The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-26
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CLEARING IN MEXICO.


situation is clearing in Mexico. The
Catholic party has nominated to bc
President of the Mexican republic, Sc.
nor Gamboa, Minister of Foreign AZ
fairs, who achieved such diplomatic
victory over President Wilson and See
retary Bryan in the receut exchange Of
notes between this country and MeSi-
co. The Catholic party in Mexico is
minority party, but it is well knit
together, and Senior Gamboa S candi.
dacy will, therefore. be formidable. 1t
is not this, however, which is the most
important point in the dispatch which
tells of that movement. The real i'm.
portant feature is the endorsement Of
Gamboa by President Huerta, which
endorsement eliminates Huerta from
the Presidential candidacy, and may
be meant as a compliance with Presl-
dent Wilson s requirement, without
seeming TO comply with it.
1t has been understood that Huerta
was backing Felix Diaz as candidate
for the Presidency OF Mexico. 1t is
probable that it will be found, when
the election comes on, that Huerta is
not favoring either party, but will do
his best to see that fair election is
held as between the two candidates,
He worked SO closely with Diaz in the
deposition of Madero that it is hard
ly conceivable that he should oppose
Diaz in his candidacy for the Presi-
dency, especially after having endorsed
him as such candidate at the first. We
judge, therefore, as stated, that the
endorsement given to Gamboa is mere
ly an assurance that he will have a
position from Huerta. This is all that
could be expected, or even desired.
There being two avowed candidates
for the Presidency in Mexico, with
Huerta friendly TO both, it is to be
presumed that in so far as the govern
ment's influence is concerned, there
will be fair election; that is, fair for
Mexico. And if ,Gamboa is elected
there can be no reasonable doubt of
his recognition by the Wilson admins
tration. But it is likely that this very
probability Of his acceptance by the
Wilson administration will work
against Gamboa in the election, since
the Mexican people have no desire to
conciliate the United States by elect
ing candidate who will be acceptable
to President Wilson. On the contrary,
since Diaz has been recalled to Mexi-
co, we look to sec him welcomed with
a fervor Of enthusiasm as the man who
is able to defy the hated "Gringo, -
and he will therefore be all the more
dear to the heart of the Mexican peo-
pie.
In the meantime. there is an
amazing discrepancy between the wild
war accounts that we have had from
Mexico and the calm, cold statistics Of
trade between the two countries, which
have nothing whatever to do with wars
and rumors Of wars. If the accounts
which we have had of the widespread
turbulence in Mexico, OF the general
disorder to commerce and trade, and
he uncertainty as to the protection of
ives and property had been entirely
lceurate, it necessarily would have fol
owed that the treaty between this
country and Mexico would have shown
| very great shrinkage. But quite the
contrary is true; during the last fiscal
iear. ending June Both last, our e1-
corts 10 Mexico were greater by mil
0,f lD1ln =.
hat country were ten per cent larger
n amount, than in the year preceding.
Il is manifest. however, that If Mexico
1ad been so generally torn up by revo-
utions aud wide-rcaching insurrec-
ions, there would have been no posi-
oility for such increase as this. The
question is naturally asked, then, how
8 it possible for the Mexican people
10 pay for larger quantity Of Ameri-
IAN commodities than ever before and
send to the United States more prod
icts than ever before, if at the same
lime the country is toru up by revolu-
lions and factional fightipg7 If the
reports of general insurrection, massa-
49, wv alb'he anu SlbpDjuU VI
trles, and destruction Of property had
been true it is fairly asked how did
the Mexicans find time and opportu.
nifty TO produce ten per cent more
goods for export to the United States
than before?
IL is evident that conditions in Me1i
20 could not have been anything like
as chaotic as reports would Indicate
And we judge from the calm manner
with which the preparations are MAX
ng for the Presidential election there
a month from today, that there has
been an amazing lot of misin formation
furnished by interested parties, pro
and con, to the people Of the United
States in regard to conditions in Mex.
leo.