Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-07-02
MEXICO KEEPS LID
ON UNTIL AFTER
ELECTION
DE LA BARRA AND MADER0
BOTH SCREW DOWN COVER
Determined That Evil 0dorS of
DiScord Shall Not ASSail Nos
triIS of Citizens Until They
Have Cast Ballots.
tBy Morning 5ournai special LAa.ed wirel

scandals will not be-
permitted to reach the nostrils Of
Mexico's public until after the cleo
ton at any rate, If de La Barra and
Francisco |. Madero can prevent IT,
Both the president pro tenn and the
man who expects to be president af-
ter December l are standing by the
sealed jar of discords, ready to shoe
away any meddlesome person who
would unscrcw the cover.
In the name of the government
thank YOU, sir, for the bravery YOU
displayed and for the valiant defense
YOU made az Juarez" said the minis
ter of war when General Navarro re-
ported The incident is typical of the
desire of the present government not
to encourage rancorous feeling. I'M
it was charged that the fed
eral soldiers had been supplied with
worthless ammunition. II is proba-
BILE that no official investigation will
be made. True or not, ii Is a feature
OF the past and de La Barra and Ma
dcro are dealing with things of the
present and planning for the fuure.
Not yet has any of the newly or
ranized parties placed in tho field u
candidate for the presidency who
promises to defeat Madero. Almost
All the parties formed so far differ
but little and all agree on the essen
tials advocated by Madero. thus leav-
ing them nothing but "A personal isA
sue. 1t remains to be seen what the
conservative part of the population
will do Even though Limantour Ma
cedo aud others of the group COM
monty styled the "Cientlficos" have
left the country, there remain many
of the business mems element which
they represented and it is not inn
probable that in time this part of the
public will prove danger to the lib
cral wing led by Madero. That they
can muster their forces in time to
prove serious menace before Octo-
Der s, the day of the election, is not
considered likely BY most residents
of the capital 1t is considered that
Maderos greatest danger lies within
himself If the election were today
there is scarcely any doubt that he
would be chosen almost without op-
position He Is the idol of the people
now and there are those who would
lay traps for him and his close friends
are warning him against he danger
of being led into any indscretion
In the state of Vera Cruz there is a
small band of eX-rebels who fought
under Gavira, who display signs OF
indignation whenever one praises
them for the manner in which they
respected property rights during the
war one of the duties of these men
was to hold up trains on the Mexi-
can railway when it was thought Gen
eral Bernardo Reyes was coming &c
the capital ahead of time. Never did
they rob u passenger of so much as d
watch Their instructions were tC
look for Reyes and to detain the trair
no longer than was necessary.
one night a train they had stopped
carried as express a magnificent sad
die horse. The little group of rebel:
looked envously at the animal anC
suggested to Gavira that since 4
probably was the property of somt
federal officer II would be legitimate
contraband of war Gavira laughed
at the idea. insisted that it doubtless
was the horse of a private citizen ant
| ordered them not to modest IT, Gen
! eral REYES now rides that horse. /
was his favorite sadder and had beer
shipped by him from Paris.
President de la Barra Is learnini
! that the chiet executive is suppose'
| to do more than perform the duties o
a country's general manager. Unles
| he wishes to be remembered AS un
gracious he must receive tourist
! favored with influence, promoter
who are hungry for special iavors AM
| the curious who wish to shake tn
! hand Of president" Those VIII
promote theatrical and other enter
prises in the name of charity feel FIRE
| to expect that he will accept invita-
| tions and every foreign colony expect
him to honor them by attending th
celebration of their national holiday
Possibly he would not have seen
bull fight for many years to come ha
it not been for an invitation extende
and accepted shortly after his inau
guratiop 1t was the first fight n
had seen.
Now he has accepted the invitatio
to be the guest Of the Americans o
the Fourth Of July. Following tn
precedent of General Diaz he wi
follow this acceptance by acceptin
the invitation of the French whe
they celebrate the fall of the Basti
In July and that of the Spaniart
when they observe Covadonga day
September Not many months ago Z
Ia Barra was the minister to Belgium
From there he was sent to Washinl
ton as ambassador. From Washingto
lhe came to Mexico as secretary of foi
eign affairs. In each of these pos
tons he considered that he worke,
but he IL authority for the statemei