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THE - OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNINO, MAY 28. 1911.
COMMISSION PLAN
MED; ANSWERS
DIM flWn'Q NfflM
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REMARKABLE CAREER OF PORFIRIO. DIAZ
Resignation of President of Ontral American Repvbllo Ilringa to Cloaa Tnrtralont Pnbllo ."Iifo MerltM
With Patriotism and TjTnuj-Lttl aa Orphan at Threw Teara of Ajjo This Sturdy Son' of a Poor
Iruv Keeper Rose by Sheer Foroe of Ptowonalit to Do Virtual Ruler of IDa People; for Thro Decade. .
thai lafaruHall Nm grra.
afexioo Cltr. May IT-Tha official
iinounrfim.nt of the reeignanon 01
Korf.rlo Din as president of Mailoo,
I not only mark ht political death, but
through Oia strena-e Irony of fat., ool
I .1. t in rtin of virtual
C A Chormon Panitnlkt nf iovirlntr with the sam. blood red
&. m. wiiw.mbm, - tint, that marked hLs aoeea.lon to th.
"throne" of Mnlno in 1177. wnen aa a
popular Idol, clothed with the romance
of brave deed and bearing ine iianaa.ru
of nnlltlral niirltr. ha marched Into the
earn town where ha now ll. burdened
with years, beaet with rain and sur
rounded by anemias, at the head of 12,-
000 yelling peons, and took poaeeaalon
of the palace vacated by President
a retired capltallat of Lardo, whom ha charged with praoucai-
who la In I BBJ" i'""""" -
nia own unai'inj.
I'orflrlo Ulm la one of the strangest
flKurea In modern hlntory. I Il long
life of haaarrtona activity unfolds a
etory that rlvale that of the medlaevnl
heroee who have held the attention and
won the admiration of countleaa genera
tions br' their Quito tic heroism. The
Sioux- Falls, South Dakota,
Points Out the Many Valu
able Points of System
the
E. A. Sherman,
c,,, South Pakot
...,. .i lnnklna after large propriy
In liTPBOTI HIIU .
deelres to aee Portland adopt the com
. . i n.m (if ffDTPI UK'liV.
air. Sherman ha. been a dose atudent
of po" tlc.1 affairs, partlcu.ar.y or mu
a member ef th
e.,ih n.VotA legislature ha has new on of . DOor Inn keeper of Oaxaca, an
... .,hnr of a number of Important h , ,M freely three
. In I . . . .
.Hmnli to the commi""'"" - -" years or a SB. ne roaa or leapa anu
- rlrat I . . ... .. -..
vi- and he waa wi. w i oounaa. inrougn an im thi uu
five commlaaloners to be elected In tlon, of priest, lawyer, soldier, general,
Rnuli Falls under the commission iorm tateaman and prrelrtent. aragging aown
e Mwrnmenl I trodden Mexico In his wnke till at laat
Of government. .i.u. t. .MU. .. .v,-
The state law aiiwwwia .1"" "" "' .----
.mmi..i.in form of government figures In modern times, and his nation
i unuth Dakota four years ona f ha leadlns republlca In the
aso Sioux Falls, a city of about 15,- word.
afT: .hi .troDoll. of the sUt has Was Precocious Tooth.
had the commission form for two years. jrlr uu of Das credit him with
About It cities in all hsva adopt" It In a pracoclty abnormal even !n a child
that state all experiencing as a result gurrounded by every sdvantage and but
.' m th worst con- iimi. in nvAr with imt whoaa aarlv
dltlons that existed under the old form nf, waa spent smong the Mexlcen peons.
trnmniL conceded to be the poorest race In the
' . (Mr. civlliied world, yet tbers must have
Mm w awsw -- l. . . . .
wwskT.issnrv' AaUd Mr. been a irerm or trutn mia ine jumoie
ha. bora my .t SS, of fiction, for. at a tender age. he waa
Bherman, miiuit of mor. known to have accumulated an educa-
from th. adoption of this form or ov- i fellows by saalduoua
ernment is that me . . application to the books lsnt him by
elected to serve th. city a. . . Itinerant prleats, and. when yet In hie
while councilmen are eleetea to r teenn wag Beeot-d bjr tne hoIy fathers
.V.i. Mwn wards Sna geneimilj t , . k,nAm. nn f thlr nnmlwr
1111.11 " . . 1 n,,hl(A I 1
to the detriment or tne senoi.F"-- He studied for the clergy until s
"Formerly. In flloux Falls, he had a gtlrrln)r presidential call set all Mexico
mayor, elected at large, and 12 members af(re aMn,t . invasion by the Vnlted
of the city council, one from esch ward. Btate8. Toung Dies, his fiery nature
The school board consisted or u mn. i g-rown weary of restraint flung down
ene Of whom wa i - - i " -"
-.noral because en. little that were massing on the border against
ISCllUU " AM hn I .K. A . .k. Aln.. .t th.
nnrtlon Of a City WOUia ikui " " --' "
. .. it- mini- Imin. to Ma native lllaa'a. onlv to find that
r".L - mlsht be the hhla ,clon had forever cut him off
wn.- from the priesthood, and that he muat
liwtir. v..... elm nemla
T'nder our new sysiom w - - - -- --
find some other vocation. He.
Benito Juares, an Illustrious Indian law
yer. who was then governor of the state
of Oaxaca.
Bide Defiance to Santa Ana.
Ills first chance of distinction came
In 1854 when he Joined a revolution
sgalnet the tyrannies of President Santa
Ana. Santa Ana attempted to quell the
disturbance by calling a general election
and forcing his reelection by a show of
. . 1 1 i
-,ch 0 whom is eleetea "', " c"-""lr " v" '
ri .hi o .v .. a whole. The tenure of oy a iittie coterie or a uaenis neaaea oy
office Is five years, and one coramls
:. Aw.t..i each vear. four re-
I.r7w l office. Th. first five com
missioners elected dr.w lot. to det.r
wtna the length of th. term each was to
aerre, from ohe to five years.
Direct tsponiibUlty.
law assigns to each oommls
. vi. 4ti.a und he Is directly re
sponsible for the saf. condact or His force After his military were drawn
m .ii. ud In the an n are hla envovs let It ba
jn the two years that Bioux Falls has known tha. all who failed to vote for
had the commission iorm oi uonu... nun woura dm imprmonfa. diu nuugni
the buslnes. of the city has been run the voting booth, but, when pressed to
more economically than ever before, cast his ballot, craved leave to remain
P . higher and more Improve- neutraL TauDta of cowardice were
f v.., h.n carried out In addl- flung at him by Santa Ana's officers
.h e h. two years the city and, at last wrought to a white heat
iion, u t itM eut. pitch of passion and surrounded on
has P"a," every aid. with hi. enemle.. he strode
'ItoT allowed commie- boldly to the ballot box and cast hla
-The original law auwwwi ,th th r-bela Inatantlv ena-
w)Attra 100 a year eacn mm - ... - . .
th. mayor. At the last legislature i
Introduced a bill allowlnf cities to
have three commissioners Instead of
five If they so wished and increasing
the' salaries to $2000 -hen this was
done. Several cities have already made
this change in the form of their com
missions. .
"Responsibility for the acts of the
deputies in their departments is placed
direotly on the shoulders of the com
mlssioners. People Kay Jtecan.
-If at any time the people lose con
fidence in a commissioner they can call
for a new election, another candidate
Is chosen and the people can say wmuu
they prefer."
Another change made last winter In
th. South Dakota law at the sugges
tion of Mr. Sherman, and ope he re
gards as- very important. Is that pro
viding when any candidate fails to se
cure a majority of all votes cast, a
secondary election shall be called one
week later, at which only th. two se
curing the largest number of votes In
the first election shall b. voted for.
To be nominated a candidate must file
a petition bearing the names of 18 per
cent of the voters.
The law designates what each com
missioner shall have charge of. For
I nvruoAa att rekt flfl VH P
nrV- nther la com- unJr the Vry
KVHT . .v.. a A - . hordes
ITllBRIOIiPr Ul nutting, uinvj
sloner of water and seweraire: a fourth
commissioner of public safety, while
the mayor is chairman of the commis
sion and has charge of such depart
ments as health and public lighting.
Pleased With Plan.
"All the under officials, such as the
chief of poiire, chief of the fire de
partment, auditor, treasurer and all
subordinates are appointed by the com
missioners. Each commissioner Is al
lowed to name hip deputies but he must
submit the names to the entire com-i
mission before they are adopted and
they, must secure the approval of the
commission as a whole.
Thee men can be removed from of
fice ror Oerellctlon of dnfy at any
time, but thouR-h there is no civil servw
ice In name, Mr. Sherman pays there is
in practice.
In adopting: thi South Dakota law
hoth the Dps Moines and tle Galves
ton plans were considered find the re
sult Is a combination of what Mr. Sher
man thinks are the best points of both
No primaries are held but the sec
ondaries take their place when candi
dates run closely.
Not only South Dakota, but Iowa
cities as well seem to be well pleased
with the commission form aoocrdine to
Mr. Sherman. Me rites Cedar Rapids, . . n .
a neighboring; city, as one of these. A"ariy All Onr Ills Come Throngh
Mr. Sherman is largely Interested i inactive Liver and Bowels. Mil
with the Hunter Land company In the ; lions of Folks Kwn Feellna
A BHitl iv aav t ui n w
Instantly con
fusion reigned. Santa Ana's soldiers
sought to lay hands upon him. - He re
treated, drew his sword, seized a horse.
and, amid a hall of bullets rode at full
galloj) through the federal forces to the
rebel camp In the hills, where. In the
absenoe of his chief, he assumed com
mand and successfully routed those who
pursued to take him captive.
From this time on Diaz's career was
on. continual round of adventure. Santa
Ana was defeated and driven out of
Mexico. The rebel chief succeeded htm.
Juares was appointed minister of Jus
tice, Diaz captain of the national guard.
The new administration sought to stamp
out the rule of priest and pulpit that
had yearly yoked Mexico to poverty by
Its demands upon the people. The church
Incited a rebellion. War raged through
Mexico: a war in which priests appeared
before charging troops; a war in which
the curse of the church was thundered
from thousands of alters and which
steeped the fair land of Mexico In a sea
of blood.
Zs Ordered Banished.
wm, now mane me governor of a
state and military commander of a
district with the rank of colonel, was
beseiged In Vera Cruz, and his command
reduced to a handful by the repeated
onslaughts of the ecclesiastics, till at
last he made a spectacular escape from
noses of the Pope's
With the triumphant entry of
the clericals into the Mexican capital
dark days began for Diaz and his band
of followers. They were hunted like
wolves in the mountains and reduced
to the laat extremity. Then came the
French Invasion, which for a time, ruled
the country, banishing Diaz and his fol
lowers with a price on their heads, and
marking its climax of power-with his
capture In Oaxaca.
Again he made good his escape, and,
with the whole French army in hot
pursuit, found his way to the mountain
fastnesses: where he repudiated with
scorn an offer to tak command of th.
French army. About thie time the
close of the war of the rebellion left
the United States free to uphold the
Monroe doctrine. France waa notified to
withdraw her troops, the order was
obeyed and poor Archduke Maxlmtlllan
was loft to his sad fate.
maz, me hern of peons, put
himself at the head of a rebel army.
Stop Experimenting!
Take a 'Cascaret'
Lebanon Cannery Finished.
Lebanon. Or., May 27. The new Le
banon cannery. 40 by 64 feet, is fin
ished. C F. Wat tern has sold a half
Interest In the business to Andrew Snv
der and they have bought all the ma
chinery of the Albany cannery and will
consolidate It with the machinery Mr.
Walters now has. The new building la
on the county road on the north side
of Mr. Walters" farm. The new firm
expect more than to double the output
of the cannery this year. Mr. Watters
haa been la the business for several
yeara
Good With Cascareta.
Dallas W. of W. Drills Best.
Dallas. Or , May 27.' Dallas W. of W.
drill team triumphed over the teems
from Mirlrni, Benton, Linn and Polk
reunUea laat night in the Women of
.WooeVtafx drill at alenvi
One must keep the bewele clean.
Do it Just the same as you keep your
eKin clean. Not by severe applications.
; applied at rare Intervals. But by gentle
and regular efforts. It pays Immense.
Many people dread physic. They think
of castor oil, of salts and cathartics.
Tbey shrink from the after effects
: griping and weakness. So they post
pone the dose until they are costive or
bilious. Then they do the cleaning In
a herolo way. That is all wroo.
Cascarets are a gentle, laxative. They
i are Just aa effective as anything? else.
1 and more natural. And they are pleos
j ant a candy. They are made to carry
I with you. Take one Just as soon as you
neod It. You'll know. The result 1.
your bowels are always active. Tou
always feel at your best Try a 10 cent,
box of Cascareta, You'll sever agaia ,
go without them. , , . 1
defeated the federal tveoaa with terrible
.laughter and entered Mexlee City with
hie triumphant force ,Aa election was
held and Dies took the field against
Juares, waa defeated, and retired to
private Ufa HI. ardent spirit, however
could not remain jonc at p.aoe and soon
h. waa again at th. head of a band
of rebels operating against hla ereV
wuie mend. President Juares. Juares
dtad and waa uoosed.d by Senor Lerdo.
wno put the rebel leader to flight by
concentrating a large army and moving
steadily toward hi. strongholds. Dlas
escaped to th. United Stat.., secreted
himself aboard a boat bound for Vera
Cms. waa dlsoovared, made prisoner,
and. on the eve of Bailing, plunged
ov.rboard A vain aearch was mad. for
him and th. report was spread broad
cast that he had been eaten by sharks.
In the meantime th. vee.el continued
on its way to Vera Crus. with Dies ae-
crnted in a narrow closet, where he
suffered agonies beoause of hla oranVped
quarters. At Vera Cms h. bribed some
boatmen to take him ashore and so
turned up in the very midst of Lerdo'a
country, with naught on hi. back bat
a ragged Bailor's suit and naaght in
his hands, but a sailor's dirk. Like Nap
oleon returning from Elba, the appear
ance of Dlar. In the country of his birth
was the signal for a great uprising.
Joy crazed peons, remembering only
his brave deeds during a deoad. of
bloody strife, balled him a. their savior.
From a ragged sailor's suit to the com
mand of an army numbering thousands
was the transition of a day. The Lerdo
regime tottered as the news of hla ap
pearance became current, and, winning
victory after victory, he marched Into
the capital In 1867 at the head of 12,
000 men, the flag of tb. republic proud
ly flying over the aee of flashing bay
onets, to be elected president a few
weeks later.
This position he has held ever since.
with the exowpflaa ef four years. Ill t
to 1114, when Oeoeral Oonaalca was
given the ofrioe beoause Mexico's oon
aUtuUon later amended for. bade the
reelection or a president.
A. president of Mexico, Diss baa laid
hlmaelf open to the erlUclam of the
wono. or uurry yeara he ruled a
republic with oligarchic despotism.- Jle
has been called. In ana breath, the
vouniry-e eavior ana a tyrant; he haa
been loved at home and ha,ta4 mrA-
his pollolee have been lauded and de
tided, and ha himself haa bean th Ab
ject of both the hero worship and the
anathema, of the nooular. Rnmi
a doubt both opinions are oorreet to a
certain extent, but onlr a higher power
can strike the balance that will tell
whether he was a hurt or a hlndranaa
to hla country. Certain It Is. however.
that when he took office Dlas found
a Herculean task confronting him. He
wae neao or a government STIlt bv noll-
tical factions, governing a country
whoa, credit had long age been blasted '
by continued ware, and peopled by a
race plunged in the depths of Ignorance,
wayed by every aup.r.tltluo. rumor.
and fanatically averse to the invasion
or -foreign capital that meant eman
cipation.
Wrong-lit Order Prexa Chaos.
From this chaos Dlas wrought order.
He held the turbulent maasea still. He
made revolution Impossible He organ-
zed a polloe system that swept away
th bandits. He built sohoola. He pun-
shed corruption, and made it known
hat any concession granted by Mex-
co would never be repudiated. All this
and more he accomplished for hi. war
ridden country. But If Dies ha. wrought
wonder, for Mexico, his methods of ac
complishing the miracles have been
those of a great general rather than a
great ststesman. His was the iron
hand within the velvet glove and woe
unto him who sought to take away
(he prestige of the great general and
popular hero of the people. ; Death or
banishment awaited him.' . ... v, .
Although from time to time , minor
Insurrections against this greet . Con
tral American oligarchy- were tin evl
dence, all were .successfully dealt with
till in .the fall of last rear, Senor Fran
elao J. Madero, Jr., of northern Mexico,
backed by the Immense wealth of hi.
family, commenoed the revolution that
haa led to the downfall or Dlas, Thl.
movement, starting with ' a email up
rising In the northern part of Mexico
speedily developed till It seriously men
aced the Dlas regime. Town after
town was taken. Battle after battle
won. Southern Mexico revolted and at
laat with the fall of Juares, Dial's cab
inet, forseelng naught bat defeat and
further bloodshed .taring them In the
face, brought such pressure to bear up
on the old and feeble ruler that he eon
anted to hla resignation with Its prom
Is. of peace
ONE BADLY HUR
T
STANFIELD WRECK
(ftseetal Itopatea to The louraaM
. Pendleton, Or.. May 27. Mrs. Jane
Lauenalager, of Hermtston, Mrs. War
ren Preston and Dr. J. Brown of Spo
kane, O. N. Jackson of Seattle and
Conductor Cherry of the metdf car"were
slightly Injured In a collision at Stan
flcid at 7 o'clock last evening when a
west bound motor ran Into east bound
freight No. tS. The freight was at a
standstill and the motor car engineer
waa busy attending to the machinery
and overlooked the semaphore. The
motor car was disabled, but there was
no Injury to the freight train. No
passengers were severely Injured, all
having received minor cuts and bruises.
a a wa a s a r '. at . mm m
JUollUt HAnLAN rUnMIUAbLt IN
COURT. HOSPITABLE IN HOME
A proposition to hold a general con
vention of the Brotherhood of Painters,
Decorator, and Paper Hangers of Amer
ica, whioh waa recently submitted to a
referendum vote, waa overwhelmingly
defeated by the membership.
iWaahiaatea Bursas ef The JooraiLV
Washington, May JT. In spite of Mi
grim, grisaled, Oeterownea snanwwr,
ynatte. Harlan of the United. Statea
supreme court, who dissented from the
a kindly aide, aa a young correspond
ent dl.cov.red last winter, , Thia cor
respondent received a telegram from a
.Manuwr. asking him to In-
e w a w "v 7 . . - . .
tervlew , Ju.tlce Hanan on tne uwia
. nmmlnent lurist. The telegram
reached Waahlngton at 10 mlnutea to
ti Th. nnrreanondeni waa .at m.
burban bungalow m v,nevy vnaae,
mile, from the center or tne city.
"Thl. la awful." he aaia. to ois ww
"Here I'm eeked to get an interview
fr.m wrian. and I'm 10 mlnutea rrom
the treasury, and then II mlnutea from
bis-house on Fourtsentn aireei so
minutes from here, wmcn wui dw
quarter to 13 when I reach hla real
a.kaa what shall I oor
"Call up the Justice, explain the facta,
and ask him If he will see you If you
go Ipto the city." the wife advised,
with mnra aelf-conf Idenc. than her
liiiahand had.
"i hvn't the nerve to do that 'VThy.
TTartan la 10 ream old: 1 11 o.t n. . in
bed by this time, and anyway, he'd be
mad a. a hornet were I to aak him to
see me that, late.
Tti wife seised the telephone
"Hello, is this Mr. Justice HarlanT
Thank you. This is Mr. Blanks as
lstant. He want, me to aak you if
you would permit him to go to your
house for a statement on the death of
the late Mr.
"Very gladly," the Ju.tlce answered.
"Come light out"
"But he's out here In Chevy Chase,
and it will require some time for him
to reach your residence."
"Never mind that," the Ju.tlce said.
"Tell him to come along."
It waa a terrific night wind howl
ing strong enough to make the Wash
ington monum.nt away, cold rain fall-
ing, too. That la, It waa thaa atom
lag la Washington . City proper: but
ovt in Ch.vy- Chase It waa ulet gad
warm enough for. the correspondent to
leave without hla overcoat .
When he reached 'th. Harlan 'resi
dence he waa almost frozen to ' , the
bone, and shivering as he entered the
Study of the great Jurist i ' r
T V I , . ... , - m
.- u"i yon win para on Tne, ; in
newspaper man gald. "f or keeping o
up so late."
"Keeping me. upt. Why, young man,
thl. isn't late. Come In and alt by th.
fireplace, and cannot ! get you aome
thlng to drive away the cold." where
upon
' The Justice waa born In Kentucky.
.When that correspondent got awav
from the Harlan residence the last car
had gone to Chevy jChaae, end he had
to pay t for a ttxlcan to aet home
that night. Giving the desired state
ment. Justice Harlan grew reminiscent.
and drawing on hla fund of experience
of half a century In Washington, en
tertained the newspaper man so ab.
sorblngly that It waa I o'clock before
he thought of time.
"It was worth $3." he said, "or tto.
for that matter, to listen to Justice
Harlan those two or three houra."
"Tou haven t enough n.rve," hla
wife said on his return.
"Learned a lesson." ha answered.
But I learned more of political hlatorr
and law than I ever did before in any
one month."
Unrelenting In hla Judicial attitudes.
Justice Harlan personally la kindly god
courteoae in the extreme.
Meaa for Veteran.
Washington. D. C May IT. Cardinal
Gibbon, will conduct the military mass
for the Civil and Spanish War veterans
on the-wnite House ellipse tome
r.A in.Al Till . n . n .m ..... ... .v
cabinet will be la attendance and will
review the parade of v.tarana. .
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