El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-27
Madero And the Situation AS
Seen By A Mexican Congressman

An extraordinary article first pub
Iished two weeks ago as an editorial
in La Presna. at Mexico City and then
reprinted An the Daily Mexican, Is
given below Tor the purpose OF show
ing the sentiment that prevails in
Mexico among a considerable proper
fIOn Of the people who cannot De
elasaed as mere agttators or reFoIu-
ffoufsfa or CieEfi1lcoss but VFhe want
neace and stability restored The article
was written by ST. Francisco BuAnes,
q deputy in the Mexican congress. The
lsNeifher Loved Nor Feared"
The government OF senior Madero IS
neither loved nor feared 1t Is sustained
solely By the public tunos, WHEREBY
something resembling a government Is
organized; and II can hang together
for Just so long as the funds when
created this rickety organization hOlQ
out At this moment the government
Eeaucracy Of sugar paste
-SenOr MaderO has ceased 10 De lle
peoples idol not on account OF MS
mistakes, which the people neither
perceive nor have brains enough
% perceive. Senior Madero has
lost the love Of the people
for the very reason tnat ne was men
id0l- on the altar Of the law popular
IDOLS are converted into objects OF
popular aversion The people cOnse-
crate as idols those men who re1lecI
present these to their gaze as the d.
vine laws Of happiness Senior Ma
derO was the idol or the people De
cause the agitatOrss VINO are Omnlpo-
fent wished that he should be 50; be
cause even had he not possessed those
many virtues which We Loyalty recos-
uize. be would have been the popular
idol had IL suited the sacred couese
OF agitators TO elect him to the polit-
sudden Change Of Idols.
Gen Reyes was the cruelest peIseeu
tor Of democratic ideals, the most IN
flexible enemy Of the public lber1es,
and ne IL was who made most oIIer-
fngs Of blood and batteries at the
throne Of the dictator. Nevertheless,
within q few months the agitatOrs had
converted Cen Reyes into the IDOL OF
the Mexican people. they crowned him
with crimson laurels fashioned from
the hearts OF true patriots, aInazons
and heroes. and there was day when
his name was glorl1led upon the Ips
OF q trusting people as the God OF All
Is gl0rified within the choir OF a ca
sAt il was manifestly impossible for
Senior MaderO 10 deliver the situation
agitators, these. making use OF their
0mnipoteuces and with the exception
OF those who had themselves succeeded
"a finding their mitch upon the nigh
altar. declared war 10 the death upon
the president. A few short weeks have
Eufficsd 10 transform the idol Of June
z 1911 in the eyes OF the unthlnk1ng
multitude, into a species OF encyelo-
paedfc criminal, capable Of taking the
leading part in the worst Nightmares
that could afflict a sacred ana heroic
The fate Of ST. 1Iadero is a common
one What the agitatOrs have done
for him they did in 1922 for Don Agus-
TIN De Iturbide, for Don Vicente Guer-
70 81 1923. for Santa Anna In 1872, for
Arists In 1889, for Juarez in 1871 for
L.erdo de Te5ada IN 1876, for Cen Diaz
have declared before, that IN Mexico
81 IS necessary. when II can be done,
~ govern against the viii of the peO-
DIE. since that win they have rendered
into the hands OF the agitators, class
Of society implacably opposed to all
foem Of government whatsoever.
Must Govern BY Fear
Now that Senior MaderO has lost the
affection Of the people a state Of az
fairs long ago fOreseen. and prophe-
SLED By deputy BUlnes in the chamber
Ct denafses. there Il left TO the gov
eminent the last recourse Of governing
BIZ fear. But this the president OF tho
republic has not wished 70 DO, nor does
be realize that a government can eE-
Est in the world outside the n.in1=d
patriarchates Of popular election Senior
the peoples affection for himself he
has Warred against raL5onslitT, and IN
doubtedly VIII be vanCulEEe1, since
the wind OF the wings o. the Cod o.
things as they are are WhirIuE round
him. and sweeping him over the edge
O. the boLt0mleEs abyss
-Senor Madero Is proving himself an
20 persist az IN the palmiest days Of