Arizona republican., 1911-08-30
In Mexico Very Much Like Their Adjacent Brethren LADEN WITH REFORMS
Platform of Madero's Con vention Was Adopted His Nomination Will Un- doubtedly Be Effected Today.

Mexico City, Aug 29.-Wearied by
 the exercise their constitutional, but hitherto unused right to nominate can
 didates for the presidency and vice. presidency, the delegates to the first national convention of the progressive
 party late tonight adopted platform that sags beneath it's burden of re- forms
 Tomorrow it is expected that the nominations will be made.
 The first work done was the adop-
 ton of the various blanks of the plat form. The first plank was accepted
 only after a noisy debate. It provides for a strict maintenance of the con- stitution of 1857. The convention pledges its candidates to carry out the lprinciples of anti-re- election and work
 for a revision of the election laws An other plank provides for a revision of
 the system of taxation and favors the development of national resources and promises to combat monopoly and spe-
 cial privileges: it favOrs reform in the judicial and a legal system and an i'm g
 the country. It also promises, if elect ed on this platform, that Madero may
 be expected to exercise a friendly in terest in the affairs of Central Ameri- ca. One provision of the platform is
 for an extension of Mexico's friendly
 relations with foreign powers "es-
 pecially those of Latin America
 The platform concludes with the
 promise to direct prudently the policy
 of the government towards bringing
 about a union of the Central American republics Special attention is paid to the interests of the laboring man
 in one plank. IL promises to improve the moral intellectual and material con ditions of the working man" The es- Establishment of manual training school is promised. The Mexicanization of the Mexican National railways is to be hastened and railway schools are to be established
 Laws looking to the indemnification of those injured at labor is promised
 as well as pensions for disabled work CTS The Maya and Yaqui Indians are | old government shall be returned by
 the new government to their homes if they wish and to public lands and agrl- cultural colonies that are to be estab- llished.
 The delegates spent the most of the
 day formulating plans of procedure. As this was the first convention of the lparty there were no precedents by which the convention could he ruled One rule was adopted that candidates shall be chosen by a simple majority
 in an open ballot.
 ! Madero was in the theater 2 short time this morning but did not make his presence known. He will undOubt- edlv be the nominee for president. The greater part of the day was spent al his home reading reports of the doings of the convention brought by friends
 The only member of the Madero family
 taking part in the convention is Gusta vo. who sat on the rOstrum with the chairman, and his actions from time tc time indicated that he was manipu- lating an efficient. if a new political machine. It is he who largely was | responsible for the candidacy of Jo- lsephino Suarez for the vice presidency l in opposition to Francisco VasqueZ Co.,
 meg. He claims that 75 per cent oi
 the votes of the delegates will be fol lSuarez.