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f THE OREGON SUNDAY ' JOURNAL,:. PORTLAND, SUNDAY, MORNING, MAY 28, 1911. iv - '1 m 3 7sz M J? fyt'-w. -.,1 ;-L' .. 3i;n :3 .T-V m .... Aff l -ru.f.' l-i fr;-' : A- HOPES AND DESIRES OF A MEXICAN INSURR,ECTO I am very pr I nlflcs a pit X have awakei MEXICAN Inaurrecto. I proud of It. For It alu lae amort those who ikened and who are lift ing their eyi unto the dawn of a new era. Waa the United Statea re uponnlble for the Mexican Insurrection? By cruelty? No. By Interfenece and oppression? No. By the teaching of the new Idea? Yes. "Forririo Diaz la said to be an old man. for whom the aanda of life are running out. but If he could catch us with one of hta many tentaclea and .squeeze (Tut the life, he would laugh and he happy like a youth. "Long thin great land of Mexico waa filled with the peace and lazy content the high places of the United State, will not yet be so strong aa this half blind Impulse we are following towaril Independent self government, when we, who are worthy of the honor, shall have voice In the 'policy of our nation and when the laws ahull be made to protect and not oppreaa. "This is the real Mexican revolution the revolution of Ideas, the revolution of mind. We would rule ourselves and we would regulate the greed of the money power of the north, ao that ita appetite would be satisfied with .what we gave, after w ourselves were sup plied. Such the boflks have taught. "And In the end we would see our great coal state of Coahuila and its 1!"''' ' ' i jfJ! ' t' "' ' - ' h 111 iV i:--?' . I v, rT lit rwJ ; - IhL.' V " WaTJCKAL. PALACJfc. iLSS 1 " wmmmm or THE MADERO FAMILY IN MEXICAN HISTORY: MEXICO oitv: ,of the eternal sun from the Rio Grande mn" "tPx"g l" run me to Tehuantepec To speak honeaUy. mul" OI pofin,, ana oi uie cane the women worked hardest. Peons, the '-r n,, th aoap fac- overlords called us. and we lived in our tort" of Toneo for we need soap in villages, and feasted at the bull fights our country much more -than we need and the night time brought the sky ot,ner tn,nf, And the gold and of velvet black sewn with the glitter- ;Uver mines would be used not so much lng stars, bright as eyes that flashed v. ..-... . T"-C'" "l s ' " rf ... that whits trtAtt rrnm tha nnrfh mm tA UCic tur ...u.v. -I'V tv. w .,llr., ... - rnirmmm .w.tAM City and Coiititjy Sketches By Marin B. Fen wick. 0 NAME is better known in Mex ico from the Rio Grande to the "hot lands" than that of Hi- dero. For six generations the Ms- deros have taken an active part in N eeatry. The present head of the family is Kx-Oovernor Kvartato Madero, who has reached the advanced age of S3 years. His great grandfather was Vit first of the name to land in the New World. That they were a people of more than A, BATC A I. Discovering Portland. and vicinity," and this, boiled down is eon. scanned and wrote figures till shaping the course of the republic, not ordinary ability and Industry Is shown - so much as politicians and warriors, as by the fact that even in those early by founding successful industries and days they acquired much property, but" by the use of their vast wealth for a large part of It was fn Texas, and the cause of education and the elevation when that state gained its Independence of the masses. all of ttala wealth was swept, away. The Maderos are of Portuguese an- leaving the family with nothing. Kvarlato Madero s childhood waa spent ina- feet and the soft gurgling laugh. "Ah yes, those were happy daya. be cause no responsibility was known. It is true the black smallpox would aweep In and take away our fairest. But then supply us with a new coinage system. "And we would see our plains covered with the' cattle of our own herds, and THERE came to my little place In the story he told over" our plain ooun- quitting time, made a little purchaae tlne for several weeks longer, when he sbes'hfe MMesT'ln7 afterreaVs the country recently, with an eye try dinner. or two If necessary, and rode home In yielded becauae he must, and was grant- ,0 th, Ttgli discipline of his mother to obtaining a patch of fertile soil. For 17 years he hd been an ae- a atreet car. He and his wife were ed a month's vacation. . who was so Impressed with the value of a man whom I had met a few countant in a big merchantlle estab- thrifty though not stingy, owned their habits of industry that whan aha times In past years in town, and llshment, without Intermission except home and had some money in bank; but our oeauuiiui ciues piaces oi aareiy, whose parents I knew long ago. I hard- a week some summers and some Sat and the watchful spy, who Is sus- tv knew him at first, for the sallow, nrdnv fternnnn nd Rnnriv t the he grew constantly thinner, paler, and ore listless, lie was but poor com pany for nla wife, and the antics of k . ,ih -I.. t4o plclous of all. and causes us to be sus- dull-eved. listless slave of a steady tob rays' would lull us Into slumber and plclous of all, would vanish. And the that I had seen a few weeks betwre about as tired as when he started. It his children annoyed him forgetfulnesa of the heart's sorrow. rc"1 T 7 I. V , ,: naa complexion maicaung neaim, nis, was always the same place to which he I cannot alve by date and place the DO "jmu j " "'"' K'-J eyes were ciear, nis motions vigorous, went, the same scenes, the same Where to Go. Where to go? Discussing this with a blunt old neighbor, the latter said: "Why not spend a month seeing Port- habits of Industry that when she could find no other work for her littlo son to do set him to killing ants, ft hopeless task, as they literally swarmed over the cacti covered plains. ... While Evarlsto was climbing the s,srent events that history records which ul tuvu,f: ne was iravenng on iooi, ana was not pie, apparently, and there waa no pleas- vacation and travel were lmperatl show how the change was made. But our P""0" w""ld ' tjred with a walk of aeveral miles, ure.ln them. For the rest, life was that otherwise he would not be able vim ,v. . wntr ivr )n v wuuiu nave a monotonous rouna. a ireaamm. n.very worK another yea norms iwt'". " " tnougnt it aimosi an impossiniiity to day waa Just the same. At the same clfle th lutlon. In this our hope." have walked to or from his work, a hours be arose, breakfasted with slight vitality little over a mile. I asked him what appettt Ich he After much persuasion he consulted land and Its environs, everything from rugged mountain passes and wandering peo- a doctor who told him that a prolonged heart to circumference and beyond? through the tropical lowlands hs lm-Pl-.; fK "V lrVel ,V . lmprK,Uv.' Wh do you know, exeopt In the most blbed the spirit of patriotism, and was little by little we learned of a great country .to the north whose men had no Siestas In the heat of the afternoon, ever working with infinite toll seeking more than food. It came to be said, too, that the gold and the silver and the precious things of the great country to the north were all owned and were becoming day by' day more valuable. And so they came down among us, the people whose faces were - white and whose skin burned In the sun":, whose eyes were very clear, but very cold and bright. "And these men hefan to mine into the hills and the mountains and take therefrom the silver, the gold and the iron. And they lifted the burden of ore from the backs of the laborers and stamped It in great mills that dug fas ter than many men with picks. And now and again' our peaceful country was shocked by the noise of their blasts as they ate with their hungry machines Into our. mountains. in the City of Mexico Is the seat Of ' Porf Irlo Diaz. Ttv, the days before the railroads, he sent out his messengers over all the land, and all that a man might do was told him speedily. And with the coming of the railroads his power increased and we were silent, save when we talked to ourselves. And we knew that Diaz, the president, was walking with his hands clasped in the money and the work power of the north. "But for all of this we might have l. Rune on uncomplaining ana swu urpani lng of this solemn services of the ihurch to tell us all would jyt be well, and the legends of our mysterious won derful past to point to a more wonder ful and mysterious future. ."Then came the' schools for the pub ljc. Out of the- books we read the gVeater things' about the freedom of Ufa and purpose, the right a man has to think for himself. Perhaps had our president, who has been more like our king, known what the books would have stirred tip in our lives, how their thoughts would spread like the ripples of a current broader and broader, he would have burned them, and he would have kept away the gringo, teachers. But his hand was In the hand of money and he did not grasp the other Idea. But we did, for we learned to thJnk. And we spoke our thoughts, and they are that if this country had belonged to our fathers, it 'belonged, to us, and If It was theirs to give to us, it should be ours to give to. our children. And . It came to be that instead of dreaming " of the past in the shady places but of the heat of the sun, we dreamed of the future and liberty. y.Those -of us who talked oo loudly were taken, and we who were left were flamed Into hotter wrath. And then we struck. , ' "Since that time we have been strik ing and retreating and striking again We have little money, we have'Tio heij; we are misrepresented and laughed at. But It is told In the books that in the young days of the United States, little v bands fought ana Were laughed at, and finally they won , -and were praised, be cause they fought for. liberty and would not cease fighting as lone as they drew breath and could strike. . "We do not know, today whether we will win our, battles, but we do know -4hat-wa will win our-flght . The money. i . v.nii. wA,a tMlmA with m Irtva re .mi n w A , wA . . . Ifliri K I inu VSHUa ifnr, "uu l jvui " - ' " - v ...... . -uu fk thrmatterexTeDt geiraf loss o home city? Stay at home, but go out m.y have dreamed dream, of th. 1m itaiity, ne must take a long rest ana . ' it mtA ,,. -mmm.A i. tt muinr He fmit -m. tv .m wt. a mile. I asked him what appetite kissed his wife and babies -et awav and interest himself In new After years or errort a Benin inventor had wrought the change, ir he had been perfunctorily, went down to the corner scenes, has succeeded In building a model man away on a sea-voyage, or to a sani- and waited for the next car, rode along But he hesitated; the habits of years that can walk, talk, sing, laugh and Urlum. "No," he said, "I have spent the same streets to the store, mounted gripped him; he could not afford the whistle. nearly a month In discovering Portland his stool, at noon had a tasteless lunch- cost; and bo he continued the old rou- MEXICAN REVOLUTIONARY LEADER, MEMBERS OF HIS DISTINGUISHED FAMILY AND HIS HOME. observe it. study Jt; regard It as If you had a personal Interest in It, as if your might come ihere to live. Af ter a week or two make longer trips Into adjacent country precincts. Walk farther each succeeding day. Get out making. He fought side by side with the other Mexican patriots when they were called upon to repel the common' enemy, Maximilian. ' " Today Evarlsto Madero, full of years. weary and in. sits m his beautiful fell if ,. m (-p if l&Mrfew M and get country meals, fresh eggs and home In Monterey and breathe, a prayer milk and cream. See the dairy herds, for "My Mexico." ....Jk , hear the birds sing, note the growing It Is one of the proudest boasts "Of cropsifT fields, -gardens ind orchards,- the -Madero family that their fortune " Inhale the mingled fragrance of semi- was acquired by hard work, and that all cleared suburban and rural vlctnagea; of the members of this large family, ' observe the manifold forms of growth numbering 130, are trained to habit, and development in and about all parts of Industry; there' Is not a drunkard of the city; come nome tired, hut not among them, and no member has oom- too tired, and tell the wife and children about it." Well, the languid, despondent fellow literally followed this advice. It was difficult, spiritless recreation at first mltted an act that would brlnr dis honor upon the name. In short, it i. their character and not their wealth that they consider their crowning glory. Having soqulred vast possessions In ' and my friend would have given it up the state of Coahuila through success except for the coaxing of his wife and ful ventures In cotton, Evarlsto Ma the Joshing of his neighbor. But he dero turned his attention to the estab- . soon began to take an Interest In his lishlng of mills, flour, woolen, cotton, trips, and to observe things more keen- and to grape culture, the Parras wrnee . ly. He had read In a detached, unin- being famed throughout the country. ' terested way of Portland's growth; now, While wealth was accumulated for the on inspection, he was astonished. It family, the older Madero did not neglect seemed that the half, nor a tenth, had the welfare of his dependent people. 'A not been told. He watched the forma- school was established, anorphaa aeyv .Ion of concrete walls, and the up-swlng- lum and a hospital. lng of steel girders. He gazed in won- r ' derment at new buildings occupying the Notable Service at Governor. ' places of old wooden structures that . .... . '. he remembered-scores of them. He From 1S80 to 184 he waa goyernor o visited all the suburbs, and noted how Coahuila and durinsf "that period the ' residences were going up. or had re- state advanced along educational line. 1 cently been built by hundreds. He until tt ranked second only to the City went out wherever a carllne ran, often of Mexico in the number of its schools, walking one way. In two weeks a ten- ,. th... mo.MV uhM .0w,i- - mile walk did not tire him as much as one mile did at first. He visited the stockyards, and the Oaks, and all the Western hilltops. He went out to Trout dale, and Oresham, and thence to Sandy, where lie spent two days among the for while the Maderos are Catholic, they think the' time for the union . of1 church and state has long passed. Dur ing his entire term of office the gov-, ernor accepted not one cent of salary! rugged banks and braes of Sandy and but gave it back to the state for school Bull Run rivers. He went out to Beaver- purposes. He did not have the .sd- ton and gazed upon the superb loveli- vantages of a liberal education himself, ness of the Tualatin valley, and was but he fully appreciates Its value, and; walking back, some eight miles, when all of his children and grandchildren , he camp across my shack. have been educated in the United States "Yes," he said,. "I've been discover- or Europe and are broad and progres lng Portland and vicinity, for the first slve people. Evarlsto Madero ha. been time, and I've lived there 35 years. I twice married and is the father of 14 was a stranger to my home city, it was unknown to me, till now. I've come into touch with all Its aspects and phases. I've asked a thousand ques tions. I've learned about all the rail road lines, present and prospective. I've learned a lot about values of renl es- rhildren. His eldest son, Francisco ' I. Madero, father of the leader of the Mexican revolution, has IS children. -Francisco I. Madero Jr., hie eldest 1 now 36 years of age. He is married, but hHs no children. The members ( this family have all married among power of the north that has attempted to rule us,.even as it is Mid it rule. It , ... v . . . . . -,wwv Ti . -Mercedes Madero, cister of Francisco Madero. 2 Senora. Madero", wife of revolutionary leader. 3 Francisco I, Madero. 4 Aneela Ma- aero, sister" of FraBclgcoM&aefo.. SMolhef oTTalicTgco MaaeTata peryoungest Bonr" 6 Thg Madero horuerinrMexlcoXltr. 7 Bx- uoversor Evarlsto Maaaro, surrounded by his children and grandchildren? ' 4 tate, city and suburban. J'v observed their own people with the exception. Of other phases of business and Industry one daughter, who is the wife Of an t besides that of figures in a ledger. English gentleman, .: ;'.;r.?.' I've noted and thought upon Portland's No highland clan is. more loyal to iff matchless, location as I never did be- own than are the Maderos of Mexico, fore, and now take a lively Interest In Every summer they rather at ' Parrs a, , its growth. And better than all, I have the ancestral home which they all iove. as never before fallen In love with all and where the whole year around some the alluring manifestations of nature of the family Is to be found. The win as displayed In and around Portland ter homes are mostly In Monterey,-al- the streams, the orchards, fields and though Francisco fv; Madero Sr. has a gardens, the - groves and glades, . the palatial residence In the City of Mexico fructuotrs soil, the varied , types of It is at Parras"; where the moat tavlsh vegetable and animal life; Life that hospitality is1 extended to. even the" had become a burden has become a Joy, transient guest. t The most ideal llf Despondency has given place to de- is led at this beautiful, hacienda, Not light. The month up .S shall return to a Sunday passes but thre I. riding work, but. whenever opportunity offers psrty ending with a picnic In eom I shall keep on discovering. Portland most iwonderful mountain gorge, r and the adjacent country, the city grow; coach'and four will carry the r. s ' i .lna.rapJdlytnto gigantic jreat8esAndjiark eyed senorttss snd Jhe r -the country that yet remains so much senors off to Montrey or j i , nearer the handwork of the Almighty. attend a dance or fete. r fi ; ; .. J V-