The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-13
NEW PRESIDENT
OF ARGENTINE
Nobody Knows just What He Intends
to do After Being !nauuuratsd
Tomorrow.
[By Chas. P. Stewart, United Press
Staff CORRESPONDENT


Staff Correspondent
BUENOS AIRES, Sept 16. (by
matD-When HipoIito Irigoyen takes
the oath Of office tomorrow as presi-
dent Of Argentina, his country will
start on one OF the biggest expert
ments ever undertaken by a repub-
lie. DR.. Irigoyen will head the first
radical administration in Argentina.
|. What the doctors idea of radical
ism" is. nobody knows. He has
made no speeches. He has written
almost nothing. He has never de-
fined his position. What he intends
to do as president, not one Of his
countrymen can guess Nobody knows
whether he Is Pan-American.
The radical party was organized In
Argentine to fight for fair elections.
1t never has had any other platform.
I'VE have ideals" leading members
Of the party say, "but no program"
There are even reports that DR.. Iri-
goyen will issue manifesto soon,
dissolving the party itself now that
an honest ballot, as he is said to be-
ieve, has been guaranteed. This,
however. is mere surmise. The doctor
was elected president because ma
jority Of the voters trusted him, per-
sonally, implicitly and blindly. Thos
who believe In him consider him Ar
gentina's greatest man. His opponents
regard him as extremely dangerous,
and look forward to his administra-
ton with the gravest misgivjngs.
Dr. Irigoyen is about 60, tall, pow
erfully built, imposing man, and very
dark. His blood is Spanish Basque
with slight Indian strain, some say.
He Is smoothly shayen except for a
very thin black mustache The new
president began his life poor. He Is
self-educated, but did his work SO
we'll, that today he IL highly cult
waited man. He Is now very rich. His
wealth was accumulated In land tran
sactions. BY occupation = he Is q
ranchman on q huge scale. Part OF
his time he spends on his "estancia'
In the country: the rest at his very
modest residence In Buenos Aires.
For long time, for pure recreation.
he held the professorship OF ''civic In
struction'' at the Buenos Aires Els
quela Normal de MIXTURES, or Normal
School for women. His salary for
this work he turned over regularly to
the Sociedad de Beneficiencia, or tht
UNITED Charities" OF Buenos Aires.
Twelve years ago q president who
was his personal enemy, caused his
removal from this post.
For twenty years he has been tbs
absolute leader of the radical party
His opponents within the party's
ranks have been few and, he has al
ways won them over.
Ellis mere presence" as one Of his
admirers expressed it. sis magnetic
Twice he has been concerned In al
tempted revolutions. One was very
nearly successful, but both finally
failed through premature exposure.
Irigoyen himself was never arrested
in connection with these attempts. He
did not flee, So far as could be as
certained, he continued to live in his
home in Buenos Aires, but somehow,
when the police called to make him
prisoner, he was never there.
A singular dislike he has always
manifested to being photographed Is
generally attributed to habits formed
In his days as revoluttonist, when
the authorities possession OF his
likeness might have landed him In
iail So far as the public knows, no
body has picture OF him. once he
was really snapped but minute
later he smashed the camera with his
walking stick.
From the moment Of his election he
secluded himself in his town house.
No politicians were admitted. He re.
ceived no office seekers. He refused
to make any promises. He has lis
tened to no suggestions. His house
is without telephone and he has an.
swered no letters.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
of the United States, a visitor in Ar.
gentina, was one who wanted to see
him. Irigoyen sent out word that he
was Ill.