Show IHM H VERY 101ULAll MAN OF MAONUTIC INFLUENCE IN MnXICOS AFFAIRS able nlo 1 uldnl nl ThIIIrob IleIl so n 5 Ii 1rmA lirord lellhnut a laralll In 01emeo lvon Jarful lrosrlly lie new that On Iorllrlo 11111I has If gain Leer elKted 10 mho ammo of pra I Idcntotlhe rcpubllo f of Menhcoehowathe u citcrm In which he I Is I held In his own I country This will i U his sixth term 3 an he hiss held the shies for A term prior to the election of President Ion aim In the year 1850 In November next ho will close the twentieth year ot hU wrvlco as president of Mexico and If he shall outlive tho ensuing term he will liar a record of 21 years I In the office President Dlai Is 1 tG years of age ands I and-s n halfbreed My his mother ho Is n I descendent from the Indian race of Mexico and by his father from the Spaniel race In his Infancy his father died and he was trained for life In Oaxacn by his Indian mother who lived In poverty In his youth after a period of clerkship and service In an Ian ho studied for Ibo prlcnthood of the toman Catholic church but after n lime I gave up the purpose of entering upon an ecclesiastical career He began be-gan the study of law ho took part In willies ho was a member of the legls atura of his state ho was a soldier on Im liberal side In times of strife hew he-w n 1 general In the war against the empire which 1ranro had set up In Mexico and It was on this war that ho won the renown which caused him toM to-M > chosen as provisional president In the year 1876 and as constitutional president the next year Since that lime he has held the office of chief executive exe-cutive excepting during tae four year In which It was held by Manuel Ion tale taleTho Tho course of Mexican history lifts lieen changed under Ulan administration administra-tion Devolutions and civil wars have been brought to nn end the old llme tyranny has paused away the possessor posses-sor of the office of president has lived In safety the stability ot the govern men thins been secured Wllh abiding pence the country has attained a degree de-gree of prosperity unexampled In Its hlitory It was In a molt satisfactory manner that President Dlat In Ills last message to tho Mexican congress ref re-f I IHCSIDRNT DIAZ OP MEXICO rlewcd limo state of the country He told of the advancement of education the growth of the Industries and of commerce the construction of great public works the betterment of the government finances the opening up of new and useful branches of activity time Improvement of trade and the lessening of taxation Wo arc justified justi-fied he said In expecting such an Increase In-crease In the normal sources ot revenue as will amply suffice for all budget requirements re-quirements Tho presidents messages to his congress within recent year have been of a kind never known In Mexico before his assumption of office never known between tho lime In which Mexico won her Independence from Spain and that In which she chose a president who was able to garner the fruits of Independence and liberty President Dlai Is something more than n successful politician He possesses this qualities of statesmanship lie understands tho needs of his country and l also the method of supplying them through the legislation of a congress In which be Is I Influential and which regards re-gards his judgment Ills skillus n dlplomallit has been made manifest by his several negotiations with European powers but his mastery of the troublesome trouble-some rose of Guatemala and by his desirable de-sirable cooperation with Ibo United States In Ihosctllcmentof the boundary quettlon Ills frlcndllnccit toward this country and his constant desire for the maintenance of peace with It have been ns Important to the American people as lo those of Mexico In one respect only has Ube failed to satlify the whole of tho people living liv-ing under his government Tho Mexican h Mex-ican ecclesiastical authorities bun mado complaint of his readiness JIM llfy the government Interference with property which was the Inheritance of the church from Spanish times ncj 11 I defense has been that the sequestrated I estates were needed for educational or other public purposes and that the republic I re-public could not guarantee or recognize recog-nize all the titles which wero granted by Spanish kings Hut at tho same lime he hiss constantly affirmed that the government baa never In any way Interfered In-terfered with freedom of worship or with any of the religious right or privileges which constltulloually belong be-long lo any part of the Mexican people I |