of the nation until his dying day, going into history as one of the greatest and wisest rulers of all time, instead of en- within a sinister cloud the | close of great and brilliant career. |
The oasis., 1911-05-20


 Don Rafael Ysabal, recently de. ceased, who was governor of the state of Sonora, was federal senator from the state of Guerrero, where he never resided. And he never occupied his seat, but drew the salary and divided it with supIents (alternate), who presum. ably was a citizen of neither So. nora or Guerrero, without respon. sibility to the constituency he represented, and whose votes were registration simply of an edict of the central government-President Diaz and his cabinet. In the same way, the writer has been informed, a very wealthy and prominent citizen of the state of Sinaloa, Martinez de Campos, has held in the federal senate seat from the state of OAxaca, where he is reputed to have never resided, knowing nothing of the wants and needs of his constituency, never occupying his seat. but being represented by his SapIente. Were the gentleman senator from the state of Sinaloa and attended sessions of the senate and represented there people of his own state he would be doubtless an ideal senator; for he is a man of ability. But his state is repre- sented in that body by strangers, wEo know not their constituency nor their constituents. And it is stated that the complexion of the representation in the federal senate from the states in Mexico, is much the same. Would not the people of an American state overturn with a bloody revolution such a condi. tion, if they could not do so other. wiser" is another poser that has been propounded the writer fre- quently.
 Third: Decree that the people of the various districts of state shall elect to the state congress citizens of their own district, and that those representatives shall go to the state capital when the con. gress is in session and occupy their seats, representing their constilu- ents actually. Where citizens of district are elected they seldom or never attend sessions of the con- gross. Their Suplentes are there in their stead. The congress of the state of Sonora consists of thirteen delegates, representing nine dis tricts. The body is unicameral' When in session it consists of thlr- teen residents of Hermosillo. They are all elegant gentlemen and and would be ideal representatives were they residents of the constita' encies they are alleged to represen" But they take no inspiration from the people of the districts they represent, and work not the peoples will. They register simply
The oasis., 1911-05-20

Let Madero, or Reyes, or De Ia Ba-
 rra, or whoever may succeed Diaz to the presidency, attempt perpe- tuation of the system and he will
 face shortly the same situation as cOnfronts now Don Portiro himself. The system is obsolete and out. grown and must go to the scrap heap like any other worn out piece Of1machinery.
 The reforms that would have ter minated the system which has be. come so objectionable seem very simple and easy. Whether they could have been carried out with out the stress and travail of re volt Is an academic question not necessary for discussion here.
 They are as follows:
 First: To let th5 electorate of the various states elect their own governors, from among the citizen. ship of their own states, without dictation from the central govern ment, encouraging organization and development of political parties with two or more opposing candi- dates for all offices; a free ballot, d secret ballot. a fair count of the votes cast, and inauguration of the candidate carrying an election honestly. Hitherto elections have been a matter of form to great extent, with but one ticket in the field, and the candidates dictated by the central gOvernment-Pres- ident Diaz. At times a citizen of one state has been sent by Diaz to serve as governor in another. Ahumada was governor of Chihua- hua. Serving one or more terms in that state he was sent to the state of Jalisco. served az chief ex- ecutive there, and at the expira- ton of his term returned tO Chi huahua where he fills again the chair of state. "How long would the people of American states con. sent to their governors being mov- ed about like the pawns upon chess board by the government at Washington? Would not there be a bloody revolution were such a d course attemptedW Within the present year those two questions have been propOunded the writer half hundred times, in various cities all the way from Nogales to Mazatlan. And they are questions which Mexicans are asking them. selves and each other in all the states of the republic.
 Second: Decree that senators representing the states in the federal senate shall be citizens of the states they represent, shall occupy their own seats iu person and abolish the 8uplente mode of representation. Ask al most any business man in Sonora and Sinaloa who are the federal
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-15
PRICELESS GEMS IN CROWN
2,s1s Diamonds and 2e7 Pearls
of Purest Water.

THE grandeur of the whole thing
Is unimaginable, reminding one of the
stories of ones childhood and the
Jewels massed in heaps waiting the
firstcOmer on the floor of Aladdin's
cave" 1t is thus that one who has
been privileged to make a close In
spection OF the late King Edwards
crown describes that important item
in the crown jewels; and some idea
Of the magnificence Of the crown
which will be worn by King George at
the coronation may be gathered from
the fact that to the ISIS diamonds.
297 pearls, besides many other jewels,
which formed King Edwards crown,
will be added two sapphireE, fifty-six
brilliants, and fifty-two rose diamonds
The design Of King Georges crown
will be practically the same as that of
King Edward, which In turn was q
replica of the crown worn by Queen
Victoria at her coronation In 1888. The
royal crowns, however, are remade for
each coronation. This is necessary,
Of course, on account of the difference
In the sizes of the heads Of the re
spective monarchs.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-15
Brilliant Entertainments.

There will be a vast number of bril-.
liant entertainments in connection
with the coronation, at many Of which
royal personages will be present. John
Hays Hammond, the special ambassa-
dor Of President Taft at the corona
ton, will give great fancy dress ball.
The duke and duchess Of Devonshire
will also give a ball. in connection
with the coronation, and the duchess
of Northumber a garden party at
Syon House, her historic home in the
suburbs, where Charles II. held gay
and festive court while the plague
was raging in London. The foreign
royalties will also attend at least one
entertainment given by the diplomatic
representatives of their respective
countries.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-15
Queen Mary In Coronation Robes

King must be put in mind to bow his
head" For the browning the King Is
seated in the coronation chair and the
rubric enjoins:
The Dean of Westminster shall
bring the crown. and the Archbishop
taking it of him shall reverently put
1t upon the Kings head. At the sight
whereof the people, with loud and re-
peated shouts, shall cry: God save
the King the peers and the kings Of
arms shall put on their coronets; and
the trumpets shall sound, and by a
signal given, the great guns at the
tower shall be shot off"
After the reclamation that follows
the act Of browning the Archbishop
utters a solemn benediction, and there
is a still further benediction after the
Bible has been presented to His Ma
jesty.
All the embIems of royal and i'm
perial dignity having been bestowed
upon His Majesty, he is to take his
seat on the throne and receive from
his lieges, the Prince OF Wales and the
princes of blood royal included, their
acts of homage. The Primate comes
first, then the Heir Apparent, who, TAX
ing off his coronet, shall kneel before
His Majesty's knee, saying: IT do be-
come your liege man of life and limb
and of earthly worship, and faith and
truth / will bear unto you, to live and
die, against all manner of folks. So
help me God"
The peers follow with the same
phraseology.
LONG LIVE THE KING"
The great and representative con.
gregation In the Abbey who cannot
perform homage in the manner thus
indicated have their share when the
homage is ended. The roll Of the
drums and the shrill blast Of the trum-
pets will then be heard, and the vast
assembly will break out into shouts:
God save King Georgel"
Long live King GEORGE"
Stripped of all their regal pomp,
both King and Queen will descend
from their thrones and go TO the steps
of the altar, where they shall kneeI
for the holy communion. At the con-
clusion both their majesties will re-
sumo their crowns and scepters and
repair to their thrones. Thus seated,
the concluding passages Of the serv-
ice will proceed and the long order of
service close with the te deum sung
by the choir
The official order then concludes:
The King shall then be disrobed of
his royal robe Of state, and, arrayed
in his robe Of purple velvet and wear
ing his imperial crown, shall then re-
cefve in his left hand the orb from
the Archbishop. Then their maiesties
shall proceed through the choir to the
west door Of the church, in the same
way as they came, wearing their
crowns"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-15
First Coronation ordsr.

It Is historically interesting to note
that the first coronation order was
printed from a Rouen manuscript, but
it is also found in a manuscript said
to be the pontificial of Egbert, arch.
bishop Of York from 1853 to 766. A
striking conservatism haa~z character
ICED the coronation services Of all
British sovereigns. In spite OF civil
wars and the religious confusion of
the sixteenth century, the service
embodied in the Liber Regalis-re.
manned the same from 1907 till 1888,
when 1t was altered to suit the re.
ligious views of James II. At the
coronation of William and Mary con-
siderable changes were made so az to
render it impossible for any Roman
Catholic to be crowned king OF Eng
land
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-15

!: !: !: =: q: !. !: 7: !:
- HE coronation order occu-
egX1,M pies a unique position
v 4S1b among English services.
.TA M While it's central portions,
Sk(NI the amounting of the king
~ and his investiture with
the ensigns of kingly pow
er remain necessarily unchanged, no
other service has undergone so much
revision in details, and none reflects
in so many curious ways the ideas
of the language of different periods of
English history.
There are 20 sections in the service,
beginning with the Preparation. It is
there enjoined in the rubric: I'm the
morning upon the day OF the Corona
ton early, care is to be taken that
the Ampulla be filed with oil, and, to-
gether with the Spoon, be laid ready
upon the Altar in the Abby Church"
The Archbishops' and Bishops pro-
cession viii be waiting outside the
Abbey, and as their majesties enter
they will be greeted by the singing Of
the anthem, Il Was Glad When They
Said Unto Me" Before the anthem is
concluded the King and Queen will
have passed from the great west doors
through the choir to the theater-the
technical name for the portion Of the
Cathedral arranged for the chief
events in the coronation-and on to
their thrones.
THE RECOGNITION.
After the King and Queens private
prayers there follows the recognition
by the people. This is expressed by
the Archbishop of Canterbury, who is
the chief celebrant. accompanied by
the Lord Chancellor, Lord Great
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-15

side Of the wall betwixt him and the
pulpit"
The sermon ended, the service again
assumes a personal note, and provi,
sion is made for the rendering of thres
solemn questions to His Majesty by
the Archbishop. These concern con
stitutional government, the execution
of law and justice in mercy" main
tenance of the Protestant reformed
religion established by law" and the
settlement of the Church of England
Then on the Bible which was recent
ly presented to the King for the pur
pose he lays his right hand and
says:
The things which I have herebe
fore promised will perform and keep
So help me God"
Then the King shall kiss the book
and sign the oath.
The amounting follows, on the crown
of the head, on the breast, and on the
palms of both hands. The King then
kneeling, the Archbishop pronounces a
blessing over him. The presenting OF
the spurs and sword. and the girding
and oblation of the sword, the invest
ing with the armill and royal robe and
the delivery of the orb the investiture
per annulum ct baculum follows.
THE SUPREME ACT.
The previous investiture pales IN
Importance to that which now takes
place. This is the supreme act of
browning, which is preceded by a sol
emn prayer, by the Archbishop while
the regal emblem lies before him on
the altar. Inserted as a side note in
the prayer are the quaint words used
m many previous occasions, Here the
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-15
USED IN IRELAND.

This brings US to at least the fr1nges
OF recorded secular history. when
facts begin to conflict less with
legend, 1t seems tolerably clear that
the stone was really used as a sort
Of royal chair in Ireland, where, we
are told, it was known as Lila FAIL"
or the stone of fate. From ireland It
js supposed to have been once more
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-15
Coronation Flower.

Queen Mary has adopted the pink
carnation 90 the coronation flower.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-15
VIII Wear eeoras Ms MantIs.

The imperial mantle or pail worn by
King George w. will be worn by King
George V. at his coronation. After
the coronation of King George ". the
robe became the property of the lord
great chamberlain, and thus passed
into private hands. 1t was offered, as
an act Of homage. by its owner. to the
king, who accepted the gift. The robe
Is In perfect state Of preservation.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-15

The gala performance at his Males,
tvs theater, during coronation week,
promises to be brilliant affair. The
program is being arranged by Sir Her.
bert Tree and Mr.. Arthur Bourchier,
and win include series Of pieces in
which Sir Charles Wyndham, Miss FL.
len Terry. Sir John Hare and all the
leading actors and actresses Of the
day win appear.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-15
Coronation
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June 20-Banquet to foreign
representative at Buckingham
Palace.
June 21-The King receives colo
NAL premiers.
June 22-The Coronation.
June 23-Royal procession
through London.
June 24--NRval Review at Spit
head.
June 26-Gala performance at
the opera.
June 27-Gsrden party at Buck
ingham Palace.
June 28-Departure of royal
guests.
June 29-Third royal procession
through London. Services at
St. Paul's and luncheon at
Guildhall.
June 3O-Coronation fete for
children at Crystal Palace.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-15
Roses for lac CORONATION.

One firm in Hertfordshire planted
$4,000 coronation rose trees. all timed
to bloom In June. They are being
grown in all sorts OF designs. One OF
these Is q statue OF the king. consist
Ing OF about 1.6oO roses.
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Chamberlain, Lord High Constable
and Earl Marshal, preceded by the
Garter King of Arms. These are to
go to the four sides of the theater
and the Archbishop will say with
loud voice" Slrs, here present unto
you King George, the undoubted king
Of this realm; wherefore all you who
are come this day to do your homage
and service. Are you willing to do
the same?"
To this the people are to respond
with shouts of God Save King
George!" and the trumpets will sound.
A significant act follows: Bible,
Paten and chalice are to be placed on
the altar So also the regalia, which
is delivered to the Archbishop, who
will pass it to the Dean Of Westmin-
ster, by whom the final act of laying
the royal emblems on the altar is to
be performed.
SOLEMN QUESTIONS.
For the sermon the King shall put
on his cap of crimson velvet turned
up with ermine, and so continue to
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-15

the end of it. On the north
side of the altar shall sit the Arch
bishop in a purple velvet chair, and
the other bishops along the north
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-06-15

carried to Spain (by Cathel, king Of
the Scots, 1t Is said; but the tradi-
ton is that 1t was brought back TO
Ireland by Simon Brech, leader OF O
band of Scots, somewhere about TOO,
B. c. 1t remained undisturbed until
Fergus Nor, probably q descendant OF
Simon Brech, was driven out of ire
land In sos B. c. Fergus led the
Dalriadio Scots to the shores Of Ar
gyll, and having brought the stone
with him II was used for his corona
ton at Dunstaffnage. Here, az we
read. II remained till about s34 A. D.,
when Kenneth Macalpine brought tt
to 'the royal city of Scone," having
fixed on Scone as his capital. because
in the neighborhood he had Just
fought and won the last decisive bat
tie with the ancient Piots.
All this is open to more or less
| doubt But the stone was at least
found at Scone, and 1t gave q sort OF
royal grandeur to Scone, and led all
the Scottish princes to repair thithsr
to be crowned on It. This is actual.
sober fact However. we may explain
the circumstance, It had acquired .
sacred character as influencing the
destinies of the Scottish nation. One
rhyme RAM
Unless the fates are faithIess grown.
And prophets voice be vain,
Where'er Is found this ancient stone.
The Scottish race shall reign"
kwv ~
that the stone gave forth musical
sounds when the rightful ruler seated
himself on II, but remained mute
when q usurper was crowned
CARRIED TO ENGLAND.
The famous Stone Of Destiny re-
NAMED at scons until the time Of Ed
ward |. John Ballot was the last
Scottish King crowned on It, and II
is significant that It appears in his
great seal, embedded in what was
then known as the Kings Stool" Az
everybody knows, Ballot was defeated
by Edward l. at Dunbar in 1925, and
II was then that Edward carried the
stone. along with the Scottish regalia.
to England. Since that time IL has re-
NAMED at Westminster Abbey, and
every English monarch has been
crowned on II. The chair Of which It
forms part Is made Of hard wood,
gayly painted. Under the seat Is .
board supported by four lions. and on
this board the Stone of Destiny rests.
The Stone had been carved, giided
and painted, but these decorations
have entirely disappeared. In mod
ern coronations It is always covered
with cloth of gold. It has been as
serted that the stone Is of meteorio
origin, but this is incorrect. II 10
simply block Of red sandstone con-
tanning an unusual proportion OF iron.
It's dimensions are: IT, 2 in. long.
IT. in. broad, and 10h in. thick.
Notwithstanding its removal, the
prestige of Scone continued to be re-
garded in later years. Robert the
Bruce and his son David. Robert IT..
James T.. and, lastly, Charles H.. all
chose Scone for their coronations.
The Scottish people are very dis
tressed about the loss of the stone.
They looked upon its conveyance to
England as . national humiliation, and
in the treaty concluded between Eng
land and Scotland in 1928 it's return
was made an essential condition. Ed
ward III. ordered that 1t should be
sent back, but for some unknown rea-
son his order was not obeyed
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- HE story OF the chair in
:: !; :: !: !: :: :: !:
8(4N which King George v. will
81 be crowned at Westmin-
e%N ster Abbey is strangely
VIZ interesting. It's authentic
~ history carries IN back to
the time when Scotland
had her own kings, and Scone was
at once her Windsor and her corona
ton Westminster Abbey.
Among other relics which 1t con-
tairs 10 a bed used by James VI. and
another with hAngings of lowered
crimson velvet, said to have been
worked by Mary Stuart during her
Imprisonment in Lochleven Castle.
The gallery, $50 feet long, occupies
the place of the old Coronation Hail.
where Charles II. was crowned in
1881. With the ancient Abbey OF
Econs are bound up aoma OF the most
interesting events in Scottish history;
but today we think of IL specially as
the shrine where was long preserved
the famous so-called "Stone Of Des.
tiny" which forms part Of the Brit
riously unique treasure, chiefly, which
gives a sort OF uncanny romance to
the chair.
The really authentic history of the
stone would not be admitted by seri-
Gus and questioning antiQuaries to go
back further than the date. about 834
A. D., when 1t was first found at
Scone. But a long persisting legend
or tradition brings IL down from early
Bible times According to this view,
1t was the veritabls pillow upon which
the patriarch Jacob rested his head
at Luz when he had his beautiful Wis
ion of the ladder that reached to
Heaven. In this mythical account the
stone is next traced to the possession
OF Gathelus, the son Of Cerops, King
of Athens, who entered into the serv-
ice of one Of the Pharoahs, and mar
ried his daughter Scotia, from whom
Scotland is said to derive its name
Gathelus brought It from Syria to
Egypt: and, to escape an impending
plague, he Is said to have sailed from
the Nile, by the advice OF Moses, with
his wife and the precious stone, and
landed on the coast of Spain. After
wards he sent the stone to ireland I'M
der the care Of his son, who invaded
the island, and by whom II was set
up on Tara Hill. There II was used as
the Irish coronation stone for many
ages.
USED IN IRELAND.
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