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Show THE ARGENTINA CAMPAIGN. The Straggle for the Presidency Promises to ll a Very lOioitlug One. Bi exos Aviii:.', Dec. 22. A large number of members of tho I'nion Civica made a demonstration in this city last evening. A torchlight procession marched through tun principal streets, 5000 persons being in line, Senor Yriogoyeu, one of tho candidates for tho presidency of the Argentine republic, has Issued a manifesto in which he promises that, should his eaudidacy prove meet ssful, he would institute many electoral and economic econ-omic reforms. The friends af Cieueral Iioca are making a vigorous campaign in his behalf. At La Plata last night the municipal secret poliea seized a large quantity of small arms, Krupp gnus and other munitions of w ar which hail been disembarked there. The government has augmented tho pollen and military forces. A quautify of arms has been depos. ited in tho liouso of (icnerul Koca. It is evident that au uprising is expected and that a general alarm prevails over these aud similar warlike preparations. |