Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-04

for the soul of his people"
''Venustiano Carranza, the liberator.
thepatriot. the hero"
Tell q Wretehed Story.
The neighborhood of saltillo has al
ways been a Carranzistas country, out
the abundant wreckage Of trains. sta
tons and public buildings in the state
Of Nuevo Leon and the stilled indus
tries tell a wretched story of even
comparatively recent differences Of
opinion among the inhabitants.
The almost empty streets Of Monte
rey-once the Pittsburgh of Mexico
also tell story, Less than year ago
Villarreal was there. He pro-
fessed allegiance to the constitutional
cause. Angeles came and drove him
out Villarreal's retreat was accom-
panied by much random shooting that
dropped scores of civilians. The mag
nificent new railroad station was fred.
Shells laid low many homes Of the
poor people.
Villa came q few months ago and
the tradespeople to pay L.
000. 900 pesos. Then the Villistas Ned
before Trevina and there was more
helter-skelter shooting-more killed
lookers-on. So, when Monterey heard
that Carranza and Obregon were COM
ing with many trains of YaQuis, Mon
terey obeyed orders to take . holiday
and then kept OF the streets.
In the mile-long procession that
Governor de Ia Cara got up in honor
Of the distinguished visitors there
were more men than all the men. wom-
en- and children on the sidewalks. But
It was the most orderly parade Of revo-
lutionists that had taken place In Mon
terey since the beginning of the days
of occupations. excavations and
triumphal entries. And 20 towards the
latter part of the afternoon the people
of Monterey emerged from their
houses and wandered around In search
of the celebrities.
There was kermess in the evening
at one Of the Alamedas. Carranza went
to it He bought huge quantities Of
flowers, submitted to arrest" and
fine" Of 1919 pesos. shook hands with
all the pretty young ladies and -
usual. bore himself with dignity.
Obregon went to the kermess. too.
The young ladies made . tremendous
ado over this handsome one-armed
hero of the revolution. When the two
men left the park everybody crowded
around their automobiles and shouted
"vivas." II was the first time for many
q day that any considerable number Of
representative Monterey folks had
shouted vivas for revolutionaries.
Back in the. first Constitutionalist
occupation Of the City Of Mexico. when
Carranza rode forth in Avenida Fran
cisco l. Madero or in the Paseo the
people paused to look at him and to
say to one another:
There goes Carranxa!"
The Cause, Not the Man.
II they did not have too many
eavesdropping neighbors they were
likely to add one or two other favorite
words. Seldom or never. came . viva,
The silence was damning. II It were
broken at all by an outer. the enthusi-
asst turned out to be . man in uniform.
But all through the states Of Tamauli.
pas and Nuevo Leon and through
Coahuila to this city Carranxa has
been given abundant evidence Of one.
minded revolutionary enthusiasm. He
has accepted this homage with grave
dignity, often with unchanging face,
like . man after all receiving only his
due.
1T II not enthusiasm for the man,
say his followers. 1T 10 for the cause
that he represents and leads-the cause
of the people" The Mexicans use the
words Eel pueblo" While the diction
airy TRANSLATION Of lei pueblo" II the
people," the words the populace'
serve best to convey the Mexican
meaning.
They are mostly Indians who gather
at the stations and throng the city
streets to shout "vivas" for Carranss
and Obregon. It II doubtful II more
than one In fifty of them can read OF
write, but there ID no doubt that they
know Carranza when he steps forti
from his car. and the mere sight o.
Obregon sends them into Mysteries.
The gravity Of Carranza on tour. Of
elsewhere, for that matter, 10 imper
turbable. and % perhaps what his fol
lowers say IL true. that the enthusiasm
IL for the cause that he represents
Certainly local spokesman tell him clio
Quently to his face that the people
have gathered to emphasize to him tn,
meaning of the cause of the people
They say this with all respect and the!
give him their gratitude and homage
but always, even in the most obscur,
mountain hamlets, the cause of tn,
people is placed above personalities.
The appeal of Obregon to hamle
groups and city populaces IL instan
taneous. He il gallant. CHEEKY figur,
that takes the eye. From him radiatei
q world of energy; its effect is magi
cal. The cause of the people may b
the greatest thing in the world Z,
these audiences of First Chief Car
rama on his triumphal tour, but Obre
gon is a fullnedged hero. He has al
the attributes of the hero, including ,
stump of an arm which his victory q
Calaya left him
All the sunshine Of Mexico play