Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-24
MADER0 AN IDEALlST.
Statesman, Rather Than Soldier, Did
Not RetaIiate on ~pponents

SFFNN'N
City Of yexico. Feb. 2+.-Francisco
|. Madero. one of thirteen children.
would have been forty-two years aId
mad he lived unit Oct. IS next. He
was regarded more a; an ideallst and
statesman than a soldier. He had M
aversion 10 carrying out tie time hon.
red custom In Mexico of putting to
> cath OF all persons found Involved
n traitorOlS conduct. This weakness
for such the MeXicans regarded II. was
-elong the cHIlSes underlying his de.
thronement AID resulting in his death
His attitun, toward his enemie1 and
his failure to prt bis enemies to the
sword lei the pubic. after the iron
rule of absolutism by Geroral porfirio
Einz. to regard tim rs tco easy"
President Madero came from an in
|tiuential. privileged class with album
dnnt wealth He was horn in the state
of COahuilo. While his family was
Influential, few members of il held pub
lie office. His grandfather was governor
of the state of CoAhuila until 1884.
when he retired. Young Nader was
educated IL Paris and l. the Univer.
Eity of California. Upon mis- return
from his studies he showed great in
tereSt In agriculture and In the min.
Ing. ranching nnC o, her Industries in
which the family was Interested He
was regarded - ~ model young man.
studiois. nhstenions and dee, ly inter
ested In the political future of his
country.
Sweeps Diax From Power.
Not until h- WIS thirty did N'adero
become y fnctor In n political life
that within eleven years put him nj
the head Of u rev%olutiona.~ army. to
she presidency and his death. In the
town OF SCn Pedro. In the state OF
Coahulia. he rcr the first time saw the
iron hand OF President Diaz crush DO
litical oN,ns't.on Amazed he started
then In Il small way movement which
Within nine years swept the Iron mas
ter Of Mexico out of the presidency
and mad him a" exile.
BY 1910 Madero 4 a strong enough
following to organize Il convention to
nominate an opponent TO President
Diaz for the otfi"e OF chief executive
Although he didn I seek the nomina-
ton MaderO was nominated. He be
e u a bitter campaign against DiaZ
At first he was tolerated withstand
ing that his speeches were intlamma
tory and never before permitted to
pass unpublished by the Diaz regime
He became 40 formidable that Presi
dent Diaz threw him into prison. He
was charged with sedition That
,harge collapsed. but others were
f"umpcd up While Mt liberty under
bail Madero fed TO San Antonio. Tex.
Fails to Keep Pledges.
He realized that the ron grip of
DiaZ could he broken only by a revo-
luton. With his eight brothers and
his father he started the one which
a,ied biz to the presS'4rtcfnTs r. No
vemher. faTi. for a ~, ""'''"-,
Ills administration started I'd = ~,
ly. Discomfort developed. noSe.-.--
when he failed to keep many of his
pledges About 10 or his relatives
moved TO the city OF Mexico from
ConhuiIa TO tnk" office under hi-, and
favoritism gained full sway. He show
ed what Maxicans regarded as sex
IRENE weakness" when he failed to
put to death Gnnerni Dinz. the present
revolutionary leader. when Diaz was
captured after failing TO take Vera
Cruz last October, Dfaz. n nephew of
The exiled president. languished In Jail
until his recent release by force to
lend the re~volutiOniStS.
MaGero's wife was devoted to him I'm
all his struggles. She was a Spiritunlist
SO was the president. 1t has been stat.
ed that he was guided greatly nv the
~mediumistic abilities OF Mrs. Madero.