The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-01-13


ing with many trains Of Yaquis, Mon
terey obeyed orders to take holiday
and then kept off the streets.
In the mile-long procession that
Governor de la 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
triumphal entries. And so 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 a.
usual, bore himself with dignity.
Obregon went to the kermess, too.
The young ladies made a 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" 1t was the first time for many
a 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 Carranza!"
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 a viva"
The silence was damning If 1t were
broken at all by an outcry 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 Carranza has
been given abundant evidence of one.
minded revolutionary enthusiasm. He
has accepted this homage with grave
dignity, often with unchanging face,
like a man after all receiving only his
due. -
1T is not enthusiasm for the man,
say his followers. 1t Is 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 Eel pueblo" is 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 Carranza
and Obregon. It is doubtful IL more
than one in fifty of them can read or
write, but there Is no doubt that they
know Carranza when he steps forth
from his car, and the mere sight OF
Obregon sends them into Mysteries.
The gravity of Carranza on tour. or
elsewhere. for that matter, is imper-
turbable. and SO perhaps what his fol-
lowers say is true, that the enthusiasm
is for the cause that he represents.
Certainly local spokesman tell him elo-
quently to his face that the people
have gathered to emphasize to him the
meaning of the cause of the people.
They say this with all respect and they
give him their gratitude and homage.
but always, even in the most obscure
mountain hamlets, the cause of the
people is placed above personalities.
The appeal Of Obregon to hamlet
groups and city populaces is instan-
taneous. He is a gallant, CHEEKY figure
that takes the eye. From him radiates
world of energy; its effect is magi-
cal. The cause Of the people may be
the greatest thing In the world to
these audiences of First Chief Car
rama on his triumphal tour, but Obre-
gon is full-hedged hero. He has all
the attributes Of the hero, including
stump Of an arm which his victory at
Calaya left him.
All the sunshine Of Mexico plays
over Obregon's handsome Irish face
He likes his people, and he likes them
so we'll that even as he smiles back at
them he moves q little closer to Car
ranza's side and stands there agrees
sively for all the world to know that
he is with Carranza, to give the lie to-
the rumors that a breach between the
two men Is q possibility.