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The Coming Man of Mexico
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semi-monthly magazine
but ion of taxes and a more general
distribution of the ownership of land.
While J expect this problem to be
worked out only after due study by
the experts entrusted with so serious
and important a phase of government,
I wish to state in advance that I am
In favor of taxing tli undeveloped
and unimproved lands of the large
landholders. This will induee them
either to improve their holdings, or
to sell or lease them to others who
will. This is the only method, in my
opinion, by which the agrarian prob
lem of Mexico can be satisfactorily
solved.
And since it is this agrarian prob
lem that, according to some of our
best thinkers, has brought .Mexico to
the brink of ruin, how necessary Is it
that it should be solved once and for
all! It has been responsible for much
of our social and revolutionary un
rest. It swept into power the weak
government of the last year or so.
It is a specter that must be laid.
f 10T no one think that if I am
elected, I shall try to bring back
all the old methods, much less the old
leaders, that belonged to the great era
of my uncle's administration of the
government of Mexico. Those men
and measures have performed their
task and now belong to the past. The
era of I'orlirlo Diaz is closed. The
party which I lead has no program
of restoration. We plan a new gov
ernment, with new men and new
measures. If for no other reason, I
would be compelled by political ex
pediency to take this attitude. The
governmental methods of General
i'orflrio Diaz were strictly his own.
They were justified by a series of
events and circumstances so defi
nitely associated with him as an in
dividual that any one who might seek
to copy them would be foredoomed to
complete failure. He would lack the
heroic record of the patriot who shed
his blood in a hundred battles to pre
serve the independence of his father
land. He would lack the profound
lovo and respect of all the old gener
als, the officers and soldiers who ac
companied him in his long campaigns.
He would lack the blind faith with
which the nation entrusted Itself to
Don I'orfirio. Uastly, he would lack
the admiration and respect with
which foreign nations honored the
now retired leader of the State, and
whom they continue to honor as one
of the greatest statesmen that the
Nineteenth Century produced.
No, I must work out my own salva
tion, and turn to my fellow country
men for approval and support. The
Mexican people are now ready for real
democracy, in spite of the selfish ef
forts of some persons to persuade
them to embrace anarchy instead. Ac
cording to the information obtained
by the organization that is conduct
ing my campaign, adherence to our
platform Is coming in from all parts
of the country. I certainly expect the.
most cordial support from my native
state, Oaxaca, and from other states
whore I am personally well known,
such as Vera Cruz, San Luis Potosi,
etc.
Should my uncle, Don I'orlirlo, elect
to return to Mexico, lie will bo re
ceived with open arms and with the
veneration due to his great ago nnd
ills great name; but, In that event, he
will certainly take no active part In
the government, except possibly as a
wise counsellor in matters of grave
importance to our country.
In the same way, Mexico stands
open to all the members of my uncle's
family and to his social and political
friends, so many of whom left the
country during the Madero regime.
Furthermore, the amnesty bill that
has been recently passed, extends to
members of the Madero family and
to all citizens without exception. I
cherish no rancors against any one.
The estates of the Madero family will
not be confiscated, as falsely re
ported, provided the law Is obeod
We are anxious that all the adherents
of the fallen government should re
turn and take up their duties as good
citizens.
in conclusion, let me say a few
words about the personalities or some
of the men who have been making
history in Mexico.
Don Francisco Leon de la liana.
Provisional - President for several
months after the abdication of Por
lirlo Diaz, is in the Held for the Vice
Presidency and is the candidate who
deserves to be elected. It has recently
been proposed by de la Hurra himself
that the office of Vice-President be
abolished; but this is a matter to be
settled by our National Congress and
by the State Legislatures, as provided
by the constitution.
The late Francisco I. Madero, as
President of the Republic, was lack
ing absolutely In tact, under the ex
isting circumstances. Tills was due
to ills want of practical sense in re
spect to men and measures. He had
dreams dreams that were born of
speculative study in the library; but
he did not take Into account that
events happen as they will, and not as
one would liave them happen.
Pascual Orozco, as I take lilm, is an
upright spirit, with the natural sim
plicity of the peasant. lie has been
fighting for ideals, the real signifi
cance of which has not, perhaps, been
understood in all Its sociological
breadth. He is not a Presidential
possibility, because he possesses in
the highest degree the virtue of mod
esty. From this he could not free
himself, even if he had a sufficient
number of followers to bring him
prominently before the public.
7 APATA, of Morelos, offers a enrl--
ous special case, which should be
Judged with care. He is an obscure
peasant, without education; but he is
hailed as a denii-god by his followers,
who believe that he Is fighting for the
welfare of the Indians. They believed
in him from the start, because he told
them that the hour for their vindica
tion had arrived. Nor can his tactics
be blamed too harshly, when we re
member that he was once applauded
by President Madero, who visited him
and greeted him with an embrace
Zapata Is a reckless force unchained,
and it is natural that ho should u
cllno to come to terms with the lawful
authorities. His adherents would first
demand that he fulfil the purpose for
which lie claims to have been called
Into action. I do not believe that the
idea of becoming first magistrate of
the nation has ever entered his head.
To the voice of the people, which
will be expressed at the election early
in the summer, I leave my own polit
ical fortunes. I can only say that. If
elected, 1 shall do my best to restore
Mexico to her former high standing
among Latin American Republics.
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