Old Mexico and her lost provinces; a journey in Mexico, southern California, and Arizona, by way of Cuba . efrain to the praises ofDon Porfirio Di-i-i-az. It is hardly fair, perhaps, to sug-gest that these are subsidized, since they may rest uponpure admiration of his merits, after all. The Mexican law prohibits re-election, except after aninterval of four years, and Porfirio Diaz was too ardenta one-termer to be able to overstep this prohibition withany consistency. He has placed his friend and fellow-soldier Gonzales in office as his locum tenens. He willassume it himself for the next term,
Old Mexico and her lost provinces; a journey in Mexico, southern California, and Arizona, by way of Cuba . efrain to the praises ofDon Porfirio Di-i-i-az. It is hardly fair, perhaps, to sug-gest that these are subsidized, since they may rest uponpure admiration of his merits, after all. The Mexican law prohibits re-election, except after aninterval of four years, and Porfirio Diaz was too ardenta one-termer to be able to overstep this prohibition withany consistency. He has placed his friend and fellow-soldier Gonzales in office as his locum tenens. He willassume it himself for the next term, dating from that—so the plan is supposed to be arranged—hewill give it to General Trevino, his companion in armsand strong auxiliary in his pronunciamentos. Trevinohas married the daughter of an American general, Ord, SOME TRAITS OF PECULIAR HISTORY, ETC. 143 and it maj be supposed that American interests will notsuffer in his hands. Porfirio is romantic even in his only source from which he might have had any-thing to fear was perhaps a lingering Lerdist GENERAL MANUEL GONZALES, PRESIDENT OF MEXICO. It represents, or represented, a conservative element, ofbetter social position than the nide democratic force inpower. He set to work to conciliate this Lerdist senti-ment. He has been able to take of late the effectualmeans of marrying into the very midst of it, havingchosen for his third wife the daughter of Senator Eo-mero Kubio. Romero Eubio was the right-hand man ofLerdo, and his companion in exile. He is now presidentof the Senate, and the official who is empowered by lawto call and control a new election, in case of a vacancy in 144 OLD MEXICO AND HER LOST PROVINCES. the Presidency of tlie nation. Gonzales suffers from anold wound, received at Puebla, and it has been thoughtby some that Diaz might need to be called to the chaireven before the appointed limit of time. Nor could he have had any personal repugnance toovercome in
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