Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-02-26

steps are necessary at present, as the
city is a veritable slumbering volcano,
which needs only a breath to set it in
eruption
Sketch of Madero.
Francisco Indelecia Madero was
born October 10, 1873, at the hacienda
del Rosario, near Parras, in the state
of Coahuila, the son of Francisco In
deiecia Madero.
He first appeared actively in poll
tics eight years ago in the municipal
elections at San Pedro, Coahuila
He first openly attacked President
Porfrio Diaz in book, "The President
Succession" which was published in
1908.
In 1909 he went to Mexico City and
organized central anti-re-electionist
club, of which he was elected vice-pres-
ident
In September of the same year Ma
dero's anti-Diaz propaganda bore fruit
in the calling of general convention
of the anti-re-electionists in Mexico
City.
Madero was made the popular can
quez Gomez as.his running mate. Then
came the elections of June, 1910.
Arrested for Sedition.
Madero was arrested while making
a speaking tour in Monterey on the
order of Diaz, charged with sedition.
After two weeks in Jail he was re
leased on a $4,000 bond
Io Hod fn Con Antonio vuboro bo
was joined by his family and his po-
Iitical associates, and there formulated
plans for an armed rebellion.
The first uprising resulted only in
riots. Undaunted, Madero gathered
about him 200 hardy ranchmen of
northern Chihuahua at Guadalupe, a
border village near Ell Paso, Tex, and
this band swelled to an army.
In the meantime DiaZ had exiled Ma
dero's father and eight sons.
The younger Madero meanwhile had
slipped back across the Rio Grande
ON November 10 and assumed active
command of the bands of rebels. who
by this time had begun to harass the
Diaz authorities.
Madero Meets With Successes.
Success followed success until
March 6, when the situation in Mexico
City became so acute when President
Taft dispatched an army of troops to
San Antonio to be in a position to
cross the border.
The revolution was ended on May
8, 1911, when the rebels decisively de-
featod tha federa1S at Tuaroz
On May 25 Diaz resigned and on
May 81 sailed away from Vera Cruz
to European exile.
Madero was elected president of
Mexico and inaugurated on November
6, 1911.
General Reyes, the defeated candi-
date, and Zapata and Orozco, rebel
leaders, Immediately started guerrilla
campaigns against Madero.
In October, 1912, Col. Felix Diaz,
nephew of Porfrio, appeared in Vera
Cruz as the leader of a new revolt.
He was captured, tried by eourt-mar-
tial and sentenced to be shot.
Spares Eiaz's Life.
Against the wishes of his brothers,
Gustavo and Ernesto, Francisco Made
70 spared Diaz's life and sent him to
San Juan de UIloa military prison at
Vera Cruz.
Later he was removed to the federal
penitentiary at Mexico City, from
which he was released on February 8
by revolving soldiers and military ca
diets.
Diaz Immediately took possession of
the arsenal and began bombardment
of the national palace.
After ten days of sanguinary fight
ing Madero was arrested in the pa-
ace by his commander, General Huer-
ia. and imprisoned in the palace
Madero was about to be exiled
when members of the Diaz cabinet pre-
ferred charges of murder and embez-
element against him and he was de-
tanned to stand trial
Suarez Elected by Forty-FiVe Votes.
Don Jose Pine Suarez was governor
Of Yucatan before he was elevated to
the vice-presidency by the votes of the
people. He was elected by the scant
majority of 40 votes. Senior de la
Barra ran second to him and DR.. Vas
nuoz Gooooz third