El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-02
d IN ANrI-,IAnERIsr.

States, unhampered." Canada.
BY An ANTI-MADERIST.
! Editor FL Paso Herald:
! In reply to an interview by senior
[ Eduardo Hay, published in a local pa
{ per recently, I submit some facts and
/ figures M. Hay who was very prom
/ inent in the revolution and administra-
! ton Of Mr.. MaderO. is now connected
! with the present revolution of Mexico
] He claims they are not fighting for
/ revenge, but for the restoration of con
/ stitulonal government in Mexico
! These men are really fighting against
/ having constitutional government All
I they have to do is to stop fighting and
I we can have elections at once. They
] know. like everybody else that the
( Mexican congress refused to pass the
Dill the executive recommended for
I the purpose of having presidential cleo
I tons on July .. on the grounds that
I the country is IN an unsettled COndI-
! ton. and any elections under the cir
! cumStances will be unconstitutional
So they are really preventing the COun-
try from getting what they say they
want to give to the country There IS
a strong demand for stable COnstitu-
tiOnal government in Mexico: more
than that there is great necessity Of It.
I The nation demands it: the present ad-
ministration is willing to provide it,
and the whole world would like to see
it. But why do these men prevent IL
with their revOlt2 that is. with their
forced loans. their lOoting. sacl1ing and
pillaging? Well, here is where the facts
come in:
This is the same crowd that fought
the MaderO revolution and ran the Ma
derO government. with but few eXceD-
tons. and feel that no impartial read
er will condemn me for judging the
future record of this people by their
past record Did they carry out the
promises made during the MaderO revO-
luton, after they were put in office
by the Mexican people2 No. Did they
Il
Mr.. Hay is quoted as saving that
"MaderO meant to comply with the plan
Of san Luis POLOsi.' but that he al
lowed the men of the old regime to
hold offices" and that they prevented
him from doing it. MaderO could not
have succeeded in carrying out such
plan, because he was not the man for
the occasion: he was with the wrong
crowd, and the plan contains problems
that will be impossible to carry out in
Mexico for one or two generations.
man that does not hesitate to pre-
clplJate MS country In a ruinOus revO-
luton, and gets to the head Of the
government without a good knowledge
OF either the people he has to rule or
the crowd he surrounds himself with;
a president ~Of Mexico that believes
everybody honest because he is honest"
IS out Of place in Mexico, in fact is
out of place in this world
One Of the easiest promises to carry
out was free suffrage did they get
it, MaderO himself was the first one
to violate this sacred promise when
he refused Dr. VasqueZ Gomez the
candidate Of the people for vice presi-
dent and imposed upon them Mr.. Pine
SuareZ.
Another simple promise to carry out
mot in mexico thought was free
press" Did they get it, Some Of the
publishers that did not agree with the
administration. OF wouldn't sell out.
And they carried this free press" joke
so Tar as to send the fire department !
TO prevent the newsbOvs from getting
copies Of the Mexican Herald just be-
cause this paper was publishing some
war news.
It is a misstatement that the admin
lstratOn of MaderO allowed the men
Of the old regime to hold office when I
II Is a wei known fact that they made /
practically clean sweep; and only I
congressman and senators were re-
tanned for q short while, and as soon as
their terms expired most Of them were /
put out.
There was left in the national treas
ury by the men OF the old regime So
100000 pesos There was collected dur |
ing the INSTRUMENTATION of Mr. Ma /
dero ABOUT 2UU, 100000 pesos in taxes.
customs and revenues and borrowed !
40,00O,O0O abroad and nearly 5000. 900 /
at home. making a grand total of about /
q ,0OO.OOO; what good did they do with 4
Did they have to buy great quantities /
OF ammunition to pacify the country,
that IS. to put out their own fire. No
Inc old regime left them large sup \
Did they build or cause to have built 4
any new and expensive public build i
ings. although they had destroyed /
I197 sy with their foolish revolution?
Did they pay any war claims or dam
age claims caused by their useless re-
vOlt2 No But they most shamefully
some of them in FL Paso. when
they had promised to pay them, had the j
money, and the opportunity.
Did f1ey build or cause to be built
any new railroads. street car lines
electric plants, factories, water reser- Z
voirs or any other kind Of irrigation
works? No.
They didn't improve the country IN /
any way. although they had badly de- I
sroyed il, and were given the oppOr- I
tunlty TO put II at least back TO its nor
NAL condition.
chance" I have heard some say Well, |
let these know that the people Of Mex |
co never did give a chance to any OF |
their presidents but fought all Of |
them; and those that made good like !
Iuarez and Diaz, had to make their
OWN chances
But about the figures, what did this
bunch do with so much monev2 II has
been very difficult to get Information
rom the city Of Mexico on account Of
he destruction of the lines OF commu- l
llcatlon. which seems to the chief
port Of the northern patriots OF I
deNlco. And as far as 7 have been able
% find out there have been submitted |
o the national congress the follow
ng reports from the national treas
Try:
"From the 1st Of July. 1912. TO the
LIST day Of January, 1913, there was !
nent by the government Of Madero !
., 100000 lover a very heavy budget ]
Without authorization of congress and ]
Without knowledge of the people No l
Ice the date; this money was retired
rom the treasury in a very quiet way /
n the very last days Of the admins